Hi, a few bits........
Marriage:
12 Sept 1879
Bridge of Weir,Renfrew
James McCartney
age 22
occ:tanner (journeyman)
father:James McCartney-shoemaker
mother:Margaret Goodfellow
Ellen Cowan
age 21
occ:thread worker
father:John Cowan-railway surfaceman
mother:Ann Reid
children to James & Ellen (Cowan)McCartney:
James b 1880
Annie b 1883
Maggie b 1885
Ellen b 1887
John b 1891
Robert b 1893
Jessie b 1897
son James married Elizabeth Kyle on 3 June 1903 and he died 6 Nov 1924
James Sr died between 1896-1901 but I only found 3 deaths in Renfrew;
1898 James McCartney age 57
1899 James McCartney age 56
1899 James McCartney age 69
*none of the ages match as he should be about 43 but its possible an age was mistranscribed.
Marriage:
14 November 1856 Penninghame,Wigtownshire
James McCartney
age 27
residence:Newton Stewart
occ:shoemaker
father:Thomas Rowan-shoemaker
mother:Margaret McCartney
Margaret Goodfellow
age 17
res:Newton Stewart
father:Thomas Goodfellow-gamedealer
mother:Margaret Caldwell (dec.)
children to James & Margaret(Goodfellow)McCartney;
James b 4 April 1857
Jessie Spears b 1860
Margaret b 1863
Thomas b 1866
John b 1868
Robert b 1871
Mary C. b 1874
Agnes b 1877
Andrew b 1879
Ellen Jane b 1883
*in the 1891 census James is a widower. I found a death in 1883 for a Margaret McCartney age 45 in Camlachie,Glasgow.She may have died in childbirth of Ellen or other complications.
Birth:
Margaret Goodfellow
b 29 April 1839
father:Thomas Goodfellow
mother:Margaret Caldwell
* note-Margaret had 3 siblings Thomas b 1837,James b 1841 & Jane b 1846
** Margaret (Caldwell)Goodfellow died between 1846-1851 as we see from 1851 census.
1851 Scotland census
Back Road,Newton Stewart,Wigtown
Jane Ranken age 62 b 1789 Edmr,Midlothan
address:School of Industry
occ:schoolmistress
Wilhelmina Masson age 27 b 1824 Edmr,Midlothian niece occ:schoolmistress
Thomas Goodfellow age 14 b 1837 Prestonpans
Margaret Goodfellow age 12 b 1839 Prestonpans
Jane Goodfellow age 5 b 1846 Prestonpans
* where their father Thomas is is
Hope this helps,Kim