Brick Wall

[Genie24]

Yes, Jeanie is a total mystery and very elusive.

I already checked Find a Grave and Billion Graves. There are Rosses and Reids but as far as I know, they are not related.

My cousin is going to send a message to South Lanarkshire Council today.

Thanks for the links to the Glasgow Herald Newspapers. I found both Charles and his mother's death announcement there. That was easy as we had the death dates from the burial records that someone kindly provided. It would mean searching every day for 40 odd years to search for Jeanie. I'm going to search some more today.

So, do I take it you have to email a search request to the libraries or can you search on their websites as I can't seem to find a way?

[Rosinish]

So, do I take it you have to email a search request to the libraries

Yes you need to email them.

I wouldn't use 'search request' as such as you have no specific date/yr...

More of a plea for help (in the absence of a date) & state the problem in finding Jeanie with a timeline of all known info. you have including addresses at different times as the more you can supply the more options they have of different searches, so worth a try.

Good luck,

Annie

Add, I'd also mention her occ; was she a nurse when she married?

[Rodeo]

If you send me a PM with your email address, I'd be happy to forward to you the death certificate for Charles Hay Reid, as you mentioned that you don't have it.

Cheers,

Rodeo

[Genie24]

Well it has been a month and my cousin still hasn't heard back from South Lanarkshire Council about his enquiry about Jeanie. However, he has had a little bit of information from the wife of his late uncle -  his father's brother. Ironically, he only died last year so he probably would have known a lot more.  She claims that Jeanie went missing and her husband, my cousin's uncle, went to Scotland in the 50s to look for her. he wasn't successful. She also claims that Jeanie went senile so I think that is quite significant. I think that she was probably admitted to some sort of Sanitorium or mental hospital and died in there. It also appears that she may have had children as my cousin's aunt seems to think that she did.

Any advice on where to go from here would be very much appreciated.

[mclachlan]

My apologies if it's already been mentioned or you already have this information but there are Nursing Register records for Jean Whiteford Ross on Ancestry, with the last one showing for 1954 and her address as Duneton, Stonefield Rd, Blantyre.  There is also a nursing application for 1929 confirming her DOB as 22nd March 1902. I'm intrigued by this lady so good luck with your continued search!
Regards,
Andrea

[Genie24]

Thank you. That is amazing! We were aware about the nursing application from 1929 but haven't seen this one. That was the address Jeanie's mother died so this proves she moved back to Blantyre.

I subsequently found a death in Blantyre in 1962 for a Jean Reid and the age was about right. Unfortunately, it wasn't her.

We do appreciate this as now we have a new last known address.

My cousin has contacted the libraries suggested before and has approached Scotland's People who have just suggested different spellings which we have already done.  We are regarding her as missing person.

[mclachlan]

I noticed on Jean/Jeanie's nursing application that she did her training at the Deaconess Hospital in Edinburgh. I thought I'd have a look and found this website.

https://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/collections/LHB12/lhb12_tlfa.htm

Also this: https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/sites/default/files/jrcpe_48_1_mcneill.pdf

Their records may nor may not offer any new information but just thought it was worth mentioning in case you wanted to investigate further!

Regards,
Andrea

[Genie24]

Thank you so much. I think it may be worthwhile my cousin contacting them. They may have some information regarding the reason she left nursing. She was on the register in 1954 so either died or disappeared some time before the next registration which latterly was every two years.

Jeanie is registered in her maiden name and apart from 1945, records her old address - Stonefield, Blantyre. There are two listings for 1945 - one 18 Downie Street, Hamilton and the other Stonefield, Blantyre. Her husband, Charles, appears on the Valuation Rolls in 1935 and 1940 at 18 Downie Street but Jeanie appears to be living in Blantyre. I am wondering if they separated.

I am also thinking that it is unlikely she had children as she seems to have worked regularly for 25 years.

[Genie24]

Hi, I was just wondering if you still have a copy or access to Jeanie's father, Robert Ross's death certificate. She was the informant of his death and we are interested to know what address she gives. Whether she is living at the same address at 18 Downie Street or Stonefield, Blantyre as she gives on the Nursing Register entries.

Regards Julie