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Hello, Emma!

Many thanks for the post and your very interesting information!

I don't have the birth certificate handy right now, but I don't remember any mention of an RCE...

Either way, it's an exciting piece of news that can allow me to find out more about Peter McGhie!

Many thanks again!

Stewart.

Hello!

Just back from a holiday, so excuse the slow reply!

Many thanks for all of your research and info! Let me delve into it a little more, and I'm sure we'll speak soon!

Best,

Stewart.

Hello, all!

I'm looking for any information on the name Sproul in Paisley, specifically my maternal great-great-grandmother, Robina Sproul (1875-1940) - which isn't a name you hear every day!

What I know is that Robina Sproul was born 23rd January 1875 in Paisley to Mary-Ann Sproul (whose job is 'yarn dryer') with no father's name on the birth certificate - and indeed 'illegitimate' written on it! Mary-Ann marked the certificate with an 'x', indicating she perhaps couldn't write. I believe Mary-Ann's parents were Robert Sproul - born around 1814 - and Mary Graham, born around 1823.

Robert Sproul's parents were Andrew Sproul and Ann Speirs, who were married around 20th November 1811 in the Abbey district of Paisley - for which I found the old parish record. As far as I know, Mary Graham's parents were Archibald Graham and Hannah McVicar, but I know nothing more about them.

To return to Robina Sproul, she married James Whitehill McLean (of Paisley) on 3rd October 1902. He must've been born around 1871-4, and his parents were Joseph McLean and Janet Whitehill, who married 1869, Paisley. It gets a little murky before that, but just in case anything sounds familiar: Joseph McLean's parents were James McLean and Sarah Galbraith/Galbreath, who married on 16th March 1833, Paisley.

Janet Whitehill's parents were James Whitehill (born 1819 in Houston; died 1876, Paisley) and Marion Paton (1820-1899); his parents were Peter Whitehill and Margaret McEwen/McEwing. Marion Paton's parents were John Paton and Marion Craig.

I planned to keep that simple, but hey...got out of hand :s

If anyone therefore can make any sense of all that and gimme some hints/info, I'd be delighted to hear it!

Many thanks,

Stewart Potter.

Hello, all!

Got quite a bit of info on the above lady (who was my maternal great-great-grandmother), but any more details connected with her and her close/extended family would be very much appreciated!

Know for sure she was born 1st July 1888 on 7 Ropework Lane, Port Glasgow, to Robert McCann and Sarah McCann, née Maxwell. Her mother died a few days later due to 'debility after childbirth', and her father died in 1906.

Her parents, Robert and Sarah, married in 1879 in Port Glasgow; Robert's parents were James McCann and Isabella, née Hughes; Sarah's, Henry Maxwell and Sarah, née McLusky, who were both deceased by then. Robert's sister Ellen is mentioned on his death certificate (possible surname for her of McArdle), and Agnes O'Donnell is mentioned as sister of Sarah on the latter's death certificate. More info on them/their parents I do not have.

She (Sarah Maxwell McCann) married Neil Sinclair Hardie of Cathcart Street, Greenock, in 1911, and I know they had at least one daughter, Janet, who was my granny's mother; any other siblings I know nothing about.

I realize that's quite a bit to take in, but if anyone has any info on the Hardies, Maxwells etc, I'd be glad of any pointers!

Thanks,

Stewart Potter.

Well this is an old post, but I thought I'd try my luck anyway, having found some Springett names in my family-tree!

Link is Mary Ann Springett, who I've been told was born 1824, and died 1863; her parents were Benjamin Springett and Sarah Ann -----

She married George Henry Potter, and their son, also George Henry Potter (born Kelvedon), is my great-great-great grandfather, having died in Port Glasgow, Scotland, in 1932.

All my info's pretty patchy at this stage, so if anyone had any more leads/connections, that'd be great!

Regards,
             Stewart Potter.