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Offline Tom 23

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Help with finding a child death but don't have christian name!
« on: Friday 28 March 14 12:49 GMT (UK) »
Hi

Please could anyone help with finding the death of a child of a Thomas McCall and Isabella McCall (nee Scott).

I have so far found their children Thomas, Jeanie (1916-1919), Winifred, Robert and George.

A second family member has now mentioned vague details of one of their children who died. They had sat on the back of a bus and as it pulled away sharply they cracked their head very hard and died as a result.

I know that it definitely wasn't Thomas (b.1915), Winifred (b.1922), Robert or George (both b.1926) as all reached adulthood and I obtained the death certifcate of Jeanie and her death was as a result of enteritis. 

The timeframe for this would have been from around 1915 to 1935 and thought I might find something on familysearch baptisms 1564 to 1950 but nothing seems to come up past late 1800's.

Would appreciate any help.

I know that Thomas and Jeanie were born in Eaglesham and the others in Glasgow.

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Re: Help with finding a child death but don't have christian name!
« Reply #1 on: Friday 28 March 14 18:14 GMT (UK) »
you could try the news papers as if this happened on a bus it would be in the papers the daily record was first published in 1895
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Re: Help with finding a child death but don't have christian name!
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 03 April 14 22:01 BST (UK) »
My mother in law was born in Greenock in 1920 and she has told me she remembers a boy killed falling from a bus in the area when she was young. She didn't remember any other details. But try  looking on scotlandspeople at the following: James McCall died 1931 Port Glasgow aged 16 born 1915 GROS data no. 574/00 0095. Hope that helps!