McLACHLAN, Patrick ¹

   Another name for Patrick was McLAUGHLAN, Patrick.¹

Patrick married Jane QUIGLEY, daughter of Daniel QUIGLEY and Cecilia CUNNINGHAM, on 24 May 1861 in St Andrew's RC Chapel, Great Clyde Street, Glasgow, Scotland.¹ (Jane QUIGLEY was born about 1838 in Ireland ⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage was celebrated after banns according to the rites and forms of the Roman Catholic Church. The priest was James McIntosh and the witnesses were William McLaughlin and Mary Connelly.

Patrick McLachlan, who made his X mark, was aged 22 years. His adress was 48 Bell Street Glasgow. He was unmarried and was a tobacco pipe maker. His father was deceased.

Jane Quigly, who made her X mark, was an unmarried woman of 23 years. She was of the same address as the bridegroom. She worked as a charwoman. Her mother was deceased.

The marriage was registered on 27 May 1861 at Glasgow, John Strain being the registrar. ³

Patrick next married James QUIGLEY, son of Hugh QUIGLEY and Mary McCARDLE.² (James QUIGLEY was born in 1831 in County Monaghan, Ireland ⁵ and died 3 September 1886 at 1.00 am in 87 North Woodside Road, Glasgow, Scotland.). The cause of his death was probably pneumonia.

  Marriage Notes:

"In 1309, Valentine of Thornton had a charter from King Robert the Bruce of the lands of Thornton in the Mearns; and as this is the first, so is it the last, record of the family being possessed of that estate.

It is said that the male line of the Thorntons failed in the reign of King David II., and that a daughter, Agatha, or Agneta, carried the property by marriage to Sir James Strachan of Monboddo, by whom she had two sons, Duncan, or Donald, and John. It is further asserted that the younger son received Thornton, and, subsequently succeeding his brother in Monboddo, was knighted by King Robert II."

from Memorials of Angus and the Mearns

NOTE:

The full picture is more complex than this, but it does indicate

i] there were diferent strands of Strachans
ii] they were probably interrelated
iii] some absorbed the others in a variety of ways historically ²