Alexander Baird & Agnes Wilson marriage

[Allan Robson]

Many thanks for your help, i think what you have given is probably right Alexander would have 17 in 1906 and Agnes 20 so it is possible, lol

[sancti]

Who did the 1906 Alexander marry?

[Gadget]

I've been trying to find out, sancti,  but Allan seems to have limited information.

I've searched up to 1932 but not enough info to go on and he might well have married later.


Gadget

[staceytully]

Alexander Baird born in 1906 was my Great Grandad,he married Catherine Copeland on the 27th of December 1929 in Shettleston.

[Allan Robson]

Sorry this not my line.

[staceytully]

OK,i am currently doing a family tree and everything you said from the date of birth,Agnes Baird,Tait etc pointed to it being my great grandad.

[Forfarian]

Has anyone found any of these folk in the 1911 census yet?

I am slightly sceptical about the story that the farm was too far from the registration office. According to Fullarton's Gazetter, the parish of Carluke is about 8 miles from north to south, and 4½ miles from east to west. It actually looks rather less on the map. The village of Carluke is more or less in the middle of the parish, and there's nowhere in the parish more than about three miles from the Registrar's office, which is not at all far, even in the early 1900s.

Parents had three weeks to register a birth, and there were fines for failure to do so. Is it credible that no-one from the farm went into the village for three whole weeks?

So if the birth was not registered, I think distance from the Registrar's office sounds more like an excuse than a good reason.

[staceytully]

Is there anymore info on Alexander Baird born on 1906?I still cant find a birth certificate for him or a marriage certificate between his Mum, Agnes Wilson and Mr Tait

[MonicaL]

Stacey, what showed on Alexander's marriage and death certs?

For example, from the marriage in 1929, what occupation was showing for Alexander Snr? How was mother Agnes' details written up on the cert. Addresses given? Witnesses' names?

Did the marriage details match what you have on Alexander's death reg (assuming he died in Scotland)?  Edit, as Gadget mentioned earlier in the thread, he did die in Stirling didn't he? Surnames Baird, Wilson and Tait connected with the entry.

What is the source of his date of birth?

Monica