McGougan/McGugan family Lochgilphead

[hayleydoyle]

will do...i was visiting from Canada a couple of weeks ago and this was the last document I printed off in Edinburgh just as my time was screeching to a halt....will scan and post tonight...thanks again!

Hayley

[MonicaL]

If you can crop just the section with Margaret's parents' details it would help (there are copyright issues with displaying the whole image here on RC 

Monica

[hayleydoyle]

will do

[hayleydoyle]

This are the details for the parents of Margaret McGugan. Margaret married thomas Evans in 1884 in Partick,Glasgow...cannot decipher mothers maiden name

[MonicaL]

Hi Hayley

That looks promising  Catherine's surname is broken up on the letters but looks likely to me to have been Galbreath. The first two letters M.S. (where you thought it might be a Mc name) are actually an abbreviation of Maiden Surname. Then I think we have the start of Ga....

Certainly worth contacting SP on the link I gave you earlier to get a better sharper picture of it, but I would say likely we have her family in Gigha. Did Thomas and Margaret leave Scotland after their marriage? I tried looking for them in the later censuses but no joy.

Monica

[puppygirl]

Good to see this McGougan/Guigan thread revived! I'm going to refresh my memory/research to see if I can add any more info.

[hayleydoyle]

Hi again....no I don't believe they left Scotland. Thomas was 51 at the time of his marriage to Margaret. Margaret was 35 and his second wife. I see the M.S. there for gte maien name and I thought it was a Ga that followed but what thjrew mw off is if you look at the line above and look at the styling of the Mc on McGugan they look very similar...I am hoping it is Galbreath then I will be on a roll again....!

[MonicaL]

I found this entry in 1901 and wondered whether it could be Margaret and Thomas, although Margaret and Thomas seem to have shaved some years off their age!:

Thomas Evans 61, Shipyard Labourer b. Ireland
Margaret Evans 41 b. Inverary, Argleshire
Thomas Evans 22, Ship Yard Labourer b. Irealnd
Robert Evans 13, b. Partick
Margaret Evans    8 b. Partick
George Seivewright 21 boarder
John McHoy 20 boarder

Address: 52 Crawford St, Partick, Govan

There is also a death on SP for a Margaret McGugan Evans in 1943 (b. 1859 from her death age) in Partick. This might let you re-confirm her parents' details if there remains any doubts. Just concerned about the birth place we are seeing for Margaret above, would be good to get further confirmation but struggling to see them in 1891 at present.

Monica

[hayleydoyle]

woohoo....based on the address I think you are spot on...I have Thomas Evans at various numbers on Crawford Street and neighbouring Clyde Street..looks like the right family ...gets confuding as we see different bith places from census to census....I need to thank you for all your help....I get so wrapped up in this stuff...it keeps me awake at night LOL