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Stirlingshire / Re: Ferguson burial search Stirlingshire
« on: Friday 23 July 21 20:30 BST (UK)  »
Original post corrected. My grandfather George James Morrison Ferguson was born in Leeds 23/9/1898 just three weeks before James died in the fever hospital at Camelon. Frances stayed in Leeds after James died, remarried eventually and all contact with my Scottish relatives ceased. I doubt James ever saw his son.

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Stirlingshire / Re: Ferguson burial search Stirlingshire
« on: Friday 23 July 21 20:24 BST (UK)  »
Sorry, my mistake, date of death of James was definitely 15/10/98 and not 15/11/98 as per my original post. I did give the correct date to the bereavement service at Falkirk.

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Stirlingshire / Re: Ferguson burial search Stirlingshire
« on: Friday 23 July 21 20:22 BST (UK)  »
Hi, thanks for the response. James Morrison Ferguson married Frances Cuttell in Leeds and his parents were Margaret Morrison Ferguson and David Ferguson. I have all the relevant birth and death certificates from Scotland’s people. Both Margaret and James died within the Falkirk council area yet they have no records of interment. Margaret lived in the Denny, Larbert, Bonnybridge area all her life and I have checked as far as I can the burial records of all nearby churches (on line only). Is it possible that parish burial records are held somewhere?
Thanks again for the interest. Incidentally I have some family member M.I inscriptions and headstone photos from Denny cemetery so I would have thought they would be interred there if anywhere rather than a church cemetery.

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Stirlingshire / Ferguson burial search Stirlingshire
« on: Friday 23 July 21 15:07 BST (UK)  »
Help please. Will be visiting Scotland in September and want to lay flowers at the graves of my great great grandmother. Margaret Morrison Ferguson, died 13/11/1908 at Bonnybridge and my great grandfather, James Morrison Ferguson, died Camelon fever hospital 15/10/1898.

Falkirk bereavement records office have no record of interments, the copies of death registrations I have provided are of no use regarding interments, and advise cremations did not start until well after their deaths. They advise they are probably buried in a churchyard. However I have exhausted all on line burial records for the many local churches and cemeteries. I am guessing there will be a parish record somewhere. They would not be buried out of the Stirlingshire area.

Anyone any ideas where to go to next?

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Stirlingshire / Re: Looking for Morrison and Ross connection
« on: Monday 29 July 19 17:25 BST (UK)  »
Thank you all.

Firstly I agree re Ancestry etc re checking elsewhere. James son Andrew is definitely my direct descendant so I know I have the right James. I too thought he may have married a Margaret Morison/Morrison but proving it is showing to be difficult. The link to the Ross family is still possible given the Ross family also had a few Morrisons in their tree so maybe James is the link back rather than Margaret. Either way I need a confirmed marriage of my James Morrison to Margaret to go any further. Any link to either Fintry or Falkirk is a probable but of course not a certainty.
The other unresolved link is I can still find no reference to Margaret Ross who may have had grandchildren, one of them being the Margaret who married James.
Anyway thanks for your efforts and advice. I will keep searching for a confirmatory link.

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Stirlingshire / Looking for Morrison and Ross connection
« on: Sunday 28 July 19 20:41 BST (UK)  »
Need help linking James Morrison, b about 1760 who married Margaret. surname unknown. They had children Elizabeth, James, Andrew, John, Margaret and Christian between 1791 and 1813, all in the Fintry, Falkirk, Alva area.
Ancestry hints that Margaret is the daughter of Grizel Gilmour of Craigmillar, first wife of George, Lord Ross This is clearly wrong as she died in 1749 and Margaret DOB should be circa 1760. All records only give Margaret's surname as Morrison, or Morison. I cannot find her maiden name. I estimate she married James in 1789/90. The incorrect ancestry link to the noble family Ross (well researched and widely available through George, Lord Ross) could be true if Margaret was a descendant of George and his 2nd marriage to Jean Ramsay - they had a daughter Margaret Ross who could be the mother of the Margaret I search for but again I cannot trace any history for Margaret Ross either.
Any help in breaking this would be most grateful. James and Margaret's son, Andrew was my GGG grandfather with his daughter Margaret marrying into the Ferguson line.

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Stirlingshire / Re: Denny Stirlingshire Street Names
« on: Thursday 17 January 19 22:47 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you, yes l had literally just started doing some Internet research on the local authorities. A few phonecalls tomorrow should get me to the right place, and yes the info will relate to post war period, 1950's l suspect which means Street names could relate to WW2 fallen rather than WW1.
Thank you again for the guidance.

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Stirlingshire / Re: Denny Stirlingshire Street Names
« on: Thursday 17 January 19 21:44 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you again. Yes, Falkirk local authority will be worth a try.

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Stirlingshire / Re: Denny Stirlingshire Street Names
« on: Tuesday 15 January 19 21:02 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you for taking the time to reply. That is much appreciated.

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