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Gotcha. That is actually one resource I have never used - not sure why! lol Thanks for the assistance and insight - to both YOU AND MONICA!!! Really appreciate the efforts!

They did mark with an "X." I find that quite a bit.

Hi again, Annie! James was living at 4 Abbey Close (in Paisley). Rachel was living at 25 New Sneddon (looks like that), also in Paisley. She and her new husband both had same address at time of wedding.

Hi Monica! Thanx for joining in! Good call on my error - it is indeed 1858, not 1855. A typo on my part, for which I apologize. I had told Annie the same thing about the census data and POBs - nothing but "Ireland" for them both. I do know that it is unlikely that they meant Ireland proper, rather than Northern Ireland.

In response to your query about the death, I am the one who mentioned it. The DOD/YOD is 1904 in Paisley. At the time he was married to a Mary Murray (it does not say widowed).

What I find most telling is that there was a James McAulay as a witness to Rachels marriage. Perhaps NOT significant given that James was not an uncommon name, no?

 

Hi Annie - thank you for replying! I truly don't have much more to go on other than what I gave you. The first time I heard of the parents was on the marriage cert for each of them. For Rachel: she married in Alexander Moore in Paisley August, 1859. Her approximate DOB is 1844. NI, but no city. Probably County Antrim, though. Her parents are listed as William McAulay (no DOB), a labourer, and Mary McAulay (nee Davidson/Davison). These names appear on her marriage and death records. Mary was deceased by 1859, and there is no death record for William - most likely because he never came over to Scotland. Rachel died in Paisley on Jan 29, 1907. I can bring her family to the present, but that doesn't help.
The record for James is his wedding cert to Elizabeth Frazer/Fraser dated March 2, 1855 in Abbey, Paisley. Parents' names are the same - William McAulay and Mary Davison/Davidson. Again, she is already deceased by then, William still alive. He is again listed as a labourer. James was born around 1836 - some have him listed as being from County Down in NI, but there is no evidence to that effect. He died August 18, 1904 in Paisley. Interestingly, his father's name is different on the death cert (but the mother's is the same) - it is listed as James McAulay - a cattle dealer. You can see why I'm puzzled.
Both James and Rachel were married COS.
So that is all I have. I'm more interested in discovering who Rachel's family is - her siblings. If this James ties in to her, then great. If not, I still need to find out about her family if I can.