Death of Marion McInnes 1861-1871

[mcmacey]

Can anyone help me trace a death that must have occurred between the 1861 and 1871 census?

My great great great grandmother Marion McInnes was widowed and living with her daughter Isabella Grant in Port Glasgow in 1861. The census gives her age then as 70, although she may have been a few years younger. Her maiden name was McCaffer and she was born in Islay, where she married Hector McInnes in 1822. There is no sign of her in the 1871 census.

Most of her family were living in and around Port Glasgow or Greenock at the time (although one of her sons may have lived in Govan for a time during the 1860s) so I would have expected the death to have occurred in Renfrewshire. I have tried every possible variant of her name I can think of but can't find her death at all. I've already spent a small fortune looking at records on Scotlandspeople. I've also looked for a second marriage just in case, but no luck there either.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Betty Macey (nee McInnes)

[Johnf04]

This is a search with "other surname" starting with "Mc", birth 1790+/- 10 years, deaths between 1861 and 1900.

[Rosinish]

Just wondering if you've considered variants for Marion of which there are a few including Sarah (possibly dependant on location)?

I've come by many over time i.e. a search using the 'wildcards' option of M*r*n may help?

Annie

[Forfarian]

Another thing you might try is putting the surname in as Mc Innes with a space, or even as *inn*s, because I have discovered that if the indexer left a space after the Mac or Mc part of a surname, then searching for m*nn*s or m*c*f*r does not always pick up surnames with the space in them.

SP are aware of this and are doing something about it.

[kiwihalfpint]

Just wondering if you've considered variants for Marion of which there are a few including Sarah (possibly dependant on location)?

I found my Scottish Marion, transcribed as Marrion and Muriam in the census.

Cheers
KHP

[carolineasb]

Sometimes Marion could be Mary Ann or Maryann or Murren or Mirren or even, as in my family, Maisie