QUIGLEY, Letitia 1
- Born: About 1828, County Derry, Ireland 2
- Marriage (1): CAMPBELL, Hugh in July 1846 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland
- Died: 9 March 1907 about 5 pm, 12 Buttery Square, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Cause of her death was natural causes, probably heart failure.
Other names for Letitia were CAMPBELL, Betsy,2 CAMPBELL, Letitia,3 QUIGLEY, Laetitia, QUIGLEY, Letitia, QUIGLEY, Lititia, TURGLEY, Latitia, TWEEDLAY, Letitia, TWEEDLEY, Letitia, TWEEDLY, Letitia and TWIGLEY, Letitia.
General Notes:
The 1841 census for Broomknoll in Airdrie recorded Letitia as a cotton handloom weaver. Her birthplace was Ireland and she was 12 years old. She was living with James and Isablla Quigley, both aged 50-54 years, and Jane And Margaret Quigley, aged 20 and 15 years respectively.
The 1871 census for Airdrie, Lanarkshire, recorded "Betsy Campbell" living with her husband Hugh, and their children James, Jane, Hugh, David and Agnes, at 76 Black Street, Rawyards. She was 45 years old and had been born in "Londonderry". The children named all had been born in Airdrie, and ranged in age from 2 to 21 years.
It was she who gave notice of her father's death in 1875. The death certificate recorded her as his daughter. She was then Letitia Campbell. She made her X mark before the registrar at Airdrie. Letitia's address was given as Buttery (unclear) Square, Rawyards, Airdrie.
In 1881 the census for 6 Buttery's Square New Monkland parish recorded a widow, Lettia (sic) Campbell. She was head of her household and housekeeper. Her birthplace was Ireland and her age given as 53 years. In her household were two daughters, two sons, and a grandson, Hugh C. Taylor, and a granddaughter, Jane C. Laird.
In the census of 1891 Letitia Campbell, aged 64 years and born in Ireland, was living at 6 Buttery Square in Airdrie with her son Hugh Campbell, aged 27 years, her grandson Hugh Taylor, aged 14 years, and her granddaughter Jane Laird, aged 10 years. Both Hughs were coal miners.
By the 1901 census Letitia Campbell was still living at 6 Buttery Square in Airdrie with her son Hugh. She was recorded as 67 years, he as 36 years.
In her death certificate Letitia was recorded as the widow of Hugh Campbell coal miner. She was found dead on 9 March 1907 about 5 pm. She was recorded as 75 years of age. Both of her parents were deceased. Her parents were named in the death certificate as "John Tweedley Shoemaker (Deceased)" and "Margaret Tweedley MS Gillespie". 2 4 5 6 7
Research Notes:
PARENTS
An anomaly exist regarding Letitia's parents, which can be speculated about but is not yet resolved.
In the 1841 census a Letitia Quigley, born in Ireland, aged 12 years, was living with James and Isabella Quigley at Broomknoll Airdrie in the parish of New Monkland, Lanarkshire. In 1846 a Letitia Tweedlay, her surname being a variant of Quigley, married Hugh Campbell in New Monkland. Their first son was named James. At her death in 1907, Letitia's son David as informant gave her parents' names as John Quigley, shoemaker, and Margaret Gillespie. Yet at the death of James Quigley, a shoemaker, whose first wife was Isabella Mclean, probably the James and Isabella Quigley referred to above in the 1841 census, the informant was his daughter Letitia Campbell, widow.
The likelihood is that Letitia's son David, who was born in December 1865, was not clear about the names of his grandparents, not an uncommon phenomenon at the time. There may be a possibility, even a probability, that James Quigley or Tweedley (mistakenly named John by informant David), was Letitia's father, and that it was not his wife who was her biological mother but a woman named Margaret Gillespie.
POSSIBLE BAPTISM?
"Church Baptism Record
Name: Letita Quigley
Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1827
Date of Baptism:15-Feb-1826
Address:
Parish/District:DONAGHMORE
Gender:Female
County:Co. Donegal
Denomination:Church Of Ireland
Father:James Quigley
Mother:Isabella Quigley
Occupation:
Sponsor 1 /Informant 1: Ng
Sponsor 2 /Informant 2: Ng
Notes:
© Copyright Donegal Ancestry"
from www.rootsireland.ie
Note: The location should not be confused with Donaghmore in County Tyrone. This one is in the barony of Raphoe, about 20 miles south of Derry City, near Strabane. It is not unusual in the census for people to name, or have attributed to them, a larger town or well known location to identify where they have come from if not in Scotland. 8
Medical Notes:
James Kirkland, physician and surgeon, who saw the body, certified the cause of death.
David Campbell, son of the deceased, of Dunrobbin, gave notice of her death before the registrar, George Andrew, at Airdrie on 11 March 1907.
Letitia married Hugh CAMPBELL in July 1846 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland. (Hugh CAMPBELL was born about 1823 in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland 2.)
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