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Looking for a 1916 marriage - Solved

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Hamster65

Hamster65 Report 23 Nov 2015 10:35

Hi

If anyone has any knowledge of searching for marriages I am looking for one between:-

William James Hay Blair & Janie (or Jane) Scrymgeour Young

I have their names from a birth certificate for one of their sons. It is a Scottish birth record and it appears to indicate that Janie's maiden name was Young. It also gives a marriage date in 1916

William was Irish and Janie was a Scot

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated as this is an area new to me

Thanks you!

Rambling

Rambling Report 23 Nov 2015 10:46

If they married in Scotland you would need to look at the 'Scotlands People' website


This from the Nat' Archives, gives place of birth

Name Blair, William James Hay Official Number: SS107930 Place of Birth: ...

Reference: ADM 188/1113/107930
Description:
Name Blair, William James Hay
Official Number: SS107930
Place of Birth: Whitehead, Antrim
Date of Birth: 21 March 1890
Date: [1908]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Former reference in its original department Vol No. SS107
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Hamster65

Hamster65 Report 23 Nov 2015 10:55

Thank you Rambling Rose

I will have a look at the suggested website.

I am presuming they wed in Scotland. Certainly I am told that all their children were born there, although none are still living to ask for any help on the parents.

Rambling

Rambling Report 23 Nov 2015 11:03

Williams military records are on FMP


First name(s) William James Hay
Last name Blair
Service number RIF/13019
Regiment Royal Irish Fusiliers
Unit / Battalion 3rd Battalion
Event year 1914
Age 23
Birth year 1891
Birth town -
Birth county Antrim
Birth country Ireland
Residence town Glasgow
Residence county Lanarkshire
Series WO 363
Record set British Army Service Records 1914-1920
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Subcategory First World War
Collections from Great Britain

Image gives mother Sarah Blair living at 36? Industry street Kirkintilloch..this was before his marriage , he was discharged from army as unfit 1916, but there is also a previous record showing he tried to go into the navy, but was unfit.( edit that was 1909. )

Hamster65

Hamster65 Report 23 Nov 2015 11:11

Thanks again as that is very helpful information and shows he was in Scotland in 1916

Hamster65

Hamster65 Report 23 Nov 2015 11:17

Found it on Scotlands People

Excellent help and advice RR :-)

Rambling

Rambling Report 23 Nov 2015 11:22

Glad you've found it :-)

Incidentally from the army records you might like to know William was 5 ft 9 and one eighth inches tall, brown hair and brown eyes. Worth a look at them if you can. :-)