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My ancestors came from Russian /Latvia in 1891 + lived in Manchester

I have Welsh registration card for my GGrandfather

how to I go about finding info  from Scotland for his sister Rebecca Bloch(nee Fellman) b1872 approx who lived in   Dundee in 1901 + then Glasgow from 1911

 Maybe other siblings  settled in Scotland but i dont know their names .

 Possibly girls using mother's maiden name Landmann.

 Our relations who travelled to US in 1905 confused me by becoming younger ...especially the women .

In 1901 census                                                1905 on boats ages

Father was 46                                                          50

mother 36                                                               still 36

Girls M 20                                                                      22

B 18                                                                             20

T 10                                                                                  4 misprint for 14?

E 4                                                                                5

births from Russia + GB + school records indicate that the GB ages were accurate but once in USA they tended to stick to their new ages for marriages  ,census , naturalisation etc

E 's gravestone says b1901 died 1987 her family would have been surprised to learn that she was closer to 90 than the 86 yrs attributed .

The father was transcribed as 35 on 1905 NY census but I think that is just a mispo for 55 ;

Any explanation why ?

NB Don't Dismiss ancestors who don't exactly match
 it's worth considering the  "known" facts could still be several years out !

I've been trying to sort out my ggfather's Russian/latvian born half siblings

but can't work out  if the girl who was born named Khaya  could have become Matilda in GB in the 1890's
+ if Taube's name changed to Gertrude
how likely is that ?

the English born ones were Golda + Esther
maybe Golda became Gertrude
Esther  was Estelle in USA by 1910

what other FIRST  name changes have you come across ?

Their mother was Sheina in Russia ,Sana in manchester ,jane in birkenhead + jeannie in USA
father changed from Leiser-mendel, to mendel to  Lazarus to Samuel   so a very difficult family to follow

I have my 3 x grandmother appeariing as Agnes Mc farlane on census of 1901 with husband Duncan  aged 75 with + son John and his family

I have nt seen records but told  from past family research she married Duncan Macdermid 22/06/1850

they appear on other census with  their children ;
 duncan b1859 ,alexande b1866  walter ?+ john c1864 and malcolm  my 2xggfather
 
Only seen transcriptions but no middle name was given 

Just SEEN oRIGINAL COPY OF  death cert son Malcolm and it lists his mothers name as Christine ? McFarlane

any ideas WHY ?


 she may have been  daughter of Walter + Margaret Machen Mcfarlane she did have a younger sister whose name was spelt Christian in 1841 census .

+ a younger brother John (when her grandchildren emigrated USA they were taken in by a John mcfarlane ..but not necessarily the same family

 
there are lots of Mc Farlane 's (we have conections on grandma's side too) + agnes was popular ..I think christine may have been less common

Any help eliminating ,identifying or explaining will be gratefully received

ps research into macdermid family is on the Lanarkshire sub forum

I'd like to find out if my grandfathers siblings managed to escape from poverty when they left Scotland  and how many cousins my father actually had ;
 in 1923  Agnes b1885 who married JAMES ROBERTSON  travelled with son James Robertson aged 3
and her siblings James aged 22  tinsmith+ Chrissy Macdermid  aged 16 umbrella maker .
James married Sarah Ross in 1925 Brooklyn
they had  at least 2 children     James Kyle MacDermid 1930 d 1977 

Chrissy 1907-1992 married John H Kelley b1906 also left Scotland 1923
they also had at least 2 children born in the 1930's

Their contact in USA was a cousin or uncle John mcfarlane

youngest brother John  b1910  travelled in1929
  passage paid by his brother so presumably James had got a good job
he died in 1982 aged71 but i don't know if he married or had children .

Any help appreciated
 
youngest brother John b1910 travelled 6years later