Alexander McGregor

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1. Statutory Registers of Births, Scotland

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Births 1876, Aberfoyle, 325/1, entry for Alexander McGregor (register image read)

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   Statutory register of births, 1876, Births in the Parish of Aberfoyle in the County of Perth, page 1, entry 1 (325/1). Transcribed from the register image.

   Name and surname: Alexander McGregor (Illegitimate).

   When and where born: 1876, January Fourth, 2h 10m PM, Teapot, Aberfoyle.

   Sex: M.

   Father: left blank, with a line drawn through the space.

   Mother: Catherine McGregor, Farm Servant.

   Date and place of marriage: left blank.

   Informant: Catherine McGregor, her X mark, Mother. John C. Cram, Registrar, witness to the mark.

   When and where registered: 1876, January 25th, at Aberfoyle. John C. Cram, Registrar.

   The margin note on this page, “See Register of Corrected Entries Vol. I page 8, March 27th 1876”, is written against entry 2, Duncan McKeich, not against Alexander. No correction was recorded against his entry.

2. Census Returns, Scotland, 1881

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1881, Port of Menteith, 388 ED 4 page 3, schedule 8, Arntamie, household of Duncan McGregor (enumeration book image read)

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   Census of Scotland, 1881, enumeration book 388 4, page 3. Civil parish of Port of Menteith. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1881 census 388/ 4/ 3).

   Schedule 8, Arntamie. 1 house, 2 rooms with one or more windows.

   Duncan McGregor, Head, married, 62, Mason, born Perthshire, Balquhidder. Gaelic.

   Margaret McGregor, Wife, married, 49, Do Wife, born Do, Aberfoyle. Gaelic.

   John McGregor, Son, unmarried, 22, Under Forester, born Do Do.

   James McGregor, Son, unmarried, 15, Under Gardner, born Do Do.

   Elizabeth McGregor, Daughter, 12, Scholar, born Do Do.

   Walter McGregor, Son, 9, Scholar, born Do Do.

   Susan McGregor, Daughter, 7, Scholar, born Do Do.

   Alexander McGregor, Grandson, 5, born Do Do.

   Mary McGregor, Granddaughter, 1, born Do Do.

   Duncan and Margaret are marked G, for Gaelic speakers. Alexander’s relationship is corrected on the page to Grandson.

   Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript. It adds the Gaelic marks, and gives Margaret’s birthplace as Aberfoyle where TheGenealogist has only Perthshire. Mary, granddaughter, is entered as McGregor; she is Mary McLaren, daughter of Catherine McGregor, who is entered as McLaren in 1891 and 1901.

3. Census Returns, Scotland, 1891

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1891, Port of Menteith, 388 ED 4 page 4, schedule 16, Arntamie, household of Duncan McGregor (enumeration book image read)

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   Census of Scotland, 1891, enumeration book 388 4, page 4. Civil parish of Port of Menteith. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1891 census 388/ 4/ 4).

   Schedule 16, Arntamie. 1 house, 2 rooms with one or more windows.

   Duncan McGregor, Head, married, 73, Mason, employed, born Perthshire, Balquhidder. Gaelic and English.

   Margaret McGregor, Wife, married, 60, born Do, Aberfoyle. Gaelic and English.

   James McGregor, Son, married, 26, General Labourer, employed, born Do Do. Gaelic and English.

   Catharine McGregor, Daughter, unmarried, 39, General Servant, born Do Do.

   Alexander McGregor, Grandson, 15, Herd, employed, born Do Do.

   Mary Mc. McLaren, Granddaughter, 11, Scholar, born Do, Port of Monteith.

   Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript. It adds each person’s condition, the language column and the employment marks, and gives Duncan’s birthplace as Balquhidder, where TheGenealogist has only Perthshire, and Mary’s as Port of Monteith. James is entered as married.

4. Census Returns, Scotland, 1901

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1901, Glasgow, Dennistoun, 644/3 ED 7 page 15, schedule 72, 521 Gallowgate, household of Neil McLachlan (enumeration book image read)

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   Census of Scotland, 1901, enumeration book 644/3 7, page 15. Civil parish of Glasgow. Parish ward 2nd. Ecclesiastical parish City. Quoad sacra parish St John. School board district Glasgow. Parliamentary burgh Glasgow. Parliamentary division Camlachie. Royal burgh Glasgow. Municipal burgh Glasgow. Burgh ward Whitevale. Transcribed from the enumeration book image.

   Schedule 72, 521 Gallowgate. 1 house, 3 rooms with one or more windows.

   Neil McLachlan, Head, married, 77, Retired Stillman, born Mull, Craignure. Gaelic and English.

   Elizabeth McLachlan, Wife, married, 74, born Perthshire, Aberfoyle. Gaelic and English.

   Elizabeth McLachlan, Daughter, single, 32, Dressmaker, own account, working at home, born Perthshire, Aberfoyle.

   Alexander McGregor, Boarder, single, 25, Spirit Salesman, worker, born Perthshire, Aberfoyle. Gaelic and English.

   Denis Ryan, Boarder, single, 31, Spirit Storeman, worker, born Ireland.

   John Thornton, Boarder, single, 21, Spirit Salesman, worker, born Ireland.

   The TheGenealogist transcript of the same household indexes it under registration district Dennistoun, image reference 644/3, enumeration district 7, page 15. It gives Denis Ryan’s age as 21, where the image reads 31.

5. Census Returns, Ireland, 1911

   Registrar General for Ireland

   Census of Ireland 1911, Antrim, Belfast, St Anne’s Ward, Waring Street, house 5, Form A visitors sheet, line 4 (National Archives of Ireland images read)

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   Census of Ireland, 1911. County Antrim, Belfast, St Anne’s Ward, Waring Street (part of), house number 5 on Form B. Return of the members of this family and their visitors, boarders, servants and so on, who slept or abode in this house on the night of Sunday, the 2nd of April, 1911. Transcribed from the images of the National Archives of Ireland.

   The house return runs to two Form A sheets. The cover names the address as 5 Waring Street, Belfast, and the head of family as Jenny Rhodes, who signed both sheets as J Rhodes. The first sheet lists her as manageress with the household staff.

   The second sheet lists the visitors. Line 4 reads: Alexander McGregor, Visitor, United Free Scotland, Read and Write, age 36, Commercial Traveller, Single, born Partick, Scotland. Irish language and infirmities left blank.

   The other visitors on that sheet are Harry Law, 49, commercial traveller, married, born Northants, England; a commission agent aged 57, born in England, whose name is not clearly legible; James, surname not clearly legible, 28, commercial traveller, single, born Glasgow, Scotland; Alexander Smith, 52, commercial traveller, married, born Glasgow, Scotland; and a distiller aged 33, single, born Londonderry, whose name is not clearly legible. An eighth line is struck through. Enumerator: Thomas Stevenson.

6. Statutory Registers of Births, Scotland

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Births 1919, Anderston, Glasgow, 644/11 993, entry for Alexander Robertson (register image read)

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   Statutory register of births, 1919, Births in the District of Anderston in the Burgh of Glasgow, page 331, entry 993 (644/11 993). Transcribed from the register image.

   Name and surname: Alexander Robertson.

   When and where born: 1919, September Twentieth, 6h 10m PM, 481 St Vincent Street, Glasgow.

   Sex: M.

   Father: Alexander Robertson, Ship fitter (Journeyman).

   Mother: Margaret Jack Castles Gillies, Printer’s Machine feeder.

   Date and place of marriage: left blank.

   Informants: Margaret Gillies, Mother. Alexander Robertson, Father, 204 Dumbarton Road.

   When and where registered: 1919, October 8th, at Glasgow. James Stirling, Registrar.

7. Statutory Registers of Deaths, Scotland

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Deaths 1922, Shotts Middle District, 655/1 79, entry for Catherine Clark (register image read)

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   Statutory Registers of Deaths, 1922, Middle District of Shotts, County of Lanark, 655/1, entry 79, page 27 (ScotlandsPeople: CLARK, CATHERINE, Statutory registers Deaths 655/1 79). Transcribed from the register image.

   Name, rank or profession, and whether single, married or widowed: Catherine Clark (Married to), with the husband’s name left blank.

   When and where died: 1922, May Twentyfirst, 3h 55m P.M., Hartwood Asylum, Shotts. Usual residence Burgh of Coatbridge.

   Sex: F. Age: 71 years.

   Father and mother: the column is struck through with a diagonal line and left blank.

   Cause of death: Tuberculosis of kidney, duration unknown. Valvular Heart disease. As cert. by Dunlop Robertson, L.R.C.P.&S.E.

   Informant: Jane Stratton, Clerk, Hartwood.

   When and where registered: 1922, May 25th, at Salsburgh. John F. Wilson, Registrar.

8. General Register of Lunatics in Asylums, Scotland

   General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland

   General Register of Lunatics in Asylums, patient 83,702, Catherine McGregor or Clark: Lanark District Asylum 1903, Old Monkland Poorhouse 1915, Lanark District Asylum 1916 to 1922 (register images read)

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   General Register of Lunatics in Asylums, Scotland. Three entries for the same patient, Catherine McGregor or Clark, found through the Scottish Indexes mental health records search. Transcribed from the register images and the search screenshot.

   Entry 1. Number in order of admission 83.702. Name Catherine McGregor or Clark. Pauper, female. Date of admission written as ditto: the entries above run from 7 April 1903 to 8 April 1903, and hers falls under the 8th. Asylum Lanark Dist. Date of discharge 1 Feb 1915. Place to which removed Old Monkland Poorhouse. Pauper register volume 11, folio 774.

   Entry 2. Number 83702, written in red among new admissions numbered from 114,872. Name Catherine McGregor or Clark. Pauper, female. Date of admission written as ditto of 1 Feb 1915. Asylum Old Monkland Poorhouse. Date of discharge 25 Sep 1916. Place to which removed Lanark District Asylum. Volume 13, folio 740. Observations: trans. from Lanark D.A.

   Entry 3. Number 83702, written in red among admissions of 22 to 25 September 1916, and following one of the 25th. Name Catherine McGregor or Clark. Pauper, female. Asylum Lanark District. Date of death 21 May 1922, marked in the Died column. Volume 13, folio 738. Observations: trans. from Old Monkland P.H.

   No discharge column (recovered, relieved, not improved, incurable) is marked for entries 1 and 2.

   Scottish Indexes search results, General Register: Catherine McGregor or Clark, Lanark District Asylum, admission year 1903. Catherine McGregor or Clark, Old Monkland Poorhouse, admission year 1915. Catherine McGregor or Clark, Lanark District Asylum, admission year 1916, death year 1922.

9. Names and Lairs, Hartwood Paupers Cemetery

   Friends of Hartwood Paupers Cemetery

   Lair 339, Catherine McGregor Clark, died within Hartwood 21/05/1922, buried 24/05/1922 (compiled list, not a burial register)

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   Friends of Hartwood Paupers Cemetery, Names and Lairs. Two documents taken from the group’s website. Transcribed from the PDFs.

   Lair 331 to Lair 340, from the page Lair 301-400:

   Lair 339. Catherine McGregor Clark was born circa 1851. Catherine died within Hartwood on 21/05/1922 and was buried on the 24/05/1922.

   Alongside is Bridget O’Hara McGowan born circa 1881 in Bellshill to James O’Hara and Jane Judge. Bridget died within Hartwood on 19/06/1922 and was buried on the 21/06/1922.

   1255 souls, the list of names from the page Our 1255 souls, saved on 28 July 2024:

   Surname McGregor. Forename Catherine. Also known as Clark. Lair number 339. Year of birth 1851. Year of death 1922.

   The group’s list is compiled from other records and is not a burial register. It does not give her parents or where she was born.

10. Research into the paternal grandfather of Alastair Robertson

    Leanne Marks, Finding Families Ltd. Two reports prepared for Alastair Robertson: interim report 12 March 2024, revised report 29 March 2024

    Interim report of 12 March 2024 and revised report of 29 March 2024

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11. Kirk Session Records, Scotland

    Church of Scotland

    Aberfoyle kirk session minutes, CH2/704/2, pages 146 to 153, 21 May 1876 to 4 July 1877: the case of Catherine McGregor, Bulburn, and the roll of communicants (minute book images read)

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    Aberfoyle kirk session minutes, 1853 to 1892, National Records of Scotland CH2/704/2, pages 146 to 153 (ScotlandsPeople images CH000200704-00002-00147, 00149, 00151 and 00153). Transcribed from the images. Only the passages about Catherine McGregor and her family are given, with the heading of each meeting.

    Page 146. At the Church of Aberfoyle 21st May 1876, which day the Kirk Session met and was constituted. Present, Revd Donald C. Bryce, Moderator. Revd Andrew Irving, Assessor. Mr John McBeth, Elder. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved of. Compeared at this meeting Catherine McGregor, Bulburn, confessing herself guilty of the sin of Fornication, and craving to be taken under discipline and to have her child baptized. The Session agreed to consider her case on condition that the Kirk Session of Drymen transfer the case into their hands, the act having been committed in the parish of Drymen. Closed with Prayer. Donald C. Bryce, Moderator. J. Cairns Cram, Session Clerk.

    Page 147. At the Church of Aberfoyle 11th June 1876, which day the Kirk Session met and was constituted. Present Revd D. C. Bryce, Moderator. Revd Andrew Irving, Assessor. Mr John McBeth, Elder. The minutes having been read and approved of, the Session Clerk reported that he had written the Session Clerk of Drymen anent the case of Catherine McGregor but had as yet received no reply.

    At the same meeting: Compeared Elizabeth Blair confessing the sin of fornication with John McNab and desiring to be admitted to Church privileges. Having been recalled and duly admonished by the Revd Mr Irving on account of her residence being in the parish of Gartmore, the said Elizth Blair was admitted.

    Page 148. At the Church of Aberfoyle the 4th day of May 1877 which day the Kirk Session met and was constituted. Present Revd D. C. Bryce, Moderator. Revd Andw Irving, Assessor. Mr John McBeth, Elder. The minutes having been read and approved of, the session Clerk again reported that he had received no communication from the Session of Drymen anent the case of Catherine McGregor whereupon it was unanimously agreed that the church officer summon the said Catherine McGregor to appear before the next meeting of session in Aberfoyle Church on the 27th day of May 1877.

    Page 150. At the Church of Aberfoyle the 27th day of May 1877 which day the Kirk Session met and was constituted. Present Revd D. C. Bryce, Moderator. Revd A. Irving, Assessor. Mr Jno. McBeth, Elder. The minutes having been read and approved of. Compeared Catherine McGregor according to citation confessing herself guilty of the sin of Fornication and craving church privileges. Having been duly admonished and exhorted by the Moderator, intimation was given to her that she should be admitted into the privileges of the Church.

    Pages 152 and 153. At the Church of Aberfoyle the 4th day of July 1877 which day the Kirk Session met and was constituted. Present Revd Donald C. Bryce, Moderator. Mr John McBeth, Mr John Ferguson, Mr David Cleland, Elders. The Session then proceeded to revise the Roll of Communicants and approved of the same as follows. Lines 11 and 12 of the roll read Duncan McGregor and Mrs McGregor, bracketed together with the place Bulburn. Further down, with no place given, is Catherine McGregor.

    A faint line runs through Duncan McGregor’s name on the roll, which may be a later deletion. Mrs McGregor’s name is not marked. The 1876 minute says Catherine wished her child baptized but does not name the child or the father.