John SHAW / Mary PALMER Look up help Please

[Minniej]

John SHAW  born 1846 Greenock to James Shaw and Elizabeth Ralston

Married

Mary PALMER 1872 Greenock.   Mary was given as 26 years of age.

John SHAW died 1876 in Greenock.

Did John Shaw and Mary Palmer have any children prior to his death ?

And assume she would have remarried. Would she have remarried under her maiden name or married name ?


Any assistance wold be very gratefully appreciated..

[elaine447]

Hi Minniej
according to the Inverclyde BMD site Mary died in June 1876
she died at 30 Ingleston street the same address John died at
http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/community-life-and-leisure/libraries/local-and-family-history/family-history/watt-library-births-marriages-deaths-index/
Elaine

[Minniej]

  a month after john not what i wanted to hear

thank you so much elaine 

[weemary]

can't remember if that was when the typhoid  was doing the rounds -  my cousin has ancestors who died within 4 days of each other - cause of death for the wife -  broken heart

[Minniej]

Hi weemary  thanks ill check into that.   Was trying to find i there was an epidemic of some kind

[MonicaL]

Hi Minnie

There are no children showing for John and Mary on IGI which would normally pick up births up to around 1874. They could have had children after this point though, up to the period of their deaths a couple of years later.

Monica

[Minniej]

Thanks Monica

I did have a look on the igi also and could not find anything. so that only goes up to a certain time ?

Ive only just found James  He is the brother of my 2G GMother and got most excited.   and then to find his wife and him died so young i was gutted 

so there is still hope they had a child before their deaths, that would be  wonderful if it happened 

[MonicaL]

IGI is pretty comprehensive for Scottish births and marriages for that period between the start of statutory registration in 1855 (prior to this, entries are from the Old Parish Registers) and up to around 1874ish, when the Mormons stopped loading on Scottish records of this type. If you do see entries after this date, they tend to be member submitted entries (which clearly show as such on the entry itself under 'messages').

I did try looking on the 1881 census index for any Shaw children born in Greenock between 1872 to 1876, who then showed on the index as staying not with parents but could only see I think one. I've got to go out now, I'll post that later entry just in case it is relevant.

Monica 

[Minniej]

thanks Monica ill check out anything no matter how small never know what i might find 

And thanks for the explanation  i do find Scotland   hard to search for