Birth of Albertina Hubener 28 June 1918 at 19 Portland Street, Glasgow.

“1918 Births in the District of St. Rollox in the Burgh of Glasgow.
Albertina Hubener  (Illegitimate) [born] Twenty-eighth June 1918 [at] 9h 15m am [at] 19 Portland Street, Glasgow [daughter of] Albert Hubener Iron Roof Erector  [and] Margaret Docherty.  [informant] Margaret Docherty, Mother  [note] A Hubener Father Registered 15 July 1918 at Glasgow [by] M.A.S. Matheson Assistant Registrar.”

Birth of Albertina Hubener 28 June 1918. Scotland’s People. Scotland Statutory Marriage Registers 1918 HUBENER, ALBERTINA (Statutory registers Births 644/81010) Page 337 Item 1010.

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Here we find that at this earlier stage in Albert Hubener’s life he is already an iron roof erector as he was when his daughter, Albertina, married Archibald Neil in 1937. Albertina’s mother is named as Margaret Docherty and the birth is an illegitimate one. That did not prevent a baptising of the  child a month later.

“Albertina, Child of Albert Hubener and Margaret Doherty born the 28th day of June  1918 was baptised by me on this 25th day of July 1918 [Stranger] [sponsor] Catherine Morris [Priest] John McQuillan

Baptism of Albertina Hubener 25 Jul 1918 at St Andrew’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Clyde Street, Glasgow. Find My Past. Scotland Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms Archive Ref MP/62/1/2/11 Record ID SCOT/RC/BAP2/0684689

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I also found a sister for Albertina – Margaret, who was born two years after Albertina.

Birth of Margaret Hubener 18 Jun 1920 at 19 Portland Street, Glasgow.

“1920 Births in the District of St. Rollox in the Burgh of Glasgow.
Margaret Hubener [born] Eighteenth June 1920 [at] 0h 40m am [at] 19 Portland Street, Glasgow [daughter of] Albert Hubener Iron Roof Erector  [and] Margaret Docherty, Laundry worker  [informant] M Docherty, Mother  [note] A Hubener Father Registered 7 July 1920 at Glasgow [by] Hugh Welsh Registrar.

Birth of Margaret Hubener 18 June 1920 Scotland’s People. Scotland Statutory Birth Registers 1920 HUBENER, MARGARET (Statutory registers Births 644/8 1677) Page 559 Item 1677.

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Here we The Hubeners still living at 19 Portland Place. Albert Hubener is still an iron roof erector and his wife, Margaret, is said to be a laundryworker. This birth also looks to be illegitimate as the mother’s name is given as Margaret Docherty not “Hubener ms Docherty”. Unlike Albertina’s registration which specifically records the birth as illegitimate, this one only infers it.

We find the two children and their parents  a year later at the 1921 Census when they were still  living at 19 Portland Street, St Rollox, Glasgow

The Hubeners at the 1921 Census – 19 Portland Stree, St Rollox, Glasgow

1921 Census Return for 19 Portland Street, St Rollox, Glasgow (Scotland’s People 1921 Census England, Wales & Scotland Census: 1921 HUBENER, ALBERT (Census 644/8 45/ 1) Page 1 of 11

We find out some interesting details about Albertina’s father, Albert Hubner (or Hubener as it says here). He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA around 1882. He is now aged 38 years and nine months and is a steel roofing erector working for Redpath Brown & Co, Building Contactors. His wife, Margaret, is a bit younger at 30 years and 3 months. We see them with their two children, Albertina, aged 3 and Margaret aged 1.

I say his wife, because Margaret is recorded as such in this census return, but was she ever really married to Albert Hubener? I have been unable to find a marriage for them. I eventually found a death registration for Albert (see below) that says he was married twice but neither of these was to Margaret Docherty. This is made more complicated by the fact that we find Albert Hubener marrying Elizabeth Galloway in 1935 where he describes himself as a widower. This is because Margaret Hubener or Docherty died

Death of Margaret Hubener or Docherty 17 Jan 1929

Death of Margaret Hubener or Docherty 17 Jan 1929 at Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow

“1929 Deaths in the District of Springburn in the County of Lanark Page 13 Item 39
Margaret Hubener Married to Albert Hubener Iron Roof Erector [died] 17 January 1929 [at] 133 Balornock Road, Glasgow [usual res] 184 Gallowgate, Glasgow [aged] 27 [daughter of] John Docherty Hammerman [and]  Sarah Ann Docherty or Boyle (Deceased). [cause of death]  Pulmonary Tuberculosis as cert by A D Briggs MB ChB.  [informant] Albert Hubener, Husband, Widower, 184 Gallowgate, Glasgow Registered 8 Jan 1929 at Glasgow [by] W. G. Donaldson

Death of Margaret Hubner or Docherty 17 Jan 1929 at Stobhill Hospital, Glasgow. Scotland’s People. Scotland Statutory Death Registers 1929 DOCHERTY, MARGARET (Statutory registers Deaths 644/6 39) Page 13 Item 39

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Marriage of Albert Hubner and Elizabeth Galloway or Wallace 26 Jul 1935 at 94 Drumover Drive, Glasgow

“1935 Marriages in the District of Shettleston in the Burgh of Glasgow Page 150 Item 300
On the 26 day of July 1935 at 94 Drumover Drive, Glasgow After Publication according to the forms of the Church of Scotland  [were married] Signed: Albert Hubner, Roofing Erector, Widower [aged] 50 usual residence] 25 Methven Street, Glasgow [son of] Frank Hubner, Farmer (Deceased) and Mary Hubner, M.S. Flynn (Deceased)
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Signed: Elizabeth Wallace, Elizabeth Galloway or Wallace , Widow  [aged] 35 [usual residence] 25 Methven Street, Glasgow [daughter of] John Galloway, Sawmill Labourer (Deceased) and Elizabeth Galloway, M.S. Barr
Signed John McC Campbell, Minister, Church of Scotland, Tollcross Park, Glasgow
Signed  Witnesses Thomas Pearson, 406½  Gallowgate, Glasgow. Signes Agnes Pearson, 406½  Gallowgate, Glasgow
[Registered] 27th July 1935 at Glasgow [by] A William F Nicol Assistant Registrar”

Marriage of Albert Hubner and Elizabeth Galloway 26 July 1935. Scotland’s People, Scottish Statutory Marriage Registers Ref 1935 HUBNER, ALBERT (Statutory registers Marriages 644/1 300) Page 150 Item 300

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Here we find that Albert and Elizabeth are both said to live at 25 Methven Street, Glasgow (although they were married at 94 Drumover Drive, Glasgow) He is a 50 year-old widower and she is a rather younger widow at just 35. Elizabeth Galloway had married a Wallace and when I searched the index to marriage registrations I did come across and entry for an Elizabeth Galloway marrying a Thomas Wallace in 1918 (644/3/764 Calton RD). This is a good fit for a first marriage for Elizabeth but a bit tangential to our purposes. There were too many possible deaths for me to locate his with any certainty.

At the point that Albert and Elizabeth mary, and are both said to live at 25 Methven Street, Glasgow, Akberts daughter, Albertina would be seventeen-years-old and Margaret would have been fifteen-years-old. This was probably something of a handful for a 50 year old father to manage on his own. It is noteworthy that his new wife is only thirty-five.

As we saw earlier, few years later in 1937, Albertina married Archibald Neil; she was aged just nineteen then. I could not find a marriage for her sister, Margaret but I have found a death index entry that is likely for her suggesting that she never married.

Of, course, she would have been aged about nineteen when the Great War started and this reduced massively the number of available male partners and this could have been a factor.

To finish off with Albertina’s parents we get to the death of her father in 1949 when he was aged sixty-six.

Death of Albert Hubener 26 Feb 1949

Death of Albert Hubener 26 Feb 1949 at The Royal Infirmary, Glasgow.

“1949 Deaths in the District of Townsend in the Burgh of Glasgow Page 95 Item 285
Albert Hubner, Steel Erector married to (1) Margaret Hannah (2) Elizabeth Galloway or Wallace [died] 26 February 1949 [at] 0h 50m PM [at] Royal Infirmary, Glasgow [ur] 25 Methven Street [aged] 66 [son of] Frank Hubener Farmer (Deceased) [and] Mary Hubner MS Green(Deceased) [cause of death] Chronic Tuberculosis with cavitation in both apices. Tuberculosis of Larynx [as cert by] H Carmichael (?) MB ChB [informant] E Hubner Widow Present [Registered] 28 February 1949 at Glasgow [by] W McKenzie Registrar”

Death of Albert Hubner 26 February 1949 Scotland’s People, Scottish Statutory Death Registers Ref 1949 HUBNER, ALBERT (Statutory registers Deaths 644/6 285) Page 95 Item 285

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There are a number of oddities in this record. He is said to have been married twice; firstly to Margaret Hannah. However, I have failed to find any such marriage. Also, his mother is said to be Mary Hubner ms Green when we know that she was actually Mary Flynn. I have no explanation for these but they may just be mistakes. The informant was his second wife and probably never knew her husband’s mother. My own mother, who was the informant at my father’s death registration, gave the wrong maiden surname of my father’s mother. She said it was Mary Chrystal when it was, in fact, Margaret McDonald. Mary Chrystal was my father’s grandmother’s maiden surname. I think these kinds of mistakes are common when someone is unfamiliar with a spouse’s family as Elizabeth was with Albert’s family and my mother was with my father’s family. A similar thing could be said about the suggested name for Albert’s first wife.
An Elizabeth Hubner is recorded as dying in Glasgow in 1969 aged 68 suggesting that she was born around 1901 which is good for Albert’s second wife.

There is obviously a lot more that could be researched with the Hubeners including Albert’s arrival from America and his parents’ histories. This is, though, just meant to be some general background to the Hubeners. For the sake of completness, however, I repeat the findings of my research into Albertina Hubener and Archibald Neil that are part of the general page on the children of John Neil and Mary Anne Chrystal; Archibald was the adopted son of one of their children, John Neil, who had married Mary McKenna in 1913 but had no children of their own, but adopted Archibald. We saw, above, the marriage of Archibald and Albertina but I could find no children to them either. They divorced in 1965.