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Ayrshire / Re: William GILMOUR, b. Irvine c. 1811
« on: Wednesday 13 October 21 05:11 BST (UK) »
I thought it would be worth updating this thread as I believe I have identified the parents of William Gilmour, and it may be of interest for any potential cousins who might be googling names.
No birth or baptism record appears to have survived, but William's death certificate contains some useful information. According to his death certificate, William's parents were John Gilmour, a weaver, and Mary Macintyre. No record appears to exist of this couple at all, but there was a weaver by the name of John Gilmour living in Waterside, Fenwick parish who died in 1855. His wife was Mary McNair, which I suppose could have been misremembered as Macintyre. Included among John Gilmour's children on his 1855 death certificate is a 45 year old William. John and Mary's second son was Alexander, born 1793 in Paisley. The youngest of their children whose birth/baptism record survives is a Catherine, born 1808 in Irvine. John and Mary had a daughter, Mary, who resided in Fenwick and was married to a John Husband. This tells us a few things: John Gilmour, weaver and Mary McNAIR, lived in Irvine just two or three years before William was born. Secondly, we know that they were residing in the parish of Fenwick later on, and so their known movements perfectly coincide with those of William prior until the time of marriage.
John's death certificate also includes a son called Gilbert, which is notable as William's son William Jnr., had a son in Australia named Gilbert Alexander Gilmour, so it seems that perhaps he was named after his great uncles.
I have therefore concluded that William must in fact have been the son of John Gilmour and Mary McNair, as the evidence seems to suggest that William's son John, as the informant on William's death certificate, simply misremembered his grandmother's maiden name, or that perhaps the name was misheard by the registrar.
No birth or baptism record appears to have survived, but William's death certificate contains some useful information. According to his death certificate, William's parents were John Gilmour, a weaver, and Mary Macintyre. No record appears to exist of this couple at all, but there was a weaver by the name of John Gilmour living in Waterside, Fenwick parish who died in 1855. His wife was Mary McNair, which I suppose could have been misremembered as Macintyre. Included among John Gilmour's children on his 1855 death certificate is a 45 year old William. John and Mary's second son was Alexander, born 1793 in Paisley. The youngest of their children whose birth/baptism record survives is a Catherine, born 1808 in Irvine. John and Mary had a daughter, Mary, who resided in Fenwick and was married to a John Husband. This tells us a few things: John Gilmour, weaver and Mary McNAIR, lived in Irvine just two or three years before William was born. Secondly, we know that they were residing in the parish of Fenwick later on, and so their known movements perfectly coincide with those of William prior until the time of marriage.
John's death certificate also includes a son called Gilbert, which is notable as William's son William Jnr., had a son in Australia named Gilbert Alexander Gilmour, so it seems that perhaps he was named after his great uncles.
I have therefore concluded that William must in fact have been the son of John Gilmour and Mary McNair, as the evidence seems to suggest that William's son John, as the informant on William's death certificate, simply misremembered his grandmother's maiden name, or that perhaps the name was misheard by the registrar.
