Hi, looked at some things but came away with more questions than answers.
Birth:
Thomas Clarke
born:27 March 1912
place:Drummond's Lane,Hardgate,Duntocher
father:James Clarke occ:wood turner-journeyman
mother:Mary Moore
informant:James Clarke-father present
marriage of parents: 11 March 1878 Clydebank
Now I checked marriages in Scotland between 1870-1890 in both the Statutory & Catholic records and could not find their marriage. I also checked between 1868-1898 n Ireland with no luck either.
I then looked at the 1901 census and found 3 possibles;(listing most defining bits)
1901 census; 15 Newton St,Paisley,Renfrew
James Clarke age 55, born 1846 Ireland,head of house,occ:wood turner
Mary Clarke age 55,born 1846 Glasgow, wife
Thomas Clarke age 32, born 1869 Glasgow,son
Frederick Clarke age 28, born 1873 Neilston,Renfrew,son
John Clarke age 24, born 1872,Neilston,Renfrew, son
Willie Clarke age 20, born 1881 Neilston,Renfrew, son
Catherine Clarke age 18, born 1883 Neilston Renfrew, daughter
Bella Clarke age 16, boorn 1885 Paisley,Renfrew,daughter
609 Dalmarnock Rd,Bridgeton,Glasgow
James Clark age 31, born 1870 Mauchline,Ayr, occ:woodkeeper
Mary Clark age 27, born 1874 Glasgow, wife
Mary Jane Clark age 7, born 1894 Glasgow,daughter
Lucy Louisa Clark age 3, born 1898 Glasgow, daughter
Elizabeth Clark age 1, born 1900 Glasgow, daughter
42 Miller's Lane,Old Kilpatrick,Clydebank,Dumbarton
James Clarke age 36,born 1865 Ireland, occ:hammerman
Mary Clarke age 36, born 1865 Ireland, wife
James Clarke age 9, born 1892 Ireland,son
Michael Clarke age 2,born 1899 Ireland, son
* for this James & Mary I checked Irish birth records for both James & Michael with James & Mary as parents and could find no record of either.
These were the 3 best matches in the census for James & Mary going by James' occupation or the date of marriage & Dunbarton where you say they were. You would have to go through the 1911 census on Scotlandspeople to see if could find a better family match-mind you I did an earlier search and for James Clarke with second person name of Mary in Dunbarton there are 17 matches so its quite a few to go through. Kim