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trying to find Mr J A D Maclean lived 447 Moss Park drive glasgow
« on: Thursday 15 June 17 01:51 BST (UK) »
Hi Everyone,
Trying to find a parent who is dead  who was at a wedding of John William Maclean took place in 1964 in Hyde Cheshire  England 

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Re: trying to find Mr J A D Maclean lived 447 Moss Park drive glasgow
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 15 June 17 08:09 BST (UK) »
Hi Fishy ,

Do you know his mother's maiden surname and year of birth ?

What was the name of his wife ?



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Re: trying to find Mr J A D Maclean lived 447 Moss Park drive glasgow
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 15 June 17 09:50 BST (UK) »
fishy, exactly what information do you have? Is this the father of John William Maclean? Is it from the marriage certificate of John W Maclean to Brenda Ford?

If so how old was John William when he married? And what was J A D's occupation? Did John William give his address as 447 Moss Park Drive? If so, how do you know it was his father's address too? And if not, where did the address come from?

The deaths index at Scotland's People does not list a J A D Maclean. (There are an ADJ, two DJAs, and a DJA.) The only marriage of a J A D McLean was in Edinburgh in 1922, indexed as James A Dietric to Gwenllian Cattel-Jones.

The easiest way to find this out would be to look at the Valuation Rolls and/or (even better) Register of Electors for around that time. However this would require a visit to somewhere where these are available, for example the Mitchell Library in Glasgow or the National Library of Scotland. Probably also the British Library in London. The other Copyright Libraries should also have them, I think.

The Register of Electors would tell you what the J stands for, and the names of any other voters in the household, for example his wife.

The other avenue you could pursue, if you know how old John William was in 1964, and assuming that he was born in Scotland, is to look for his birth certificate. The chances are that he was born less than 100 years ago, so you would have to go to a Scotland's People Centre to do this, for example the Mitchell Library in Glasgow or Register House in Edinburgh, because only births over 100 years ago are available online.

There are four John William Macleans and five John William McLeans in the Scottish birth indexes from 1917 to 1950. One of these Macleans and one of these McLeans each have a second given name.
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Re: trying to find Mr J A D Maclean lived 447 Moss Park drive glasgow
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 15 June 17 11:01 BST (UK) »
English marriage certificates list residences of bride and groom at the time of the marriage but that may not be where the family lived.
Recent English death certificates will give exact date of birth (as given by informant) so if John William Maclean died in England this should help pin down his age to then get the birth certificate for John William Maclean.
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Re: trying to find Mr J A D Maclean lived 447 Moss Park drive glasgow
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 17 June 17 22:24 BST (UK) »
 :-\ The 1962 electoral roll for Mosspark Drive (Register of Voters, Glasgow, Wards 27-37, 1962, Glasgow - Craigton Consituency - Polling district C - 31st Municipal Ward) doesn't show a McLean at 447 Mosspark Drive unfortunately (an Elizabeth Gray shows as resident there)...

Online, 1962 is the cut off year. For 1964, as Forfarian mentioned, you would need to look this up in person and arrange for someone to do this for you.

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Re: trying to find Mr J A D Maclean lived 447 Moss Park drive glasgow
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 22 June 17 06:31 BST (UK) »
Hi Ev,
and others that sent me messages about John William ford thank you very much been busy trying  to digest all.  i have first sent for a marriage cert of Brenda Ford and John William Maclean  need to know his  exact age,

appreciate help

fishy