Marriage of Andrew Drynan (1837-1899) and May Finlayson (1842-1919)

[Macharskin]

Can anyone pinpoint please the couples' movements in mid 1860s especially the marriage date and location of Andrew born Scotland and May born Canada ?

1880 census and FreeBMD show a daughter Mary May born 1865 in London, but 1880 census and many Ancestry trees suggest a daughter Ellen born c1860 Pennsylvania - though 1861 Canadian census shows single May Finlayson living in birthplace Châteauguay.

Have found much about them and their issue subsequent to marriage in censuses etc as well as newspaper articles about his eventual suicide and her inheritance of brother's fortune but their marriage date and location have eluded me.

Michael.

[CaroleW]

Mary May Drynan mmn Finlayson was born Sept qtr 1865 - St Martin in the Fields

[Macharskin]

Hi Carole,

I have those details thank you.

Michael.

[CaroleW]

Details posted to help others looking at post

Tree on Ancestry shows she had a son & 4 daughters with Andrew before she then married Matthew Rowe in 1908.

Daughter Martha Agnes b 1868 Montreal died 1915

Ella 1870 Pennsylvania - died 1953
Andrew Alexander 1870 - ??
Jeanette 1875-1953

[RJ137]

Family Search Tree-

Andrew: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KCYX-66X

May: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LRGL-SRB

Added-

Find A Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/133927128/andrew-drynan

[CaroleW]

1880 ages make no sense but are shown below as per 1880 census image

Andrew & May are both 38.  Andrew was bap 2.11.1837 so was 42 at the time of the 1880 census

Mary May 25 - May would have 13 when she gave birth??  Mary was actually 15
Martha A 22
Ellen 20
Jeanette 16
Andrew 18

[Christine53]

Andrew Drynan 25 Farmer
Mrs Drynan 24 wife
Mary Drynan infant

departed Liverpool and arrived Canada May 1867 on the ship Peruvian.

Ancestry has transcribed  the name as Dryden.

[*Sandra*]

Daughter Martha Agnes Drynan - born 23 April 1868 - baptised 24 th May 1868 Presbyterian Calvin.
Montreal. Quebec.

Father Andrew Drynan and his wife Mary Finlayson.

Sandra

[Christine53]

April 5 1864 at Methodist New Connection Montreal

Andrew Draynon of the Fusilier Guards and Mary Finlayson of this city were united in holy matrimony
by power of licence , this the 8th day of April 1864.

Ancestry has transcribed his name as Andrew Gagnan.