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21-11-12, 12:10
Name - "official" name and what they were known as:
John McGlary
Date and place of birth:
5 February 1887, Innes Park Buildings, Skelmorlie, near Largs, Ayrshire
Names of parents:
John McGlary (gardener) and Janet/Jessie Stevens(on)
Date and place of baptism - if applicable:
Catholic baptism
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any:
Married Isabella Wallace Williamson on 26 December 1913 at Lady's Mill Old Farm Houses, Cowdenbeath, Fife
Occupation(s) - if any:
1913: Coal miner
1916: Agricultural labourer
1921: Cattleman
1923: Cattleman
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on:
1887: Skelmorlie, near Largs, Ayrshire
1891 census: Gardener's Cottage, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire
1892: Forbes Place, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire
1901 census: Inmate, Mars Training Ship, anchored in the River Tay*
1913: Lady's Mill Old Farm Houses, Cowdenbeath, Fife
1914: Cowdenbeath
1916: Stevensonsbeath Farm
1919: Dunfermline area
1921: Colton Mains, near Dunfermline, Fife
1923: Crossgates, near Dunfermline, Fife
1924: Dunfermline area
1928: Burntisland
1930: Aberdour
1933: Balmule Farm Cottages, Fife
*Former warship, HMS Mars, was anchored in the River Tay from 1869 until 1929. The Mars took destitute and orphaned boys from all over Scotland. Some were sent to the Mars after committing petty crimes. It would take 400 boys, who wore naval uniforms and slept in hammocks. They remained on The Mars until they were 16. An estimated 6,500 boys served on the ship.
On 9 April 1892, John's five-month-old sister, Margaret, died. Later that year, his father died. His mother was pregnant at the time. That baby, also named Margaret, died in 1893. Janet/Jessie married Patrick McGrattan in 1899.
Date, place and cause of death:
20 February 1933 at Balmule Farm Cottages, Fife, age 46 years. Cause: bronchitis and pneumonia. Death registered by son, John.
Date and place of burial / cremation:
Not sure
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable:
None
Memorial inscription - if any:
There is a headstone for his wife in Aberdour cemetery, but his name is not mentioned on it
John McGlary
Date and place of birth:
5 February 1887, Innes Park Buildings, Skelmorlie, near Largs, Ayrshire
Names of parents:
John McGlary (gardener) and Janet/Jessie Stevens(on)
Date and place of baptism - if applicable:
Catholic baptism
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any:
Married Isabella Wallace Williamson on 26 December 1913 at Lady's Mill Old Farm Houses, Cowdenbeath, Fife
Occupation(s) - if any:
1913: Coal miner
1916: Agricultural labourer
1921: Cattleman
1923: Cattleman
Addresses where they lived - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on:
1887: Skelmorlie, near Largs, Ayrshire
1891 census: Gardener's Cottage, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire
1892: Forbes Place, Wemyss Bay, Renfrewshire
1901 census: Inmate, Mars Training Ship, anchored in the River Tay*
1913: Lady's Mill Old Farm Houses, Cowdenbeath, Fife
1914: Cowdenbeath
1916: Stevensonsbeath Farm
1919: Dunfermline area
1921: Colton Mains, near Dunfermline, Fife
1923: Crossgates, near Dunfermline, Fife
1924: Dunfermline area
1928: Burntisland
1930: Aberdour
1933: Balmule Farm Cottages, Fife
*Former warship, HMS Mars, was anchored in the River Tay from 1869 until 1929. The Mars took destitute and orphaned boys from all over Scotland. Some were sent to the Mars after committing petty crimes. It would take 400 boys, who wore naval uniforms and slept in hammocks. They remained on The Mars until they were 16. An estimated 6,500 boys served on the ship.
On 9 April 1892, John's five-month-old sister, Margaret, died. Later that year, his father died. His mother was pregnant at the time. That baby, also named Margaret, died in 1893. Janet/Jessie married Patrick McGrattan in 1899.
Date, place and cause of death:
20 February 1933 at Balmule Farm Cottages, Fife, age 46 years. Cause: bronchitis and pneumonia. Death registered by son, John.
Date and place of burial / cremation:
Not sure
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable:
None
Memorial inscription - if any:
There is a headstone for his wife in Aberdour cemetery, but his name is not mentioned on it