Help request - deciphering place names Scotland

[David Nicoll]

Glad to have helped. It's amazing what confirmation bias can do, now I look at even the blurry version it is a P not a B.
It also shows the perils of not using locals to do the transcription. I have had a few names and places that have undergone some very strange mangling.
I believe Ancestry can be a bit challenging.
However have you checked if SP have transcribed properly? They are very good at correcting the index, even if it is a hard to read transcription, I have had a few that I only know because I found the rest of the family, and they have corrected after their own checks.

[Neale1961]

Is it common practice to notify Ancestry if you think the transcription is incorrect?

Unfortunately Ancestry transcriptions are full of errors, and you should always refer to the original.
You can make your own corrections to the transcription on the Ancestry site which will show as a user correction. I believe that trying to get Ancestry to make any corrections may be a waste of time.

[softly softly]

Death info only.

PROVAN
JANE
1
mmn CLARKSON
F
1862
559 / 2 / 84
Abbey Landward




PROVAN
ELIZABETH
32
mmn CLARKSON
F
1886
573 / 509
Paisley


PROVAN
DAVID
mmn CLARKSON
M
1860
559 / 2 / 85
Abbey Landward


PROVAN
JOHN
53
mmn CLARKSON
M
1911
647 / 510
Hamilton


SS

[Imcarthur67]

Thank you Softly Softly.
John Provan who was married to Elisabeth Clarkson, died in the Briggend Colliery in Elderslie in 1863 aged just 32. It was an Ironstone mine, a rock fell on him, knocking him off the scaffolding and he fell down the pit shaft.

She re-married in 1864 to Edward McArthur, my 2nd Great Grandfather.

[Imcarthur67]

Hi Softly Softly
Can I ask where you found the death information please?
There is a second Jane Provan born 1863, I cant find a death record for her on SP.

There is a Jeanie Provan whose parents are John Provan and Margaret Provan (ms McArthur) which is rather confusing. Our Jane Provan's mother would be Elisabeth Clarkson (Clarkston)

[softly softly]

Hi Softly Softly
Can I ask where you found the death information please?
There is a second Jane Provan born 1863, I cant find a death record for her on SP.

There is a Jeanie Provan whose parents are John Provan and Margaret Provan (ms McArthur) which is rather confusing. Our Jane Provan's mother would be Elisabeth Clarkson (Clarkston)

Just spent a little time searching for your Jane Provan 1863.--Findings

1. 1863 JANE PROVAN  mmn  CLARKSTON  559 / 2 / 44  Abbey Landward
2. 1882 Married as Jane Provan to James Arnott
3  1916 Death recorded as Jeanie Arnott nee' Provan. MMN recorded as McArthur
4 Between 1882-96 there are 6 Arnott/Provan children born in Paisley

Info--there was also a Jane Provan mmn Clarkson born 1860 who sadly died 1862 aged 1

SS

[Imcarthur67]

Thats great thank you.
I am currently trying to find the death of Elizabeth McArthur (Clarkson, Provan) their mother.
Looks like she died between 1871 and 1874, as Edward re-married a Mary Weir in 1874 and put Widower on the marriage cert.

Ian

[softly softly]

Info re Elizabeth Provan born1854

Married Robert McAulay 1876

Died 1886 aged 32 as Elizabeth McAulay nee' Provan mmn Clarkson.

SS

added. in the 1881 census in Elizabeth McAulays household is her sister Jeannie Provan, born Elderslie, Renfrewshire.

SS

[softly softly]

When Elizabeth Provan married 24th February 1876 her mother Elizabeth Provan nee' Clarkson is recorded as deceased.

SS