McCREATH, Margaret ²

   Cause of her death was chronic nephritis.

   Other names for Margaret were LYNESS, Margaret, LYONS, Margaret, McCREATH, Maggie,⁵ McCREATHE, Margaret ⁶ and McGRATH, Margaret.^{7 8}

  General Notes:

In the 1855 birth certificate of her daughter Margaret, Margaret McCreath and her husband were recorded as having one boy living and three girls dead. Margaret was her fifth child. Margaret McCreath was aged 25 years and had been born in Kilmarnock.

When Margaret Lyons died in 1901 her death certificate recorded her as married to James Lyons journeyman stonemason. Her age was noted as 65 years. Both of her parents were deceased, though only her father's name was recorded. ^{2 4 8 9}

  Medical Notes:

Alex Prentice MB certified the cause of death.

The informant was her son Edward Lyons of 12 Richardland Road Kilmarnock, who gave notice before the registrar, Martin Steven, at Kilmarnock on 12 December 1901. ⁴

Margaret married James LYONS, son of John LYON and Unknown, on 8 April 1849 in St Joseph's RC Chapel, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland.¹ (James LYONS was born about 1827 in County Monaghan, Ireland ^{1 2 3} and died 19 January 1906 at 3 pm in 15 Union Street, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland ⁵.). The cause of his death was apoplexy.

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage between James and Margaret was solemnised by Father William Casey. The witnesses' names were indecipherable.

The couple married in 1848 at Kilmarnock according to the birth certificate of their daughter Margaret in 1855. ^{1 2}