Rebecca Macfarlane Stewart - parents information

[lilmerricks]

Hi,

I'm hoping that someone can help.  I'm trying to help a friend with a family history problem but not really sure where to look now.  Her husband's grandmother, Rebecca Macfarlane Stewart was born 27/11/1922 to a Jessie Burnett and Samuel Stewart in Shettleston, Lanark.  It seems that her parents were married to other people at the time.  The mother gave her up and went to work as a housekeeper on the isle of Bute, her father drank a lot and gave her up to an orphanage.  We have the records from the orphanage and we have the birth certificate but we are unable to find anything else.  Any ideas?

Thanks

[lilmerricks]

I meant to add that I cannot find Jessie anywhere, and she was possibly married but doesn't seem to appear on the census

[MargP]

Hi

Does it give any indication who adopted her, on the records, in England there was no legal adoption until 1927/28, I am not sure if this is the case in Scotland. how old was she when she entered the orphanage and when she left.

Margp

[MargP]

Hi

On Scotlandpeople there are 4 marriages for a Rebecca Macfarlane Stewart

1945, to a Charles Henry Webb, Blairgowrie Perth* Macfarlane with the C the others without
1958 to a James Lochran Gillon, Bellshill Lanark
1949 to a John Gray, Blythswood Lanark
1946 to a Robert George Pollock Bellshill Lanark

Margp

[MonicaL]

Hi lilmerrick and Margp 

Just for background to adoption records in Scotland www.nas.gov.uk/guides/adoptions.asp

Rebecca's records are before this date maybe...however, was she adopted from the orphanage or did she remain there from her birth?

Margp has added some marriage details above. Have you been able to find her marriage, to let you work back to where you are to date so far?

Monica

[MargP]

Hi Monica

Thanks for the information,  where's that lovely photo of you gone

Margp

[MonicaL]

Hi Monica

Thanks for the information,  where's that lovely photo of you gone

Margp

Will be back....

Monica

[melwebb]

Hello. I'm Lils friend who is looking to trace my mother in laws family history. Lil and I are drawing a blank so hopefully someone can help

Rebecca was born to Jessie Burnett and Samuel Stewart in 1922.
The parents were not married to each other so finding it difficult to trace any history as we don't know who they were married too, although Jessie's other surname was Graham!
Rebecca got put into William quarrier homes (orphanage) in Glasgow when she was 2 1/3 years old. She stayed in the home until the age of 18 where she moved to Rugby and married Charles Henry Webb in 1945.
Can anyone help me find any marriage records or anything to try and trace her history back please.
Thankyou

[MargP]

Hello. I'm Lils friend who is looking to trace my mother in laws family history. Lil and I are drawing a blank so hopefully someone can help

Rebecca was born to Jessie Burnett and Samuel Stewart in 1922.
The parents were not married to each other so finding it difficult to trace any history as we don't know who they were married too, although Jessie's other surname was Graham!
Rebecca got put into William quarrier homes (orphanage) in Glasgow when she was 2 1/3 years old. She stayed in the home until the age of 18 where she moved to Rugby and married Charles Henry Webb in 1945.
Can anyone help me find any marriage records or anything to try and trace her history back please.
Thankyou

Hi Mel and welcome to RootsChat

This is the marriage


1945, to a Charles Henry Webb, Blairgowrie Perth* Macfarlane with the C the others without, from my above post

It can be order from this site

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

Margp