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The Scottish baker who died at Alamein

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Simon

Simon Report 11 Jul 2008 23:14

I am trying to find the birthplace in Scotland of William Anderson who was born in 1896 and died at Alamein in 1944. He was a baker who married Annie Walker Spence in Crieff 1925. Any information gratefully received.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 11 Jul 2008 23:18

Do you have a copy of the marriage cert from 1925 as the name of his father, and occupation, would be useful

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Simon

Simon Report 11 Jul 2008 23:22

His father was another William Anderson and is "deceased" on the 1925 marriage certificate.

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 11 Jul 2008 23:40

That narrows it down from about 200 to 40 odd on 1901 census

Do you know of any older brothers or sisters?

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GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 11 Jul 2008 23:42

Scottish marriage certs usually names of both parents

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GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 11 Jul 2008 23:48

Name: ANDERSON, WILLIAM
Initials: W
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Serjeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Army Service Corps
Unit Text: 21 Field Bakery
Age: 47
Date of Death: 28/01/1944
Service No: S/151306
Additional information: Foster-son of Mr. and Mrs. William McDonald, of Coupar Angus, Perthshire; husband of Anne Walker Anderson, of Comrie, Perthshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Column 73.
Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL



1901 only because of location
Name: William Anderson
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Relationship: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Coupar Angus, Perthshire
Registration Number: 341B
Registration district: Coupar Angus
Civil Parish: Coupar Angus
Town: Coupar Angus
County: Perthshire
Address: Hillgarden Road
ED: 3
Household schedule number: 4
Line: 10
Roll: CSSCT1901_118
Household Members: Name Age
William Anderson 4
Olive Crammond 2
Isabella Ramsay 63
Jane Ramsay 25


Researching:
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Simon

Simon Report 12 Jul 2008 10:43

Many thanks. I already knew about the war memorial inscription but had been thrown off the scent of his parents by an entry in the 1901 census for Crieff where a William Anderson is living with his 54 year old grandmother JANET ANDERSON (born Edinburgh) which suggested to me that his parents may have died between 1896 and 1901. The problem was I couldn't trace the death of either.

However, your thought of the Coupar Angus "boarder" being my William Anderson makes sense. I have just downloaded this William Anderson's birth certificate which shows him being illegitimate. Do you know, is "boarder" a euphemism for "foster child" ? I see the couple in the 1901 census have another ‘boarder’, Olive Crammond aged 2.

If he was fostered in 1901 it would tie in with the war memorial inscription that he was the "foster son of ....". Possibly he was fostered as a small child by the Ramsay family and ended up being fostered by the McDonald's. Another avenue to investigate !