Researching Walter Freer - Glasgow area

[Angusmacf]

Greetings fellow "root diggers."  I'm looking for some help from anyone who may have knowledge of Walter Freer's family.  He lived in the Glasgow area from about 1846 - 1930.  He was the Manager of Corporation Halls and Music Recitals in Glasgow.  A fair amount is written on him, but I'm looking for info on his children:

Walter - June 1867
Edward - August 1868
Jessie - 1871
Margaret - 1874
James - 1876
Robert - 1880
Thomas - 1880
John - 1889

Any leads would be appreciated.

Thanks

[DonM]

This should be easy as it is not that common of a name.

You should find them all of them quite easily at Scotlands People http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk it is a pay per view.

I picked his son Walter marriage and this one appears - I peaked and it is his son.

1897 FREER WALTER DEVLIN ANNIE MCGILVARY BLACKFRIARS GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 644/05 0287

Don

[Angusmacf]

Thanks for for the lead Don.  I've been using Ancestry.ca. 

I'll follow your suggestion up.  In reading the message strings, it amazes me how often distant relatives meet in these forums and fill in the missing gaps in family history. 

Cheers!

[ev]

Hi , welcome to RootsChat 

This looks like the details for the first 4 children -
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01g63/

Click on the indexed IGI.

These references only go up to 1875.



ev

[Angusmacf]

Hi Ev,

Thanks for the welcome.

I believe Walter Freer was married to Jessie Kay McDonald.   I don't see her in the results.  Perhaps I'm just looking in the wrong spot.  I like the indexing source you are using.  I'll try tinkering with it.  Thanks for the suggestion.

... Read your post and found the indexed IGI file....  They are there.  Thx!

[MonicaL]

His obit here https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19300922&id=2nVDAAAAIBAJ&sjid=caUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3962,3049648&hl=en

Heck  He was one of 18 children, wow! Even then.

Monica

PS: I know, you are looking for his children's details....

[MonicaL]

You mention ancestry.ca

So, you can access details on other son Robert here http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/36456931/person/28119625329

Monica

[MonicaL]

Hey! I recognise the photo here on Robert Freer from a previous post I worked on a while ago http://trees.ancestry.co.uk/tree/404703/person/-1580632690/media/2?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid|pgNum ...

From RC post www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=340796.0

Monica

[MonicaL]

Angus, this might fit for son Edward. Possible census from 1901:

Edward Freer 32 Cashier b. Glasgow - https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F79H-P9V
Jeanie Freer 21 b. Glasgow
Walter Freer 2 b. Glasgow - *
Address: 41 Clarendon Street, Glasgow/Kelvin

*   WALTER FREER
  2nd Lieutenant, Royal Air Force
  Second Lieutenant Walter Freer, elder son of Mr. Edward Freer, of Glasgow
  Corporation Halls, and of Mrs. Freer, 37 Derby Street, W., was a bright, active
  youth at School, full of hope and fun, and a universal favourite. He showed a
  marked linguistic bent, and for a schoolboy was exceptionally well read in modern
  142
http://digital.nls.uk/rolls-of-honour/pageturner.cfm?id=100541635&mode=transcription

Monica