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Advice with English records
« on: Friday 18 August 17 19:02 BST (UK) »
Hello
I have undertaken extensive research into my family whom have all been from Scotland. I have found Scotland's People an excellent and easy resource.
One of my ancestors has now brought me to searching English records and I'm struggling to find any detail on ancestry. His name is James Milne Robertson and was born in 1908 in Dundee. He seems to have moved to England and I can only assume it had something to do with his work. He graduated as a dentist in 1926 and I see he is in Evesham in 1939. Can anyone recommend how to find more about him? I can't find a marriage, death, children or anything else.

Thanks ;D

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Re: Advice with English records
« Reply #1 on: Friday 18 August 17 19:17 BST (UK) »
There are several people with that name in English records, including at least two born in 1908 per the Probate Calendar. Do you have a precise birthdate?

The one in Evesham was a doctor not a dentist (per medical directories 1940 and 1942).
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« Reply #2 on: Friday 18 August 17 19:25 BST (UK) »
There is a probate record for a James Milne Robertson of St Andrew's Hospital, Northampton who died 1 May 1981
Effects - £17541

Death record -

James Milne Robertson
Death Age - 72
Birth Date - 25 Jul 1908
Registration Date - Jun 1981
Registration district - Northampton
Vol 7 Page 2394

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« Reply #3 on: Friday 18 August 17 19:40 BST (UK) »
He was born 25th July 1908.


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« Reply #4 on: Friday 18 August 17 19:43 BST (UK) »
He was born 25th July 1908.

Therefore it would appear that the above death is correct (as per the date of birth)

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« Reply #5 on: Friday 18 August 17 19:48 BST (UK) »
In the 1930's James is the House Surgeon at Cheltenham General Hospital. There are numerous newspaper articles on his cases.

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« Reply #6 on: Friday 18 August 17 19:53 BST (UK) »
He's not listed in UK Dentist Registers up to 1942 so presumably was never a practicing dentist. He must have gone straight on into medical school (registered 1926, qualified 1932).
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« Reply #7 on: Friday 18 August 17 19:55 BST (UK) »
Thank you so much. I'll look up the paper articles. Any sign of a marriage??
Would a house surgeon have been quite a respectable job back then? It obviously still is but would it have been specialised in the way surgeons are now?

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« Reply #8 on: Friday 18 August 17 19:57 BST (UK) »
Perhaps he never was a dentist. He was only 18 in 1926!
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