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Freeland Family from "Motherwell/Peeble" Scotland
« on: Friday 01 August 14 15:52 BST (UK) »
I am not sure how this website works exactly but here goes :)
I am looking for conformation/information - ie births, deaths and marriages - for my great-great grandparents.

the info I have on my great grandparents comes from the family bible:
    James (Jimmy) Freeland
from Motherwell, Scotland
(birthdate and death unknown)
immigrated first to the USA (Pittsburgh I think) and owned "center-road' greenhouses in Cooksville, Ontario
      married too:
Janet (Jessie) Martin Freeland (nee Wilkinson)
Parents: William Wilkinson and Janet Martin
Sisters: Martha (Mattie) Freeland, Sarah (Sue) Boagie
Brother: William (Bill) Wilkinson
from Peeble, Scotland
born May 3, 1910 - died March 17, 2009

any help that anyone could lend would be greatly appreciated!
(also I don't know if this is on the right board???)

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Re: Freeland Family from "Motherwell/Peeble" Scotland
« Reply #1 on: Friday 01 August 14 17:41 BST (UK) »
I have found the birth of Janet Martin Wilkinson on Scotlandspeople.
Name: Janet Martin Wilkinson
Birth: 3rd May, 1910, Hamilton, Lanarkshire
Father: William Wilkinson, blacksmith
Mother: Janet Wardrop Martin
Marriage: 20th September, 1907, Hamilton, Lanarkshire

I cannot find a marriage in Scotland for James Freeland & Janet Martin Wilkinson.
But I did find this interesting one.
Marriage: 25th November, 1922, Edinburgh
Name: William Freeland, widower, age 50 years
Father: George Freeland, farmer (deceased)
Mother: Eliza Jane Johnston (deceased)

Name: Janet Martin or Wilkinson, widow, age 35 years
Address: Tantah (?) Cottages, Peebles
Father: John Martin, forester (deceased)
Mother: Sarah Naismith (deceased)

This must be the mother of Janet Martin Wilkinson.
I assume that William Wilkinson died and Janet married William Freeland.
Is he a relative of James Freeland ?
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Re: Freeland Family from "Motherwell/Peeble" Scotland
« Reply #2 on: Friday 01 August 14 17:56 BST (UK) »
As Janet Martin Wilkinson was born in 1910 I did a search in Scotlandspeople for the birth of James Freeland.
I did 5 years +/- 1910 and this is the list

1   1906   FREELAND   FREDERICK JAMES   M   NIGG (KINCARDINE)   /KINCARDINE   
2   1905   FREELAND   JAMES   M   DALZIEL   /LANARK
3   1906   FREELAND   JAMES   M   CAMBUSNETHAN   /LANARK
4   1906   FREELAND   JAMES   M   LARKHALL   /LANARK
5   1909   FREELAND   JAMES   M   HAMILTON   /LANARK   
6   1910   FREELAND   JAMES   M   NIGG (KINCARDINE)   /KINCARDINE   
7   1908   FREELAND   JAMES ALEXANDER   M   NIGG (KINCARDINE)   /KINCARDINE

I think the one in bold could be him but we need a marriage or death certificate to confirm his parents.
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Re: Freeland Family from "Motherwell/Peeble" Scotland
« Reply #3 on: Friday 01 August 14 19:14 BST (UK) »
In the 1911 Motherwell street directory there are four Freelands.

Freeland James, ironworker, 4 St Vincent Place.
Freeland John, ironworker, Woodlands Terrace, Shields Road.
Freeland Robert, catcher, 12 Globe Works.
Freeland William, ironworker, 11 Jack Street.

According to the 1901 census (Ancestry version) for Stewart's Building, Craigneuk. (Craigneuk had a Wishaw postal address although historically it was in Dalziel parish, as was Motherwell by that time, although up until 1898? a large part of Motherwell had been in Hamilton parish).
So, Stewart's Building, Craigneuk, parish of Dalziel. - all the following have the surname Freeland.

William, aged 45 years, head of house, foreman iron shingle (should be slinger) born Kilsyth.
Mary, aged 41 years, wife, born Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.
John, aged 19 years, son, iron slinger, born Coatbridge.
James, aged 18 years, son, iron heater, born Coatbridge.
Lizzie, aged 16 years, daughter, apprentice dressmaker, born Coatbridge.
William, aged 15 years, son, apprentice boll turner, born Coatbridge. (roll turner?)
Janet, aged 13 years, daughter, scholar, born Coatbridge.
George, aged 11 years, son, scholar, born Motherwell.
Joseph, aged 10 years, son, scholar, born Motherwell.
Jane, aged 8 years, daughter, scholar, born Motherwell.
Robert, aged 5 years, son, scholar, born Motherwell.
David, aged 3 years, son, born Motherwell.
Mary, aged 1 year, daughter, born Motherwell.

In the 1891 census for Motherwell, living at 49 Russell Place, Park Street, another family of Freelands',

Ellen, aged 35 years, head of house, born Campsie, Stirlingshire. (Very close to Kilsyth).
James, aged 26 years, brother, iron worker, born Campsie.
James, aged 16 years, son, iron worker, born Campsie.
John, aged 13 years, son, iron worker, born Coatbridge.
Jeanie, aged 8 years, daughter, scholar, born Campsie.
Robert, aged 5 years, son, born Motherwell.
Mary, aged 1 year, daughter, born Motherwell.
William Winsper, aged 32 years, boarder, ironworker, born Coatbridge.

My own great-grandparents lived in Russell Place at this time, it was a mix of one and two-roomed dwellings and belonged to Russells' Iron Foundry, which was situated in Park Street.

There are a few Freeland names in the burial records for Cambusnethan cemetery, this is in Wishaw and if your family lived in Craigneuk it could be possible that some are buried in Cambusnethan. If you can narrow down the names, especially the maiden surnames of the wives, I can check them out for you.
Also, Kilsyth was historically in the county of Stirling but is now part of the county of North Lanarkshire.
Paterson, Torrance, Gilchrist - Hamilton Lanarkshire. 
McCallum - Oban, McKechnie - Ross of Mull Argyll.
Scrim - Perthshire. 
Liddell - Polmont,
Binnie - Muiravonside Stirlingshire.
Curran, McCafferty, Stevenson, McCue - Co Donegal
Gibbons, Weldon - Co Mayo.
Devlin - Co Tyrone.
Leonard - County Donegal & Glasgow.


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Re: Freeland Family from "Motherwell/Peeble" Scotland
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 09 August 14 09:53 BST (UK) »
Address: Tantah (?) Cottages, Peebles

Tantah is the correct spelling. Tantah House is at the very top of Edderston Road.

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Re: Freeland Family from "Motherwell/Peeble" Scotland
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 09 August 14 10:45 BST (UK) »
Address: Tantah (?) Cottages, Peebles

Tantah is the correct spelling. Tantah House is at the very top of Edderston Road.
Gracias
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Re: Freeland Family from "Motherwell/Peeble" Scotland
« Reply #6 on: Monday 04 October 21 15:15 BST (UK) »
No idea how old the original post is.  In any event, my mother (Mae/Mary Freeland) is half-sister to both Jimmy and Jessie (I know - most confusing).  I’m on my way to visit her right now and she’ll be delighted to respond to any questions regarding her family.

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Re: Freeland Family from "Motherwell/Peeble" Scotland
« Reply #7 on: Monday 04 October 21 16:39 BST (UK) »
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Re: Freeland Family from "Motherwell/Peeble" Scotland
« Reply #8 on: Monday 04 October 21 18:27 BST (UK) »
Have found a tree on Ancestry and then checked the facts:

James Freeland had emigrated in 1922 and Janet/Jessie Wilkinson must have emigrated at some point too (can't find obvious entry in outgoing passenger lists) - the couple married 31/1/1930 Toronto, York County, Ontario - James Freeland, florist, 27,son of William Freeland and Margaret Eccles and Jessie Wilkinson, 19, dau. of William Wilkinson and Janet Martin.

James Freeland was born 4/4/1902 15 Milton Row, Motherwell and died 1985 Ontario.

So, James older than originally thought and marriage took place in Canada hence no marriage found on Scotlands People.

Janet (Jessie) Wilkinson's mother - Janet Wardrop Martin - died 1950 and death certificate shows she was married to 1) William Wilkinson and 2) William Freeland.

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