I think I may have found the elusive William Moore
I've got an 1871 census entry in Glasgow Anderston, and an 1891 census entry in Glasgow Kelvin:
1871 Anderston, Lanarkshire
85 Port Street
William More, head, 45, England, flesher(?)
Margaret More, wife, 35, England
Eliza More, daughter, 18, England, way maker (stay maker?)
Robert More, son, 14, England, bottle maker
Joseph More, son, 6, Spain
Margaret More, daughter, 2, Glasgow
Jane Close, mother, 6m(?), England (if you look on the SP index, Jane Close's age is actually 64)
The 1871 entry is a very poor Ancestry transcription, which appears a bit muddled - and on a first look, I didn't think it was William, but there were more things that seemed to match (ages, daughter Eliza, the mention of Spain, and presence of Jane Close) than there were things that didn't (William's occupation and place of birth, and son Robert, who doesn't appear to be with the family in 1861).
So, following the youngest daughter, Margaret, born in Glasgow in 1868, I think the 1891 entry is probably them:
1891 Kelvin
12 Pembroke St
William Moore, 66, Leith, Midlothian, bottle maker retired
Margaret Moore, 56, England, bottle maker's wife
Margaret Moore, 20, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, stay maker
So, it looks like William married his first wife's sister, Margaret. I was hopeful that they might have been married in Scotland, so the marriage registration would tell us who William's parents were, but according to daughter Margaret's birth registration (she was born on 27 Dec 1868 in Anderston), her parents (William Moore, bottle blower and Margaret Moore MS Close) were married on 24th June 1861 in Sunderland.
Ruth
