Hi can anyone read old Certificates, I am finding it very hard to make out what they say. Thanks
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Hope someone can read and tell me what this old certificate says - here is the link https://www.flickr.com/photos/145121664@N08
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Miller James
(informant) Present
Male
1833
September Fifteen
(time of birth) 1hr? ?
(Address) 35 ___annah Street Glasgow
(Father) William Miller
(Occupation) ? ?
Married 25 July 18??
? Glasgow
? Living
Mother
Helen
Miller
previously Muggach(?) Maiden
name Macfarlane ? child
37 years
(Informant)Helen her mark Miller Mother
? ?witness
George ? Witness
Will look again later - perhaps others can change and/or fill in the gaps.Last edited by Katarzyna; 06-09-16, 17:15.Kat
My avatar is my mother 1921 - 2012
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Mother - after Macfarlane - her 9th child (?)
James ??? - witness
George Patterson - Witness
Hour of birth 1 A.M.
Could year of birth be 1855 as it looks like year of marriage is 1840
After Father's occupation - (age) 30 years. (born) Campsie
Mother also born Campsie.
Issue (2nd box for father after "Glasgow") does it say 6 boys living?Last edited by ozgirl; 06-09-16, 18:00.Linda
My avatar is my Grandmother Carolina Meulenhoff 1896 - 1955
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Found the family on the 1861 (James was born in 1855, but is not with them). William is a Cooper.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...=try&h=2854106
James's baptism in 1855: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin...iv=1&ml_rpos=1Linda
My avatar is my Grandmother Carolina Meulenhoff 1896 - 1955
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The other witness is James Swan and after Macfarlane it says "her 9th child". She is 37 years of age and came from Campsie as did the father who is 30 years old. They have 6 boys living. I can't make out father's occupation. The year of birth is indeed 1855. This level of detail is only available in that year. Annoyingly for a period of roughly ten years afterwards, the parent's date and place of marriage was not recorded. The free info pages on Scotland's People will tell you more on this
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Just a thought. If the birth is 1855, the register entry will be one of the double-page ones which were used in 1855 only. I had one, on which the registrar had used a very fine pen. The online scan wasn't very clear so I contacted Scotlands People and they did me a special hi-res scan and posted it to me (for free!).Uncle John - Passed away March 2020
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Updated Certificate
Originally posted by GallowayLass View PostThe other witness is James Swan and after Macfarlane it says "her 9th child". She is 37 years of age and came from Campsie as did the father who is 30 years old. They have 6 boys living. I can't make out father's occupation. The year of birth is indeed 1855. This level of detail is only available in that year. Annoyingly for a period of roughly ten years afterwards, the parent's date and place of marriage was not recorded. The free info pages on Scotland's People will tell you more on this
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I wonder if this could be Helen's first marriage - (name recorded on birth certificate as Muggach ??)
01/10/1836 MCFARLANE HELEN - ALEXANDER MCGAUGH/FR1226 (FR1226) CAMPSIE /STIRLING 475/00
- although cannot see a second marriage under McFarlane or McGaugh.
Edit .. just seen your tree on Ancestry - seems you already have this!
Have you found a death for Alexander?Elaine
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Just in case, also check the Roman Catholic parish registers on Scotland's People. The child, being born in 1855 would be one the first ever registered in Scotland under civil registration. If the family were RC, his baptism and his parent's marriage (if in Scotland) would not be in the standard OPR database, that's for Church of Scotland only.Last edited by GallowayLass; 16-09-16, 13:53.
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Alexander
Originally posted by Elaine ..Spain View PostI wonder if this could be Helen's first marriage - (name recorded on birth certificate as Muggach ??)
01/10/1836 MCFARLANE HELEN - ALEXANDER MCGAUGH/FR1226 (FR1226) CAMPSIE /STIRLING 475/00
- although cannot see a second marriage under McFarlane or McGaugh.
Edit .. just seen your tree on Ancestry - seems you already have this!
Have you found a death for Alexander?
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