McCutchion James & Bridget (nee Dooloughty)

[Alma]

My thanks to all contributors for the info I now have.  Perhaps Bridget did leave Scotland after the death of her husband  - I've a lot to occupy the brain!

[Alma]

I have now progressed further with this posting...

Bridget appears to have married 2ndly to John Kennedy (marriage not yet located) and had two children Ann Brown Murray Kennedy born 24.7.1873 Rutherglen,Lanark, and William James Kennedy born 23.5.1868 Stevenson,Ayrshire,Scotland.  She may also have had another son Thomas born 13.4.  1866 Stevenson, Ayrshire, registered as "Kenny"..(LDS website) - Parents John Kenny and Bridget Doolaughty.  I note on Mundia Bridget's lines have been researched although her parents names have not yet been located. 

[loobylooayr]

Hi Alma,
If Bridget was married to John Kennedy, the date and place of their marriage should be recorded on the birth certificates of William b.1866 and Ann. b 1873.
Noticed on Family search that Ann's birth has parents recorded as John Kennedy and Bridget McCutchion (her first married name)-
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FQ8D-YF8
Also if Bridget's age is correct on 1861 Census - age 36 this makes her 48 when having this baby. Wow! Life must have been tough.Widowed then remarryring and having babies well in to her 40s. Looby

[Alma]

Yes, I suppose I should NOT assume a marriage until I locate the certificate.  I've not researched much in the Scottish records so its great to see how much detail is recorded compared to my Irish certificates.  I may well go online and order the marriage lines of Bridget and her husband James McCutchion back in 1855 Swansea as its just too tempting to resist not doing so!  I just cannot believe how many folks are researching these days...must be enormous.

[loobylooayr]

Yes family history research is very popular and very obsessional

There is a Bridget Kennedy on the 1871 Census in Rutherglen aged 38.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VBPB-1YL

Unfortunately Familysearch don't give much info on their Census records. But it looks like this Bridget was not born in Scotland. Her age doesn't tie with your Bridget on the 1851 but errors can be made!
And of course Bridget could have been economical with the truth when meeting husband no 2
She could have knocked a few years off ( wouldn't be the first or last to do that)

Looby

[anne_p]

Good Find Looby

Looks like her on the 1871 return
1871: Pollock Land, King St, Rutherglen   

Name   Age
John Kennedy   44 coal miner b Ireland
Bridget Kennedy   38 b Ireland
Mary Kennedy   14 b Swansea
Lizzie Kennedy   14 B Dalry
Helena Kennedy   7 b Irvine
Tho Kennedy   5 b Stevenston
Wm Kennedy   3 b Stevenston

[anne_p]

It get's curiouser and curiouser!
1881: definitely the same Thomas and William from 1871 and daughter Ann fits with info already found?

39 New St Rutherglen   

Elizabeth A Kennedy   44 ? B Ireland
Sarah McKenna   17 daughter b Irvine
Thomas Kennedy 16 Son b Stevenston ( Iron Turner)
William Kennedy 12 son b Steventon
Ann Kennedy   5 Daughter b Rutherglen
James McKenna   30 Son In Law b b Ireland ( chemical works labourer)

EDIT:
Birth of daughter Sarah! No wonder this family is hard to track
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XY51-J7Z

[loobylooayr]

Well done annep

So it looks like Bridget was certainly not married in 1864 when she had Sarah.
And it also looks like shes only aged 8 years in 20
Maybe the 1851 Census should have been 26? But her age is definitely not consistent . Perhaps she didn't know her correct age?
And using the name Elizabeth in 1871  . 
Looby

[anne_p]

It get's worse
This is daughter Elizabeth/Lizzie
She married Robert Lindsay.
 1881: 19 Windsor St, Hamilton   
Name   Age
Robert Linsey   38 B Drummore, Ireland
Elizabeth Linsey   23 b Stevenston
William Linsey   3 Son b Rutherglen
Maggie Linsey   2 Daughter b Rutherglen
James Linsey   2 Mo Son B Hamilton
John Kennedy   34 Boarder Born Belfast

No doubt about it, her sister Annie  and brother Thomas are in the household at 1891 and we know that Annie married in Hamilton circa 1894.
Lizzie/Elizabeth may have died by 1891

1891   15 Windsor St, Hamilton

Robert Lindsay   42
William Lindsay   14
Margaret Lindsay   12
James Lindsay   10
John Lindsay   8
Jane Lindsay   6
Annie Lindsay   4
Thomas Kennedy   24 Brother in Law b Stevenston
Annie Kennedy   17 Sister In Law b Rutherglen

1901
15 Windsor St, Hamilton
Robert Lindsay   56
William Lindsay   23
James Lindsay   20
John Lindsay   18
Annie Lindsay   14
Margaret Frame   22
William Frame   23
Charles Frame   2
Robert Frame   7 Mo

No sign of Bridget. She either died or moved between 1881 and 1891