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Roy family in Aberdeen

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David

David Report 13 Oct 2021 18:43

Does anyone have any details of my family living in Aberdeen, my dad was Arthur Roy and passed away in aberdeen in 2004?
Thanks, David Roy.

greyghost

greyghost Report 13 Oct 2021 19:15

Welcome to the boards David

What is it you want to know?

What were his parents name, do you know names of aunts, uncles, grandparents

Use the website below to look for information. It's free to do a Search and get a result like I've posted for his death. You would need to buy the certificate to check the details.
Older records (deaths over 50 years ago, marriages 75 and births 50 years) - certificates can actually be looked at online and downloaded.

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

Death -
Surname Forename Age at death Mother's Maiden Name Year Ref RD Name Image
ROY ARTHUR JOHN 67 CHEYNE 2004 300/ 873 Aberdeen

greyghost

greyghost Report 13 Oct 2021 19:20

This would be his birth - again you would have to Order the certificate.

Surname Forename Gender Year Ref RD Name Image View
ROY ARTHUR JOHN M 1937 168/3 841 Aberdeen Eastern District

Marriage of his parents.
You can't search Statutory births using Mother's maiden name as a help in Scotland. However, the death record shows his Mothers maiden name. St Machar is a Registration District in Aberdeen

Surname Forename Spouse Surname Spouse Forename Year Ref RD Name Image View
ROY JOHN CHEYNE CECILIA 1925 168/2 339 St Machar

The certificate should name their parents and say when / where they married

greyghost

greyghost Report 13 Oct 2021 19:29

No Arthur John Roy marriages from 1953 in Scotland

there is a possible in England 1959 - Dudley RD. find it on free to use site
https://www.freebmd.org.uk

BT phone book online (for Aberdeenshire) gives too many ROY results to display.

Try looking under "Search" top right of this page

greyghost

greyghost Report 13 Oct 2021 19:37

Possibly Cecilia's death. You can download the certificate by buying credits for these via the SP site

Surname Forename Age at death Mother's Maiden Name Year Ref RD Name Image View
ROY CECILIA 62 1968 168/2 49 Aberdeen

and her birth?
CHEYNE CECILIA F 1905 168/1 989 St Nicholas (an Aberdeen RD) although there is a middle initial which is not not showing on the possible marriage or death records

greyghost

greyghost Report 13 Oct 2021 19:46

?
Surname Forename Age at death Mother's Maiden Name Year Ref RD Name
ROY JOHN 67 1971 168/2 115 Aberdeen

greyghost

greyghost Report 13 Oct 2021 20:08

1911 census St Nicholas RD, Aberdeen
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Surname Forename Year Gender Age at Census Ref RD Name County/ City
ROY JOHN 1911 M 7 168/1 60/ 6 St Nicholas Aberdeen

You can manipulate the SP site to find others at the same place, but there are no other Roy's on this Ref. No in Aberdeen

You would need to buy credits and look at the actual record, aiming to see if there were siblings and then try to follow their lines.

You can also ask the site to look for deaths surname ROY mmn Cheyne

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 13 Oct 2021 20:56

Deaths of other Roys with mmn Cheyne, who are likely to be siblings of Arthur:

ROY - also listed under married name WILL
CECILIA JUNE
49
CHEYNE
1986
300/ 576
Aberdeen


ROY - also listed under married name BECK
LORNA MARY
58
CHEYNE
1998
280/ 345
Elgin


ROY
ARTHUR JOHN
67
CHEYNE
2004
300/ 873
Aberdeen


ROY - also listed under two married names - BURT and MACRAE
MARY BILTON
78
CHEYNE
2008
300/ 296
Aberdeen


ROY - also listed under married name ANDERSON
JAMESINA DOREEN
83
CHEYNE
2015
302/ 254
Aberdeen

David

David Report 13 Oct 2021 21:38

Thank you, thats a great start as im struggling,
Dave roy.