CARTY Family Fauldhouse West Lothian

[anitaszaban]

Hi my grandmother is still living and comes from scotland but suffers from alzheimers so she cant help me out really, I know my grandmothr was bought up in Fauldhouse west Lothian and many members of her family are believed to still live around that area, all i have is a little information to go on, so wondered if there was any1 out there willing to lend a hand or an ear to help sort out her parents and family etc etc

my grandmothers name is (*) Carty and is 96 yrs old born in 1916
she married a henry Anthony Pillinger and had numerous children, Married in Birmingham UK

Ive been told that (*) parents were possibly called Francis and elizabeth ??
Ive also been told she had several brothers but im unaware of their details possibly michael and thomas carty.

any help will be greatlly recieved thankyou Anita

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[MonicaL]

Hi Anita

The place to search for BMDs is the official pay to view site www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/  The year of your grandmother's birth (1916) is outside the current cutoff where you can view it online (this is currently 1911 due to the 100yrs privacy rule). Her cert would need to be ordered and you can do this online via SP.

Scottish birth certs include good information, including parents' marriage date (if parents were married).

Monica 

[ev]

Hi Anita ,

As Monica says best to order that birth certificate

Do you know if your Grandmother's parents remained in West Lothian ?

The 1911 Census has a Francis Carty age 30 at Fauldhouse West Lothian
Also Elizabeth Carty age 29

There is a marriage Francis Carty / Elizabeth McGeachie 1902 Lanark

Also a death Francis Carty 1943 West Lothian , born c1880
A death Elizabeth Carty(other surname McKECHIE) Bathgate West Lothian 1971 , born c1880

Would any of the above mean anything to you ?

ev

[anitaszaban]

Wow thankyou both very much,
Im sure her parents stayed in scotland until their death, i also recall someone saying that they stayed in the same little cottage. i have no other info except what ive already put ?

[ev]

The children on the 1911 Census may be -
Elizabeth Carty age 8
Francis Carty age 6
Margaret Carty age 4

ev

[MonicaL]

Lots of possible leads there Ev, well done 

If Francis was born in Scotland, from possible death age you may have found, this might be him with family in 1901:

Francis Carty 42, General Labourer b. Ireland
Margaret Carty 52 b. Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire
Francis Carty 21 coal miner b. Shotts, Lanarkshire
Michael Carty 18 coal miner b. Shotts, Lanarkshire
Joseph Carty 15 coal miner b. Shotts, Lanarkshire
Catherine Carty 13 b. Shotts, Lanarkshire

Address: Tory Row, Cambusnethan Lanarkshire

Monica

[MonicaL]

This Carty family in 1881:

Francis Carty 49 (age seems up and down on the transcriptions) coal miner b. Ireland
Margaret Carty 32
John Carty 12
James Carty 10
Margaret Carty 8
Bernard Carty 6
Mary Carty 3
Francis Carty 1
...plus 2 lodgers

Address: Flat Row, Cambusnethan

From some online trees, mother Margaret's maiden name is given as McCaffery.

Dates for parents from these famly trees:

Francis 1832-1918
Margaret 1849-1917

Monica

[anitaszaban]

Wow that was quick, my heads now buzzing ty so much,

where would i find the census records for scotland ??
cant seem to get them on ancestry unless im doing something wrong ?
thankyou

[MonicaL]

You certainly should find the transcripts for Scotland on Ancestry between 1841-1901. The only one they don't have is the newly released 1911 census which only Scotlands People give you access to on a pay to view basis.

With your Ancestry subs, you should be able to view the family trees showing for Francis and Margaret (McCaffery), a few show there. Their marriage details I think are here https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTYQ-YYV - again, SP will give you the original image.

Monica