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Re: Copland birth date
« Reply #9 on: Tuesday 29 August 17 12:03 BST (UK) »
Have you found a baptism? Do you know what year his parents married? What age does he give on a marriage certificate?
Seeking: RC baptism Philip Murray Feb ish 1814 ? nr Chatham Kent.
IRE: Kik DRAY[EA], PURCELL, WHITE: Mea LYNCH: Tip MURRAY, SHEEDY: Wem ALLEN, ENGLISHBY; Dub PENROSE: Lim DUNN[E], FRAWLEY, WILLIAMS.
87th Regiment RIF: MURRAY
ENG; Marylebone HAYTER, TROU[W]SDALE, WILLIAMS,DUNEVAN Con HAMPTON, TREMELLING Wry CLEGG, HOLLAND, HORSEFIELD Coventry McGINTY
CAN; Halifax & Pictou: HOLLAND, WHITE, WILLIAMSON

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Re: Copland birth date
« Reply #10 on: Tuesday 29 August 17 12:06 BST (UK) »
Hi Carolineasb, Thanks for your suggestions.  I still think the date should be 1914 - it's just how to prove it  - that is my problem.

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« Reply #11 on: Tuesday 29 August 17 12:10 BST (UK) »
Ah, I see from SP free index that James & Margaret married in 1914 - actually the date should be on William's birth certificate.
Seeking: RC baptism Philip Murray Feb ish 1814 ? nr Chatham Kent.
IRE: Kik DRAY[EA], PURCELL, WHITE: Mea LYNCH: Tip MURRAY, SHEEDY: Wem ALLEN, ENGLISHBY; Dub PENROSE: Lim DUNN[E], FRAWLEY, WILLIAMS.
87th Regiment RIF: MURRAY
ENG; Marylebone HAYTER, TROU[W]SDALE, WILLIAMS,DUNEVAN Con HAMPTON, TREMELLING Wry CLEGG, HOLLAND, HORSEFIELD Coventry McGINTY
CAN; Halifax & Pictou: HOLLAND, WHITE, WILLIAMSON

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Re: Copland birth date
« Reply #12 on: Tuesday 29 August 17 12:27 BST (UK) »
Govanhill is not in the same area as Govan. Also the reg number for the 1914 birth ( i.e. 2105) suggests a birth registered late in the year.
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Re: Copland birth date
« Reply #13 on: Tuesday 29 August 17 12:44 BST (UK) »
Hi Josey,  No I haven't found a baptism.  I suspect if baptised it would have been in the Free Kirk.
The parents were married 18th August, 1914.  I haven't been able to find a marriage certificate yet but I know he was married on 29th October, 1939.
So, yes I know that they married in August, 1914.....at present I guessing that the son William was born 14th December, 1914 - 4 months later.  It may be that a family member has changed the date on the birth extract - maybe to make it look like he was born a legitimate or maybe to make him look younger to avoid war or whatever!?!?!?

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« Reply #14 on: Tuesday 29 August 17 12:48 BST (UK) »
Hi isobelw,  Thanks for the information.  Just to get this straight - are you agreeing that the SP birth for William. Copland b. 1914  (born 14th December - later in the year) Govan is my man?
His home address was Elder Park Street, Govan, Glasgow.
I hadn't connected before that Govanhill and Govan were not the same area.  thanks for that.

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Re: Copland birth date
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 29 August 17 13:22 BST (UK) »
Quote from: buckhyne on Tuesday 29 August 17 09:04 BST (UK)
According to SP there were only two births in Glasgow Govan in 1910-19

COPLAND   WILLIAM   M   1914   644/21 2105   Govan   
COPLAND   WILLIAM   M   1918   644/16 617   Govanhill

I got them from the free index in ScotlandsPeople.
The obvious thing to do is to pay for the certificates to see who the parents were.
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Re: Copland birth date
« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 29 August 17 13:39 BST (UK) »
There are several trees on A*try all showing the dob as 14/12/1914 in Govan
Tannahill:  Ayrshire, Renfrewshire
Mulgrew/Milgrew:  Glasgow
Canning: Renfrewshire

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Re: Copland birth date
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 29 August 17 13:44 BST (UK) »
To be sure,  you really need to view the certificate at Scotlandspeople ( you can view 5 certificates for £7.00, so not expensive).
However there is no William Copland birth recorded in the indices for 1919 for Govan, which might suggest the certificate you have has been doctored.
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