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Thank you for the 1881 census. Have no idea where the parents were in 1881.It is possible George Ingram had died or certainly retired from the police . He would have 56 in 1881.
Mary Ingram (Irving) died 27 October 1911.
The 1871 census:
18 Moss Street, Paisley Middle Church, Renfrewshire
George Ingram 46 (Superintendent of Police)
Mary Ingram 42
Mary F Ingram 21
George J Ingram 20
William Ingram 18
Magga A Ingram 17
Janet Ingram 13
Archibald C M Ingram 9
Josephine Ingram 2
George Ingram was born in Daviot, Aberdeenshire, so , the parents may have retired to Aberdeen.
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