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maybe a family emergency.. or..maybe she or the babe were too ill.  I am unable to find my Aunt's
baptism still.  (Even tho some of my uncles were baptized in batches ) My reasoning was my
Granny's dear Mother had died a few months prior... Too many deaths.

re: the son :  would he be part of the Dr Barnardo Home Children scheme 1869 -1932 ?
The mother's had very little say in the matter ;  especially if they fell on hard times or father
deserted them or died. There were many organizations like Dr Barnardo supplying children
for farm labour/domestic duties. A child of 13 in 1892 was probably equivalent to a 20 year
old of today. On a passenger ships list about 1904 for Canada. I recall seeing children as young as 6 years old . There would be escorts accompanying the children. There is a data base to search.
Something to think apart as another alternative.

Our smaller DNA matches may be more important than we think. People had many children who often
had many children. Mothers died during childbirth etc. So these seemingly distant matches
could be from half siblings and their offspring during the years.

an ancestry tree I was looking at hoping for more lost family updates actually has atleast 2 major errors on it. Soon as I saw his  listed source: LDS data for a Marriage & Birth I thought  uh oh...Had scanty documentation that didnot support my particular interest .Was trying to notify tree owner but it never posted.

 My sources are : Scotland Registration Certificates Birth/Marriage/Death for verification 
various Glasgow Censuses for the occupations and  addresses that they have been at mainly Candleriggs Street and Mathieson Street.


My great great aunt was  Elizabeth Houston born in Ireland. She gives several ages. What never
changes is : her mother is Isabella Joyce & her father is John Houston occupation Spirit Merchant.
This particular tree has her being born 1827 in Londonderry Ireland of wrong parents:
Francis Houston & Jane Cary of Londonderry, Ireland.
The tree goes onto absorb my William Butler Duff  born 1858 ( son of Elizabeth Houston & William Duff) and gives him an incorrect marriage.

Correct = William Butler Duff married 1890 Janet Neilson ... His son George  born abt 1897. George Neilson Duff married Fanny McRoberts in 1926, Glasgow Scotland