A real puzzel for me is my father he was Scottish and born in dunfermline in 1895. He was a pensioner when i was born and was a widower. We have followed a family line which ends abruptly. dad was in first world war but was a man of few words his name was Robert Johnstone, i'm named after his mum christina. his dad was also robert .
Thanks for the help.
Chrissie b
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24-07-2018, 6:22 PM #1
Robert Johnstone 1895 Dunfermline
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24-07-2018, 9:43 PM #2
Hi Chrissie
I have separated your information about your father from your original post so we don't have two searches for different people on the same forum as it can get very confusing. This post is in the brickwalls forum and has the title Robert Johnstone 1895 Dumfermline
You say your dad was in WW1. There is a service record for a Robert Johnstone from Dumfermline on Findmypast but as yet I can't see any information on it to say it is your father unless you know he was missing part of his big toe?
Over 60% of WW1 service records were destroyed by bombing/fire in WW11 so very lucky if we find the ones we are looking for and there are quite a few Robert Johnstone's in the 1901 Scotland census.
ChristinaSometimes paranoia is just having all the facts.
William Burroughs
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24-07-2018, 10:09 PM #3
Why don’t you check and see how many birth certificates were issued to for that name, place and year? You can do an initial search for free on Scotland People, but you will have to buy the certificate to see the details. Have a look at the how-to posts at the top of the General Scottish Forum.
His b.cert will tell you when & where his parents married, their marriage certificate will give you their parents.
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25-07-2018, 1:14 AM #4
There is only one Robert Johnstone birth 1895 Dunfermline Fife on ScotlandsPeople. Ref 424/ 446
ChristinaSometimes paranoia is just having all the facts.
William Burroughs
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25-07-2018, 7:47 AM #5
Firstly thank you all
I was blown away by the information in the post about my dads big toe he did indead loose the top and when i was small allways said a mouse bit it off but reality was a mule stood on it .
I have my dads rather batterd birth certificate too delicate to take out the envalope now , if i did my searches ok he had a good size family i have his grandparents , Andrew watson and isabel ______ i just need to know what happened to them all , why he never mentioned his family and he was a widower when he married again he may have had children from that marriage, i am a person with very few relatives , a half brother , estranged i have 2 children lotts of granchildren but its the past that haunts me .
Sorry prattled on again .
Chrissie b
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25-07-2018, 8:17 AM #6
Don’t worry, Chrissie, this is possibly the one place where everyone understands.
Tracking Scottish family is easy until 1855, before that it gets harder. Have a look through the stickies in the General Scottish forum, they will explain all the possibilities. I am at work right now, will come back to this this afternoon.
PS can you let us know your mother’s name and their wedding date and place? I assume that she is no longer with us?
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28-08-2018, 11:13 AM #7
Florence laidler heslop
This is the first wife of robert johnstone they were married in 1937 in the northeast , her father was called robert and her mother was mary.
Interested in any information for this lady she was 11 in the 1911 cencus so the brick wall is up again till the next cencus .
Chrissie b
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28-08-2018, 11:25 AM #8
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Hi Chrissie, she was born Sep qtr 1899 Tynemouth, mother maiden name: CARR, I will try and find the marriage for her parents.
Robert
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28-08-2018, 11:33 AM #9
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and Here is the marriage for her Parents:Marriage Record for Robert Heslop
in the District of Tynemouth
Name Robert Heslop
District Tynemouth, Northumberland
Spouse Mary Jane Carr
Page 0315
Volume 10B
Registered April - June 1886
Need any more help, just ask. Robert
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28-08-2018, 6:24 PM #10
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1939.
Florence & Robert Johnstone b 1895 in 1939 they are living at 3 Hotspur Ave,Whitely Bay. They have living with them a Sarah L Heslop b1891.
Robert is a painter & decorator.
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