Thread: please help!!!info on john,emily,alec tennnant,edinburgh early 1900's

hello,im hoping someone can help me.

im trying to trace any living relatives of teh above three siblings.

thier parents were unknown tennant and mary richardson tennant.

in 1906 they adopted a baby girl(my granny)

her name and dob:mary allan richardson stewart,14/12/1906 in edinburgh.

her father is not named and her mother named as,mary jane stewart.

perhaps her birth fathers surname was richardson?

also i find it stranage that my grannys adoptive mother had richarson in her name as did grannys birth mother.........

Hi Poshspice1,



Adoption as we know it did not start until 1937. Any adoptions before this time were usually informal arrangement either within the family or where a new family had more resoures to look after a child from a poorer family.

hello again starlight.

i know it will be a very long shot finding anything out,but my dad would really love to know more.he wishes hed asked my granny more when she was alive.

i have spoken to him again today and he doesnt think that mary richardson tennant was anything to do with grannys birth mother.

adoptive mothers maiden name was elliott.

i will keep trying.

thanks again.

Hi Poshspice,



I have just had a thought. Did your Nanny marry in Scotland, if so have you seen her marriage certificate as there could be information on there.

i have found my grannys birth mothers name....mary jane stewart.my granny was born on 14/12/1906 in morrison street edinburgh .mary stewart was a domestic nurse.

mary richardson tennants maiden name wa selliott and she came from county fermanagh in rieland she had her sister emily living with her in scotland.

i know that mary richardson tennant also had three birth children john emily and alec.