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« on: Thursday 11 February 21 03:10 GMT (UK) »
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.