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Re: William Maguire b1899 Kettins, Forfarshire
« Reply #9 on: Monday 20 July 20 17:09 BST (UK) »
That's brilliant - thank you all so much for your help.

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Re: William Maguire b1899 Kettins, Forfarshire
« Reply #10 on: Monday 20 July 20 17:40 BST (UK) »
First time I've come across someone who died 10 years before he got married ???
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Re: William Maguire b1899 Kettins, Forfarshire
« Reply #11 on: Monday 20 July 20 17:55 BST (UK) »
From what we have ,  it was William's brother Thomas that died 1916(ww1).


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Re: William Maguire b1899 Kettins, Forfarshire
« Reply #12 on: Monday 20 July 20 18:22 BST (UK) »
Thomas died at the Somme. His twin brother James died in Canada in 1958.

Appreciate the help. I think I was being too cautious with my search parameters.

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Re: William Maguire b1899 Kettins, Forfarshire
« Reply #13 on: Monday 20 July 20 19:01 BST (UK) »
Too many Williams and Thomases for my addled brain :)
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Re: William Maguire b1899 Kettins, Forfarshire
« Reply #14 on: Monday 20 July 20 19:51 BST (UK) »
Sorry, got another question. His wife (Alice Christina) died in 1983 but I can't find any death certificate for William. Could that mean that he died outside of Scotland, for example during the second world war?

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Re: William Maguire b1899 Kettins, Forfarshire
« Reply #15 on: Monday 20 July 20 20:07 BST (UK) »
Quote from: CanScot on Monday 20 July 20 19:51 BST (UK)
Sorry, got another question. His wife (Alice Christina) died in 1983 but I can't find any death certificate for William. Could that mean that he died outside of Scotland, for example during the second world war?
If there is no death certificate in Scotland, I think it means that he must have died outside Scotland, but the CWGC has no listing of a William Maguire who died in the second world war aged 40 or more.
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Re: William Maguire b1899 Kettins, Forfarshire
« Reply #16 on: Monday 20 July 20 20:49 BST (UK) »
A family tree gives this death for William:

William MAGUIRE
Aged 46
1945
644/6 1316
Townhead

Additional notes state:

Death on 24 Nov 1945 at Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.
Usual residence: 20 Caledonian Avenue, Rutherglen.
Informant of death was daughter Janet.

Easy enough to check the death cert on SP as it is within the dates the image can be viewed online.

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Re: William Maguire b1899 Kettins, Forfarshire
« Reply #17 on: Monday 20 July 20 21:04 BST (UK) »
Thanks for that. I had searched SP but nothing came up. I then searched without the first name and the record appeared. Turns out that the spelling on SP is wrong, there is only one "l" in the name.
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