maria farr

[Wendy2305]

Also to add there's a family tree on Ancestry which has Catherine Paul's parents as
John Celestine Paul 1856–1913 and Maria Gracie 1857-1898

[Annette7]

Catherine Spence Paul was born 29/3/1884 in Greenock, Renfrewshire, dau. of John Paul and Maria Paul, nee Gracie.

Just to complicate things John Farr himself had married in 1896 a Catherine Spence - she later stated she was bc.1872 but she was in fact born 10/11/1869 Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, dau. of John Spence and Mary nee McGuire (the parents stated on marriage certificate).

Annette

[Forfarian]

That seems to disprove the idea that Catherine Spence Paul had something to do with Catherine Spence who later married John Farr then. I wondered if Catherine Spence or Farr might have been the mother of Catherine Spence Paul, but it's clear from that new information that she isn't.

You must have used quite a few credits looking all this up, Annette7

[Annette7]

That seems to disprove the idea that Catherine Spence Paul had something to do with Catherine Spence who later married John Farr then. I wondered if Catherine Spence or Farr might have been the mother of Catherine Spence Paul, but it's clear from that new information that she isn't.

You must have used quite a few credits looking all this up, Annette7

I did indeed, Forfarian!   Just don't like mysteries plus Spence was my mothers name so might have been a connection somewhere (but there isn't).

Annette

[waitnvrmind29]

Wow, thank you all for your help. Sorry, I'm still kind of new at this - started a while back and then gave up, just starting to try piece together the family tree again now. Appreciate all the help 😊 you have given me some ideas on what to look for next time too 👍🏻