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Offline Julie Stephenson

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James Anderson , born Cambusnethan Glasgow in 1901.
« on: Friday 24 March 17 14:45 GMT (UK) »
I am looking for james Anderson. He was my great grandmothers brother who was sent to Canada with the quarriers care home. He was born in Lanarkshire cambusnethan Glasgow in 1901. He was sent to Canada in 1915 aboard the Hesperian ship which arrived march 1915.

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Re: James Anderson , born Cambusnethan Glasgow in 1901.
« Reply #1 on: Friday 24 March 17 18:35 GMT (UK) »
Hi Julie and welcome to Rootschat.

Do you have any more information on James, for example the name of his parents and siblings, his actual date of birth, and where the family lived?

Are you looking for information on him once he arrived in Canada?
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Re: James Anderson , born Cambusnethan Glasgow in 1901.
« Reply #2 on: Friday 24 March 17 18:52 GMT (UK) »
Hi Julie, and welcome to RootsChat.

When you say you are looking for him, what exactly are you looking for?

If he was born in about 1901, his birth certificate will be available to view at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. This is a pay-per-view site, but modestly priced, and there is nowhere else you can get this information. However James Anderson is a very common name, and there were 23 James Andersons born in Lanarkshire in 1901. So we need to try to narrow down the possibilities so that you can get the right certificate.

Cambusnethan isn't in Glasgow. It is a separate parish, and the main town in the parish is Wishaw. If James was born in Cambusnethan, he was not born in Glasgow, and vice versa.

Do you have an exact date of birth for James? Did he have a middle name? Do you know the names of his parents? What was the name of your great-grandmother, and what was her date of birth? In which parish was she born?

Knowing some or all of that information should make it possible to find James in the 1911 census and perhaps, depending on when in the year he was born, the 1901 census.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: James Anderson , born Cambusnethan Glasgow in 1901.
« Reply #3 on: Friday 24 March 17 20:32 GMT (UK) »
What was your great grandmother's name and what year/where was she born?


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Re: James Anderson , born Cambusnethan Glasgow in 1901.
« Reply #4 on: Friday 24 March 17 20:42 GMT (UK) »
Hi and welcome to Rootschat this looks like the passenger list for James C Anderson age 13 departure Liverpool ..
Date of arrival 19 March 1915 Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
Ship Hesperian

There is a marriage for a James Craig Anderson age 25 soldier birth place Wishaw
Father Peter Anderson mother Jean Anderson
Spouse Sarah Ann Palmer age 26 birth place Dundee
Marriage date 20 October 1926 Lanark Ontario Canada

Tree on Ancestry has a birth date for James Craig Anderson 3 September 1901 Wishaw Scotland
Death for him 1986 Kingston Frontenac Canada ...which you would need to check out

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Re: James Anderson , born Cambusnethan Glasgow in 1901.
« Reply #5 on: Friday 24 March 17 20:54 GMT (UK) »
Likely his record here from what has been mentioned here www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/home-children-1869-1930/immigration-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=90196

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Re: James Anderson , born Cambusnethan Glasgow in 1901.
« Reply #6 on: Friday 24 March 17 21:07 GMT (UK) »
Tree on Ancestry has a birth date for James Craig Anderson 3 September 1901 Wishaw Scotland
There is a matching birth in the index at SP. Looks as if this must be your man.

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Re: James Anderson , born Cambusnethan Glasgow in 1901.
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 26 March 17 11:38 BST (UK) »
Just in case you are not aware RootsChat has a special section for British Home Children - where you can add the name of your family member or find others researching them.

http://surname.rootschat.com/lexicon/dbsig/index.php?dbsig_num=1

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=716206.0

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Re: James Anderson , born Cambusnethan Glasgow in 1901.
« Reply #8 on: Monday 27 March 17 07:44 BST (UK) »
1921 Census Elmsley north (Township) Lanark Ontario

Albert McVeety   24
Mary McVeety   23
Louise McVeety   49
James Anderson   19 Born Scotland. parents Born Scotland. Labourer. Farm.

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