Lamie

[redoubt]

yes.. church of scotland in Lanarkshire. The groom was a coal miner as were his parents who married in Lanarkshire in early 1800's

[redoubt]

sorry took place at Newarthill, Lanarkshire

[aghadowey]

Possibly this marriage-
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTT1-Z8Q

Census records?

[redoubt]

yes that is it in 1856. They are still in Lanarkshire in 1861 but not 1871. Jane dies in Lanarkshire, 1870 but her father is named William Ferguson ... not Devine

[redoubt]

Jane's birth place and father remain a mystery

[aghadowey]

What does the 1861 census give for her place of birth? Have you found her mother in any census records? Who was the informant for her death certificate? perhaps they listed her stepfather instead of father.

[redoubt]

in 1861 it is given as Ireland. I havent found her mother in the censuses.

on the marriage cert the witnesses are named Skelton.

Jane's husband was informant on death cert

[redoubt]

My theory is Devine was her father and she was illegitimate, her mother going on to marry Mr Ferguson and then Mr Little.

sORRY MY MISTAKE - HER MOTHER MARY LITTLE IS MENTIONED IN 1861 LANARKSHIRE AGED 55 PLACE OF BIRTH TYRONE

[redoubt]

I realise this could be a bit of a long short so please don't go to too much trouble on this. I understand Irish records are not readily available.