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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Topic started by: texaustin on Wednesday 16 January 19 14:42 GMT (UK)
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Hello, I am searching for information regarding the above. He was married in England in 1915, but I am fairly sure he was born in Scotland. According to his marriage certificate he would have been born in around 1896. He was the son of James Stewart, a schoolmaster. I am particularly interested in finding his place of birth, christening date etc..
Thanks in advance.
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Welcome to rootschat
Have you looked for his birth/baptism on Scotlands people https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search-our-records
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Yes, but no luck I'm afraid.
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Did he stay in England after his marriage
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Apparently so. The marriage did not last long and the family story was that he was knocked off his bicycle and killed, but I've no idea when.
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Have you tried looking for him on the 1911 census?
Monica
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Yes, no joy there either.
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There were two daughters born 1917 & 1919 who both married in Whitchurch reg district
An online tree suggests his wife remarried a Charles H Austin before 1923 :-\
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Yes, that’s absolutely correct. Charles Austin was my great, great uncle. It turned out that Charles was never actually married, so I suspect that his wife never actually divorced Harold.
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What was Harolds occupation when he married
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He was a sapper in the Royal Engineers.
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May well be that Elsie and Harold did not divorce but simply separated. Divorce was pretty uncommon in those days (the cost and the legalities of the time).
I certainly can't see a death so far for a Harold Stewart to fit with his approx. birth year post the birth of his last child with Elsie...and when Elsie and Charles were together having children.
Are you related to the Stewart side or the Austin side? Just wondering what his daughters said about him at the time of their marriages (if married). Given he was in the army at the time of his marriage to Elsie in 1915, his daughters' birth certs should include a standard occupation for him likely.
Monica
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Many thanks for your help Monica. I’m related to the Austin side. Charles Austin was my father’s great uncle, whilst his ‘wife’ Elsie was sister to my father’s mother.