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GILROY, Margaret
(About 1847-After 1886)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. QUIGLEY, James

2. GREENSHIELDS, Thomas

GILROY, Margaret 3

  • Born: About 1847, Springburn, Lanarkshire, Scotland 4
  • Marriage (1): QUIGLEY, James on 20 Dec 1865 in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland 1
  • Marriage (2): GREENSHIELDS, Thomas 2
  • Died: After 3 Sep 1886

   Other names for Margaret were McILROY, Margaret and TWEEDLY, Margaret.4

  General Notes:

Margaret Tweedly was recorded in 1881 by the census for Barony parish Glasgow living at 13 Bishop Street with her husband James, her three children and one boarder, Margaret McCowie, a domestic servantwho was unmarried, aged 30 years, and born in Coatbridge. Margaret Tweedly's birthplace was Springburn and she was recorded as 33 years of age. She was a millworker. 4


Margaret married James QUIGLEY, son of Hugh QUIGLEY and Mary McCARDLE, on 20 Dec 1865 in Anderston, Glasgow, Scotland.1 (James QUIGLEY was born in 1831 in County Monaghan, Ireland 1 and died 3 September 1886 at 1.00 am in 87 North Woodside Road, Glasgow, Scotland.). The cause of his death was probably pneumonia.


Margaret next married Thomas GREENSHIELDS.2 (Thomas GREENSHIELDS was born about 1847.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Margaret (Arbuthnott), married to Sir John Forbes of Monymusk (contract dated 22 April 1659)."

from Scots Peerage (vol 1) 2

Sources


1 LDS.

2 e-books, The Scots Peerage ed. Sir James Balfour Paul vol. 1 (1904).

3 Roman Catholic Church, v 644-8 no 634 Glasgow 1886/husband James.

4 1881 UK census, Barony 644/10 en d 65 page 10 13 Bishop Street.

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