Since Allan Neill's address was give as Islington on the 1942 birth certificate he had been/or was in London. I still feel that this is why Margaret came to London too. We then know that something traumatic happened around birth of 2nd child. The mention of Allan Neill possibly being a POW in Singapore would certainly come under 'traumatic' as presumably he would initially have been reported as 'missing in action' and would also explain how the Red Cross came to be involved. I still firmly believe that Allan Neill was the father of the 2nd. child (if it had been another mans, for instance, I don't think this would entail any involvement by the Red Cross). We can't know what effect this had on Margaret at the time and all the various assumptions being made are somewhat fanciful I feel. I still feel that the fact the Red Cross were involved would indicate that something had indeed happened to Allan Neill during his Army Service and we simply cannot know why his wife felt she could not cope with her newborn., only that she did. We only know that she went back to Scotland with her toddler and newborn baby probably with the help of the Red Cross. Once there she obviously couldn't cope and the baby went into care. She could initially have gone to pieces and perhaps the relevant families weren't as supportive as they could have been. A mention was made earlier of a family member being rejected as being unsuitable to take the baby.Margaret may have remained in Scotland for quite a while but we just don't know. The impression given on the thread is that she returned to 'dump' the child and swiftly returned to London and I doubt that was the case. The bottom line is that we don't know and I don't think the various negative assumptions are helping.I would agree that the next step would be to try and find descendants of Allan Neill from a second marriage where more facts/truth of the situation may emerge.Annette
Quote from: Annette7 on Tuesday 05 September 17 19:53 BST (UK) Since Allan Neill's address was give as Islington on the 1942 birth certificate he had been/or was in London. I still feel that this is why Margaret came to London too. We then know that something traumatic happened around birth of 2nd child. The mention of Allan Neill possibly being a POW in Singapore would certainly come under 'traumatic' as presumably he would initially have been reported as 'missing in action' and would also explain how the Red Cross came to be involved. I still firmly believe that Allan Neill was the father of the 2nd. child (if it had been another mans, for instance, I don't think this would entail any involvement by the Red Cross). We can't know what effect this had on Margaret at the time and all the various assumptions being made are somewhat fanciful I feel. I still feel that the fact the Red Cross were involved would indicate that something had indeed happened to Allan Neill during his Army Service and we simply cannot know why his wife felt she could not cope with her newborn., only that she did. We only know that she went back to Scotland with her toddler and newborn baby probably with the help of the Red Cross. Once there she obviously couldn't cope and the baby went into care. She could initially have gone to pieces and perhaps the relevant families weren't as supportive as they could have been. A mention was made earlier of a family member being rejected as being unsuitable to take the baby.Margaret may have remained in Scotland for quite a while but we just don't know. The impression given on the thread is that she returned to 'dump' the child and swiftly returned to London and I doubt that was the case. The bottom line is that we don't know and I don't think the various negative assumptions are helping.I would agree that the next step would be to try and find descendants of Allan Neill from a second marriage where more facts/truth of the situation may emerge.Annette I can only hope Annette to find someone who may know the story as the foster/carers never gave her the info it died with them and my lady was left with a little birth cert from when she was registered but what u said does sound more plausible the time span ect I have sent for his 2nd marriage and we shall see after to make sure if any other kids exist although many secrets were kept secrets back then due to circumstance religion ect and perhaps no one knows but at least she now knows she had a mum and dad and a sister and mum and dad were married tragic thing about it all is back in 1988 she got the big cert with more info and no one took it further for her at that point more relatives would have been alive back then the main ones who probably knew the story....thank you all for your help will carry on when I get more of the certs I have ordered
There is a possibility that there are living relatives from the sister and half sister in America if only we could find them.
Hi,Lt Col Carl Clayton Colson & his wife Marga Helene Colson are both listed here: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/arlington/cemeteries/arlington-col-con.txtSurname: ColsonGiven Name: CarlMiddle Name: ClaytonSuffix:DOB: 06/15/1919 (15th June 1919)DOD: 11/01/1962 (1st Nov 1962)Branch: US Air ForceRank: LtColSec: 2Row: 0Site: 3696 RHInterment Date: 11/06/1962 (6th Nov 1962)Surname: ColsonGiven Name: MargaMiddle Name: HeleneSuffix:DOB: 04/19/1923 (19th April 1923)DOD: 12/25/1999 (25th Dec 1999)Branch: US ArmyRank: Pvt (Private)Sec: 2Row: 0Site: 3696 RHInterment Date: 07/10/2000 (10th Jul 2000)It would appear therefore that she was in the US Army with the rank of Private.Hope this helps.Kind regardsDavid
