marriage of Margaret Robb and William James Conway in 1863

[zion]

The gates at Moat Street  wear suitable foot ware it can be very soggy in the Grave yard 

[Rustypup]

Margaret Robb was the sister of my GG/grandmother Martha Robb. She was born in 1843 in Dundonald, Ayrshire.
Her parents James and Elizabeth McLachlan were married in 1838 in Dundonald.
Her mother Elizabeth was a widow and married William James Conway's brother Thomas Conway.
1861 Census 56 Townhead, Irvine
Thomas Coway 32 Grocer/Mason
Elizabeth          47 Wife
Martha.            19 Step daughter
Margaret.         17 Step daughter
Wm Jas Conway20 Brother


Rustypup

[DRSM]

Thank you, Zion - I may arrive a little after 9am, but I’ll be there!

And thank you, Rustypup - so good to be able to add another set of great-great-great- grandparents to the family tree.

[Maiden Stone]

DRSM and Zion, you can use private message option since you both have more than 3 posts.

[DRSM]

Rustypup - just to check, Margaret Robb married the younger brother of her stepfather? IE, the same William James Conway shown on the 1861 census as being 20 years old when Margaret was 17?

[DRSM]

Thank you, Maiden Stone - Zion and I met today and have exchanged email addresses! 🙂

[zion]

Hi Rustypup, in a reply a few years ago you said Martha Robb was your gggrandmother and her sister was Margaret Robb who married William James Conway in 1863  they had a daughter Elizabeth Conway but seems some one has wrong info on her middle name  do you know what it was ?   the other site that the info came from must be wrong because they have and Elizabeth Jane Conway born 1865 and an Elizabeth Robb Conway born 1867 with the same parents and same grandparents ?
thanks

[MonicaL]

Hi Zion

Elizabeth's birth reg shows her born on 28 Jan 1867 https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1867/03502/2287381.pdf  No middle name is included there.

There are entries with the middle name of Jane for Elizabeth though:

Her marriage to Hugh Moore in 1884 includes the middle name of Jane https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1884/10900/5981516.pdf The marriage was on 15 April 1884. She was born on 28 January 1867. Her age at marriage is showing as 18 years old which would be correct for her birth date of early 1867.

Her 1901 census entry with her family shows her a Eliza J. www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Ballycross/Herdstown/1255800/

I can't see reference to any other daughter called Elizabeth for William Conway and Margaret Robb  Doesn't help that on the 1901 and 1911 censuses Elizabeth shows as born 1865-6 though.

Monica

[MonicaL]

There is one entry for an Eliza Conway in 1865...but this birth was illegitimate https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1865/03577/2318632.pdf

Monica