Christening - James Wilson Webster 1902 Dundee Scotland

[MonicaL]

That is good news, Ev Would fit with mother and father heading off there at that time from what we have so far.

Monica

[sunshine333]

Hi, thanks everyone, yes that is the family I am researching....I have not been able to find the immigration details in 1922, could you advise where I should look...please...also any help re William Clark  Webster military records ww1...  I really appreciate your help .... .Rob 

[andycand]

Hi

The passenger list is on both Ancestry and Findmypast and he is under his full name William Clark Webster, that is Clark without the E.

Andy

[sunshine333]

Hi Andy, thanks for the info....I appreciate your help...you are all great to help ....Rob   

[Dundas Family Tree]

Hi I have James Wilson Webster in my tree. I am a bit confused as his military records say he was born in 1902 Merewether NSW, yet his shipping record (1926) said he was born Scotland.(James William Webster?) Can anybody clear this up for me please, as I cant find a birth in NSW For him ??William Clark Webster, youngest son Ronald was married to Norma Askew, which  is my connection.
Marj

[Forfarian]

Go to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk and invest in 30 credits at modest cost (far less than the cost of one single NSW certificate!)

Use 1 credit to find, and 5 to download, the birth certificate of James Wilson Webster, born 1902 and registered in the district of St Mary (Dundee).

There are no other births of James Wilson Websters, and no James William Websters, anywhere in Scotland from 1901 to 1903.

If you reckon he is the right one, you will still have enough credits to find and download 4 more certificates - James' parents' marriage, perhaps, and even those of his grandparents?

Forget about looking for a christening before 1855 as you would need to find out which church the family attended, whether it still exists and/or whether the register of baptisms still exists, and if so where it might be. Needle-in-haystack stuff. Unless you really, really want the religious data, the statutory records will tell you what you need to know.

[Dundas Family Tree]

Thank you for the information. But I wonder why his NSW Military records say he is born in Merewether NSW Australia ?

[wivenhoe]

"..James Wilson Webster........his military records say he was born in 1902 Merewether NSW..."

James Wilson WEBSTER NX5658 WW2  b. Merewether 24 Aug 1902

Possibly not born WEBSTER, the name acquired later.....?

BDM NSW birth 
13961 / 1902 WILSON James  parents Michael / Margaret @ Merewether (24 Aug 1902)

also
4743 / 1904   WILSON Michael R parents Michael / Margaret @ Merewether

Do you have a marriage and death certificate for your James Wilson WEBSTER?

[Forfarian]

Sorry, everyone. That string of earlier replies wasn't there when I posted my reply - I take it this is a duplicated query that has since been amalgamated by a Moderator.

Rob and Marj, has either of you downloaded his birth certificate yet? If not, you need to do that. There is no other source for that information, and anyone else who downloads it will have to pay for it.

As for why his military record says he was born in Mereweather - might he have lived in Mereweather from infancy, and believed that was where he was born? Or could he just have been fibbing?

If the primary source (the birth certificate) matches later primary sources (marriage and/or death certificates) then you should trust that more than you trust the secondary source (what he told the Army recruiting squad).