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Renfrewshire / Lapslie/Cameron Brick Wall help needed please
« on: Sunday 29 December 19 04:42 GMT (UK)  »
Hi All

This one has been running me ragged for a lot of years. Agnes Lapslie (Lapsley) was born on 19th March 1804 in High Parish Paisley. Parents Robert Lapslie and Janet Cameron. She married William Wilson in the Paisley High parish on 5th December 1824(No parents names recorded)

On her death certificate her father is down as James. The informant was her son-in- law and I'm assuming this to be an error as her Baptism record clearly says Robert.

I am trying to find out more info about her parents and if she had any siblings (The only OPR listing for children of this couple on Scotland's People is her). I have looked on SP, Familiy Search and Ancestry to no avail and keep checking back every now and then as more records become available but still finding nothing.

I can't find a marriage for her parents so don't know if they were local to the area or had moved there as many did around the time to work in the weaving trade. EDIT She is decribed on her baptism as the lawful daughter so there should be a marriage

Any help would be much appreciated in case I am missing something that's staring me in the face

Thanks

Ann  :)

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Renfrewshire / O'Hara & Kilpatrick Conundrum - Mystery Solved
« on: Saturday 28 December 19 22:47 GMT (UK)  »
Hi All

One of my brick walls I'm hoping for some help with. John O'Hara (spelled many ways in different records) married Mary (sometimes recorded as Martha) Kil or Kirkpatrick on 3rd February 1834 in Abbey Parish Paisley.

Up to this point it's not so bad. John is recorded on the 1841 as from Ireland and on the 1851 as being from Co. Antrim. Mary/Martha is recorded as born in Paisley. John died before 1855 so there's no death certificate and I haven't found Mary/Martha's yet.

My query is really to veryify an assumption I suppose. Their marriage is recoded in both the Church of Scotland records with them being recorded as living in Charleston (South end of Paisley) but it is also recorded at St Mirin's which is the RC church in the centre of Paisley. (It wouldn't have been in the current one cos that was built in the 1930s but in the original one nearby - both of which are in the town centre). Their children were all baptised as Catholic yet all of them ended up marrying in the Cof S as did their children.

At the time a mxed marriage would have been frowned upon and my gtx3 grandfather was most definitely on the way when they married as he was born on 12th July 1834. Is it reasonable to assume that John wasn't Catholic ? I haven't even begun to look for him yet as I'm sure that one really is going to be a needle in a haystack.

All opinions welcome :)

Thanks

Ann

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: Tracing an ancestor from Paisley, Renfrewshire
« on: Monday 12 November 18 00:05 GMT (UK)  »
The marriage is on Scotland's People but you'll need to buy credits to view it

Ref is 573/1 463

WILLIAM HAMILTON RUSSELL
AGNES BOYD KERR
   
Married 1942 in Paisley
   

   
Hope that helps :)

Ann

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Renfrewshire / Re: Paisley Poor Law Records
« on: Friday 05 January 18 22:32 GMT (UK)  »
I'm from Paisley (tho don't live there now) but I can recommend this. Have found out so much from the poor books in Paisley library (Always go in on trips home). the information is fantastic and have found where in Ireland many people have come from via these records

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Argyllshire / Re: McKellar & McFarlane- help please!
« on: Sunday 31 December 17 14:32 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Isk

Just checked it out and the children listed are the ones I have in my tree. Duncan is my gt x 4 grandfather. Looking good!  :D

Many Thanks

Ann

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Argyllshire / Re: McKellar & McFarlane- help please!
« on: Sunday 31 December 17 14:16 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Isk

Many thanks. I'll definitely have a look at that one. It sounds promising  :)

I'm from Paisley (Renfrewshire) originally but I live in Yorkshire but still go home to see my mum so I think maybe we should take a wee trip up there and see if anything locally in the spring. It's not that far, nice trip oin a sunny day and it is her lot I'm looking for (She's a McKellar)

Happy New Year to you too  :)

Ann

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Inverness / Re: William Fraser - Brickwall
« on: Saturday 30 December 17 15:21 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks Skoosh

I shall go have a nosey  :)

Ann

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Lanarkshire / Re: Brickwall - Help needed please
« on: Saturday 30 December 17 15:12 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

They are on Ancestry. There are also baptism records as well

Hope that helps ;)

Ann

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Argyllshire / McKellar & McFarlane- help please!
« on: Saturday 30 December 17 02:50 GMT (UK)  »
Hi

My gtx 5 grandparents were Archibald McKellar and Jean McFarlane. They married on 8/2/1782 Strathlachlan , Argyll. A couple of generations later and the family were well established in Paisley.

I'd love to find their baptisms so I can get at least a generation back. It's a common name in Argyll which is what's proving difficult and they're not on any census nor can I find death records for them as pre 1855 I think when they died.

They did not stay in Argyll tho as the last child I have found for them was born in Renton (Daniel)(Dunbartonshire) tho he eventually crossed the Clyde  as my gt x4 Duncan did.

I know Argyll mainly as a tourist but not this area. I have checked SP(several times over a lot of years)  but finding nothing that helps me there as could be any one of many

Many Thanks

Ann

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