Ann Kelly Martin & Alexander Inglis

Ann Kelly Martin was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 5th June 1836. The first born of the marriage between Margaret Harris Strachan and Robert Martin. It's thought that Ann was named after a deceased infant child of Margaret's, but in actual fact, both children were named in honor of Margaret's sister Ann Harris, who had married Patrick Kelly in 1817. This practice of naming children after existing relatives was far from unusual. In fact, in most of Scotland it was a custom of the time.

The pattern generally went as follows:

The first son was named for his father's father.
The second son was named for his mother's father.
The third son was named for his father's father's father.
The fourth son was named for his mother's mother's father.
The fifth son was named for his father's mother's father.
The sixth son was named for his mother's father's father.
The seventh through tenth sons were named for their father's four great-grandfathers.
The eleventh through fourteenth sons were named for their mother's four great-grandfathers.

The first daughter was named for her mother's mother.
The second daughter was named for her father's mother.
The third daughter was named for her mother's father's mother.
The fourth daughter was named for her father's father's mother.
The fifth daughter was named for her mother's mother's mother.
The sixth daughter was named for her father's mother's mother.
The seventh through tenth daughters were named for their mother's four great-grandmothers.
The eleventh through fourteenth daughters were named for their father's four great-grandmothers.

Sometimes when a child died, the next child of that gender born into the family was given the same name as the deceased child. Occasionally two or more living children in the family were given the same given name. When they were christened, children were usually given one or two given names.

Ann is living with the family at 22 New Wynd, Hamilton in 1841 - Her father is a shoemaker and her grandmother Margaret Cunningham is living with the family. With 3 adults and 5 children living in the small house, It was a tight squeeze! The family were unaware of the coming cholera epidemic which would wreak havoc in the country and leave many dead.

Ann's still with the family in 1951 and still at 22 New Wynd. Things aren't quite as cramped as Margaret Cunningham has died and now only Ann and her parents and her sister Janet remain at home.

In 1853 at the age of 16, Ann married Alexander Inglis, a coal miner. He was older at 24, born in 1829 in Hamilton to Matthew Inglis, a cotton weaver and Sarah Cameron. From a long line of cotton weavers, they lived at Gateside Street in Hamilton. Later they moved to 33 Muir Street, Hamilton.

Ann and Alexander's children were:

1. Margaret Inglis born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1855. She married Bernard Duffy at 33 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 7th of June 1872. Bernards family were originally from Castle Street in Hamilton however when he was a teenager they moved to 35 Muir Street, Hamilton and that's where he met Margaret. He was a coal miner and the son of Owen Duffy and Catherine McCabe (both born in County Monaghan, Ireland) Bernard and Margaret never strayed very far from Muir Street. They had nine Children:

- Hugh Duffy born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1875. Hugh was a coal miner, living at 39 Muir Street, Hamilton when he married Margaret Bordon at St Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel on the 10th of September 1897. Margaret was the daughter of Hall Bordon and Jane Stirling born in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire in 1875. She was a domestic servant.

They had six children:

- Jane (Jeanie) Duffy born at 45 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 25th of September 1898.

- Bernard Duffy born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 7th of July 1900. He married Janet Smith Farrell in Blythswood, Glasgow in 1924. They had three daughters and one son:

Bernard Duffy 1900 - 1965

Grace Smith Duffy (nee Farrell)

- Flora Duffy born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire on the 26th of December 1925.

She married Alex McCracken at the Kerrick Hall, Dalmellington, Ayrshire on the 15th of June 1945. She was a grocers assistant aged 19 and he was 10 years her senior and a coal miner. They had no children and Flora died at the age of 42 from pancreatic cancer on the 17th of March 1968 at Ballochmyle Hospital, Mauchline, Ayrshire.

- Janet (Jenny) Duffy born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire in 1931.

Jenny married Frank Conn McHattie in Dalmellington in 1951.

They had three children:

- James (Jim) McHattie born in Dalmellington in 1952.

He married Margaret Hardie and had two sons James and Keith.

- Elaine McHattie born in Dalmellington on 1956. She married Alexander White in 1974

- Brian McHattie born in Dalmellington in 1960.

- Margaret Duffy. She married Charles (Chick) McCutcheon in Dalmellington in 1949.

- Robert Duffy - currently no history available

Flora McCracken, Jenny McHattie, Margaret McCutcheon

Janet Duffy holding Janet McCutcheon, Bernard Duffy, Margaret McCutcheon and Charles (Chick) McCutcheon

Tall Girl Flora Jenny in middle and marg

Left to Right : Flora, Jenny & Margaret

Frank Conn McHattie and Janet McHattie (nee Duffy)

Janet McHattie (nee Duffy)

Janet Smith Duffy (nee Farrell)

- Margaret (Peggy) Duffy born at 45 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 13th of December 1901

- Mary Duffy born at 45 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 6th of May 1903

- Annie Duffy born at 45 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 8th of August 1904

- James Hall Duffy born at 45 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 26th of September 1906.

He married Catherine McNaught at St. Josephs Roman Catholic Church, Blantyre on the 2nd of November 1934. They had one son Charles McNaught Duffy born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire on the 6th of March 1936. Charles married Freda Dawson. She was from Swinton, Yorkshire, England. They married at Rother Valley, Yorkshire in 1959. Charles died in Swinton, Yorkshire, England in 1974, Freda died in 2007.

James Hall Duffy died in Doncaster, England in 1977 his wife Catherine Duffy (nee McNaught) died at 15 Windsor Street, Thurnscoe, South Yorkshire in 1964.

- Owen Duffy born at the Eddlewood Buildings, Hamilton on the 22nd of November 1877. He married three times.

He first married Mary Leonard at St Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 26th of Novemebr 1903. At the time of the marriage Owen was living on Muir Street and Mary was living at her parents house at 21 Church Street, Hamilton. He was 26 years old and she was 24. Mary died aged 27 at 30 Church Street, Hamilton on the 19th of May 1905. Cause of death was mitral regurgitation - disorder of heart valve.

Owen next married Catherine Coyle at St Mary's on the 5th of July 1906. She was Irish and originally from Dunfanaghy, however her family had moved over to Scotland and were living on Muir Street.

They had one son and one daughter together:

- Bernard Duffy born at 101 Beckford Street, Hamilton on the 25th of April 1907.

- Margaret Duffy born at 101 Beckford Street, Hamilton in 1911. She married John King in Hamilton in 1933.

By 1933 Catherine Duffy (nee Coyle) has died . We know this as its detailed on Margaret Duffy's wedding certificate. No death record can be found. Owen then married Hannah Angus.

Owen died on the 29th of July 1940 aged 62 at 28 Baillies Causeway, Hamilton from lung cancer.

- John Duffy born in Hamilton in 1881. John enlisted with the army when he was 16 years old. He began his career with the 6th Dragoons on the 25th of October 1897. He excelled in army life. On the 18th of May 1899 he was promoted to Lance Corporal. On the 1st of January 1901 he was promoted to Corporal. On the 17th of December 1901 he was promoted again, this time to Sergeant. He married Susan Wilson at 313 Crown Street, Glasgow on the 13th of October 1903. His final promotion came in 1905 when he became Staff Sergeant and in October 1909 he left the army. John and Susan had two children before moving to Australia and settling in Burwood, Victoria.

- John Wilson Duffy born on the 31st of May 1905 in Dublin, Ireland. He married Hilda Jean Harvey in Victoria, Australia in 1932. They lived at 9 Yarrbat Avenue, Kooyong, Victoria.

- May Duffy - Date of birth unknown. No life history known.

John Duffy Snr died on the 11th of August 1935 at Burwood, Victoria, Australia. Susan Duffy (nee Wilson) died on the 27th of June 1954. They are both buried at Burwood Cemetery, 14 Gilmour Street, Melbourne , Victoria Australia

- Alexander Duffy born in Hamilton 1883

- Annie Duffy born at 31 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 23rd of October 1885. She died as an infant.

- Bernard Duffy born at 31 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 15th of May 1888

- Matthew Duffy born in Hamilton on the 2nd of January 1891. Matthew decided to follow in his brother John's footsteps and enlisted with the army aged 24. He joined the Scots Guards on the 16th of September 1915. It's far to say army life was not for him and he struggled with the hard discipline expected. Never the less he remained committed and was killed in battle, aged 27 in France on the 23rd of August 1918. He died at the 16th General Hospital, France and is buried at the Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux, France.

- Annie Duffy born in Hamilton in 1894

- Catherine Duffy born in Hamilton in 1898. She married Alexander Kennedy at St Mary's RC Church, Hamilton on the 23rd of October 1917. They lived at 23 Victoria Street, Blantyre, Hamilton.

2. Sarah Inglis born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 22nd of December 1856. She married John McTaggart at 33 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 31st of December 1875. John was a coal miner living at 2 Sheilinghill, Hamilton. His parents were of Irish birth - William McTaggart a railway platelayer and Catherine McTaggart (nee Hamilton). They set up home at 86 Muir Street, Hamilton before eventually moving to 21 Young Street, Hamilton. They had 10 children:

- William McTaggart born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 26th of September 1876. William was a coal miner living at Young Street, Hamilton when he married Mary Gorman of 41 School Street, Hamilton on the 18th of August 1899 at St Mary's RC Church, Hamilton.

William and Mary had only one son:

- John McTaggart born at 39, Beckford Street, Hamilton in 1901. He never married and died aged 19 at Hartwood Asylum, Shotts, Lanarkshire on the 17th of May 1920 from consumption with complications from epilepsy. His usual address given as 31 Church Street, Hamilton.

Mary McTaggart (nee Gorman) died at 39a Beckford Street, Hamilton on the 10th of March 1903 aged 23 from scarlet fever.

William McTaggart died at Glasgow Royal Infirmary on the 29th of April 1905 from bright's disease - chronic inflammation of the kidneys.

- Ann (Annie) McTaggart born at 16 Orchard Street, Hamilton on the 23rd of July 1878.

- Alexander McTaggart born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 24th of October 1880. He married Catherine Brennan at St Francis RC Church, Cumberland Street, Glasgow on the 2nd of January 1903. He was a coal hewer and they lived firstly at 4 Bailies Causeway, Hamilton and then secondly at 7 Almada Street, Hamilton. Alexander died aged 50 at the Royal Infirmary, Glasgow on the 30th of January 1931 from interstitial nephritis.

- Bernard McTaggart born at 62 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 10th of April 1883 and baptised at St Mary's RC Church, Hamilton. He was a 19 year old coal miner when he married Grace Kilpatrick at St Mary's on the 16th of September 1902. He fought in WW1, first with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and then with 2nd (HS) Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots. He was discharged in 1916 with poor eyesight. He died at Law Hospital, Carluke on the 11th of February 1945 from a brain hemorrhage. His usual residence 6 Campbell Street, Hamilton.

- Catherine McTaggart born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 28th of February 1886. She married Henry Woods at St Mary's RC Church, Hamilton on the 13th of July 1906.

- Matthew McTaggart born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 13th of April 1888. He married Isabella Findlay at St Mary's RC Church, Hamilton on the 18th of September 1920

- Robert McTaggart born at 4 Young Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 26th of January 1891. He was a travelling shoemaker to trade. He married Annie Houston in 1918 at Bridgeton, East End of Glasgow. Due to the nature of his occupation they travelled around the country a bit and had several children:

- Elizabeth (Bessie) McTaggart born in Bridgeton, Glasgow on the 7th of November 1920. She married Harold (Harry) Rowe and died in July 1985 at Edgbaston, Birmingham, England

- John McTaggart born in 1922. He worked for Jaguar Motor Car Company and married June Hammond in Glasgow in 1964.

John and June had one son and one daughter:

- Craig McTaggart born in 1965

- Louise McTaggart

- Alexander (Sandy) McTaggart born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland on the 21st of May 1924. Sandy moved to Edmonton, Canada where he met and married Norah and had five children - Maureen, Norah, John, Kevin and Lawrence. He died on the 29th of February 2008 and is buried in Glenwood Memorial Gardens, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

- Robert Patrick McTaggart born in Bridgeton, Glasgow on the 17th of March 1926. He married Marie Frances McStea in Cathcart, Glasgow in 1951. They had five daughters and one son:

- Yvonne Marie McTaggart born 1954. She married William McCauley at Park Circus, Glasgow in 1978 and had three sons:

- Vincent McCauley

- Dominic McCauley

- John McCauley

- Evelyn McTaggart born in 1956. She married Martin Perratt at Park Circus, Glasgow in 1984.

- Fiona McTaggart born in 1961.

- Kathryn McTaggart born in 1963. She married Kevan Muir Lawson and had two children:

- Heather Lawson

- Steven Robert Lawson

- John McTaggart

- Elaine McTaggart. She married Alfred Sun Yu at Park Circus, Glasgow in 1975. They had two sons:

- Kai Peter Yu born in 1977

- Craig Yun- Feng Yu born in 1979

- Edward McTaggart born in Peterborough, England in 1928

- Herbert McTaggart born in Peterborough, England on the 30th of December 1929. He was a musician. He died on 7 February 2015, in Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 85.

Robert McTaggart died on the 8th of May 1943 in Kirkcaldy, Fife. He's buried at Hayfield Cemetery, Kirkcaldy. Annie McTaggart (nee Houston) died in Glasgow in 1970.

- Margaret McTaggart born at 21 Young Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 17th of July 1893. She was baptised at St Mary's RC Church, Hamilton. She married Anthony Dunleavy at St Mary's in 1914. He was a colliery labourer from 11 Brown Street, Hamilton. He was 22 years old and she was 21. Margaret died at 28 Church Street, Hamilton on the 18th of August 1952. Anthony died in 1972.

- John McTaggart born at 21 Young Street, Hamilton on the 13th of March 1896.

- Peter Strachan McTaggart born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 5th of September 1898. He died in 1978

3. Janet (Jesse) Inglis born at 14 Campbell Street, Hamilton, on the 15th of May 1859. She died aged 15 at 35 Muir Street, Hamilton from Consumption on the 10th of June 1874.

4. Agnes Inglis born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 22nd of December 1861. She married William Logan at Muirhall, Hamilton on the 16th of July 1880.

5. Matthew Inglis born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 7th of October 1869. He never married and died at 39 Muir Street, Hamilton aged 44 on the 15th of November 1913 from a brain hemorrhage having spent 7 days in a coma.

6. Annie Inglis was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1873. She married Hugh McMillan at The Manse, Dalry, Ayrshire on the 9th of April 1897. Hugh was originally from Ayrshire, the son of Neil McMillan and Jane Cochrane. Hugh and Annie spent a couple of years living in Dalry, Ayrshire before moving to Muir Street in Hamilton to be around Annie's family. They had four children:

- Annie McMillan born in Dalry, Ayrshire in 1898

- Neil McMillan born in Dalry, Ayrshire in 1900

- Alexander McMillan born at 25 Muir Street, Hamilton on the 24th of December 1903

- Matthew McMillan at 25 Muir Street, Hamilton in 1906. He died 7 months later at the same address of diarrhea on the 28th of September 1906

7. Jessie Inglis born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1875. She was named after her older sister who died the year previous from consumption. She married John Russell at 39 Muir Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 8th of November 1895. He was a coal miner, originally from Hamilton and she was working in a local biscuit factory. They set up home at 4 Brown Street, Hamilton and had three children:

- Annie Russell born at 4 Brown Street, Hamilton on the 26th of May 1897. She died aged 18 years of broncho pneumonia on the 19th of July 1915 at 28 Baillies Causeway, Hamilton.

- Margaret Inglis Russell born at 4 Brown Street, Hamilton on the 10th of April 1902.

- Alexander Inglis Russell born at 4 Brown Street, Hamilton on the 21st of November 1904. He married Janet Scoullar Nisbet Maxwell at Cadzow House, Hamilton on the 1st of June 1934.

They had four children:

- Jane Nisbet Russell was born on the 27th of July 1934 at 7 Bothwell Road, Hamilton. Jane was a hospital nurse when she married Thomas Craig McKay at South Church, Hamilton on the 6th of January 1960. He was the manager of a grocery store living at 125 Glencairn Road, Ayr.

They had two sons:

- Hugh Alexander McKay born at Thornyflat Maternity Hospital, Ayr on the 4th of December 1960. He married Ruth Kyle at Kingcase Church, Preswick in 1986 and they had two daughters Lauren and Rachael

- Alastair Maxwell McKay born at Thornyflat Maternity Hospital, Ayr on the 4th of March 1963. He married Helen Louise McKay in 1990 and they had one son Richard McKay

- Jessie Inglis Russell was born at 5 Downie Street, Hamilton on the 12th of December 1935. She died at the same address 14 days later from convulsions.

- Janet Scoullar Russell was born at 84 Arden Road, Hamilton on the 12th of February 1938. She was a shoe shop assistant when she married Matthew Dunsmore at the South Church, Hamilton on the 1st of August 1958. Matthew lived with his parents at 49 High Parks Crescent, Eddlewood, Hamilton. He was a furniture shop first assistant.

They had one daughter:

- Fiona Maxwell Dunsmore born 1960. She married Ian Anderson at Trinity Church, Hamilton in 1983.

They had two daughters:

- Heather Anderson

- Gillian Anderson

John McAusland Russell was born at 60 Arden Road, Hamilton on the 8th of March 1943. He married Catherine Elizabeth Grindlay at Cadzow Church, Hamilton on the 28th of October 1966.

They had two children:

- Juliette Marion (Julie) Russell born at Beckford Lodge, Beckford Street, Hamilton in 1967

- Cameron Alexander Russell born at Beckford Lodge, Beckford Street, Hamilton in 1970

8. Robert Inglis born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1878. He married Helen MacIntyre at 35 Hutchinson Street, Hamilton on the 28th of October 1904.