Children born in India but where did mum and dad come from?

[harrygeorge1]

I have the 2 sons of John William Walter Smith Fairlie and Grace Johanna (maiden name unknown).

Alexander Murdock McGreger Fairlie(1915–1973)
7 Jan 1915 • Hirushipur, Lahore, Punjab, India

Hector Rex McGreger Fairlie(1911–1976)
11 Dec 1911 India.

 I have found them all travelling back to England on 22nd June 1920. I seem to be unable to locate John and Grace leaving the UK. I am unsure if India is where they married. Please could you help me locate a marriage for John and Grace and even better a birth place.

[CaroleW]

Have you checked freebmd or ScotlandsPeople for a birth for John or marriage?

Have you found John & Grace on the 1939 register or deaths for them?

[Pennines]

He sounds Scottish -- there is actually a death, which you probably know about - of a John William Walter Smith Fairlie in 1956 in Victoria, Australia.

Father's name shown as John Fairlie and mother's maiden name McKenzie.

This is on the Ancestry Victoria death indexes, so gives no more details - such as age.

However it might be possible to find a marriage for his parents and follow him through that way.

[mckha489]

The 1956 death is 76

https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/5fa98aa20ae78424125d1d49/results?q=efamily

There is an earlier marriage for him in Australia too. 1946 to
Dorothy Winifred Reid

[CaroleW]

You omitted info from the incoming passenger record

He was a magistrate aged 39 and Grace was 37

[harrygeorge1]

Have you checked freebmd or ScotlandsPeople for a birth for John or marriage?

Have you found John & Grace on the 1939 register or deaths for them?

I haven't found them on the 1939 register, but John dies in Australia 1956.

[harrygeorge1]

You omitted info from the incoming passenger record

He was a magistrate aged 39 and Grace was 37

apologies

[mckha489]

On Hectors baptism The mother is Johanna Grace

In the margin is 29 12 89
And 21/1/60

[harrygeorge1]

The 1956 death is 76

https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/5fa98aa20ae78424125d1d49/results?q=efamily

There is an earlier marriage for him in Australia too. 1946 to
Dorothy Winifred Reid

Thank you, that answers my question on another thread, Dorothy must have been much younger than John, she didn't die until 2003.