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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: Paulfinn7979 on Wednesday 18 April 18 13:23 BST (UK)
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Hi,
I’m looking for any info on my Great Grandparents David Munro Henderson born about 1885 and died on the 19th March 1964, I believe he served in the WW1 but only have an old photo of him in France in 1916. He was married to Margaret Gibson Wright Spence who I know also very little about. They had 13 children only 7 survived into adulthood.
Thank you Paul
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Is this their marriage:
12 Dec 1905 Leith
David Henderson, 22, ship carpenter. Parents = David Henderson, dec. and Jane MS Rooney
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Margret Spence, 18, shop assistant. Parents - Thomas Spence and Victoria Christina MS Wright.
Having trouble reading fathers' occupations.
Gadget
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Death certificate confirms parents.
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I think this is David with his parents in 1891
Junction Street, South Leith
David Henderson, 34, railway porter, b, Kincardineshire
Jane R, 36, b. Ayrshire
Robert, 13, b.Ayrshire
Mary, 12
Isabella, 10
Ann, 9
DAvid, 6
Joseph, 4
James, 2
Mary, under 1
All others b. Midlothian
Gadget
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Margaret in 1891
Chalmers Bldings, South Leith
Thomas Spence, 41, brass finishere,
Christina W, 42. b. Lanarkshire
Lawrence, 17
Agnes, 15
Alexander, 13
Thomas, 11
William, 8
John, 7
Margaret, 4
Robert, 2
Charles, under 1
All but Chistina b. Midlothian
Gadget
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David Henderson and Margaret Spence (no middle names) were married in South Leith in 1905. If you go to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, invest in a few credits and use some of them to download the marriage certificate, it will tell you the full names of their parents, including their mothers' maiden surnames. It will also tell you their ages, which will help you to find them in the 1911 census, which will tell you where they were born and the names, ages and birthplaces of any children born before 1911.
David Munro Henderson died in Glasgow in 1955, aged 83. Another David Munro Henderson died in Kirkcaldy in 1974 aged 55. There are three births of David Munro Hendersons, in Glasgow in 1891, in Dundee in 1922 and in Inverness in 1943.
Margaret Gibson Henderson, other surname Spence, died in Leith in 1950, aged 64. This looks like the one born in Leith in 1887.
You can look up any of these events except the 1974 death and the 1922 and 1943 births, all of which are after the cut-off dates for online viewing.
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Forfarian - see my previous posts #1 . etc. ;D
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Sorry, Gadget - my post crossed with yours. Having more than once lost screeds of typing by reacting to the warning about new posts while I have been typing, I always post what I have typed first and then look to see what else has been posted.
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That used to happened to me but I now type all but the briefest replies in notepad or alternative and copy and paste from there :)
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Paul
I'm not sure what other information you want - do you want to go forward of backwards? Both parents had very large families so chasing up siblings might take a while ;D
Gadget
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Thanks for this guys, amazing info, much appreciated .
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Do you have any idea how I could find out about his time in the war ?
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There are quite a few online sources:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/first-world-war/centenary-digitised-records/
https://tinyurl.com/yc7o6hp8
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/cs/world-war-1
The last two are pay sites.
I'll poke around and see what I can find. You might be lucky and find his record but many were destroyed - my grandfather's and uncles' were. there could be a medal card.
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Can't find any full records for him so far but there are a number of David M Henderson listed in the WW1 medals listings. It's difficult to identify which one he might be. Do you know which regiment/s he served in?
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Sorry I have no idea
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Thread re WW1 here
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=840401.msg7064286#msg7064286
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You seem to have given the same answer as I did, Carole :D
There are several David M Henderson entries on the Medal Roll Index but without knowing either his service number or regiment it's difficult to determine the right entry
Can't find any full records for him so far but there are a number of David M Henderson listed in the WW1 medals listings. It's difficult to identify which one he might be. Do you know which regiment/s he served in?
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Two and a half years since this post & we are still on the same wavelength Gadget 😊