I've lost great grand dad.....

dmd1164 · Post by **dmd1164** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:01 am

David Wilson Dickson (as what's on the marriage registration) son of William Dickson and Georgina (Wilson) was born in 1898.

The 1901 census has them at 33 Waterstone Ecclesmachan, West Lothian. Born in Linlithgow.

I'm not finding his birth record?

Can someone point me in the right direction please?

Regards
Donna

JustJean · Post by **JustJean** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:24 am

Hi Donna

If he were truly born in 1898 he may be indexed under Wilson as his parents didn't marry until 1899.

Best wishes
Jean

dmd1164 · Post by **dmd1164** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 11:33 am

What would I do without you JustJean- I've found him. Down as illigitimate. Poor fellow...

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Donna

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:04 pm

dmd1164 wrote:What would I do without you JustJean- I've found him. Down as illigitimate. Poor fellow...

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Donna

While he was registered as illegitimate, as long as the parents were free to marry when he was born (some authorities argue conceived) then the subsequent marriage of the parents automatically legitimated him, - a rather important difference in Scots Law compared to the situation in England.

In such a situation it was open to the parents to return to the registrar following their marriage and have an RCE entry made in connection with the subsequent legitimation by marriage, but this process didn't happen automatically and there was no compulsion nor legal necessity to do so, and only a small proportion of parents appear to have gone through that process.

David