Tracing grandmother's Birth

[tickledtrout]

I am tracing to trace the birth registry of an Annie Jane Finlay who was born in August 1894.
She had a sister named Sarah and a brother named John, I think that Sarah is a couple of years younger but not 100%. Their father is called James and is possibly of Irish or Scottish descent. The brother and father names I got from the marraige certificate
I got the birth date fron her grave but can find no record on ancestry, genealogist or scotlandspeople.
If anybody can help I will be very greatful as this is now driving me crazy :-(

[Maypole]

Hi Trout

Ive had a look and cant see anything obvious. I really recommend a post on www.british-genealogy.com in the forum, they can find anything!!

Good luck

[tickledtrout]

Thanks maypole, will try that

[spudqueen]

Was your Grandmother born in England or Wales or elsewhere? If you have found her grave you should have her death certificate, does this help at all? Have you managed to find her on the census? I found in the 1901 census an Annie Finlay, born in Newcastle about 1894 living with her mother Margaret and siblings Ellen, Emily, Robert, Lily and James. Or maybe you could find her parents on the 1891 census. Worth a try!

[tickledtrout]

Hi spudqueen. Not sure where she was born. I know that scottish records are unavailable through ancestry but have no record of her birth through scotlandspeople.
My husband remembers her as having a scottish accent ,this is why we thought she was from Scotland but she may just have been brought up there. We do know from the marriage certificate that her father was a mariner, don't have the death certificate yet.
Have found a few Annie Finlays on the census in both England and Scotland but not any that give the father as James.
Thanks for your help, will carry on

[dot.hawkes]

Newcastle definately looks a promising lead as there were several James Finlays born there in the 1860s/70s and there is the Annie spudqueen found and a James, born in Newcastle around the right time, and it fits with the mariner, and when you think about it, the accent could easily have been thouight scottish anyway!

[tickledtrout]

This does look like it could match apart from there being no Sarah or John as brother and sister listed. It shows Margaret as being head of house so I presume that James died pre 1901. I know that Annie and Sarah both married in West Derby in 1916 and 1918 respectively and the marraige certificate for Annie states that James is deceased.
Many thanks for all suggestions

[spudqueen]

James may not have died pre 1901, if he's not shown on the census with the rest of the family it may be that he spent the census night somewhere else, either working away or visiting relatives.

[tickledtrout]

Didn't think of that.That census record does look like the closest so far.

[La Diva]

Does she have a middle name?

I've found a match on SP (Annie Stewart Finlay, Tradeston, Glasgow) born 1894, GROS ref 644/13/0615

[tickledtrout]

Her middle name was Jane,have checked the one you mention but they have different fathers.
The one mentioned on the census record is also unfortunatly incorrect, that Annie died in 1941.
Thanks anyway