Private Nursing home at Monteith Row, Glasgow

[Dunli]

Hello Sancti,

I don't have a copy of the certificate.  She has a birth certificate which gives the names of the mother and father who adopted her. This document does not mention any address...only her name and adopted name as it was an abbreviated document. Unfortunately, this is in the uk and we are abroad and will have to wait until we return to have a look at that again.

Apparently, she has to go to Edinburgh to view details of her natural mother and father and their details.  She has been told it is for her eyes only.  I am unsure as to whether she can get a copy of this document.  Can you advise?

As I said, we will have to wait until we get to Edinburgh for that.

If I find out any details I will let you know.

Regards,

Dunli

[sancti]

Have a read through this thread

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,570137.msg4225305.html#msg4225305


If you were adopted in Scotland
If you were adopted in Scotland you can see or obtain a copy of your original birth certificate from the age of 16 years. The full birth certificate will give the following information:

The name under which you were registered at birth. The date, place and time of your birth.
The name, address and signature of the person who registered the birth - usually the birth mother. The date and place of the marriage if the birth parents were married.
You can obtain a copy of your birth certificate by writing to:

The Adoption Unit
General Register Office
New Register House
Edinburgh EH1 3YT

Phone 0131 334 0380

[Dunli]

That's excellent information Sancti and I'll certainly follow it through.

This seems to make things a whole lot easier.

Appreciate the time you have spent on this, thanks very much.

Regards,

Dunli

[M.R. Dien]

Thanks Myrrdin,

I had another thought.  The couple who adopted my wife were members of The Salvation Army.  I was wondering if there was any premises run by The Salvation Army in Monteith Row.  They came from the Paisley area and I wondered at them coming from Paisley to Glasgow to adopt as there may have been something closer.  Just a thought.

In the 1927 directory, which Monica kindly provided, records a Salvation army house at number 33 Monteith Row.

However, I have written to The Salvation Army to make enquiries.

Many thanks,

Dunli 

In 1943, 33 Monteith Row is listed with three names (Hugh Stanton, H Burns & G Downie) followed by "Salvation Army House" and the name Dr. A Mellick as an aside no 35 also has a doctor listed as resident - Dr A McManus.

The Salvation Army did also have a Maternity Home but it is listed at the opposite end of the City in Great Western Road

[Dunli]

Thanks Myrrdin,

There is a possibilty that services of childbirth were provided privately by doctors and maybe they only had a room or two as opposed to a nursing home with several beds. This could have been what was meant by a 'private' nursing home.

The 'private' nusing home would have taken away the stigma of having a child that would otherwise be exposed to the public.

What do you think?

Dunli

[sancti]

It may have been the home of a nurse who helped unmarried mothers

This was pre NHS

[Dunli]

Thanks Myrrdin , Sancti.

I think you may be correst about the nurse.  I have just read about a nurse in the Paisley area who assisted in the delivery of babies.

Good lead, cheers!

Dunli

[patrob]

Have just read this post, was at whats left of monteith row today, with my mother who says she was adopted from a house there as well in 1934, she recalls there were babies in cots there, but she thought she was the only older child between 3-4 . Have been to edinburgh but there is no record of her adoption, apparently not unusual in 1930s, been impossible to track down real family though we do know mothers name.