McKEMMANY, Catherine

   Other names for Catherine were McANENY, Catherine ^{1 2} and VALLERY, Catherine.

  General Notes:

The 1881 census for Old Monkland recorded 'Catherine Vallery' as a wife and mother of three children. Her age was recorded as 30 years, and her birthplace Ireland. ¹

Catherine married James VALLELY, son of John VALLELY and Unknown, on 9 January 1872 in St Patrick's RC Church, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland. (James VALLELY was born about 1838 in Ireland ¹ and died 19 July 1896 at 10.15 am in Summerlee, Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, Scotland ³.). The cause of his death was acute diarrhoea over 2 days.

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage was celebrated after banns according to the rites and forms of the Roman Catholic Church. The priest was Michael O'Keeffe CC. The witnesses were Robert McIntire and Mary Doherty.

James Vallely, of North Row Summerlee, was a furnace labourer aged 35 years. He was unmarried and made his X mark. Both of his parents were dead.

Catherine McKemmany (sic), who also made her X mark, was aged 25 years. Her address was noted as No 9 Merrystone, and she was a handloom weaver. Her parents, too, were dead.

The marriage was registered at Coatbridge on 11 January 1872, James Mitchell being the registrar.