Deciphering informant signature

[Ubi_Goode]

Thanks in advance for any help in deciphering the informant. I'm trying to find out more about my great uncles family, the only link I have to any children him and his wife may of had is this signature on his wife's death certificate. The rest of the certificate is filled in very clearly but unfortunately I've struggled for a number of years for make out the daughters signature.


Her maiden name would of been "Allan" which I think maybe be the surname here to? My best guess for the first name was Patricia but nothing even similar showing up in Scotland's people

The cert is from 1965 in Stirling, my great uncle and his wife seemed to stay round about the central belt of Scotland their whole lives

Any help would be much appreciated

Evelyn

[Girl Guide]

Have you thought about searching births and including the mother's maiden name? 

Do I take it that the daughter's birth name would be Allan?  If so then her mother's maiden name would be different.  You give no indication as to where the couple lived other than central belt of Scotland.

The death is registered in Stirling, is that where they lived or did they move around?

[Cas (stallc)]

Hi,

Have you tried an electrol search for year/s at address?

The first letter looks like an L possibly Louisa maybe?

Cas

[Ubi_Goode]

Have you thought about searching births and including the mother's maiden name? 

Do I take it that the daughter's birth name would be Allan?  If so then her mother's maiden name would be different.  You give no indication as to where the couple lived other than central belt of Scotland.

The death is registered in Stirling, is that where they lived or did they move around?

Hi

Yes her birth name would of been Allan and her months maiden name was Smith. I had checked births on Scotland's people with mother's maiden name smith a few times over the years but there were too many options within the possible date ranges (parents were married 1918 and her father died in 1933). None of the names that came up looked similar enough to the signature to justify buying them all.

As for where they lived, my great uncle was born in Larbert, married in Edinburgh and died there too, his wife was born in Kent and died in Stirling. I have them popping up a few times on an electoral roll and they seemed to mostly stay in and around Edinburgh

Thanks

[Girl Guide]

Any chance that the children were baptised?  You give no indication as to how many children this couple had nor what the couple's first names were.

[MonicaL]

I did have a look at the electoral rolls trying to find 451 Tollcross Road...but failed to find it. The only listings I came across around the late 1950s and early 1960s were for even numbers on the street, not odd.

Monica

[MonicaL]

I did come across this job advertised in the Scotsman in 1962 which lists that address. Maybe daughter worked there?

Monica

[Ubi_Goode]

Any chance that the children were baptised?  You give no indication as to how many children this couple had nor what the couple's first names were.

The couple was George Allan and Selina Smith. The only evidence of them having children is this signature on Selina's death certificate, which is why Ive been trying to work out the name

Thanks

[Ubi_Goode]

I did have a look at the electoral rolls trying to find 451 Tollcross Road...but failed. The only listings I came across around the late 1950s and early 1960s were for even numbers on the street, not odd.

Monica

Hi Monica

Thanks for having a look on the electoral rolls. Sounds like her working at that address too could be a possibility, any information is always helpful

Thanks again