jane lafferty or boyd

[chrisseyw]

i am trying to find out what happened to my aunt jane she was born 10th october 1929 in greenock at the hospital on inverkitp road my granny jane lafferty boyd registered the birth twice first in gourock and then in greenock there are no further certificates or anything else to be found it looks as though my aunt just dissapeared i realise this was before the adoption rules came in but any help would be so appriciated chrissey

[Ina]

Hi Chrissey,

Have you sent away for those certificates, the one from Gourock and the one from Greenock?

Ina

[chrisseyw]

thanks ina i have them both they are marked on the margin as a double registration

[AndrewP]

Hi Chrissey,

In the later part of the 19th century and the earlier part of the 20th century it was not uncommon for two birth registrations where the birth happened away from home (often at the mother's mother's house for a first birth). The birth would be registered in the district where the birth took place, and that would be transcribed in the district where the family normally lived. In the furthest right column on one of them it should say transcribed from original registration in the other district.

All the best,

AndrewP

[chrisseyw]

thanks andrew but this isnt the usual birth the baby was born in greenock but registered in gourock my granny never lived in gourock and at the timje of this birth my granny had been a widow for a number of years this was a year before she met my grandfather and at the time this was her fourth child she has just dissappeared there is no record of her in any local orphanges nothing chrissey

[Ina]

Chrissie,

It must have something to do with the hospital at Larkfield Rd. I was born in that hospital and my birth was registered in Gourock, and my parents lived in Greenock. My grandmother died in that hospital in 1935 and her death was registered in Gourock, although she lived in Greenock. The address of the hospital is Greenock, but it's kind of on the border of Greenock and Gourock.

I must go check now and see if I was also registered in Greenock. No I was not registered in Greenock.

Ina

PS what part of Greenock did your folks live in. I knew some Boyd's from Greenock..........used to date one of them LOL

[chrisseyw]

i know my granny jane lafferty was born in vennel but they moved about all the time ina it loooked pretty grim from the photos ive seen i wonder how they survived it we are all so lucky now boyd was my grannys second husband he was twenty years older than her her first husband was a william burby who died in the first war then she met my grandad in 1930 when she was in her thities and had my mam in 31 she had a daughter elizabeth who burnt to death in a fire at the working boys home where she worked in 1936 my granny died in the tb hospital in 1936 and my mam was breoughrt up in carnegie park orphanage the only family member i cant race is jane there is no record of her after her birth and my grandads family knew nothing of her thaqnks ina chrissey

[nelmit]

i am trying to find out what happened to my aunt jane she was born 10th october 1929 in greenock at the hospital on inverkitp road my granny jane lafferty boyd registered the birth twice first in gourock and then in greenock there are no further certificates or anything else to be found it looks as though my aunt just dissapeared i realise this was before the adoption rules came in but any help would be so appriciated chrissey

A death search at SP inserting just the name Jane with a birth year of 1929 +/- 1 year and mother's maiden name Lafferty brings up 2 results in 1993 at Greenock. I would imagine they are the same person which makes me wonder if it could be your Jane as perhaps she was registered under both her birth name and adopted name.

I'm sorry I have no credits to look but for 1 credit you should be able to see all names for this lady and take it from there.

Regards,
Annette

[chrisseyw]

thankyou so much i will see if i can get my hands on the cert when i went there they couldnt find anything chrissey

[Ina]

Hi Chrissie,

Doe's the name Simpson or Gillen mean anything to you? The two deaths that Annette found registered in 1993 in Greenock, I believe are one and the same, only one has the maiden name as Simpson and the other as Gillen. They have the same GROS number 640/00 0338.

Where are you located Chrissie? If you went to the Greenock Registry office they would let you have a look at both of them.

Regards,

Ina

Later - Chrissy, there are two births registered for a Jane Boyd in 1929, one in Greenock and one in Gourock. Since your granny married James Boyd in 1918 I would assume that Jane, born in 1929 would have been named Boyd. Wasn't it a rule that the wife's husband was assumed the father and his name had to be on the birth certificate? I know that I have one where the mother insisted that her husband's name not be included LOL.........the stories we learn while doing genealogy LOL.

Ina