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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Shetland => Topic started by: Oranges on Monday 03 April 17 12:02 BST (UK)

Title: Grandfather
Post by: Oranges on Monday 03 April 17 12:02 BST (UK)

Can anyone help, my grandfather was born on Shetland in 1887 John george leslie he was illegitimate and his mother passed her name to him her name was joanah or later JOAN leslie and she was registered as a servant and we asumme whoever she worked for got her pregnant but were not sure. Maybe she had relatives?

Title: Re: Grandfather
Post by: bitzar on Monday 03 April 17 12:22 BST (UK)

On the 1891 they are in Rutherglen, Glasgow with Jane LESLIE, 64, poss Joan's mother, and George W LESLIE, 22, poss Joan's brother. Joan was 30, John G was 7.

Looks like Joan later married John KERRIGAN according to the 1901.  There is also a half sister Mary Ann Jane KERRIGAN, 6.  They are still in Glasgow.

bitzar.

Title: Re: Grandfather
Post by: Cas (stallc) on Monday 03 April 17 12:32 BST (UK)

Going with the above info possible bapt?

Johanna https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ7S-2J3

Possible brother of Joan, John Robert https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQXH-LJ6

1871 Joan https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBGS-4YX
1871 for George in same area, unable to view full census https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBGS-4YN

1881 https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KM67-GZ3

Cas

Title: Re: Grandfather
Post by: bitzar on Monday 03 April 17 12:44 BST (UK)

1871 Gellertsons Court, Lerwick, Shetlands.
John Leslie, 36
Jane Leslie, 44
James Leslie, 12
Joan Leslie, 10
John R Leslie, 6
George N Leslie, 2
Esther Leslie, 35
Mary Jamieson, 19
Elizabeth Goudie, 18.

Title: Re: Grandfather
Post by: bitzar on Monday 03 April 17 12:47 BST (UK)

1881. Ponds, Dunrossness, Shetlands.

Jane Leslie, 55
Johanna Leslie, 20
George William Leslie, 12
Hannah Leslie, 87.

Title: Re: Grandfather
Post by: Oranges on Monday 03 April 17 12:52 BST (UK)

Is there anyway we could find out who my grandfathers father could have been?

Many thanks

Title: Re: Grandfather
Post by: ev on Monday 03 April 17 12:59 BST (UK)

Have you looked at his marriage or death certificate for possible clues ?



ev

Title: Re: Grandfather
Post by: Oranges on Monday 03 April 17 13:05 BST (UK)

All it says on birth certificate is illegitimate and he kept mothers name, she was very young and obviously very difficult in those times to have an illegitimate child and keep it but I'm not sure where to start and as she was down as a servant I wouldn't have thought there were many households who had servants

Title: Re: Grandfather
Post by: Cas (stallc) on Monday 03 April 17 13:24 BST (UK)

Quite a lot of your ancestry here. Both have the surname Leslie, wonder if related distantly?


http://www.bayanne.info/Shetland/familygroup.php?familyID=F25062&tree=ID1

Cas

Title: Re: Grandfather
Post by: Oranges on Monday 03 April 17 13:37 BST (UK)

That's great, I think it's strange having the same name but I think joanahh having a child at such a young age would set tongues wagging and a small chance we might be able to find out who the father was

Title: Re: Grandfather
Post by: ShaunJ on Monday 03 April 17 13:53 BST (UK)

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