I have a big quandry over how the two wives of James Brock fit into the timeline. James married Ann McCartney in 1817. Between 1818 and 1832 they had 9 children. In 1832 he married Mary/Marjory Fletcher/Wright (Edinburgh) they had a child James born in 1832 and subsequent children. From the 1841 census I assume that some of Ann's children were living with James and Mary. I have not managed to find birth certificates for any of the second lot of children at all.
Hope this makes sense but not sure where or how to find out what happened to Ann McCartney/Brock.
thanks Bronwen Summers Ch.Ch. N.Z.
James Brock husband of Ann McCartney (died 1828) and then Mary Fletcher/Wright (James son of Isabella Hamilton & Thomas Brock)
B: 1788???
M:1817 June 20th, Ann McCartney, Barony (register to hand)
M:1832 March 14th Mary Fletcher (register to hand)
D:1866 July 1st aged 78, 48 Muir Street, paralysis for 19 days, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, weaver, son Alexander Brock signed (register to hand) No details about this wife at all.
Census
1832 cotton weaver at time of 2nd marriage
1841 James 50, cotton hand loom weaver, Meady Fletcher 40 (not born in county), John 22 cotton hand loom weaver, James 9, Alexander 6, Jean 3
1851 23 Quarry Road, James 60, Mary 50 weaver’s wife, John 32, Betty 22 weaver’s daughter, Alexander 19, Jane 10 weaver’s daughter, James 16. All males listed are weavers. Father and children all born in Hamilton (Mary was born in Edinburgh)
1861 11 John Street, James 70, hand loom silk weaver, Margot 63 Pirn winder - someone who wound the yarn onto large wheel like bobbins which were then used to feed the cotton wheels hand loom cotton, Alexander 26 hand loom cotton weaver
Ann McCartney wife of James Brock
B:
M:1817 June 20th, James Brock, Shopkeeper, Barony (register to hand)
D:
Children 9
1818 April 13th b May 2nd John Brock, Barony, Glasgow Child 1 (register to hand)
1820 Feb 2nd Jean Brock, Gorbals (register to hand)
1821 June 3rd James Brock (Brok), Gorbals (register to hand)
1823 June 22nd James Brock, Gorbals (register to hand)
1825 July 10th Walter Brock, Gorbals
1825 July 10th Elizabeth Brock, Gorbals
1826 Oct 1st – 1828 Anne Brock, Gorbals (both registers to hand)
1829 Nov 1st Robert Brock, Gorbals (register to hand)
1832 June 10th Sarah Agnes Brock, Gorbals (register to hand)
Mary/Marjory Fletcher (Wright) wife of James Brock and mother of Jane Brock
B:(can’t find looked for Wright and Fletcher in Edinburgh between 1895 and 1815)
M:1832 March 14th James Brock (register to hand)
D:1872 June 8th 7 Portland Place, Hamilton, 72 years old, died of chronic bronchitis, widow of James Brock, silk weaver, son Alexander Brock, 4 Whitehall Street, Glasgow (register to hand)
Children 5 (can’t find on Scotland’s people) this information from the census
1819 John Brock, Barony, Hamilton, Scotland (child of Ann McCarthy?)
1829 Betty Brock, Gorbals,Hamilton, Scotland (child of Ann McCarthy?)
1832 James Brock, Hamilton, Scotland
1835 Alexander Brock, Hamilton, Scotland
1836 Dec 19th a female child to James Brock, born in Glasgow? Not sure of whether this is part of this family or not.
1839 Jane/Jean Brock (Summers by marriage), Hamilton, Scotland ??– her death certificate says her mother was Marjory Brock, previously Fletcher and Wright
Census
1871 Marjory Brock, 2 Leechlee Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, widow aged 69 born in Edinburgh (no other details given)