Census help please

[janinez]

1861 he either married a few times or had mistresses.............

James Mckinley 44 fireman in a coal mine b. Hamilton
Mary McConnell 35 (says wife but who knows) b. glasgow
James Mckinlay 12 son b. bothwell   scholar
Mary do 5 dau b. bothwell
Edward do 4 son b. Wichan
Robert do 2 son b. Wichan
David do 2 months son b Hamilton

Parish Hamilton / Ed 21 / page 24 / line 16

[janinez]

1871 census

James Mckinlay 54 b. hamilton   Colliery Manager
Mary do 41 wife colliery manager wife b. glasgow
Mary do 15 b bothwell    servant
Edwaard do 14  b. wishaw   coal miner
Robert do 12  b. wishaw coalminer
David do 70 (yes it says this) got son though so could be mistranscribed maybe 7?)  scholar b. hamilton
Elizabeth do 7 bl Hamilton  scholar
Janet do 2  b. wishaw 

Parish Dalserf  / Ed 1  /  Page 14  / line 15

[gpaton]

1861 Census - Edinbr & Glasgow rd, Bothwell

William McKinlay 77 retired coachman b. Douglas, Lanarkshire
Margaret do 70 b. Glasgow
William do son 33 coal miner b. Douglas
Edward do son 32 coalminer b. Douglas
Jean do grandaughter 8 scholar b. bothwell, father = Edward

Parish Bothwell  /  ED2   /  Page 4   /  Line 9   
[ok, this is the family - great stuff]

[gpaton]

1861 he either married a few times or had mistresses.............

James Mckinley 44 fireman in a coal mine b. Hamilton
Mary McConnell 35 (says wife but who knows) b. glasgow
James Mckinlay 12 son b. bothwell   scholar
Mary do 5 dau b. bothwell
Edward do 4 son b. Wichan
Robert do 2 son b. Wichan
David do 2 months son b Hamilton

Parish Hamilton / Ed 21 / page 24 / line 16

Yes, James married 3 times and this is wife no 3 & children!

[gpaton]

1871 census

James Mckinlay 54 b. hamilton   Colliery Manager
Mary do 41 wife colliery manager wife b. glasgow
Mary do 15 b bothwell    servant
Edwaard do 14  b. wishaw   coal miner
Robert do 12  b. wishaw coalminer
David do 70 (yes it says this) got son though so could be mistranscribed maybe 7?)  scholar b. hamilton
Elizabeth do 7 bl Hamilton  scholar
Janet do 2  b. wishaw 

this is absolutely fantastic, shortly after this James died and wife & 6 children departed for New Zealand.
Parish Dalserf  / Ed 1  /  Page 14  / line 15

[gpaton]

1861 Census - Edinbr & Glasgow rd, Bothwell

William McKinlay 77 retired coachman b. Douglas, Lanarkshire
Margaret do 70 b. Glasgow
William do son 33 coal miner b. Douglas
Edward do son 32 coalminer b. Douglas
Jean do grandaughter 8 scholar b. bothwell, father = Edward

Parish Bothwell  /  ED2   /  Page 4   /  Line 9   
[ok, this is the family - great stuff]Will have to chase up wife of Edward and any other children.]

[gpaton]

1841 Census they appear to be all split up or perhaps visiting others. William Junior

James McKinlay 35 (this would put his birth 1806 but) Hairdresser b. scotland
Ann Mckinlay 30 b. Lanarkshire
William McKinlay 13 b. lanarkshire is this him?
Mary Mckinlay 10 b. lanarkshire
Lillias Mckinlay 8 b. lanarkshire
James Mckinlay 2 b. lanarkshire

living 16 1/2 (whatever the half means) Buchan St,  lanarkshire

ummm, not certain if these are the same McKinlay family

parish Glasgow St George / Ed 4   /   Page 11  /  Line 870

[gpaton]

1861 he either married a few times or had mistresses.............
He married 3 times total of 12 children. My husbands great grandmother is the Mary dau age 5 born Bothwell.
Mary McConnell brought her 6 surviving children out to New Zealand. She lived with her daughter Mary until she died in 1907 Dunedin NZ.

James Mckinley 44 fireman in a coal mine b. Hamilton
Mary McConnell 35 (says wife but who knows) b. glasgow
James Mckinlay 12 son b. bothwell   scholar
Mary do 5 dau b. bothwell
Edward do 4 son b. Wichan
Robert do 2 son b. Wichan
David do 2 months son b Hamilton

Parish Hamilton / Ed 21 / page 24 / line 16

Yes, James married 3 times and this is wife no 3 & children!