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Mary Lillian & Doris Alexander

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Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 6 Feb 2018 07:18

Well done there!...

Chris :)

Marcus

Marcus Report 5 Feb 2018 20:42

Have found & now got the relevant information from ScotlandsPeople website !!

Marcus

Marcus Report 3 Feb 2018 10:36

Thanks Chris for the ScotlandsPeople & probate info !!

Marcus

Marcus Report 2 Feb 2018 15:22

WOW !! AustinQ - You found them !! Many thanks :-D :-D :-D

I knew they would be found, just never thought they would be found so quick !! - So happy.

Another mysterious branch of the family rediscovered!

Now I have their details, will be searching for any children etc. ......

Thanks Again.

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 2 Feb 2018 08:41

There are a few bits about, relating to Elizabeth (Daughter of Adam Broomfield) her Sister (Mary Jane) Probate 1949 (on below) mentions above names)

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/#wills

Chris :)

(also see Probates, Margaret Broomfield 1942, Adam Broomfield 1929 (Death Glasgow to Charles Grigson Alexander)


20 January 1942 - Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Death
BROOMFIELD - Gateshead, 52, Woodbine St., 17th inst., Margaret, daughter of late Adam and Mary Broomfield. Interment Wed., Saltwell Cem., service House 1.15.

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 2 Feb 2018 07:31

(lol, Mornin')

Adding below for Marcus, things Scotland!.

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/content/our-charges

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 2 Feb 2018 07:20

:-D Breakfast eyeballs!

Morning Chris- thanks for a nice little chuckle to start my day

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 2 Feb 2018 07:16

(ah!, right you are there then AQ!)

Chris :)

(that's good news for 'breakfast eyeballs', lol)

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 2 Feb 2018 07:11

Doris Marriage:

Name: DORIS ALEXANDER
Spouse: WILLIAM DRUMMOND
Year of marriage: 1940
Ref: 644/18 311
RD Name: Pollok
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Doris Death:

DORIS DRUMMOND/ ALEXANDER
Age: 70
Mother's maiden name: BROOMFIELD
Year of Death: 1979
Ref: 603/ 1005
RD Name: Glasgow, Martha St

AustinQ

AustinQ Report 2 Feb 2018 07:07

They moved to Scotland. This is Charles death:

Death:
CHARLES GRIGSON ALEXANDER
Age: 78
Year of Death: 1955
Ref: 644/18 1154
RD Name: Pollok
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Mary's marriage:

Name: MARY LILLIAN ALEXANDER
Spouse: JOHN LACHLAN DEWAR
Year of Marriage: 1941
Ref: 644/8 22
RD Name: Blythswood
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Mary's death:

MARY LILLIAN DEWAR/ ALEXANDER
Age: 78
Mother's maiden name: BROOMFIELD
Year of death: 1983
Ref: 650/ 21
RD Name: Eastwood and Mearns

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 1 Feb 2018 18:20

Do you have their Birth Certs?...(Birthdates could perhaps help with a 1939 search)

What happened to Parents after 1911?...

Chris :)

Marcus

Marcus Report 1 Feb 2018 17:53

Thanks for extra info....

Will find them eventually.....

MargaretM

MargaretM Report 28 Jan 2018 20:33

I don't think that 1926 New York passenger list is your Mary. It says she was born Dundee, Scotland.

Researching:
Great grandmother Dorothy Bean nee Abbott (1858-1908)

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 28 Jan 2018 20:18

FORBES, CHARLES GRIGSON MMN GRIGSON
GRO Reference: 1877 S Quarter in ISLINGTON Volume 01B Page 328

Caroline Willington Grigson married Charles Fraser Forbes april 26th 1874 his father deceased William Forbes Solicitor Clerk. Her father Thomas William Grigson Accountant. St Peters Church Islington.

Witnesses Thomas William Grigson and Hannah Willington Grigson.

malyon

malyon Report 28 Jan 2018 19:50

this mary was born july 1904

Mary L Alexander
United States Public Records, 1970-2009
Name:
Mary L Alexander
Residence Date:
03 Nov 2004
Residence Place:
Euclid, Ohio, United States
Birth Date:
15 Jul 1904
Address:
Euclid, Ohio 44117
2nd Address:
Euclid, Ohio 44117
2nd Address Date:
01 Jan 1996-01 Jan 2004
3rd Address:
Euclid, Ohio 44117
3rd Address Date:
21 Sep 1992-01 Jul 2008
Possible Relatives:
Elizabeth Alexander, Sam L Alexander Sr
Record Number:
418584052

malyon

malyon Report 28 Jan 2018 19:38

Mary Alexander
New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957
Name:
Mary Alexander
Event Type:
Immigration
Event Date:
1926
Event Place:
New York, New York, United States
Gender:
Female
Age:
22
Birth Year (Estimated):
1904
Birthplace:
Great Britain
Ship Name:
Homeric

malyon

malyon Report 28 Jan 2018 19:33

Births Sep 1877 (>99%)

Forbes
Charles Grigson

Islington
1b
328

Marcus

Marcus Report 28 Jan 2018 19:21

Mel, many thanks for trying.

I will find them one day !!!!!!

Mel Fairy Godmother

Mel Fairy Godmother Report 28 Jan 2018 19:11

There's nothing in anybody elses tree on Ancestry about these sisters. They seem to hav ethe right parents etc but nothing futher on Mary and Doris.

ALEXANDER, MARY LILLIAN BROOMFIELD
GRO Reference: 1904 S Quarter in GATESHEAD Volume 10A Page 1004

ALEXANDER, DORIS BROOMFIELD
GRO Reference: 1909 J Quarter in GATESHEAD Volume 10A Page 1103

Marcus

Marcus Report 28 Jan 2018 18:40

Thanks Mel & Kathleen ! I'll look into it.....

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