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Armed Forces / J Watt British WW1 medal
« on: Tuesday 15 January 19 02:43 GMT (UK)  »
Hi, just wondering if someone can help.  My Grandmother Martha McAllister (nee Cardle) always wore a WW1 British Campaign Medal but never told us too much about it.  I now have it in my possession and wondered if someone could tell me what the letters that are engraved on the rim might mean so I can trace this person and find out why my Nanna had their medal.  The medal is a silver 1914-1918 medal with George V on the front.  The engraving reads   4 W.O.CL.2   J. Watt  BORD.R.    My family were from Liverpool UK.  Does anyone know what the letters mean?  Thanks for any help offered.
Elaine

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Lanarkshire / Help needed with searching McGregors in Denny and Glasgow
« on: Tuesday 13 December 16 06:30 GMT (UK)  »
Hi,  I have been stuck for some time (years actually) on this puzzle and just can't get past it and was wondering if anyone can help......here goes....
My Gx3 Grandfather was John McGregor (a baker) was born in Glasgow in 1802 to Donald McGregor (a wright) and Margaret Adam.  I know he definitely had a sister Margaret, born in 1804 also in Glasgow. I can't find any marriage between Donald McGregor and Margaret Adam at all.  I can however, find a Donald McGregor and Margaret Adam, living in Denny and I can find the births of the following children: Alexander 1799, William Adam 1806, Janet 1809, James 1811, Christian 1813 and Charles 1815.  Now as you can see, John and Margaret's births (although in Glasgow) would actually fit neatly between Alexander and William Adam. (in fact it seems odd that there is a gap between Alexander and William given that the rest of the children all are spaced every two to three years.  Are these people all one family???    I can find a Donald McGregor, age 70 (occupation Wright) in the 1841 census living with Margaret aged 30 in High St Denny. Could this be the daughter Margaret that was born in 1804 although the birth year is a bit out.  (Maybe she lied about her age if she was 'left on the shelf, so to speak  ;).  I can also find a marriage for Margaret McGregor (daughter of Donald McGregor) to John McKinlay (printer) in 1844 in Denny.   Am I just clutching at straws and trying to piece together a family that doesn't actually belong together  :-\   I would love to find out which area my McGregor family was originally from.  Any help with research to find the marriage certificate or death certificates of these people would be so greatly appreciated.  :D

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Family History Beginners Board / Donald McGregor Ship Captain lost at sea 1870's
« on: Saturday 22 November 14 21:24 GMT (UK)  »
I am hoping someone can help.  I am trying to find the death record for Donald McGregor born about 1829 in Glasgow I think but lived in Liverpool and was married there and had his children there.  His marriage certificate says his father was named John (a Baker).  The only baker I can find with a son called Donald is in Glasgow so I guessing that is correct.  Anyway, Donald was a mariner.....a Captain according to my father......who was lost at sea.  I can find four Donald McGregors who died at sea and only one comes close but it lists his date of birth as 1833. I know there is a Donald McGregor who was first mate who was born in Edinburgh in 1833 and I am supposing that maybe that is his death certificate. There is a newspaper article from 1880 about a Captain Donald McGregor from the ship Wave, who goes missing on a train from Newcastle (but shows up again).  My dad thinks the description (he was only 5 foot 5 inches) sounds like the men in his family but again not sure.  I cant find his wife Jane and children John, Agnes, Catherine and Elizabeth in the 1871 census so I cant see when she begins to write as a widow, but definitely by 1881 she is a widow. I have checked passenger lists but cant see that they left the country.  Last child was born in 1863.  Can anyone help put the puzzle together?  Were dates of birth that accurate?  I notice that Donald's son's date of birth changes as he get older....from 1858 to 1862!  Is there anywhere else I can look?

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Lancashire Lookup Requests / John Charles McGregor born 1861 Liverpool no birth records
« on: Friday 07 November 14 06:12 GMT (UK)  »
I am trying to find the birth of John Charles McGregor born 1861 in Liverpool to Donald McGregor.  I can't find any record of this birth although I can find John McGregor on the census' stating he was born in 1861 in Liverpool.  I know from his marriage to Catherine Hubbersty that his father was Donald McGregor (a mariner....I think).  I can find a John McGregor born in 1858 to a Donald McGregor (a Mariner) but not 1861. If he was born in 1858, why would he lie continuously on all the census' and say he was born in '61.  Would a birth be registered, if he was illegitimate?
Thanks for any help or advice anyone can give, it is really appreciated.

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Family History Beginners Board / Donald McGregor Lost at Sea
« on: Tuesday 20 May 14 04:25 BST (UK)  »
I have been searching for a Donald McGregor who was a mariner.  Born in Perthshire around 1828. Moved to Liverpool and lived there with his wife Jean/Jane and children.  They do not appear on the British census for 1871. They are there in 1861 and by 1881, Jean/Jane is listed as a widow.  I believe he may have died while at sea but they could also have been in India.  I can find no death listed anywhere.  Any ideas would be appreciated! Thanks

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