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Aileen

That was a good find! Did the death certificate confirm her husband's name? Part of the difficulty here, of course is that not all the 1841 census for Fife survived as some of it met a watery grave!

Parents John Watson & Elizabeth Wright - but submitted records!

JEAN WATSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 02 DEC 1779 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

JEAN WATSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 16 OCT 1785 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

MARY WATSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 27 SEP 1778 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

MARY WATSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 02 MAR 1788 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

ELIZABETH WATSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 27 NOV 1783 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

HELEN WATSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 01 NOV 1781 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Janet Watson - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Birth: 17 JUN 1792 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Have a look here for Dunfermline weavers - Richard's not on it but perhaps you may find something useful.

http://www.fifefhs.org/

No husbands name was not given

This is the marriage cert information

Date of Marriage: 11-Nov-1853
Parish / District: URNEY County: Co. Donegal
Husband ..................................... Wife
Name: Richard Meldrum..................... Mary Cooper
Address: Castlefin Donoughmore............ Alt Upper Urney
Denomination: Presbyterian............... Presbyterian
Occupation: MANAGER
Age: Full Age (Over 21) ................ Full Age (Over 21)
Status: Widower (Male)
Husband's Father ....................... Wife's Father
Name: James Meldrum................... William Cooper
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation: WEAVER..................... FARMER
Husband's Mother ...................... Wife's Mother
Name:
Address:
Denomination:
Occupation:
Witness 1.................... Witness 2
Name: George McClure............... William Cooper


This gives his father's name as James and occupation as weaver.....Helen(ms Watson)Meldrum death cert gives her as widow of a weaver.....................but .........there were an awful lot of weavers in Dunfermline.
I'm sure we have it correct though

Aileen
Can I ask please where you found the details of the Irish marriage? Just think it might help with some of my own Irish lot.

Thanks for the information that you have sent me i have contacted a 3x cousin who is in his 90's, he and his parents lived with Wm. Cooper b1858 for a number of years, he was unaware that richard was previously married & had a son James, we are going to check to see if he came to australia with his half siblings.