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Morris death in Motherwell

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Louisa

Louisa Report 23 Mar 2008 22:28

can anyone help with a death record lookup please?
sketchy info is all i have:

My grandfather's uncle 'Mac' Morris died in Motherwell, Lanarkshire sometime between 1952 and 1970. I know he lived at Forgewood Road, Motherwell and he died of TB apparently before the age of 50.

I suspect his mother's maiden name was Haynes and he was definately born in South England, possibly Kent but i'm not 100% on this!

He's my missing link to unlocking the rest of my Morris ancestors so any help i can get would be great!

Louisa

Aileen

Aileen Report 24 Mar 2008 10:53

Hi Linda,
I've taken a look on Scotland's People and I can't find any male Morris deaths in Motherwell for the age and time frame you give. I don't know if perhaps he died at a TB hospital somewhere else although he lived in Motherwell.
A proper christian name would help, any idea what it might be?

Louisa

Louisa Report 24 Mar 2008 15:44

Hi Aileen,

sorry, i've no idea what his proper christian name was, he's my gg grandfather's son from his first marriage and no-one knows even their names (there were 6 children from his first marriage)
All i know is he was known as Mac and he lived inBellshill, Lanarkshire (near Glasgow), and he died of TB, i guess it's possible he died in another hospital in Lanarkshire.
My great aunt (mac's step-sister) told me that there were 6 children and that mac and his sister lived in Bellshill. They only met a few times many years ago. Apart from that all she told me was that each of the 6 children died before the reached their early 50's and they were all born in South East England.
Sorry for the lack of info!
Louisa