RootsChat.Com

Thanks, that will be very useful information if i order the cert and find this is the right set of Pincott's.
Hilary

I have tried that and there are several variations on William/William A/Willie/William Arthur/William Alexander in various parts of England. One in Devon, one in Bristol and the rest in London, so I'm still stuck really.
Hilary

Hi Robert, I don't have the marriage cert but the marriage is registered on the GRO for the Dec Quarter of 1908 in Hunslet, Leeds which is where they were living in the 1911 census. In that census he says that Mary is 1 and your dad is 9 months and that they have been married for 2 years. I have Mary's birth as Jun 4th 1909 but I'm not sure which of her birthdays that is. Years ago when my eldest daughter was a baby and I used to call in on her regularly at Church Lane she told me she had two birthdays - the one she'd always celebrated as her birthday and the one she found out about as an adult when she applied for a passport or something. so there was definitely a discrepancy of a few months but unless I send for the certs i won't know for sure.
I have already sent you a PM with my e mail address on so as soon as you can access it we can swap more details.
Would I be correct in assuming you're not based in England or are you a night owl - based on the times of your postings!
Hilary

Hello Robert, this is amazing. My husband, John, is Cathy's son and we were with Bessie on Friday last week. She is the only one of them still living and she is 94 now. She actually explained the rift in the partnership to us as being over a woman (what else could it have been except money?) Apparently Mr McCullough married the girl that Robert wanted and also wanted to bring her into the business so Robert decided to leave. Why Leeds, which was where he went to first we have no idea. He married Eva Ward in 1908 and started the shop in Normanton at about the same time, although I don't have a definite date for that.
I have been researching both our families for about a year now and have accumulated quite a bit of information, most of which is on Ancestry.com, are you doing the same or were you just browsing?
My e mail address is
(*)
if you would like to get in touch off this site.

Looking forward to hearing from you
Hilary

(*) Moderator Comment: e-mail removed in accordance with RootsChat policy,
to avoid spamming and other abuses.
Please use the Personal Message (PM) system for exchanging personal data.

New members must make at least three postings before being allowed to use the PM facility.
See Help-Page:  http://www.rootschat.com/help/pms.php

Thanks, that agrees with another little snippet of information I have. After your help I e mailed the library in Stirling and they were very helpful and were able to tell me that Robert McCulloch and Robert Young set up the busness in 1893 but by 1899 Robert Young had "retired". My italics there because I suspect they parted for other unknown reasons as he was only in his 30s and went on to open a shop in Yorkshire in 1904. I am still intrigued as to why I can't find him anywhere for certain in the 1901 census and I'd love to know where he worked before they opened the Stirling shop. I'll keep chipping away and maybe all the little bits of information will add up to a full picture one day.
Thankyou again for continuing to keep me informed when you find something - much appreciated
Hilary