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Shirley, you're a true star.

Thank you so much.

Sandra

Yes PM me your email address. :D

Edit : Feeling generous so done the marriage too <and he is an Iron Fetter journeyman so def your Hugh & Mary

You say two Hugh & Mary.s nee Cambell each with a son Hugh born c 1898 but i would disagree with that ,as I have said the Mary born c1840 would be too old to have a child in the 1890.s

Shirley, thank you very, very much.

Can you please email the birth to me if I give you my email address?

I,m back !! :D

Yes is would say you have the wrong Hugh and Mary nee Cambell. and the birth i posted is your Hugh with parents Hugh & Mary married Jan 1881, he was a Iron Ship Fitter so similar to a Ships plater
I did look at it on Scotlands People cos i was curious so I can print off the birth for you save you buying it again .
The census ones Maureen posted were the ones I saw.

my Hughs father (Hugh) was a ships plater.

I can't believe my bad luck.....

2 Hugh MacDonalds with wives called Mary Campbell both in the same area and both with a son called Hugh born around the same time.

Maureen, thank you.

One of the witnesses to Hugh & Maria's marriage was John MacDonald so it coul've been his brother that's on your list.

I have the wrong parents for my Hugh then.

1881 Scotland Census about Hugh McDonell
Name: Hugh McDonell
Age: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Mary McDonell
Gender: Male
Where born: Ayr, Ayrshire
Registration Number: 574
Registration district: Port Glasgow
Civil parish: Port Glasgow
County: Renfrewshire
Occupation: Iron Fitter
ED: 13
Household schedule number: 130
Line: 7
Roll: cssct1881_176
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh McDonell 22
Mary McDonell 20 born Ireland
Source Citation: Parish: Port Glasgow; ED: 13; Page: 20; Line: 7; Roll: cssct1881_176; Year: 1881.

1891 Scotland Census about Hugh McDonald
Name: Hugh McDonald
Age: 33
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1858
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Mary McDonald
Gender: Male
Where born: Ardrossan, Ayrshire
Registration Number: 574
Registration district: Port Glasgow
Civil parish: Port Glasgow
County: Renfrewshire
Address: 26 Lyon's Lane
Occupation: Ship Fitter
ED: 13
Household schedule number: 44
Line: 11
Roll: CSSCT1891_194
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh McDonald 33
Mary McDonald 30
Elizabeth McDonald 9
Henry McDonald 7
Agnes McDonald 5
John McDonald 3
Leah McDonald 3 MO
Source Citation: Parish: Port Glasgow; ED: 13; Page: 8; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1891_194; Year: 1891.

Maureen

For ref: I'd say Shirley is correct.

1901 Scotland Census about Hugh Mcdonald
Name: Hugh Mcdonald
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1898
Relationship: Son
Father's name: Hugh Mcdonald
Mother's name: Mary Mcdonald
Gender: Male
Where born: Renfrewshire, Greenock
Registration Number: 564/1
Registration district: Greenock East
Civil parish: Greenock East
County: Renfrewshire
Address: Mcleans Bdgs 18
ED: 52
Household schedule number: 70
Line: 9
Roll: CSSCT1901_195
Household Members:
Name Age
Hugh Mcdonald 42 Born Ayrshire Ship Plater
Mary Mcdonald 40 Born Ireland
Eliz Mcdonald 19
Henry Mcdonald 17
Agnes Mcdonald 15
John Mcdonald 12
Leah Mcdonald 10
Mary Mcdonald 7
Hugh Mcdonald 3
Source Citation: Parish: Greenock East; ED: 52; Page: 19; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1901_195; Year: 1901.

Maureen

You have got the right marriage for the ones you asked for however if your ancestor was Hugh born 1897/8 then think you have gone back to the wrong Hugh and Mary.
My internet connection is playing up at the mo but think i saw on Ancestry the 1901 census for the Hugh birth that I posted. will try and look but its playing silly devils at the mo and I cant get into Ancesyry

Shirley, the Hugh and Mary marriage I found on SP says they were both widowed when they married.

I don't know what to suggest apart from put it down to another brick wall.

Theres a birth for a Hugh McDonald born 6th aug 1897 in 5 McLeans Buildings Port Glasgow Road Greenock mother mary nee Campbell however they married 3rd Jan 1881 Port Glasgow BUT your Mary & Hugh married in April 1881.
Hugh was an Iron Ship Fitter

Still say she was too old to be having a child in 1897/8

No, I haven't found his birth, I just took the details from his marriage certificate. I should've known it wouldn't be straightforward. lol.

Have you found his birth though Still think Mary would be rather old to have a child in 1898

On SP i have the marriage of Hugh MacDonald to Maria Gracie Paul Ferguson in February 1920, his parents are Hugh MacDonald and Mary Campbell. He was 22 when he married Maria.

Well Mary didnt have any children with her in 1881 so would guess she & John didnt have any.

Are you sure she had a child in 1898?? she would have been 56/7 years old .rather late for child bearing

Mary was a dressmaker when she married Ferguson then when she married MacDonald she was a tobacconist.

Shirley, you're brilliant, thank you.

I know Mary & Hugh had a son called Hugh born c1898 in Greenock.
I now know she never had any children with John Ferguson unless she had them between 1871-1881.

Shirley, thank you.

Their addresses at time of marriage was Holmscroft Street and his occupation looks like "Engine Turner" so, I think that is them.