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I have a grandfather born in Scotland, on his naval records it states ardrosson, but can find no mention of him there, his name was Robert George lang, and his father had the same name and was in the merchant navy he is a complete mystery, I have been trying for years to find some record of him, but no luck! I know he had two sons Cyril William, and albert,and I believe three sisters.hope someone out there knows of him !

Hello Jeanette
Do you have any approximate dates?
When/ where were Cyril and Albert born?

This man?

UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1900-1928
Name: Robert George Lang
[Robert Goerge Lang]
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1885
Birth Place: Aseerossan Ayrshire
Service number: 215037
First Service Date: 15 Jun 1901
First Ship Served On: Caledonia
Last Service Date: 27 May 1915
Last Ship Served On: Vernon

1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
20, Boyd Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

John Guild Head Married Male 29 1872 Mechanical Engineer Kirriemuir, Forfarshire (Angus),
Nellie Coubrough Wife Married Female 22 1879 - Stranraer, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Jessie W K Henry Daughter Single Female 0 1901 - Yoker, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Robert Lang Boarder Single Male 15 1886 Engineer's Helper Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland

This is the only Robert George Lang (or variant) I can see born in all Scotland 1884-7:

1886 LAING ROBERT GEORGE
M ST NICHOLAS ABERDEEN CITY/ABERDEEN 168/01 1170

Nowhere near Ayrshire.

????

1913 LANG CYRIL WILLIAM C M ST ANDREW (DUNDEE) DUNDEE CITY/ANGUS 282/04 0138

A few credits on ScotlandsPeople will let you view the cert to see the parents' names.

His son was Cyril William Cosgrove Lang- born 1913 Dundee

Oh oh, he was the son of Robert George Lang, petty officer RN, and Alice Ann Robinson (who was the wife of Andrew Edward Sheridan)

So this was Cyril's mother's marriage:

Name: Andrew Edward Sheridan
Registration Year: 1905
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Medway
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a Page: 1412

Stephen James Hills
Stephen James Mills
Alice Ann Robinson<<<<<<<<<<
Andrew Edward Sheridan<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Ellen Elizabeth Woolley

Doesn't help with the search for Robert, but here's Alice in 1911. Her husband was a gunner in the RN, I think, so he would be away a lot:

Alice Ann Sheridan

in the 1911 England Census
Name: Alice Ann Sheridan
Age in 1911: 28
Estimated birth year: abt 1883
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Gillingham, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Portsmouth
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County/Island: Hampshire
Country: England
Street address: 29 North Brook St, Landport, Portsmouth
Marital Status: Married
Registration district: Portsmouth
Registration District Number: 90
Sub-registration district: Portsea and Landport
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 217
Piece: 5565
Household Members:
Name Age
Alice Ann Sheridan 28
Alice Eugenie Sheridan 4
Dorothy E E Sheridan 3
Ivy Evelyn Sheridan 1

It says married 5 years, 5 children, 4 living, 1 died.



http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7570858
Reference: ADM 196/156/239
Description: Name Sheridan, Andrew Edward
Date of Birth: 03 February 1878
Rank: Commissioned Gunner
Date of Appointment: 04 March 1911
Date: 04 March 1911
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

hi, thankyou to everyone for their replies, yes, I had discovered this much on grandfather lang, but although it states on his naval records as born april 1885 in ardrosson Ayrshire, I cannot find any trace of him, I have even been up there!.one story in the family is that he ran away to sea, another is that he was in an orphanage,but I have tried to find him in workhouses dr barnardos etc still a mystery!