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Alexander Scott was born at 20 Plantation Street Glasgow in 1898.
Do you know of any descendants,if any, he might have,or are you one of them ?

Fione

look in Search trees and put his name in and year of birth to see if anyone else is researching the same family .

Thanks Shirley, i,ve tried that,but no one else seems to have him in their family................my only other possibility is that he died in WW1 ??

Fiona

You haven't given his parents' names.

Maybe???

Name: SCOTT, ALEXANDER
Initials: A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Royal Scots Fusiliers
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 17
Date of Death: 12/10/1916
Service No: 40483
Additional information: Son of Alexander Scott, of 46, Abercorn St., New City Rd., Glasgow.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 3 C.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL


I assume that you have looked on Scotlandspeople for his death?

Thanks,it sounds like him .I didn't have much luck in Scotland' s People as Scott was such a common name .
He was my great Uncle and I didn't even know he and his brother Archie ever existed until very recently.Their parents were John and Margaret Scott,originally from Craignish Argyll.His mothers maiden name was Ferguson

Thank you very much indeed- your help is much appreciated

Fiona

Fione - that's NOT your Alexander then as the chap killed in action was the son of Alexander Scott.

I agree the you are looking for a fairly common surname but you can narrow the search by putting in a birth year +/- 1 year. You can further narrow it by entering only Glasgow City. If you live in Scotland, by far the cheapest way to search common names is by taking a day pass to the Scotlandspeople Centre. This cost £10 and you may look at as many entries as time permits.

Just as a matter of interest, the address you have given for Alexander's birth is the same as the address that the family lived at in 1901 - without his birth certificate, you cannot be certain that he was born there. The family may have been lodging anywhere in the City when they first arrived from Argyll

Is it possible, if you were unaware of Alexander and Archie until recently that they could have died before reaching adulthood?



1901

Name: John Scott
Age: 33
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Margaret
Gender: Male
Where born: Argyllshire, Ballachulish
Registration Number: 646A/2
Registration district: Plantation Landward
Civil parish: Govan
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 20 Plantation St
Occupation: Joiner
ED: 11
Household schedule number: 33
Line: 7
Roll: CSSCT1901_324
Household Members: Name Age
John Scott 33
Margaret Scott 37 b.Argyllshire, Craignish
Bessie Scott 11 b. Argyllshire, Craignish
Bella Scott 8 b. Argyllshire, Craignish
Archie Scott 5 b. Argyllshire, Craignish
Alexander Scott 3 b. Glasgow
Julia Scott 1 b. Glasgow

Source Citation: Parish: Govan; ED: 11; Page: 7; Line: 7; Roll CSSCT1901_324; Year: 1901.

It is possible one or both brothers died before adulthood.I've still to discover that
I,ve been in Scotland's People Centre before, but it's not so easy for me to get to Edinburgh,due to a disability. I will keep looking on Scotlands people on the web and see if I can find his exact birth address that way.

Thanks again for all your help

Fiona

Thanks Frank, a tremendous help. I will try the 1917 Glasgow City next.


Fiona

Just to say I have found Archie's wife Agnes Livingstone.He was Alexander's brother.They were married in Partick, Glasgow in 1921. I have found her death at 79 in Paisley,but not his death, or any sign of possible children.It is now looking strongly as if Alexander never made it to adulthood,but I will keep looking.
My thanks again to everyone concerned for their help

Fiona

Agnes Livingstone's death certificate should show if she was a widow when she died which will narrow your search for Archie down a bit.

By the way are you searching for Archibald Scott rather than Archie as both are different names on searches.

Archibald Scott .......................Born Craignish 1895.

Birth for Alexander
1897 SCOTT ALEXANDER M PLANTATION GLASGOW CITY/LANARK

born June 20th 1897

thanks