Hello Linda, I have recently joined hoping list members may be able to point me in the right direction in possibly finding the name of my maternal grandfather. My mother was the youngest of eleven children. She was illigitimate and her birth certificate states she was born on the 28 May 1921 in the Maternity Hospital, Glasgow. The certificate extracted from the Register of Births for the district of St Rollox in the Burgh of Glasgow. Column 4 of the birth certificate states " Margaret Shaw, widow of William Lawson, mason (Journeyman) who was drowned at Sydney, Australia about 12th October 1918 ( Domicile 84 Great Hamilton Street, Glasgow)". Don't know why the drowning would be put on the certificate as William Lawson, from his death certificate died 12 October 1919 at New Cottages, Kilbirnie, Scotland. Margaret Lawson's age at the time of my mothers birth was 41. She never remarried and emigrated to Australia in 1929 with my mother, another daughter and a son. I don't know if she was baptised and if she was, I presume she would have been at a church close to her place of abode and this church may hold a kirk session record. Would a woman of this age be subject to a kirk session from the church? I would be grateful for any assistance. Regards, Leonard. Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 9:02 AM Subject: [Lanark] The Scotsman 1817-1950 > Hello everyone > > > > I have access through my library website to the digital archive of The > Scotsman 1817-1950 if anyone wants a lookup (first come, first served!). > It's been particularly helpful to me as it contains information, (births, > deaths, divorces, crimes, etc) from 1910-1950 - a time that is usually very > difficult to research in). > > > > Linda N >

Hello Leonard It was usual in Scotland for the birth registration to make clear that a child was not 'begotten' by the mother's husband, where that information was provided by the mother. There would, of course, have been numerous occasions when that information was not provided. The discrepancy in the death details for your grandfather is odd. Who is named as the informant on your mother's birth certificate? Rhoda -----Original Message----- From: L&CE Mackrill Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 3:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Lanark] The Scotsman 1817-1950 Hello Linda, I have recently joined hoping list members may be able to point me in the right direction in possibly finding the name of my maternal grandfather. My mother was the youngest of eleven children. She was illigitimate and her birth certificate states she was born on the 28 May 1921 in the Maternity Hospital, Glasgow. The certificate extracted from the Register of Births for the district of St Rollox in the Burgh of Glasgow. Column 4 of the birth certificate states " Margaret Shaw, widow of William Lawson, mason (Journeyman) who was drowned at Sydney, Australia about 12th October 1918 ( Domicile 84 Great Hamilton Street, Glasgow)". Don't know why the drowning would be put on the certificate as William Lawson, from his death certificate died 12 October 1919 at New Cottages, Kilbirnie, Scotland. Margaret Lawson's age at the time of my mothers birth was 41. She never remarried and emigrated to Australia in 1929 with my mother, another daughter and a son. I don't know if she was baptised and if she was, I presume she would have been at a church close to her place of abode and this church may hold a kirk session record. Would a woman of this age be subject to a kirk session from the church? I would be grateful for any assistance. Regards, Leonard. Australia

Hi Leonard The death certificate for William Lawson, Kilbirnie states he was 59 when he died making him around 20 years older than Margaret. Are you sure this is the correct man? Do you have a marriage certificate for them? Have you found them in the 1911 Census Regards Ella Ross sydney On 20/08/2013, at 4:45, "Rhoda Overson" <[email protected]> > > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier message. Be sure the reply to address shows as [email protected] > > You may contact the List Admin at [email protected] or click on the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message