Robina Scott ARCHIBALD Born 1923 Earlston Berwickshire SCOTLAND

[Ladyhawk]

Robina Scott ARCHIBALD died, 1975, in Victoria....with another surname........and her death notice names her as mother of J--- and a named daughter?

Robina's 1975 date of probate and death
http://www.rootschat.com/links/01pte/
and on familysearch
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVNK-FZZ

[turramurra]

Thank you both

Forfarian and Ladyhawk for sending answers to this quest.

The family in Victoria is keen to understand the Scottish beginning of the family.
This has helped.

There are still unanswered questions which with correct research can be hopefully discovered.

Turramurra

[annie1515]

Hi, do you know whether Robina's son was born in Peebles too?

I looked on scotlandspeople and couldn't find a likely birth record in Peebles for her son. It might not have been under the surname Archibald though

However, there is a record for Robina Scott Archibald's in 1923 in Earlston.

There is also a probate for a Robina Scott Archibald, wife of a John Archibald in 1936 in Earlston on ancestry.co.uk who could possibly be a relative. (I don't know how much information you have)

[turramurra]

Thank you to annie1515,

There could be great possibility that son John was born in Peebles before heading South for the voyage to Australia.

Robina Scott Archibald's parents were

John Archibald born 1893 and Mary Redpath Richardson Hope born 1900, death 1983.

Turramurra

[annie1515]

I can't find a John registered in Peebles

If he had no middle names and was born under the surname Archibald, and was around 6 when he left in 1950?

Under just 'John' there are registrations on scotlandspeople:

1943 Dalziel (near Motherwell I think, 37 miles away)

1944 Port Glasgow (72 miles away)

1944 Kilmarnock (71 miles away)

1946 Bonnybridge (52 miles away)

(mileage from google maps.)

She could have had her son somewhere else other than Peebles? Equally it may not have been under the surname Archibald either.

Do you have an exact birth date for John at all so if you were to look at Scottish records it would help to narrow it down/search for a birth record.

[Forfarian]

She could have had her son somewhere else other than Peebles? Equally it may not have been under the surname Archibald either.

If she was unmarried he would have been indexed as Archibald even if he was also registered by some other name.

[turramurra]

It seems on further investigation that the boy John was born in England not Scotland and came to Australia before the 1950's.

[turramurra]

This has led on to further research with the father of John.
Polish tank records are being investigated and hopefully a clue will emerge.
THANK YOU to all who have contributed to this on going history..

Turramurra

[Neale1961]

In case you are not aware, there is a birth registration in Dec 1943 Burnley England for a
John Archibald with mothers name Archibald.