Jeanie Mclaren

[killearnan]

There's also this entry in the CA death listings:
James L McLaren
Birth Date: 26 Jan 1899
Birthplace: Scotland
Death Date: 11 Sep 1962
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Renton

Have you found the family in 1901 census returns? Won't necessarily help but it is possible there is someone living in the household or next door who will turn up later in the US, as a way of confirming that you've found the right James.

I'm not seeing any obvious Pamela McLaren in the records at Ancestry.

I'd second the suggestion that someone else made to get his birth record, so you have the birth date, as that may help focus your search choices.

BJ

[JustJean]

I think James died in the late 1960s or early 70s.

Here are three possible entries in the Social Security Death Index. If you look up his birth cert on Scotland's People (link at the top of this page) you can tell if one of these is the correct man by the birth date. Have you tried yet to look up birth certificates for this family?

Social Security Death Index

Name: James McLaren
SSN: 137-05-0771
Last Residence: 07111 Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, United States of America
Born: 18 Feb 1901
Died: Aug 1971
State (Year) SSN issued: New Jersey (Before 1951 )
Social Security Death Index

Name: James McLaren
SSN: 392-01-7012
Last Residence: 50317 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States of America
Born: 23 Dec 1901
Died: Nov 1973
State (Year) SSN issued: Wisconsin (Before 1951 )

Social Security Death Index

Name: James McLaren
SSN: 102-07-9983
Last Residence: 11227 Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States of America
Born: 18 Jan 1902
Died: Apr 1971
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (Before 1951 )


Good luck!
Sarah

Hi Sarah

You amaze me you honestly do! You found him on the first try......

Best wishes
Jean

[paddyscar]

Hi Marguerite:

I've sent you copies of the records I found of Jeanie and James travelling together.

Frances

[Currie]

I’m a bit confused about this 1906, 1936 and 1956 business. Does that preclude mention of any death, from any source, anywhere in the World after 1956 or does it only apply to those deceased people born after 1906.

If the person is known to have died, either before or after 1956, is it ok to release the birth information? Would it be possible, in those circumstances, to breach the birth, marriage or death year rule?

It’s just that whenever I read something about “the living” there’s a reference to the 1956 cut-off date. Is there in fact a 1956 rule and under what circumstances could it be breached?

Alan

[SarahND]

Jean, the amazement is mutual I take it you had a peek at the birth records on SP?

Alan, someone may come in with a more official view, but my understanding has always been that if you know someone is deceased, it is okay to post the data on them-- birth, marriage date (if the spouse is also deceased, then that name also) and of course death. In this case, since Marguerite said in her first post that Jeannie had died young, I figured it was okay to charge in... It does get tricky with the U.S. censuses that come all the way up to 1930 online. Obviously, many of those people are still living.

Regards,
Sarah

[LesleyB]

Hi Alan
See http://talkingscot.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6601
for our guidlelines on cut-off dates.

Best wishes
Lesley

[m morgan]

Hi Everyone Jean and Sarah have got my James Mclaren.He was born Maryhill Glasgow 18 Feb 1901.I was 11 when he died .I remember his wife died about 6 months before him as he sent a letter and a photo just before his own death.Frances has sent me a file that im having trouble viewing. Im going to have to wait till one of the kids gets home and see if they can fix it for me although im dying to see it.Marguerite

[SarahND]

Hello Marguerite,
I don't find any likely Pamelas dying around that time. Could her name possibly have been Grace? This is the best I've found:

Social Security Death Index
Name:Grace McClare
SSN:137-07-5988
Last Residence:07111  Irvington, Essex, New Jersey, United States of America
Born:18 Jan 1902
Died:Aug 1971
State (Year) SSN issued:New Jersey (Before 1951 )

Regards,
Sarah

[m morgan]

Yes thats her one of my mums nieces told me her name was Pamela.Thank you so much.The address is the same as my uncles James Mclaren.Marguerite

[m morgan]

Just noticed they must have died weeks apart.I was thinking it was months from what i could remember.They said at the time that my uncle James died from a brocken heart.Marguerite