Birth -Mclean - Inverness 1860's

[John Richter]

I have a particularly elusive ancestor who ,despite me paying researchers, refuses to be found. Has anyone got any suggestions or are any of you researching the same lines ?

The ancestor is Maggie Mclean ... she was born in the 1860's but her marriage entry & subsequent census entries do not tally with a specific date. (two census entries give her birthplace as "Scotland" and one as "Invernshire" {sic} ).
Her parents were John Mclean (carrier of goods) and the mother Catherine Mclean m/s McDonald.
These are the marriage entry details -
29th November 1887
127 Plantation Street , Govan
William Murray (Police Constable-bachelor) and Maggie Mclean (Domestic Servant - Spinster)
Minister William Fraser of Argyll Free Church.  Marriage took place at the brides address. Also Maggie "made her mark" rather than sign her name.

[Piglet01]

Hello,

Lets try to get some more interest in this one :O)  If you say born in the '60's lets go back at least 10 years - so possibly 50's.  What census records do you have?  the 1891 and 1901?  What family is she with on the dates you have?  Do you have her death entry - where did she die?

Have you tried the IGI - www.familysearch.org

1855 to 1875 brings up the following names to a couple with your name - no Maggie though.  A mixture of submitted and extracted entries.  (possible the Donald is an error on a submitters part).  Regards,   Steve

 
 JANE MCLEAN
 Birth: 08 OCT 1873 Cromdale And Inverallan And Advie, Inverness, Scotland
 
  CATHERINE MCLEAN
 Birth: 13 DEC 1871 Cromdale And Inverallan And Advie, Inverness, Scotland

CATHERINE MAC LEAN
 Birth: 01 JUL 1860 Harris, Inverness, Scotland

FLORA MAC LEAN - International Genealogical Index
 Birth: 30 OCT 1859 Stenscholl, Kilmuir Parish, Inverness, Scotland
 
DONALD MC LEAN
 Birth: 10 NOV 1857 Harris, Inverness, Scotland

 DONALD MAC LEAN
 Birth: 10 SEP 1857 Harris, Inverness, Scotland

MARY MAC LEAN - International Genealogical Index
 Birth: 08 OCT 1856 Stenscholl, Kilmuir Parish, Inverness, Scotland 

 

[John Richter]

Hi ! I found her in the 1891 & 1901 Census in England. She married in 1887 and moved to England then (her husband, although a Scot, was a Policeman in Liverpool).
There are a couple of possibilities in the 1881 Census (Scotland) but none that leap out at me.

[John Richter]

Just had a report back from a researcher in Scotland. She has been through all the birth records for the 1860's in Scotland and found nothing. It looks like this is another brick wall.

[sancti]

I could only find 1 marriage record with her parents names

1855 MCLEAN JOHN married MCDONALD CATHERINE at PAISLEY HIGH CHURCH /RENFREW

[John Richter]

Thank you...I will look into this further.

[sancti]

Did Maggie have a sister called Agnes?

[John Richter]

I do not know anything about her family at all. She was working as a domestic servant in Govan when she married William - he was orginally from Aberdeenshire but had moved to Liverpool as a Police Constable. Nobody in the family knows anything about her....someone thought she was "a farmer's daughter from the Isle of Skye" but that does not tie in with the marriage entry.
Her and William named their children - William(after father ?) , Annie (paternal Grandmother) , Alexander (paternal grandfather), Catherine (maternal grandmother) and Margaret (mother)
I will see if I can get some more info on the marriage you mentioned above - thank you.

[sancti]

Was Catherine still alive when Maggie got married?

There are a few death records for Catherine McLean. I checked 1 of them

Catherine McLEAN Pauper died 24 Nov 1884 64 yrs in Govan Poorhouse. Widow of
1st Finlay McDonald
2nd John McLean

Parents named as Norman Mc Donald and Annie McLean

Informant was Agnes Gilligan daughter