Mohamed 6 brown street glasgow

[MonicaL]

Regarding marriages for Lucy. Maybe Golam was still alive and they were not divorced when she got together with Andrew Clark? Similarly, maybe he had died by the time she was able to marry Patrick Burke in 1957?

You might get clues on on this from his daughters' marriage certs (if they reported father alive or deceased, apart from his occupation).

Monica

[Dukesmum]

Unfortunately none of his daughters ever knew him. My gran was left with another family when she was a baby. I've been able to trace their mother but not their father, Golam. So on the marriage certs it only lists parents, no other information.
Listed on the marriage certificate in 1921 is says factory labourer, Widow, then on the birth certificate in 1922 it says what I think is Marine Foreman, but it could be machine foreman!
I believe when Lucy "married" Andrew, Andrew was also still married so no clues there either. I'm genuinely stuck. I feel I have looked every where I can and can't find any information on him.

[Dukesmum]

I’ve just checked again and it says marine fireman. Not foreman

[Forfarian]

So you have looked at that 1921 marriage certificate. So who were Gulam Mohamed's parents and how old was he?

[Dukesmum]

tried to attached a picture but unfortunately it won’t upload. He is 31 on his marriage certificate and listed as a widow. His father is boota Mohamed and no first name listed for mother but her maiden names looks like it might be shappi, she is listed as deceased.

[MonicaL]

Connie, I found a tree on A/try (maybe yours?) which included the 1921 marriage cert. Just adding below to help. The marriage was RC:

[brigidmac]

I've just come across a case where babies were registered to a widow 1881 + 1883 her husband's name  was cited tho record said he.d been deceased since 1878

Maybe if the second child was born to a common law marriage Mohamed was listed as birth name because that is who she was legally
# you have to see the original birth certificate s not just the record
Essie and your grandmother could be half sisters

[brigidmac]

You could do DNA to see if Andrew Clark was the birth father of your grandmother
What was the name of the family she was left with  ... sometimes there is a family link for informal adoptions

[Forfarian]

I've just come across a case where babies were registered to a widow 1881 + 1883 her husband's name  was cited tho record said he.d been deceased since 1878.

That is standard practice.

A widow's illegitimate child's birth is registered in the name of the deceased husband, and the child is listed in the birth indexes under both its mother's maiden name and the name of her deceased husband.