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Looking for information about William Nelson born in East Lothian, Scotland on 22 December 1908, lived in Canada and died in America.

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the only William Nelson I could find in East Lothian was born Tranent 01/12/1906 and had the middle name Morton

Thanks. Aileen.
I have hit a brick wall so far as the only thing I am sure of is that he was born in East Lothian and went to Canada as a very young man. The date of birth I have is obviously wrong, but thanks for your help.
I will start afresh.
Regards,
Robert.

This from Find My Past (Migration)


Last
name First
name Year of
birth Departure Destination
country Destination
port Transcript Image
Sex year port

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NELSON William 1908 M 1928 Glasgow Canada Quebec


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Thanks, Pam,
Looks promising. Will give it a go.
Regards,
Robert.

passenger transcript details
Name: William NELSON
Date of departure: 14 August 1928
Port of departure: Glasgow
Passenger destination port: Quebec, Canada
Passenger destination: Quebec, Canada
Date of Birth: 1908 (calculated from age)
Age: 20
Marital status:
Sex: Male
Occupation: Labourer
Passenger recorded on: Page 4 of 23

The William Morton Nelson born 01/12/ 1906 was the son of James (Coal Miner) and Margaret ms Henderson who married Tranent 31/10/1902........if that helps at all

Thanks Aileen,
Absolutely Brilliant.
Regards,
Robert.

Is that your man?

May have struck a problem with that birth record, looks like that William Nelson died in August of 1907.

Why are you sure that he was born in East Lothian?
These are the only births for East Lothian from 1900-1920

1910 NELSON RICHARD WILLIAM M PRESTONPANS /EAST LOTHIAN 718/00 0008 No Image ORDER
1901 NELSON WILLIAM M GLADSMUIR /EAST LOTHIAN 708/00 0033 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER
1900 NELSON WILLIAM HASTIE M WHITEKIRK AND TYNNINGHAME /EAST LOTHIAN 723/00 0003 VIEW (5 CREDITS) ORDER
1906 NELSON WILLIAM MORTON M TRANENT /EAST LOTHIAN 722/00 0253 VIEW (PAID) ORDER
1912 NELSON WILLIAM MORTON M TRANENT /EAST LOTHIAN 722/00 0082 No Image ORDER

both William Morton Nelsons died within a year of their birth

Thanks again Aileen,
All William's Brothers and Sisters(including my Mother ) were born in Prestonkirk, East Lothian according to the 1901 Census so the mystery deepens.
Regards,
Robert

Only solutions I can think of is that either the family moved or that the mother was somewhere else for that birth, or William wasn't his given name at the time the birth was recorded, possibly a middle name. Only Nelson child born in East Lothian in the whole of 1908 was female.

I think I have found the census record you mean, as all the offspring have that place of birth, but I did note that they had probably only recently moved to that address, as it is a different area to where the children were registered and to where they stayed 10 years prior, could it be that job didn't work out so they moved again? There is a william Nelson born in Mid Lothian in 1908 but i haven't viewed that birth for parent's names.

You have certainly given me food for thought and I will have to do a bit of digging. Probably have to revisit Scotland.
Thanks again,
Robert

Have you been on ScotlandsPeople? Might save you a trip, but not the cash!

Were there children born after the 1901 census other than William? May be easier to narrow locations down if there were.

William, Charles and Isabella were all born after 1901 and all emigrated to Canada and there the trail seems to end. I don't mind having trips back home to Scotland, but as you suggest I will try Scotlands People.
Thanks.

This is the perfect year for a trip, being the Year of Homecoming. :)

It would appear that those 3 didn't all travel together to Canada, though you may already know this.

ScotlandsPeople is probably easiest to get info quickly, even better if you have an idea of when the others were born as you can narrow it down more, can't wait for the 1911 census, will make this timeline much easier to check.

I assume when you say the trail ends you don't know much of their lives in Canada? Though you did mention William dying in America, is there records from that end to be traced?

I know very little about the Nelsons lives in Canada apart from the fact that they lived in Toronto. I looked at the Family Search site which showed that a William Nelson had lived in Ontario and had died in America. What led me to believe that it was my William Nelson was the similarity in ages.
Regards
Robert.

Nelson births for Prestonkirk 1890-1920

1890 NELSON ROBERT M PRESTONKIRK /EAST LOTHIAN
1892 NELSON JOHN M PRESTONKIRK /EAST LOTHIAN
1894 NELSON ELIZABETH RAMAG F PRESTONKIRK /EAST LOTHIAN
1895 NELSON ALISON F PRESTONKIRK /EAST LOTHIAN
1897 NELSON JANE ANN F PRESTONKIRK /EAST LOTHIAN
1899 NELSON PETER M PRESTONKIRK /EAST LOTHIAN
1901 NELSON JANET FORTUNE F PRESTONKIRK /EAST LOTHIAN
1911 NELSON ISABELLA KIRKWO F PRESTONKIRK /EAST LOTHIAN
1913 NELSON CHRISTINA BORTH F PRESTONKIRK /EAST LOTHIAN

I don't know if they are all "yours" but there is no Charles or William and none between 1901 and 1911

Did William or Charles have a middle name that you know off?