Hi-When my ancestors John Daley (often Dailly or Daily) and Susan Boyle married in 1864 he was listed as a widower. I am trying to re-construct his past and wanted to turn to you guys to see if I got it right. John was born of Bernard Daley and Margaret Cook circa 1834 in Portabello, Midlothian.
When married in October, 1864 at Maryhill he was listed as a 30 year old widower.
I've tried to go back and reconstruct who his first wife was and what may have happened by looking at all weddings of John Daillys who married before 1864 but whose wife was not in later censuses. I came up with 3 possible brides: Mary MacCormac (1852 Dundee wedding), Margaret Ferrington (1854 wedding at Dundee) and Mary Stewart (1859 at St. Mary's in Greenock) Since he was catholic and I know his later children were baptised at St. Mary in Duntocher, I thought Stewart was the most likely. Records show that Mary died in September, 1862 at 19 years old as recorded in Dalbeth (?) She and John Daley also had a son, also John, born in September 1862 in Greenock, Renfew. There is no record of the infant John's baptism or death, but he does not appear in later census with his father. My conjecture is that John Dailly married Mary Stewart and she died in childbirth in Sept. 1862 and their son John died before he could be baptised. Not sure why no death record.
You guys are like detectives. Can you tell me: Do you think I have this right? What did I miss?
Are there more reasonable and likely scenarios? Is there anything from her death record (attached) that I can glean? Thanks for any guidance or comments!
