Annep5892- Yes- I have struggled with this family's makeup for months and
think I know why and how it fleshes out. I used census and BMD records from Scotland and the U.S./Illinois where they immigrated to verify info.
It seems that were
two couples, both named John and Susan Daly/Daily/Dailly. The "wrong" couple lived just doors from "my" John and Susan in a mining village. Although both Johns were born in Portabello Midlothian, and were miners, the "wrong" John Daly was born in 1848 (versus mine, born 1834-35) and married Susan (maiden name unknown) who born in Ireland in 1840-43 (versus Susan Boyle, born 1837-38 in Ireland).
The "wrong" John and Susan Daly, who were a few years younger, were the parents of Bernard but not my Elizabeth (born Oct 18, 1865) or Annie (born June 1869).
At least that is how I've figured it out after creating a spreadsheet that compared every John, Susan, Elizabeth and Annie Daley within the logical time frames. There were several Elizabeth Daly's born in 1865-66 with a father names John (the only 2 things I knew for sure) but there was only
one family that had John, Eliz, and Annie with the right birthdates and that was with Susan Boyle, b. in 1837-38 in Ireland.
I'd love to see if anyone can help me unravel this, if I've made a mistake. Thanks.
On reflection, something doesn't look quite right with this family.
The couple married in Oct 1864 and there are 5 births on Family Search.
Bridget b 1865, followed by Ann in 1868, Susan 1870, Bernard 1872, Peter 1873 and John 1874
The 1871 census in New Kilpatrick shows children as Elizabeth age 5 and Ann age2
If Elizabeth's age is correct, then she is BRIDGET.
7 Oct 1865 to census night 7 Apr 1871 = 5years ( 6th birthday in October)
Failing that, Bridget must have died and Elizabeth is a second daughter, but she could not have been born before Jun 1866
1871
New Kilpatrick
NAME AGE
John Daily 37 B Ireland
Susan Daily 33 B Ireland
Elizabeth Daily 5 B New Kilpatrick ( consistent with Bridget's profile 7 Oct 1865)
Annie Daily 2 B New Kilpatrick ( 25 Jun 1868)
1881: New Kilpatrick
John Dailly 43
Susan Dailly 41
Bernard Dailly 8 B New Kilpatrick ( 31 Oct 1872)