TRAINER, Lawrence

   Other names for Lawrence were TRAINER, Laurence, TRAINOR, Lawrence and TRAYNOR, Lawrence.¹

  General Notes:

In the 1889 death certificate of his wife Mary, Lawrence Traynor was recorded as a blastfurnace filler by occupation. ¹

Lawrence married Mary RORKE, daughter of Michael ROURKE and Bridget MALONE, on 12 January 1859 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland. (Mary RORKE was born about 1844 in Ireland ² and died 7 June 1889 at 5.00 am in The Old Toll, Chapelhall, Lanarkshire, Scotland ¹.). The cause of her death was heart disease over 2 months, and dropsy.

  Marriage Notes:

The marriage was solemnised according to the forms of the Catholic Church by Duncan McNab, Catholic Clergyman of St Margaret's. The witnesses were Bartholomew Cauchlin and Margaret Rourk.

Lawrence was recorded as aged 23 years and of Chapelhall. Mary was aged 16 years and also of Chapelhall. No other detail about the couple, nor about their respective parents, was included in the marriage certificate.

Wm Landless, registrar, signed the registration of marriage at Airdrie on 18 January 1859.