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Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 2 Jan 2018 18:28

Theresa....

Mary's Mother Catherine was living in West Row Backworth 1891...

Catherine McClay 58 Widow b Ireland
John McClay 31 Coalminer b Scotland
Jane McClay 30 single..no occ. b Scotland
James McClay17 Coaminer b.Scotland


I am not sure about Cath.being b. Ireland her maiden name was ? Mitchie..cant get a more Scottish Surname.

ArgyllGran

ArgyllGran Report 2 Jan 2018 22:57

Maybe Catherine McLay's death ?:


Deaths Jun 1913 (>99%)
Mcclay Catherine 76 Tynemouth 10b 232

Researching:
Old genealogists never die.....they just lose their census.

Eringobragh1916

Eringobragh1916 Report 3 Jan 2018 09:24

Catherine was living in Wallsend with eldest son John 1911....

James had married Annie McCardle in 1897 and was living Shiremoor..their eldest son William b 1897 was killed on The Somme..1916 CWGC site also on Shiremoor Memorial.


This side of the family is reasonably easy to locate.
.Although 1891 Census gives Jane's age as 30 a probable birth 1870 in Scotland shows she should be 20...
Jane Mclay
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950


birth:

6 October 1870

CAMBUSLANG, LANARK, SCOTLAND


father:

Dennis Mclay


mother:

Catherine Mechan *****(Ireland as place of birth(1891) more likely with this or variables to surname

Death...1896

McClay Jane 24 Tynemouth 10b 154

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