helen addison

[akka]

My mother Helen ADDISON was born at 12 Napier st Linwood on the 15/03/1908 .she left Scotland in 1926-27? I think to come to Australia I think she had 1 brother and2 sisters is anybody able to help me or find the ship she came here on I have tried over here and cannot find much

[MonicaL]

Hi Akka

Welcome to RootsChat 

It might be worthwhile you posting on the Emigrants to Australia board here on RootsChat www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/board,165.0.html  Hopefully someone with access to these sources will be able to find the information you are looking for.

Monica 

[seekthem]

Helen Buchanan Galetly McNair Addison
born 15th March, 1908 12 Napier St, Linwood
F Ralph Addison, Iron Moulder
M Agnes Addison ms Herbertson
Parents married 21 September 1904 Elderslie

sister: Jeanie Ross McNair Addison born 19 May 1906
61 Clippens Square, Linwood
Parents as above

marriage Jean Addison 1st June 1928 age 21 at Potterhill, Paisley  (parents as above) to Dugald Clark age 20
Witness  Mary Addison 3 Upper Gray St Edinburgh

marriage Mary Ann Addison age 21 at Lochend Church Edinburgh
(parents as above) to Richard Robertson age 22
Witness Ralph Addison c/o Wilson 206 Leith Walk, Leith

Ralph is more than probably the brother but you can only search andsee the images on line for births up to 1908 a general search shows 2 Ralph Addisons Linwood Birth 1909 and 1 death  1990 Ralph Addison age 80 Leith (too recent to .)

Possibly more siblings but that is the only details I have

Their mother Agnes Herbertson died in 1920 and had remarried to a Thomas Little.  There is a death for Ralph Addison 1917 age 33
but is in the Minor Records for Service and War Returns so I cannot
confirm that it is definately their fathers' death.

All the above information from Scotlands People.

[MonicaL]

Great info Seekthem 

Monica

[damnonii]

from the Scottish National War Memorial
http://www.snwm.org/cgi-bin/db_w1.pl?function=view&id=29155

Surname   ADDISON
Firstname   Ralph
Service Number   S/2601
Date Death   10/07/1917
Decoration   
Place of birth   Glasgow
Other   9th Bn.
SNWM roll   THE SEAFORTH HIGHLANDERS
Rank   L/Cpl
Theatre of death   F.& F.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=89212

Name:     ADDISON
Initials:    R
Nationality:    United Kingdom
Rank:    Lance Corporal
Regiment/Service:    Seaforth Highlanders
Unit Text:    9th Bn.
Date of Death:    10/07/1917
Service No:    S/2601
Casualty Type:    Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:    I. H. 50.
Cemetery:    COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY


Scotsman 10/8/1917 p8
Killed
Seaforth Highrs - Addison, 2601, L-Cpl. R. (Johnstone)
The town in brackets is the residence of his next of kin. 

You can view his medal card here http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/details-result.asp?Edoc_Id=1306354&queryType=1&resultcount=3 for £2, or if you have an ancestry subscription I think you can download them on there. 

Also it might be worth keeping an eye on this site
http://scottishwargraves.phpbbweb.com/index.php?mforum=scottishwargraves
If he is mentioned on a family gravestone the picture will be put on the site (even though he is buried abroad).  Unfortunately none of the cemeteries in the area have been covered yet. 

[seekthem]

Hi Domnonii,
Hi thanks for your interest.  I had seen the entry in the wargraves commission but couldn't confirm it was the correct entry.
I didn't now about the Scottish National War Memorial so will keep that in mind.
Thanks for the confirmation on Ralphs death.

[akka]

This is AKKA I have been lucky with all this information I am still trying to digest it all it is great that you people can do this as I am a new commer to all this

[akka]

It has happened I have been given a phone number and address in Brisbane Australia of cousin BRIAN, Ralphs son.I rang him this morning and all is good this will really start the tree growing

[akka]

Sorry Ralphs grandson like me