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McDOWALL, Mary
(About 1810-002/1887)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Unknown
2. LYNAS, Henry Thatcher

McDOWALL, Mary 3

  • Born: About 1810
  • Marriage (1): Unknown in 1635 1
  • Marriage (2): LYNAS, Henry Thatcher on 8 Jan 1851 in Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland 2
  • Died: 5 April 1887 at 2.00 pm, Portwilliam, Mochrum Parish, Wigtownshire, Scotland 4

   Cause of her death was pneumonia for 6 days.

   Another name for Mary was LYNAS, Mary.

  General Notes:

Mary Lynas died in 1887. She was the widow of Henry Thatcher Lynas and aged 80 years. No parental information was included on her death certificate. 4

  Medical Notes:

R. B. Selby MD certified the cause of death.

Peter Galloway, Inspector of the Poor, notified the registrar at Mochrum, John Steven, of her death on April 7 1887.


Mary married in 1635.1


  Marriage Notes:

"X. Arthur, born 1615, married (1) Anna, daughter of Arthur, 10th Lord Forbes, by whom he had a son, Thomas, and other children who died "

from House of Forbes 1

Mary next married Henry Thatcher LYNAS on 8 Jan 1851 in Kirkcowan, Wigtownshire, Scotland.2 (Henry Thatcher LYNAS was born about 1790 in Ireland,5 died 14 August 1858 am early in Stillock, Glasserton Parish, Wigtownshire, Scotland 6 7 and was buried in Churchyard, Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland.). The cause of his death was rupture of blood vessels in lungs of unknown duration.


  Marriage Notes:

Another date was provided on the OPR index with regard to this marriage. It probably represents the date of the banns being called:
1850 12 December at Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland
Henry Lynns (sic) and Mary McDowall 2

Sources


1 e-books, The House of Forbes by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1937) Chapter XXXVI Echt.

2 LDS, IGI.

3 GRO Scotland, Kirkcowan 1851.

4 GRO Scotland, Death certificate RDS 892 No 12 Mochrum 1887.

5 (http://ifhf.rootsireland.ie), Mochrum Wigtownshire 892 en d 1 page 11 Landberick.

6 GRO Scotland, Death index 1858 Glasserton RDS 885/17.

7 GRO Scotland, Death certificate 1858 Glasserton Rds 885 No 17.

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