Catherine MacGregor

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1. Census Returns, Scotland, 1861

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1861, Aberfoyle, 325 ED 1 page 4, schedule 19, Gartnerichnich (transcribed Gurtnerchurch), household of Duncan McGregor (enumeration book image read)

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   Census of Scotland, 1861, enumeration book 325 1, page 4. Parish of Aberfoyle. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1861 census 325/ 1/ 4).

   Schedule 19, Gartnerichnich (faint; TheGenealogist reads Gurtnerchurch). 1 house. The surname of the family is written Do.

   Duncan McGregor, Head, married, 43, Mason, born Perthshire, Balquhidder.

   Margaret McGregor, Wife, married, 31, Mason’s Wife, born Perthshire, Aberfoyle.

   Catharine McGregor, Daughter, 9, Scholar, born Do, Balquhidder.

   Margaret McGregor, Daughter, 8, Scholar, born Do, Thornhill.

   Janet McGregor, Daughter, 6, Scholar, born Do, P. of Menteith.

   Duncan McGregor, Son, 3, born Do, Aberfoyle.

   John W. McGregor, Son, 2, born Do, Aberfoyle.

   Christina McGregor, Daughter, 2 months, born Do, Aberfoyle.

   Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript. It adds the schedule number, and gives Christina’s age as 2 months, which TheGenealogist gives as 0. Catharine’s birthplace is Balquhidder here; the 1871, 1881 and 1891 censuses give Aberfoyle. The place is identified as Gartnerichnich.

2. Census Returns, Scotland, 1871

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1871, Aberfoyle, 325 ED 1 page 2, schedule 7, Up. Blruskan 1st House (Upper Blaruskan), household of Margaret McGregor (enumeration book image read)

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   Census of Scotland, 1871, enumeration book 325 1, page 2. Civil parish of Aberfoyle. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1871 census 325/ 1/ 2).

   Schedule 7, Up. Blruskan 1st House. 1 house, 2 rooms with one or more windows, 3 children receiving instruction. The surname of the children is written Do.

   Margaret McGregor, Wife, married, 40, Mason’s Wife, born Perth Shire, Aberfoyle.

   Catherine McGregor, Daughter, unmarried, 19, General Serv., born Do Do.

   Duncan McGregor, Son, 13, Scholar, born Do Do.

   John McGregor, Son, 12, Do, born Do Do.

   Christina McGregor, Daughter, 10, Do, born Do Do.

   Peter McGregor, Son, 7, Do, born Do Do.

   James McGregor, Son, 5, born Do Do.

   Alexander McGregor, Son, 4, born Do Do.

   Elizabeth McGregor, Daughter, 2, born Do Do.

   Walter McGregor, Son, 5 months, born Do Do.

   The next house, schedule 8, is Up. Blruskan 2nd House: Duncan McGregor, Head, widower, 73, Formerly Shepherd, born Perth Shire, Callander. He is probably Margaret’s father, the shepherd born in Callander who headed her family’s household in 1851, by then a widower.

   Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript. It gives the address as Up. Blruskan 1st House, that is Upper Blaruskan, and Walter’s age as 5 months. Margaret’s husband is not in the house: a Duncan McGregor, married, a mason born in Balquhidder, was lodging at Farkin, Arrochar, that night. Catherine’s birthplace is Aberfoyle here, where the 1861 census gave Balquhidder.

3. Census Returns, Scotland, 1881

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Census 1881, Port of Menteith, 388 ED 2 page 3, schedule 14, East Duilator (Easter Dullater), household of Dugald McLaren, with Catherine McGregor, servant (enumeration book image read)

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   Census of Scotland, 1881, enumeration book 388 2, page 3. Civil parish of Port of Menteith. Transcribed from the enumeration book image (ScotlandsPeople, 1881 census 388/ 2/ 3).

   Schedule 14, East Duilator. 1 house, 7 rooms with one or more windows.

   Dugald McLaren, Head, widower, 74, Farmer of 500 acres, 155 arable, employing 2 men and 2 girls, born Perthshire, Callander. Gaelic.

   Catherine McGregor, Servant, unmarried, 29, General Servant (Domestic), born Perthshire, Aberfoyle. Gaelic.

   Christina McGregor, Servant, unmarried, 20, House Keeper, born Aberfoyle. Gaelic.

   Duncan McAlpine, Servant, unmarried, 25, Shepherd, born Argyllshire, Glenorchy. Gaelic.

   John Graham, Servant, unmarried, 19, Farm Servant, born Perthshire, Port of Menteith.

   The birthplaces of Christina and Duncan McAlpine are written over struck-out entries.

   Reading note, 11 September 2026. The image agrees with TheGenealogist’s transcript and adds the birthplaces (Callander for Dugald McLaren, Aberfoyle for both McGregor women, Glenorchy for Duncan McAlpine) and the Gaelic marks. The farm is Easter Dullater. Christina, 20, is probably Catherine’s sister, born 1861, who was at home in 1871.

4. Genealogy of the Clan Gregor

   Peter Lawrie. Glen Discovery, glendiscovery.com (online, cited by page)

   Page 106, Descendants of Duncan in Aberfoyle: Duncan born 6 Nov 1789, died before 1851, of Inverlochlarigmore and Cuilearn; Catharine McFarlane born 1786 Heads, Kilmadock, died before 1841, daughter of Peter McFarlane and Kathrine McNaughton; Balquhidder kirk session notes of 1851 and 1852 on Duncan of Cuilearn (page read 11 Sep 2026)

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5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Statutory Registers of Births, Scotland

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Births 1879, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, 388/ 7, entry for Mary McGregor (register image read)

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   Statutory Registers of Births, 1879, Parish of Port of Menteith in the County of Perth, page 3, entry 7 (ScotlandsPeople 388/ 7). Transcribed from the register image.

   Mary McGregor (Illegitimate). Born 1879, May Twentieth, 8h 0m A.M., at Arntamie. Sex F. Father’s column blank at registration. Mother: Catherine McGregor, Domestic Servant. Informant: Catherine McGregor, Mother, her X mark. Witness: Stephen Veitch, Registrar. Registered 1879, 10th June, at Port of Menteith. Stephen Veitch, Registrar.

   The margin carries the stamp “R.C.E. Vol. 1 P. 19”: the entry was corrected in 1881 by a sheriff’s finding of paternity, which added Peter McLaren as the father (see the Register of Corrected Entries citation).

9. Statutory Registers of Births, Scotland

   General Register Office for Scotland

   Register of Corrected Entries 1881, Port of Menteith, Perthshire, RCE 388 vol. 1 p. 19, correcting births 1879 entry 7, Mary McGregor: paternity of Peter McLaren found by the Sheriff of Perthshire, 21 July 1880 (register image read)

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   Register of Corrected Entries for the Parish of Port of Menteith in the County of Perth, volume 1, page 19, 1881 (ScotlandsPeople RCE 388/ 00 001 19). Transcribed from the register image.

   “In the 4th Column of entry No 7 in the Register Book of Births for the year 1879, before the name of the Child’s mother insert, Peter McLaren, on the Authority of a Certificate in the form of Schedule (F) to the following effect. In an action relating to the paternity of a child named Mary McGregor, born 20th May 1879, at the instance of Catherine McGregor, residing at Arntamie in the Parish of Port, against Peter McLaren, son of and residing with Duncan McLaren, Farmer, Ledard in the Parish of Aberfoyle, the Sheriff of Perthshire, on the 21st day of July 1880, found that the said Child was the illegitimate Child of Peter McLaren. Port of Menteith, 14th June 1881. Stephen Veitch, Registrar.”

   Reading note, 4 Nov 2026. “Ledard” is written with a looped L that reads like “hedard”; Ledard is the farm in Aberfoyle parish. This entry identifies Mary’s father as Peter McLaren, son of Duncan McLaren, farmer at Ledard, which does not fit the earlier identification of him as a Peter McLaren born 1860 at Kenmore and living at Comrie in 1861 and 1871.

10. 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.

11. Statutory Registers of Marriages, Scotland

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Marriages 1899, Shettleston, 622/2 94, entry for George Clark and Catherine McGregor (register image read)

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    Statutory Registers of Marriages, 1899, District of Shettleston, County of Lanark, 622/2, entry 94, page 47 (ScotlandsPeople: MCGREGOR, CATHERINE, Statutory registers Marriages 622/2 94). Transcribed from the register image.

    When, where and how married: 1899, on the Twenty-ninth day of November, at The Manse, Shettleston. After Banns, according to the Forms of the Church of Scotland.

    Signatures of parties, rank or profession, whether single or widowed: (Signed) George Clark, Ploughman (Widower). (Signed) Catherine McGregor, her x mark, Bella Lister, Witness, Jennie Park, Witness. Cook, Spinster.

    Ages: 47 and 48.

    Usual residence: Bankhead Farm, Old Monkland. The Manse, Shettleston.

    Parents of the bridegroom: William Clark, Ploughman (deceased), and Jane Clark M.S. Black (deceased).

    Parents of the bride: Duncan McGregor, Stone Mason, and Margaret McGregor M.S. McGregor.

    Officiating minister and witnesses: (Signed) John White. Margaret Anne McMichael, Witness. Archibald Howatson, Witness.

    When and where registered: 1899, November 29th, at Shettleston. M. D. Toner, Registrar.

    Catherine could not sign, and made her mark before two witnesses. Neither of her parents is marked deceased.

12. Census Returns, Scotland, 1901

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Census 1901, Old Monkland, 652/1 ED 9 page 33, schedule 167, Ellismuir, household of George Clark (enumeration book image read)

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    Census of Scotland, 1901, enumeration book 652/1 9, page 33. Civil parish of Old Monkland. Parish ward South Baillieston. Ecclesiastical parish Old Monkland. Quoad sacra parish Baillieston. School board district Old Monkland. Parliamentary division North West Lanark. Village of Baillieston. Transcribed from the enumeration book image.

    Schedule 167, Ellismuir (written as ditto under schedule 166, Ellismuir). 1 house, 2 rooms with one or more windows.

    George Clark, Head, married, 49, Farm Servant, worker, born Ayrshire, Ayr.

    Catherine Clark, Wife, married, 48, born Stirlingshire, Aberfoyle.

    Aberfoyle was in Perthshire until 1891 and then in Stirlingshire, which explains the county given.

13. Statutory Registers of Deaths, Scotland

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Deaths 1902, Aberfoyle, 325/7, entry for Duncan MacGregor (register image read)

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    Statutory Registers of Deaths, 1902, Parish of Aberfoyle, County of Perth, 325, entry 7, page 3 (ScotlandsPeople: MACGREGOR, DUNCAN, Statutory registers Deaths 325/ 7). Transcribed from the register image.

    Name, rank or profession, and whether single, married or widowed: Duncan MacGregor, Mason (Married to Margaret MacGregor).

    When and where died: 1902, August Fifth, 3h 20m P.M., Craiguchty, Aberfoyle.

    Sex: M. Age: 85 yrs.

    Father: Duncan MacGregor, Mason (deceased). Mother: Catherine MacGregor M.S. MacFarlane (deceased).

    Cause of death: (a) Carcinoma of Bladder, as certified by Thomas MacGregor, M.B., C.M., Aberfoyle.

    Informant: Mary McLaren, Grand Daughter.

    When and where registered: 1902, August 7th, at Aberfoyle. Wm Moncrieff Taylor, Assist. Regr. John McIntyre, Registrar.

    ScotlandsPeople index: MACGREGOR, DUNCAN, age at death 85, mother’s maiden name MACFARLANE, M, 1902, ref 325 / 7, ABERFOYLE.

    He died on the fifth; the seventh is the date of registration.

14. Notices of Admission to Asylums, Scotland

    General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland

    MC2/529, papers for the admission of Catherine McGregor or Clark to Lanark District Asylum, Hartwood, 8 April 1903: petition, statement, medical certificates, emergency certificate, sheriff’s order, intimation and notice of admission (volume images read)

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    Notices of Admission, National Records of Scotland MC2/529, Catherine McGregor or Clark, patient number 83,702. Four photographs of the bound volume, each showing an opening of two pages. Transcribed from the images. The printed wording of the forms is shortened and the handwritten entries are given as written.

    Image 2, left page. Petition to the Sheriff to grant order for the reception of a patient into an asylum (copies). Unto the Honourable the Sheriff of the County of Lanark and his Substitutes, the Petition of George McCracken, Inspector of Poor for the Parish of Old Monkland, Coatbridge, humbly sheweth that it appears from the subjoined Statement and accompanying Medical Certificates, that Catherine McGregor or Clark, pauper, is at present in a state of Mental Derangement, and a proper person for treatment in an Asylum for the Insane. May it therefore please your Lordship to authorize the transmission of the said Catherine McGregor or Clark to the Lanark District Asylum, Hartwood, and to sanction her admission into the said Asylum. George McCracken. Dated this Eighth day of April 1903.

    Statement. 1. Name: Catherine McGregor or Clark. 2. Sex and age: Female, 52 Years. 3. Married, single or widowed: Married. 4. Condition of life and previous occupation: Housewife. 5. Religious persuasion: Protestant. 6. Previous place of abode: 21 Laird Street, Coatbridge. 7. Place where found and examined: ditto. 8. Length of time insane: About 2 weeks. 9. Whether first attack: Yes. 10. Age on first attack: 52 years. 11. When and where previously under examination and treatment: Never previously under examination or treatment. 12. Duration of existing attack: About two weeks. 13. Supposed cause: Not known. 14. Whether subject to epilepsy: No. 15. Whether suicidal: No. 16. Whether dangerous to others: No. 17. Parish to which chargeable: Old Monkland. 18. Nearest known relative, and whether any member of the family is known to be or to have been insane: Husband, George Clark, a Labourer, 21 Laird Street, Coatbridge. Brother, Duncan McGregor, has been twice in Perth Asylum, last about four years ago. 19. Special circumstances preventing the insertion of any of the above particulars: None. Dated this Eighth day of April 1903. George McCracken.

    Image 2, right page. Intimation of a Pauper Lunatic (Form I1). I hereby give you notice, that Catherine McGregor or Clark, residing at 21 Laird St. Coatbridge in the Parish of Old Monkland, became known to me as a Pauper Lunatic chargeable to the Parish of Old Monkland on the Eighth day of April 1903 on Certificates of Lunacy by A. P. Tudhope, M.B., C.M., and James Farquharson, M.D., and that such Lunatic was removed to Lanark District Asylum, Hartwood, on that date, in charge of her husband George Clark, and my Assistant Robt. McCourtie. George McCracken, Inspector. Dated at Coatbridge this Ninth day of April 1903. Stamped by the General Board of Lunacy, 11 April 1903.

    Image 3, right page. Medical Certificate No. I (copies). Adam Prentice Tudhope, Graduate in Medicine of Glasgow University, General Practitioner, has this day at 21 Laird Street, Coatbridge, in the County of Lanark, visited and personally examined Catherine McGregor or Clark, 21 Laird St., Coatbridge, a pauper, and certifies that she is a person of unsound mind and a proper person to be detained under care and treatment. Facts indicating insanity observed by myself: She is suspicious of her neighbours, imagines they are whispering about her, that there are people conspiring to kill her with revolvers, pistols etc., and that they have attempted to break into the house for this purpose. Other facts communicated by others: Her husband says she is sleepless and restless during the night, gets out of bed and wanders about the house and tells him she gets all sort of messages from the railway whistles. Adam P. Tudhope, M.B., C.M. etc., Coatbridge. Dated this Seventh day of April 1903.

    Medical Certificate No. II. James Farquharson, M.D. of Aberdeen University, General Practitioner, has this day at 21 Laird Street, Coatbridge, in the County of Lanark, visited and personally examined Catherine McGregor or Clark, 21 Laird Street, Coatbridge, a pauper, and certifies that she is a person of unsound mind. Facts indicating insanity observed by myself: She has hallucinations about people trying to get into the house to shoot her. Is so absorbed with this idea, that she forgets her ordinary household duties. Requires constant supervision and sits in a listless and moody condition. Other facts communicated by others: George Clark, Husband, says, for four weeks she has been strange in her conversation and manner. Is sleepless at night. Has the desire to get out at the window, and gets messages from Railway whistles. J. Farquharson, M.D., Coatbridge. Dated this Seventh day of April 1903.

    Image 4, left page. Certificate of Emergency (copies). James Farquharson, M.D. of Aberdeen University, certifies that he has this day at 21 Laird St., Coatbridge, in the County of Lanark, seen and personally examined Catherine McGregor or Clark, and that she is of unsound mind, is a proper patient to be placed in an asylum, and is in a sufficiently good state of bodily health to be removed to the asylum at Hartwood, and that her case is one of emergency. J. Farquharson, M.D. Dated this Seventh day of April 1903. Request to the Superintendent of the Lanark District Asylum to receive Catherine McGregor or Clark: George McCracken, Inspector of Poor, Coatbridge, 8th April 1903.

    Order to be granted by the Sheriff for the transmission and reception of the lunatic. John Allan White, Esquire, Sheriff Substitute of the County of Lanark, having had produced to him a petition at the instance of George McCracken, Inspector of Poor for the Parish of Old Monkland, with certificates under the hands of Adam P. Tudhope, M.B., C.M., and J. Farquharson, M.D., that they had separately visited and examined Catherine McGregor or Clark, 21 Laird St., Coatbridge, a pauper, and that she is a person of unsound mind, authorizes the Superintendent of the Lanark District Asylum of Hartwood to receive her as a patient. Dated at Airdrie this Ninth day of April 1903. John A. White.

    Image 1, right page. Notice of Admission (Form A1), numbered 83,702. I hereby give notice, That Catherine McGregor or Clark was received into this House as a Pauper Patient on the Eighth day of April 1903. Neil T. Kerr, Superintendent. Dated at Lanark District Asylum this Twentyfirst day of April 1903. Report: I have this day seen and personally examined Catherine McGregor or Clark, and report with respect to her mental state, that She labours under Melancholia, and with respect to her bodily health and condition, that They are average. Neil T. Kerr, Medical Superintendent. Dated this Twentyfirst day of April 1903. Stamped by the General Board of Lunacy, 22 April 1903.

    The left page of image 1 and the right page of image 4 belong to other patients (Christina McIver, and Henry Anderson). The reading of the assistant’s surname, McCourtie, is not certain.

15. 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 results.

    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. The Scottish Indexes pages for the two institutions are at https://www.scottishindexes.com/institutions/75.aspx (Lanark District Asylum) and https://www.scottishindexes.com/institutions/109.aspx (Old Monkland Poorhouse).

16. Notices of Admission to Asylums, Scotland

    General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland

    MC2/671, papers for the transfer of Catherine McGregor or Clark to the lunatic wards of Old Monkland Poorhouse, 1 February 1915: application, medical officer’s statement, sanction and notice of admission (volume images read)

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    Notices of Admission, National Records of Scotland MC2/671, Catherine McGregor or Clark, transfer from Lanark District Asylum to the lunatic wards of Old Monkland Poorhouse, 1915. Two photographs of the bound volume, each showing an opening of two pages. Transcribed from the images. The printed wording of the forms is shortened and the handwritten entries are given as written.

    Image 2, left page. Application to the General Board of Control to grant transfer of a patient from an asylum to the lunatic wards of a poorhouse (copy). I, the undersigned George McCracken, being desirous to transfer Catherine McGregor or Clark, at present a patient in Lanark District Asylum, a pauper lunatic of the parish of which I am Inspector of Poor, from the said Asylum to the Lunatic Wards of Old Monkland Poorhouse. Statement of particulars. 1. Name: Catherine McGregor or Clark. 2. Sex and age: Female, 64 years. 3. Married, single or widowed: Married. 4. Condition of life and previous occupation: Housewife. 5. Religious persuasion: Protestant. 6. Parish to which chargeable: Old Monkland Parish. 7. Nearest known relative: Husband, George Clark, 7 Muiryhall Street, Coatbridge. George McCracken, Inspector of Poor of the parish of Old Monkland. Dated this 28th day of January 1915.

    Image 2, right page. Statement by the Medical Officer of the Lanark District Asylum, Hartwood (copy). 1. Name of patient: Catherine McGregor or Clark. 2. Date of admission: 8th April 1903. 3. Whether epileptic: No. 4. Whether suicidal: No. 5. Whether dangerous to others: No. 6. Whether fit at present for removal to the poorhouse named in the application: Yes. 7. Facts in the past history bearing upon risk of suicide or danger to others: None. Neil T. Kerr, Medical Officer. Date 27th January 1915.

    Sanction by the Board of Control. The Board authorizes the transfer of Catherine McGregor or Clark from Lanark District Asylum to the Lunatic Wards of Old Monkland Poorhouse at any time within fourteen days. A. D. Wood, Secretary. Dated at Edinburgh 29th January 1915. Date of Sheriff’s Order: 9th April 1903.

    Image 1, right page. Notice of Admission (Form B2), numbered 83702 afts 114876, with a Board of Control received stamp of 4 February 1915 and the folio reference 13/740. I hereby give notice, That Catherine McGregor or Clark was received into this House as a pauper Patient on the first day of February 1915, and I hereby transmit a Copy of the Transfer Sanction and Statements on which she was received. Henry Coutts, Superintendent. Dated at Coatbridge this third day of February 1915. Report: I have this day seen and personally examined Catherine McGregor or Clark, and report with respect to her mental state, that she is of unsound mind, and with respect to her bodily health and condition, that they are good. Richard Hamilton, M.B., D.P.H., Medical Officer of Old Monkland Poorhouse. Dated this second day of February 1915.

    The left page of image 1 belongs to another patient, Maitland Anderson, whose general register number is 114876. The notice is filed after his, under her original number 83702.

17. Census Returns, Scotland, 1911

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Census 1911, Shotts, 655/1 ED 5 page 22, line 26, Catherine Clarke, patient (enumeration book image read)

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    Census of Scotland, 1911, enumeration book 655/1 5, page 22 (ScotlandsPeople: CLARKE, CATHERINE, Census 655/1 5/ 22, page 22 of 35). Shotts, Lanarkshire. A page of an institution schedule listing patients. Transcribed from the enumeration book image.

    Line 26. Catherine Clarke, position in institution written as ditto of Patient, age 68 (female column), married, profession or occupation Housewife, birthplace left blank with a dash, infirmity Lunatic.

    The page itself does not name the institution. Registration district 655/1 is Shotts, which contains Hartwood.

18. Notices of Admission to Asylums, Scotland

    General Board of Commissioners in Lunacy for Scotland

    MC2/691, papers for the transfer of Catherine McGregor or Clark back to Lanark District Asylum, Hartwood, 25 September 1916: application, medical officer’s statement, sanction and notice of admission (volume images read)

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    Notices of Admission, National Records of Scotland MC2/691, Catherine McGregor or Clark, transfer from Old Monkland Poorhouse back to Lanark District Asylum, 1916. Two photographs of the bound volume, each showing an opening of two pages. Transcribed from the images. The printed wording of the forms is shortened and the handwritten entries are given as written.

    Image 2, left page. Application to the General Board of Lunacy to grant transfer of a patient from one asylum to another (copies). I, the undersigned George McCracken, Inspector of Poor of Old Monkland, being desirous to transfer Catherine McGregor or Clark, at present a patient in Old Monkland Poorhouse Lunatic Wards, a pauper lunatic of the parish of which I am Inspector of Poor, from the said Old Monkland Poorhouse to Lanark District Asylum at Hartwood. Statement of particulars. 1. Name: Catherine McGregor or Clark. 2. Sex and age: Female, 65 years. 3. Married, single or widowed: Married. 4. Condition of life and previous occupation: Housewife. 5. Religious persuasion: Protestant. 6. Parish to which chargeable: Old Monkland Parish. 7. Nearest known relative: Husband, George Clark, address unknown. George McCracken, Inspector of Poor of the Parish of Old Monkland. Dated this Twentysecond day of September 1916.

    Image 2, right page. Statement by the Medical Officer of the Old Monkland Poorhouse (copies). 1. Name of patient: Catherine McGregor or Clark. 2. Date of admission: 1st February 1915. 3. Whether epileptic: No. 4. Whether suicidal: No. 5. Whether dangerous to others: No. 6. Whether fit at present for removal to the asylum named in the application: Yes. 7. Facts in the past history bearing upon risk of suicide or danger to others: None. Richard Hamilton, M.B., D.P.H., Medical Officer. Date 19th September 1916.

    Sanction by the Board of Lunacy. The Board authorizes the transfer of Catherine McGregor or Clark from Old Monkland Poorhouse to Lanark District Asylum at any time within fourteen days. J. Carswell, Commissioner. Dated at Edinburgh 23rd September 1916. Date of Sheriff’s Order: 9th April 1903.

    Image 1, right page. Notice of Admission (Form B1), numbered 83702 after 119352, with a Board of Control received stamp of 6 October 1916 and the folio reference 13/738. I hereby give notice, That Catherine McGregor or Clark, Old Monkland Poorhouse, Coatbridge, was received into this House as a Pauper Patient on the twenty-fifth day of September 1916, and I hereby transmit a Copy of the Transfer Sanction and Statements on which she was received. Neil T. Kerr, Superintendent. Dated at Hartwood this fifth day of October 1916. To the Secretary of the General Board of Control, Edinburgh. Report: I have this day seen and personally examined Catherine McGregor or Clark, Old Monkland Poorhouse, Coatbridge, and report with respect to her mental state, that she labours under delusional insanity, and with respect to her bodily health and condition, that they are weak. Heart-sounds are weak. She is anaemic. Neil T. Kerr, Medical Superintendent, Lanark District Asylum, Hartwood. Dated this fifth day of October 1916.

    The left page of image 1 belongs to another patient, the soldier William Bourke, whose general register number is 119352. The notice is filed after his, under her original number 83702.

19. 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.

20. Statutory Registers of Deaths, Scotland

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Deaths 1917, Aberfoyle, 325/1, entry for Margaret McGregor (register image read)

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    Statutory Registers of Deaths, 1917, Parish of Aberfoyle, County of Perth, 325, entry 1, page 1 (ScotlandsPeople: MCGREGOR, MARGARET, Statutory registers Deaths 325/ 1). Transcribed from the register image.

    Name, rank or profession, and whether single, married or widowed: Margaret McGregor (Widow of Duncan MacGregor, Stone Mason).

    When and where died: 1917, February Eleventh, 10h 30m A.M., Easter Park, Aberfoyle.

    Sex: F. Age: 86 yrs.

    Father: Duncan McGregor, Shepherd (deceased). Mother: Margaret McGregor M.S. Stewart (deceased).

    Cause of death: Acute Bronchitis, 7 days, as certified by Thos. MacGregor, M.B., C.M., Aberfoyle.

    Informant: Peter McGregor, Son, Duchray Castle.

    When and where registered: 1917, February 12th, at Aberfoyle. John McIntyre, Registrar.

21. Census Returns, Scotland, 1921

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Census 1921, Shotts, 655/1 ED 5 page 22, line 25, Catherine McG. Clark, patient (enumeration book image read)

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    Census of Scotland, 1921, enumeration book 655/1 5, page 22 (ScotlandsPeople: CLARK, CATHERINE MCG, Census 655/1 5/ 22, page 22 of 36). Shotts, Lanarkshire. A page of an institution schedule listing patients. Transcribed from the enumeration book image.

    Line 25. Catherine McG. Clark, relationship to head of institution written as ditto of Patient, age 70, sex F, married (M.), birthplace Perthsh. Aberfoyle, occupation Housewife.

    The page itself does not name the institution. Registration district 655/1 is Shotts, which contains Hartwood.

22. Names and Lairs, Hartwood Paupers Cemetery

    Friends of Hartwood Paupers Cemetery. fohpc.com

    Lair 339, Catherine McGregor Clark, died within Hartwood 21/05/1922, buried 24/05/1922 (compiled list, not a burial register; the Lair 331 to Lair 340 and 1255 souls lists read)

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    Friends of Hartwood Paupers Cemetery, Names and Lairs. Two documents taken from the group’s website, https://www.fohpc.com. Transcribed from the saved copies.

    Lair 331 to Lair 340, from the page Lair 301-400 (https://www.fohpc.com/names-and-lairs/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 (https://www.fohpc.com/names-and-lairs/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.

23. Statutory Registers of Deaths, Scotland

    General Register Office for Scotland

    Deaths 1942, Aberfoyle, Perthshire, 325/ 8, entry for Mary Sinclair, indexed as Mary McGregor (register image read)

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24. 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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