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Re the Scottish side of your family -
The updated Scotlands People site allows more searching free than it used to.
You can do a basic search and get a surprising amount of info, although to actually see the images of records, or for full details, you do need credits.

If you like to give some names and dates, and places if possible, I (and others) will be happy to have a look for you.

Gt. grandparents' marriage? Rose rather than Rosina?
He's a stonemason as is his father, her father a plasterer.

William Thomas Mathis

in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
View London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921

Name: William Thomas Mathis
Estimated birth year: abt 1882
Age: 22
Spouse: Rose Jarrold
Spouse Age: 20
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 29 May 1904
Parish: St Philip, Battersea
Borough: Wandsworth
Father Name: William Mathis
Spouse Father: Henry William Jarrold
Register Type: Parish Register

Not sure but I think this could be your grandad's mother's birth and baptism (If she was known by her middle name):-

First name(s) Eleanor Rosina
Last name Jarrold
Birth year 1883
Birth date 13 Oct 1883
Baptism year 1888
Baptism date 23 Mar 1888
Father's first name(s) Henry William
Mother's first name(s) Ellen
Parish St Stephen, Rochester Row
County Middlesex
Country England
Page 91
Archive City of Westminster Archives Centre
Record set Westminster Baptisms
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

Kath. x

This looks like your grandad's sister's birth:-

First name(s) ROSINA FLORENCE
Last name MATHIS
Birth year 1904
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's last name - Jarrold
District Wandsworth
County London
Country England
Volume 1D
Page 526
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Kath. x

This could possibly be your grandfather's birth:-

First name(s) WILLIAM HENRY
Last name MATHIS
Birth year 1907
Birth quarter 3
Registration month -
Mother's last name - Jarrold
District Wandsworth
County London
Country England
Volume 1D
Page 482
Record set England & Wales Births 1837-2006

Kath. x

This looks like your grandad in the 1911 census:-

1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
15 Elsley Road Shaftesbury Park SW, Battersea, London, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place

W T Mathis Head Married Male Stonemason 30 1881 London City
Rosina Mathis Wife Married Female - 28 1883 London Westminster
William Mathis Son - Male - 4 1907 London Battersea<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Rosina Mathis Daughter - Female - 6 1905 London Battersea

Kath. x

Welcome to the boards.

You need to start at the beginning with your parents marriage certificate which will give you both of their fathers names, and then work backwards one generation at a time.

It is expensive but you really need to buy as many certificates as you can afford.

Don't buy credits for GenesReunited as you are better using a 14 day free trial for Findmypast or Ancestry (remember to cancel before the 14 days are up so they don't charge your card).

If any of the births or marriages happened in Scotland you will need the Scotlandspeople website which does need you to buy credits.

This looks like Moritz in the 1891 census:-

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
Chatham Terrace, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place

William Mathis Head Married Male 34 1857 Stone Mason Switzerland
Ellen Mathis Wife Married Female 34 1857 - London, England
William Mathis Son - Male 9 1882 - London, England
Moritz Mathis Son - Male 5 1886 - France<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Henry Mathis Son - Male 3 1888 - London, England
Edward Mathis Son - Male 1 1890 - Battersea, Surrey, England

This looks like Moritz's marriage:-

First name(s) MORITZ
Last name MATHIS
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1905
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ MORITZ MATHIS married one of these people
Minnie Louisa Barnes, Emily Worsfold, Annie Jones
District Wandsworth
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 1D
Page 1268
Record set England & Wales Marriages 1837-2008

Kath. x

Hello everyone I'm very new to all this and struggling. I do buy credits where I can afford them.

My mums side of the family are Scottish, so no such luck as nothing free at all on sites for Scottish and the ones that charge, seem to charge so much more. Very interested though, as my mum is Low no E on the end. And also Wallace.

Then there's my dads side, my family are not the best and none have kept in any contact from around 1920s.

So asking my dad or mum, they have no idea about their pasts.

My name is Mathis and this is what I have so far, but not sure it is all right.

My granddad was William Mathis born 1907 I believe in London. No idea about brothers or sisters.

His dad my great granddad was William T Mathis I believe born around 1881 and if I have it right his siblings were. Think dates are correct.
Henry Mathis -1888
Edward Mathis - 1890
George Mathis - 1894
Marie Mathis - 1898
Moritz Mathis - 1886 (born in France I believe)

I have no further information on them, if what I have is correct and this is where is get complicated, and names could of changed.

my great great granddad their dad, was also William Mathis I believe and was born in Switzerland. This is where it all stops, if I am right at all. I think he may of married a Ellen again not sure. I can't find death records for any of the above.

I've spent £££ on credits an non the wiser. Maybe it is me not knowing what I am really doing, and also not understanding some documents too.

Any help would be much appreciated. I have also tried searching records for Switzerland, but again no idea even though what I was reading was in English.

Thank you