Gay Flier

[Cramond Brig]

Just wondering if the request has anything to do with this link which I found on google as I thought Merryflats were houses rather than a hospital as the post didn't mention hospital hence my search;

https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/hospitals/hospital.php?pid=13120

Annie

We believe he died in Merryflats Military Hospital in 1916.

[RJ_Paton]

As Lodger has said Merryflats was originally part of the Poorhouse complex of Govan Parish - the hospital and asylum sections are reputed to have had space for 700 patients.
Merryflats Military Hospital came into being in 1914 when part of the Merryflats complex was requisitioned by the Government for use as a 250 bed military hospital.

https://canmore.org.uk/site/44226/glasgow-1345-govan-road-southern-general-hospital

Modified : In this case I'm not sure that the archives will be with the Poor Law Records but possibly with the Archives of the Southern General Hospital which are also available at the Mitchell but accessed through the NHS Archivist.

[Cramond Brig]

As Lodger has said Merryflats was originally part of the Poorhouse complex of Govan Parish - the hospital and asylum sections are reputed to have had space for 700 patients.
Merryflats Military Hospital came into being in 1914 when part of the Merryflats complex was requisitioned by the Government for use as a 250 bed military hospital.

https://canmore.org.uk/site/44226/glasgow-1345-govan-road-southern-general-hospital

In this case I'm not sure that the archives will be with the Mitchell.

Thanks for responding. You are correct - we have tried the Mitchell without success.

[Cramond Brig]

Flyer became the name of the 114 when it was absorbed in 1916.

I think you your best shot at finding who you seek will be at the Mitchell in Glasgow.  I would imagine there would have been a blurb about the burial in the Herald but perhaps not.

Did your wife ever read "The People of the Longhouse" highly recommend it if she hasn't. And one last thing about the photo.  The one wearing an Onondaga headdress is the one on the right not the one shaking hands who is wearing a western style headdress.  Here's an example http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/newhouse_seth_15E.html

Don

Thanks again. We have tried the Mitchell and the newspaper archives without success. He may not have been buried under his First Nations name. Yvonne has read the book.

[RJ_Paton]

My apologies - I was modifying my post when we cross posted.

Were you able to contact the NHS Archivist - who although based at the Mitchell is not part of their staff and is only available part of the time. (The last time I dealt with them it was Wednesday only).
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/d602a15c-d77f-35f8-8cb6-73b3320936c7

[Cramond Brig]

My apologies - I was modifying my post when we cross posted.

Were you able to contact the NHS Archivist - who although based at the Mitchell is not part of their staff and is only available part of the time. (The last time I dealt with them it was Wednesday only).
https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/d602a15c-d77f-35f8-8cb6-73b3320936c7

Thanks for that very useful information.

[loobylooayr]

Hiya,

I know you are looking for burial information, but can I ask - have you found the death registration?
Or would a Canadian national / First Nation Canadian soldier's death not be registered in Scotland even though he died there?

Looby

[Cramond Brig]

Hiya,

I know you are looking for burial information, but can I ask - have you found the death registration?
Or would a Canadian national / First Nation Canadian soldier's death not be registered in Scotland even though he died there?

Looby

Probably not as he was a serving soldier. Had a look, though, using the name we have, but nothing. Thanks for the idea.

[loobylooayr]

Hiya,

I know you are looking for burial information, but can I ask - have you found the death registration?
Or would a Canadian national / First Nation Canadian soldier's death not be registered in Scotland even though he died there?

Looby

Probably not as he was a serving soldier. Had a look, though, using the name we have, but nothing. Thanks for the idea.

So a serving soldier's death would be registered in his own country - and you obviously haven't found that in Canadian records 

Looby