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Hi all I am trying to help my husband find more information on his great grandfather Robert Andrew Fotheringham born 1883 in Dundee, Scotland. He married Mary Legg born 1899 also in Dundee.

They had two children Robert Burns Fotheringham 25/01/1935 and Ruth born 1936 also in Dundee.

I would like to hopefully find his parents. Anything would be great because this is all the information we have.

I don't see Robert Andrew's birth in 1883 in Scotland.

This is the only marriage I can see which is anything like what you suggest:

FOTHERINGHAM, ROBERT BALNEAVE
LEGG, MARY ANN
1905
254 / 5
Bervie or Inverbervie

But it's not in Dundee, and possibly too early if the children weren't born until the 1930s.

Birth of that man:

FOTHERINGHAM, ROBERT BALNEAVE
mmn SMITH
M
1883
267 / 13
St Cyrus


Births of the children you mention:

FOTHERINGHAM, ROBERT BURNS
M
1935
282 / 2 / 149
St Clement

FOTHERINGHAM, RUTH
F
1936
282 / 2 / 845
St Clement

Just in case the man who married in 1905 is the right one;

Robert B Fotheringham
in the 1891 Scotland Census
Name Robert B Fotheringham
Age 7
Estimated Birth Year abt 1884 [abt 1884]
Relationship Son
Father's Name William Fotheringham
Mother's Name Margaret Fotheringham
Gender Male
Where born St Cyrus, Aberdeen S
Registration Number 267
Registration District St Cyrus
Civil parish St Cyrus
County Kincardineshire
Address Jackston
Occupation Scholar
ED 5
Household schedule number 35
Line 9
Roll CSSCT1891_79
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
William Fotheringham 36 Head
Margaret Fotheringham 39 Wife
John Fotheringham 13 Son
Walter S Fotheringham 10 Son
Robert B Fotheringham 7 Son
Edward Fotheringham 3Mo Son


Robert Fotheringham
in the 1901 Scotland Census
Name Robert Fotheringham
Age 17
Estimated Birth Year abt 1884 [abt 1884]
Gender Male
Where born St Cyrus, Kincardine
Registration Number 263
Registration District Laurencekirk
Civil parish Laurencekirk
County Kincardineshire
Address Waulkmill Ploughmans Bothy
Occupation Ploughman
ED 5
Household schedule number 21
Line 13
Roll CSSCT1901_83
Household Members (Name) Age Relationship
George Brown 22 Head
Robert Fotheringham 17
Richard Smith 16
William Murray 16


Robt Balneve Fotheringham
in the UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920
Name Robt Balneve Fotheringham
Military Year 1914-1920
Rank aCorporal
Company WO 329
Regiment or Corps Machine Gun Corps
Regiment Number 16903
Medal Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal

The 1935 and 1936 birth certs of Robert and Ruth will tell you their parents' names, and the date and place of their marriage.

Thankyou for looking for me, much appreciated.

Birth of the Mary Legg who married in 1905:

LEGG, MARY ANN
mmn HENDERSON
F
1885
254 / 6
Bervie or Inverbervie

Wow thankyou for the census information and war information. Won medals too.

What is the source of your info…..do you have any documents to prove it?

If, as you say, Mary Legg was born in 1899, she can’t be the woman who married in 1905

There is no record on 1901 census for a Mary Legg matching your info in Scotland….and NO Mary Legg of ANY age in Dundee.

BTW, every man who served in WW1 was awarded the three standard medals. Known as Pip, Squeak and Wilfred

The information is from my husband's Dad son of Robert burns Fotheringham.

I am trying to get more information from Robert Burns daughter but she's hasn't replied to me yet unfortunately.

The birth certificate for Robert Burns Fotheringham, will give you factual info - well worth investing in it.

You could also look at Scotlands People website for info……..free to search, with detailed info being available through paid-for credits

ErikaH thankyou I will look into it.

Death of Mary Ann

FOTHERINGHAM MARY ANN 74 F 1959 168 / 1 / 1679 Aberdeen Northern District

LEGG MARY ANN 74 F 1959 168 / 1 / 1679 Aberdeen Northern District

The intimation for the death of Robert married to Mary Ann Legg, is in the Inverbervie papers and also the Dundee ones.

Fotheringham Robert 1883 1945 1945 British Newspaper Death & In Memoriam Notices Inverbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland
Death date 26 May 1945
Publication title Aberdeen Weekly Journal
Publication date 31 May 1945


Fotheringham Robert 1883 — 1945 Scotland, Newspaper Death Reports & Obituaries Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Scotland
Death date 26 May 1945
Publication title Courier & Advertiser
Publication date 28 May 1945

Alviegal

Good find thankyou very much.

There are some well researched trees on ancestry with Robert Balneaves Fotheringham and have these as his wife and children.

Mary Ann Legg

1885–1959
Robert Balneaves Fotheringham

1904–1967
Maggie Fotheringham

1905–2000
Rachel Fotheringham

1907–1997
David Legg Fotheringham

1909–1998
Helen Henderson Fotheringham

1910–2003
Georgina Henderson Fotheringham

1912–1913
Annie Gerard Spence Fotheringham

1913–2010
William Edward Fotheringham

1919–2002
James Legg Fotheringham

1921–2005
Agnes Robertson Fotheringham

1923–2017
Mary Porteous B F Fotheringham

1923–2007
Doris Fotheringham

1925–2007

I think you do need to order Ruth or Robert B's birth certificates to get the correct facts.

Fantastic I will search for the tree and have a look.

Do you think Balneaves is the maiden name of his mother?

I'm not sure that is the family you are looking for. You really need to get a birth certificate for Robert Burns or for Ruth.

I posted Robert Balneave Fotheringham's birth at 17:06.
His mother's name was Smith.


His parents' marriage:

FOTHERINGHAM, WILLIAM
SMITH, MARGARET
1873
267 / 7
St Cyrus

All the births, marriages and deaths which I've posted on this thread are from Scotlands People.

BUT -

As has been said several times, you need to get a copy of either Robert Burns or Ruth's birth certs, to be sure of their parents' names.
You can buy them through the SP website for £12 each.

It seems unlikely that the parents of children born in 1935 and 1936 would have married in 1905.

Perhaps they were the grandparents, rather than the parents - just a suggestion.

Hopefully Roberts daughter will.gey back to me, she will details.

Thankyou again for your help.

Apologies I must of missed the marriages. You are right it does seem very unlikely that their parents where married in 1905.