Mothers maiden name

[nvb272]

Hi

I would appreciate it if anybody could decipher the maiden name on this record from Greenock in 1866, the death record for Thomas Murphy.

regards

[Phenmark]

Hi,
"MS could be "Maiden Surname"
"Macheldrew" or "Macheldreve"

[Milliepede]

Agree it certainly looks like Macheldrew.

[Kay99]

Or possibly Macheldrene   

Kay

[Skoosh]

Possibly a mis-spelt MacIldue/MacIldowie, the former from Appin according to Black's "Surnames", the latter from the Gaelic for Black as used in Cowal, so a steamer trip across the Clyde from Greenock.

 Have you had a look at the online archive to the Greenock Telegraph courtesy of the Watt Library.

Skoosh.

[nvb272]

thanks for the replies, I will look into it further when I get the chance.