Peter Strachan & Jane Waterston
Peter Strachan was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, on Monday, 17 May 1830, and baptised on Sunday, 30 May 1830 (Old Parish Records). He was the youngest of four children of James Strachan and Margaret Harris.
Peter was the second son born, the first son was called Peter and died as a baby. Peter's parents wanted to keep the name as James Strachan's father had been called Peter.
Peter was recorded on his death certificate as an Army Pensioner. He served as a Private 3259 in the 71st Foot of the Highland Light Infantry. He served in The Crimean War 1854/5 and in India during the Indian Mutiny of 1857/8 in operations under Major General Rose KCB. He received Campaign Medals in both the Crimea and India actions.
An excerpt from Peter Strachan's Army Records
Peter, like his father, James, and step-father, Robert Martin, was a Shoemaker Journeyman. His address when he married in 1862 was 16 Church Street, Hamilton, which was the home and work premises of his stepfather and his mother. All the children of Peter and Jean Strachan were born there.
Jane (Jean) Waterson was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Her birth date is unknown but likely 1840. She is recorded as 23 when she married Peter Strachan in 1862. Jean had one sister, Helen, and two brothers, William and John. This is recorded on the 1851 Census of 15 Lamb Street, Hamilton - William is aged 9 and John aged 4 and Helen is aged 7. Their mother, Catherine, is recorded as married.
The two brothers are not recorded in the 1861 Census of 86 Townhead Street, Hamilton, as living there, but Jean and ‘Mary’ are recorded as living there with their mother, Catherine, a widow, and grandfather, John Haddow. Jean is recorded as aged 21 and Helen (recorded as Mary) as aged 16, both were single and employed as Tambourers as was their mother.
Catherine’s youngest brother later joined the Army and more of him later.
Peter Strachan and Jean Waterston married on Friday, 10 October 1862, at Jean’s home, 86 Townhead Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, according to the Forms of the UP (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland. Both were single. Jean was 23 and a Tambourer. Peter was 32 and a Shoemaker Journeyman. Peter’s father, James, was deceased. His mother, Margaret (nee Harris) and Step-father, Robert Martin were living. Jean’s mother, Catherine, was living. However, her father, Alexander, was not recorded on the marriage certificate as deceased. Peter signed the register; Jean signed with her mark as did the two witnesses, John and Jane Cunningham (cousins of Peter). The Minister was Rev M R Battersby. The Assistant Registrar was William Dickson and the marriage registered in Hamilton on 21 October 1862.
Jean Strachan (nee Waterston) died at 6.20pm on Monday, 9 September 1901, age 61, at 1 Quarry Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Cause of death is recorded as “Angina Pectoris (5 days)” and certified by Dr John Kerr. This might confirm family story that on hearing of her son Robert’s death in Central America, she suffered a heart attack and subsequent heart problems. The death was registered on 10 September 1901 by Jane’s husband, Peter. The Registrar was Gavin Frame. Jean was buried in the Bent Cemetery, Hamilton.
Peter Strachan died at 10.45am on Friday, 15 January 1904 at 1 Quarry Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Cause of death was “Bronchitis and Asthma (1 month 14 days)”. He was 73 (72 on death certificate). The death certificate was signed by Dr C Crawford. Peter’s son, James, living at 5 Greenfield Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, registered the death the same day. The Registrar was Gavin Frame. Peter was buried with his wife, Jean, in the Bent Cemetery, Hamilton.
Peter Strachan and Jean(Jane) Waterston had nine children.
1. James Strachan
James was born at 7.15am on Saturday, 16 May 1863, at 16 Church Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. His father registered the birth on 25 May 1863. The Registrar was William Moffat. James worked as a Slater and Plasterer. James married Emily Allen in St Marylebone, London, on Monday, 16 July 1888.
Emily was the daughter of William Allen and Frances Ellen Allen (nee Laughlin). Her father was a Gardener, born in Kent. Emily was born in Kent in the summer of 1860 and christened at St Mary’s in Lewisham, London (then in Kent), on Sunday, 14 October 1860.
James and Emily's children:
- Jane (Jeannie) Strachan
Jeannie was born on 17 October 1889 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. She married Edward (Ned)
Graham on 31 December 1913 in Hamilton. Edward was born on 17 April 1889 in Blantyre,
the son of Thomas and Maria Graham), Maria’s family originated from Cornwall.
They ‘adopted’ Jean Strachan the daughter of James’ brother, John and his wife, Mary
(nee Heaney) and emigrated to Christchurch in New Zealand, sailing from Southampton to
Wellington on “Ruahine” on 31 July 1925. Jane died in New Zealand on the 13th of July 1963. Ned returned to Blantyre, Scotland and died on the 24th of March 1966.
Jane Graham (nee Strachan) & Ned Graham with grandson Graham Caldwell
The Electoral Roll of New Zealand records Edward and Jeannie living at Hall-Jones Street, Runanga, Buller, West Coast in 1928, 1935, 1938, 1946. Edward is a Miner.
Jeannie corresponded with Martha Heaney (elder sister of their adopted daughter, Jeannie Strachan’s mother Mary Strachan (nee Heaney) and visited her in Australia. Jeannie made a trip to Scotland in 1957.
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- Frances Ellen Strachan
Frances was born on 22 March 1891 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. She married Alexander Burns in Blythswood, Glasgow, on 23 September 1911. Alexander was 24, a Farm Servant. Both were single.
Alexander’s parents were William and Lillias Burns (nee Gibson). William deceased by the date of his son’s wedding to Frances.
Alexander and Frances had a daughter, Emily Strachan Burns, born at 11.20am on Thursday, 7 September 1911, at 6 Crawford Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Both parents were Farm Servants and they registered the birth on 27 September 1911. The Registrar was Gavin Frame.
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Their other children were:
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Lillias Burns born on the 12th of February 1913 at Glebe Street, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. She married Alexander McDougall at the West Church, Bellshill on the 17th of June 1938.
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Jeanie Strachan Burns born at 94 Parkhead Rows, Bellshill on the 28th of February 1915. She married Samuel Donaghan in 1940
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Margaret (Greta) Burns born in 1919. She married Adam Prentice Hamilton in 1942.
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James Burns born in 1926. He joined the Seaforth Highlanders and was killed during WW2. He's buried at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Grunewaldstr., 47533 Kleve (Rhein), Germany
Frances’s name was recorded as being the departure contact for her sister, Margaret, when Margaret sailed to the United States, arriving in Buffalo, New York, on 7 December 1928.
Frances died in Carluke, Lanarkshire, in 1967, aged 77. Believe Alexander died in Bothwell, Lanarkshire in 1964, aged 76.
- Catherine (Kate) Strachan
Kate was born on 2 May 1893 at 15 Greenfield Road, Hamilton. She married Edward Hawke in Hamilton on 26 June 1914. The Hawke family originated from Cornwall. They had four children:
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Edward Hawke was born at 181 Glasgow Road, Hamilton on the 6th of April 1916. He married Janet (Jenny) Anderson Brown at St Machans Parish Church, Larrkhall on the 17th of December 1941. They had two sons. Edward born in 1943 and Robert (Bobby) born in 1949.
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Edward died at Hairmyres Hospital, East Kilbride on the 13th of April 1987. Jenny died at Udston Hospital, Hamilton on the 26th of September 2008.
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James Strachan Hawke was born in 1917 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He married Alexina Robertson in Aberdeen on 14 March 1941.
James died in Brechin, Angus, on 18 November 2000. Alexina died in Brechin, Angus, in 2001.
Emily Allen Hawke born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, on 30 December 1922. She married Robert Russell in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, in 1942. Robert born 22 August 1920 in Hamilton.
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They had one daughter and one son:
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- Catherine (Kate) Russell born on Russell Street, Hamilton on the 11th of May 1944. She married Thomas Bennett at the Methodist Church, Hamilton in 1965.
Their children :
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- Karen Anne Hawke Bennett born 1967
- Russell Hugh Bennett born 1969
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Thomas Bennett died at Udston Hospital, Hamilton on the 17th of January 2007. Catherine Bennett (nee Russell) died on the 17th of December 2020. She had cancer and contracted Covid-19 while in hospital.
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- Robert Russell born at Motherwell Maternity Hospital on the 25th of January 1949. He married Margaret Devlin in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 1st of February 1969.
Their children:
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- Julie Emily Elizabeth Russell born 1970
- Mark Robert Russell born 1972
Emily died in Hamilton on 19 November 2003. Robert died in Hamilton on 25 July 2006.
1958 Jane Graham (nee Strachan) Kate Hawke (nee Strachan) Edward Hawke & wife Jenny. Children L to R : Bobby Hawke, Catherine Russell, Robert Russell
- John (Jack) Hawke. He married May Emily Woods. They had two children:
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- Jacqueline Hawke born 1960. She married Campbell Kelly
- David Hawke born 1964. He married Rosemary Helen Nelson
- Emily Strachan
Emily was born on 22 April 1897 at ?24 Almada Street, Hamilton. She married Robert Crawford Graham in Burnbank, Hamilton on 26 December 1919.
Robert was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, on 6 January 1895, the son of Robert Crawford Graham and Jacobina Thomson who married in Dalry, Ayrshire, on 26 June 1891.
Jacobina was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, on 5 February 1863, the daughter of John and Mary Thomson (nee Murray) who married in Dalry, Ayrshire, on 22 January 1858.
Robert senior was born in Dalry on 14 October 1862, the son of Francis and Ann Jane Graham (nee Long) who married in County Antrim, on 2 January 1862. Francis born in 1835 and Ann Jane in 1845, both in Co Antrim. Francis died in Ayrshire on 4 February 1876 and Ann Jane in Irvine, Ayrshire, on 3 December 1923.
Robert Crawford Graham senior died in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, on 21 October 1948. Jacobina died in Hamilton, on 8 February 1933.
Emily Strachan Graham died in Carluke on 5 February 1982 aged 84. Robert Crawford Graham junior died in Hamilton in 1980 aged 85.
- Eliza Strachan
Eliza was born at 1.30am on 24 August 1899 at 24 Almada Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Her father, James, registered the birth on 12 September 1899. He gave his employment as Slater (Journeyman). The Registrar was James Frame Asst.
Eliza (Lizzie) emigrated to California. She sailed on the “Cameronia” from Glasgow on 13 December 1924. She is recorded on the ship’s manifest as aged 25, single, a Shop Assistant whose home address was 181 Glasgow Road, Hamilton. The “Cameronia” sailed via Halifax, Nova Scotia to New York, arriving there on 23 December 1924.
- Margaret Harris Strachan
Margaret was born at 1.40pm on Friday, 14 March 1902, at 9 Greenfield Road, Hamilton,
Lanarkshire. Her father registered the birth on 2 April 1902.
Margaret emigrated to the United States, arriving in Buffalo, New York, on 7 December 1928. The departure contact was Mrs Burns, Margaret’s older sister, Frances Ellen Burn. Her arrival
contact was recorded as Angus Hamilton. It may be that Margaret was not able to travel to the USA before late 1928 as her older sisters were married and had their own homes and Margaret lived with her parents. Her father died in 1926 and her mother in April 1928 would mean that Margaret was able to emigrate.
Angus Hamilton was born in 1890. Angus Hamilton died in Suffolk, New York, in April 1980 aged 90.
Margaret Harris Hamilton (nee Strachan) died in Suffolk, New York, on 19 September 1990 aged 88.
There were several marriages in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, between the Harris & Hamilton families.
James registered his father’s death when Peter died on Friday, 15 January 1904. James’s address was then 5 Greenfield Road, Hamilton. He was Best Man at his brother, John’s, wedding to Mary Heaney on 30 June 1911.
James died aged 63 at 10.15pm on Monday, 18 October 1926, at 181 Glasgow Road, Hamilton. Cause of death was “Cancer of tongue, larynx and neck” and death was certified by J M Sandeman MB ChB. The death was registered by James’s son-in-law, Edward Hawke, of 20 Argyle Buildings, Earnock, Hamilton. The Registrar was Gavin Frame.
Emily Strachan (nee Allen) died at 10.50pm on Wednesday, 4 April 1928, at 181 Glasgow Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. She is recorded as the widow of James Strachan, aged 62, but would have been 67. Cause of death was “Acute Primary Pneumonia” certified by J M Sandeman MB ChB. Her daughter, Frances Ellen Burns registered the death on 6 April 1928, giving her address as 94 Parkhead Rows, Bellshill, Lanarkshire. Emily’s parents are recorded as William Allen, a Farm Labourer, and Frances Ellen Allen (Nee Laughlin), both deceased.
The 6 Strachan sisters reunite in Hamilton, Scotland in 1956
2. William Waterston Strachan
William was born at 2.30pm on Tuesday, 27 September 1864, at 16 Church Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He died at home at 9.15pm on Saturday, 1 October 1864, aged 4 days. Cause of death was “Premature Birth. No regular medical attendant”. His father registered the death on 3 October. The Registrar was William Moffat.
3. Robert Martin Strachan
Robert was born at 3am on Tuesday, 26 September 1865 at 16 Church Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. His father registered the birth on 28 September 1865. The Registrar was William Moffat.
Robert was a Mining Engineer. He died on Wednesday, 2 March 1898, at St Francis Gold Mine, Leon, Nicaragua, Central America. The death was registered at the British Consulate in Managua, Nicaragua, on 11 March 1898 by Frances Charles and Browne Webber, both of Leon. The Consular Officer was C E Nicol. Robert’s age was given as “about 30” (he was 32), and his employment as “Miner”. No cause of death was recorded on the death certificate. His niece, Rose Strachan, told her daughter Mary that he had been killed by locals and thrown down a mine but have no information to confirm this. Robert’s death apparently caused his mother, Jean, to have a heart attack as previously noted.
Birth Entry No: 456 Registration District: 647(Hamilton)
Death Entry: Vol: 10, page 1099 (Consulate of Managua registration of death)
A clipping from the 'Hamilton Herald' 11th March 1898
4. Unnamed Male child (X Strachan)
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This son was born at 4pm on Wednesday, 29 January 1868 at 16 Church Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. The child was not named and died the following day, 30 January 1868 at 10pm. Cause of death was “Encephalocele”. His father was present at the death and registered both the birth and death on 31 January 1868.
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5. John Strachan
John was born at 8pm on Sunday, 7 February 1869 at 16 Church Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He would spend most of his childhood living in the 'old town' of Hamilton. He's on the census aged 1 in 1871 and also aged 12 in 1881 living in Church Street. He joined the Military when he was 19 years old. Kings Own Scottish Borderers Military Regiment 2945. He joined in Glasgow and his documents were completed on the 6th of October 1888 in Berwick-Upon-Tweed.
He had an impressive military history, spending 1889-1890 in The East Indies & Burma and 1900-1901 in South Africa. On the 4th of October 1901 he received an Honourable discharge from the army after 13 years service. He took worked as a coal miner and set up home at 14 James Street, Low Waters, Hamilton - a street branching off John Street and terminating at the end of High Patrick Street. John unexpectedly married Catherine McCarron at the Church of Scotland, Mansewood, Union Street, Hamilton on the 25th of March 1904 (they had only known each other a short period of time) Catherine died of paralysis of the insane in Kirklands asylum in 1910. To read her tragic story click HERE
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John Strachan married secondly, Mary Heaney, on Friday, 30 June 1911, at 72 Donaldson Street, Burnbank, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. John’s address was 88 Beckford Street, Hamilton, and Mary’s address was 36 George Street, Burnbank, Hamilton. John gave his age as 36 years (he was 42). Mary was 18 years old (19 on marriage certificate), James Frame (Assistant Registrar). John’s parents were both deceased. Mary’s father, Hugh Heaney was living. Her mother, Mary Mulholland, was deceased. To continue with the rest of John and Mary's story click HERE
6. Catherine (Kate) Strachan
Kate Strachan was born at 5am on Wednesday, 26 April 187l, at 16 Church Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Her father registered the birth on 5 May 1871. The Registrar was William Moffat.
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Catherine (Kate) married Andrew Marshall on Tuesday, 12 September 1893, at Muirhall Manse, Hamilton (Church of Scotland). Andrew was a Plumber Journeyman, aged 24, Kate was aged 22. Both were single. The witnesses were Henry M Hamilton, a Coal Miner, Robert Strachan (Kate’s older brother) and Agnes Cross. The Registrar was William Rae (Asst).
Andrew was born on 15 October 1868 in Glasgow, son of Andrew and Agnes Ford Marshall (nee Hutton), and his address at the time of the marriage was 126 Almada Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
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Catherine and Andrew had three children, all born in Hamilton..
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On the 27th May 1905 the family left Hamilton and immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They departed on the 'Ionian' travelling from Glasgow, Scotland to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
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Andrew Strachan Marshall born the 30th of March 1894 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire
He married Carrie Mabel Finners Miller in Vancouver, British Columbia on the 14th of March 1925. Carrie was born in Palmerston, Ontario on the 14th of May 1890. She had been previously married to Elmer Sylvester Finners and was a widow.
- Andrew Steven Strachan Marshall born the 6th of March 1926 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He married Agnes Perrie and was a British Columbia amateur middleweight boxing champion in the 1950's. The couple lived in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada and had four sons:
John Andrew Marshall born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, on the 9th of February 1949. He worked as an apprentice electrician and never married. On the 21st of March 1971, aged 22, John placed a small bore rifle into his mouth and pulled the trigger. The bullet pierced his brain through the roof of his mouth and cut the carotid artery. He died from loss of blood.
Paul Stuart Marshall born the 27th November 1951 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. He married Patricia (Pat) Elaine Patenaude
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Ross Stephen Marshall born the 11th of April 1953 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. He married Beverly Gail Anderson
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James Perrie (Jim) Marshall born the 14th of July 1963 in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. He married Valerie Franks. They had three children:
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Andrew Strachan Marshall born 17th August 1988
Autumn Jane Marshall born 4th of August 1994
Linden James Marshall born 21st of July 1998
- Donald Strachan Marshall. Donald's branch of the tree is still to be documented.
Jane Elsie Hutton Waterston Marshall born 31st of December 1901. She married William Henry Carswell in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on the 15th of October 1923. They had two daughters:
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Agnes Carswell born 1938 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Janet Carswell born 1942 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Jane died of shock on the very same night her brother Andrew died in a house fire.
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Agnes Ford Hutton Marshall born 1902. She died in 1949.
7. Peter Strachan
Peter was born at 5.15am on Wednesday, 16 April 1873, at 16 Church Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. His father registered the birth on 21 April 1873. The Registrar was William Moffat.
Peter was an Iron Moulder. He married Susan Jane Carberry/Carbray on Friday, 25 August 1899, at the Congregational Church, Millheugh Brae, Larkhall, Lanarkshire. Susan was aged 25 and employed as a Bleachfield Worker. Peter was aged 26. Both were single. The witnesses were John Strachan and Lizzie Renwick. The Registrar was James Rae.
Susan was the daughter of James (a Coal Miner) and Mary Jane Carberry (nee Collins), both deceased at the date of their daughter’s marriage.
Peter and Susan’s known children were:
- Mary Jane Strachan born at 4.45am on 2 October 1899 at 4 Crawford Street, Hamilton. She married George MacBeth Miller at 13 Hambleton Terrace, Glasgow Road, Wishaw on the 21st of February 1922. They had two children
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Susan Carbray Miller born 1922 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. She married William John Chambers in 1943. They had a daughter, Jean Purdie Chambers born 1948 in Dalziel, Lanarkshire.
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John Lindsay Miller born 1924 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He married Barbara Ann Steele in 1963.
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- Jane Waterson Strachan I born at 3.15am on Friday, 22 May 1901, at 1 Quarry Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. The birth was registered by her father on 8 June 1903, and Gavin Frame was the Registrar. Jane died at 4.30am on 25 July 1902 at 1 Quarry Street, Hamilton. Cause of death was Scarlatina 1 month, Cerebral Abscess and Meningitis. Her father registered the death.
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- Jane Waterson Strachan II was born on the 22nd of May 1903 at 1 Quarry Street, Hamilton. She married John Stuart McGill Ballantyne Whitton at the Ex-Servicemens Institute, Wishaw on the 4th of June 1926. John was born on the 20th of October 1901 at 13 McIntosh Street, Glasgow. He is recorded on his birth certificate as Recorded as illegitimate, His parents Thomas Whitton and Annie McGill normal address of parents at birth 87 New Street, Dalry, Ayr both parents signed birth registration. When both parents signed the certificate it was an indication that they were together but not married.
Jane and John had two children:
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Thomas (Tom) Smith Whitton was born the 23rd of July 1928 at 93 Stewart Street, Cambusnethan. Tom had a passion for travel. He travelled to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1950 when he was 21 years old and then Aden, Yemen onboard the P & O Orcades Orient Line in 1953. He spent time in London, England where he met Vera Mary Lister. They were married in Stepney, London on the 25 of May 1953. Vera was an architect born in 1928 in Wapping, London. The coupe gave birth to their first child, Anne Mary Whitton in Saudi Arabia on the 28th of December 1954. Their second daughter Isobel Jane Whitton was born in Giffnock, Glasgow on the 16th of January 1960. Anne Mary Whitton married Keith Bryson Thomson on the 5th of April 1980 at St Michael and All Angels Church, Helensburgh. They had two children Andrew and Alice Thomson. Vera died on the 26th of June 2004 in Banchory, Kincardineshire. Tom died in Strathdon, Banchory on the 8th of March 2005.
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Peter Strachan Whitton was born and died in 1932 at 93 Stewarton Street, Wishaw Cambusnethan.
- Sarah Carbray Strachan (Sadie) born 15 February 1905 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
As a young girl she worked as a confectionery worker in Wishaw. Sarah immigrated on the 27th of August 1926 to join her fiance Arthur H Halliday in Vermont, New England, USA. She traveled from Scotland to Detroit, USA on board the 'Metagama' . Arthur was originally born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire in 1902, the son of Robert Halliday and Sarah Parkinson. He had gone to the USA in 1923 in order to establish a new life for himself and Sarah. The couple were married in Detroit, Wayne, USA on the 24th of September 1926. However their time together as a wedded couple was to be short. Arthur died the following year in Hamtramck, Wayne, Michigan, United States. He died on the 4th of October 1927. He was 30 years old.
Sarah returned to the United Kingdom and by 1934 was once again living in Wishaw. She married William McGuffie on the 24th of January 1934 at the Church of Scotland, Wishaw. They had one son Robert Halliday McGuffie born 1935 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire
- Peter Strachan born at 5.15am on 31 July 1906 at 3181/2 Kirk Road, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. He never married and died at Law Hospital, Carluke, Lanarkshire on the 25th of March 1966
- Susan Carbray Strachan born at 4.45am on 26 May 1908 at 3181/2 Kirk Road, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. She married Thomas Burrett at the Ex-Servicemens Institute, Wishaw on the 1st of March 1929. They had two children
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William Burrett was born 1929
Susan Carbray Strachan was born on the 4th of July 1931. She married Alexander Muir Clydesdale at Carmyle Church, Carmyle, Baillieston on 22nd August 1962.
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They had two children:
Elizabeth Burrett Clydesdale born Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Bellshill, Lanarkshire on the 8th of July 1963. She married Walter Jaap in 1990. They have two sons Alexander and Gavin.
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John Lang Clydesdale born Bellshill Maternity Hospital, Bellshill, Lanarkshire on the 3rd of January 1965. He married Julie Mills in 1988.
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- Catherine (Kate) Strachan born at 4.30am on 22 July 1910 at 1 Moss Street, Cambusnethan. She married Alexander Craig Begg at the The Miners Welfare, Wishaw on the 24th of March 1933. Alexander was born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 29th of August 1907. They had four children:
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Susan Strachan Begg born and died in 1933. She was buried in the Bent Cemetery, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 8th of July 1933.
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Norman Alexander Begg was born on the 5th of June 1934 at Motherwell Maternity Hospital. He died aged 3 at the Burgh Hospital, Motherwell from pneumonia on the 28th of June 1937. He was buried in the Bent Cemetery, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 30th of June 1937.
Peter Strachan Begg born on the 16th of July 1937 at Motherwell Maternity Hospital. He married Anne Jean Sutherland on the 19th of August 1966 at the High Church, Elgin
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Alexander Craig Begg born on the 1st of October 1939 at 71 Scott Street, Motherwell. He died at the same address, aged 4 years, on the 22nd of January 1944 from pneumonia. He was buried in the Bent Cemetery on the 24th of January 1944.
- Margaret Strachan was born 1916 in Cambusnethan. She was a witness at sister Sarah's second marriage to William McGuffie in Wishaw in 1944. She married William John Chambers in 1937 at The Welfare Hall, Alexander Street, Wishaw. No known children. William died in 1989 and Margaret died in Wishaw, Lanarkshire in 2005.
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John Strachan’s widow, Mary (nee Heaney) and daughter, Rose Cox (nee Strachan), visited Susan Carberry (Auntie Susie) in Wishaw on at least one occasion in the 1940s, with Rose’s three eldest children.
Peter died aged 79 at 8.30pm on Saturday, 19 April 1952, at 200 Glasgow Road, Wishaw, Lanarkshire. He was 79. Cause of death was “Cancer of stomach 1 year”, certified by A M Matthewman MB ChB. Peter’s son, Peter, registered the death on 21 April 1952.
Susan Strachan (nee Carberry) died in Wishaw in 1953, aged 78. Her death is recorded under the name of Sarah Jane, not Susan Jane.
8. Margaret Strachan
Margaret was born at 5pm on Wednesday, 5 July 1875, at 16 Church Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Her father registered her birth on 16 July 1875.
Margaret married Peter Wilson on Friday, 5 June 1896, at Flanagans Hall, Burnbank, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Peter was aged 21, a Coal Miner of 2 Springwell Place, Blantyre, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, the son of Crawford and Catherine Wilson (nee Anderson). Margaret was aged 20, a Domestic Servant of 69 Glasgow Road, Burnbank, Hamilton. Both Peter and Margaret were single. The witnesses were David McCully and Lizzie Braidwood. The Registrar was William Rae.
Peter and Margaret had four children:
- Elizabeth Lees Wilson born on 24 June 1898. Elizabeth married John Stewart (born 9 May 1896).
Elizabeth and John's children:
Margaret Stewart born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, on 15 November 1922.
She married Arthur Meutel. Arthur was born on 11 June 1921. He died in Buffalo, New York, on 21 September 1976.
Their children:
- Elizabeth Meutel born 19 May 1945 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA. She married David T Salt. They had two children Ginger Ann Salt (born 1965) and John D Salt (born 1968)
- Grace Meutel born 1946. She married Carl (Butch) Henderson and had two sons. Michael C Henderson burn 1970 and Kevin B Henderson born 1973.
- Barbara Ann Meutel born 3 July 1952. She first married Henry C Olrogge and had one son born 1970, Henry Olrogge. He married Katie Marciniak. They live in Grand Island, New York, USA and have two children Henry and Evelyn
Barbara next married Jeff Hawkins and had a daughter, Kellie Hawkins born 1974.
- Marilyn Meutel. Married Robert Bull
Arthur Meutel died 21st September 1976 at Buffalo, New York. Margaret Stewart Meutel died on 20 September 1982 in Niagara Falls, New York.
Mary Ann (May) Stewart born 3 September 1927 in Buffalo, New York. Mary Ann married Sigmund A Deptula on the 13th of October 1945. Sigmund was born on 12th of July 1919 in Pennsylvania, USA at the start of The Prohibition Era.
Mary Ann & Sigmund's children:
- Catherine A Deptula born 19th of June 1948 in Buffalo, New York. She first married Patrick H O'Rourke and had 2 children:
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James P O'Rourke born 1968
Norleen A O'Rourke born 1972
Catherine later married George Ballantyne
- Susanne Deptula born 1949 in Buffalo, New York. Married Irvin Douglas Winebrenner. Irvin born 11 November 1949.
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Their children:
Michael Thomas Winebrenner born 22 July 1974 in Allegany County, Maryland
Gregory Raymond Winebrenner born 27 April 1977 in Allegany County, Maryland
Rebecca Winebrenner born 3 February 1979. Married Joshua Aitken.
- Daniel A Deptula born 6 June 1951 in Buffalo, New York. Died 2 April 1967 aged 15 years in Kenmore, Erie, New York. Suicide by hanging. He is buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Kenmore, Erie, New York, United States
- John Deptula born 4 May 1955 in Buffalo, New York. He married Candice Hunchar.
They had two children:
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Jacquelyn Deptula born 1987 in Buffalo, New York
Christopher Michael Deptula born 1989 in Buffalo, New York
- Stanley Deptula
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Sigmund Deptula died on 2 August 2006 in Clarence, New York. Mary Ann died on 28 March 2013 in Buffalo, New York. She was 85 years old.
Samuel Stewart was born on the 22nd of October 1929 in Buffalo, New York. He married Marilyn A Monfort on the 23rd of July 1952. Her parents were Dr John Monfort and Frances Keller Monfort. Marilyn was born on the 29th of January 1929 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York
Samuel and Marilyn had four children:
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- John Stewart born 1955 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York. He married Sue Bruno
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- Glenn Stewart born the 6th of July 1957 . He married Cynthia (Cindy) Stewart (born Beherrell) They have two sons Sean born in 1994 and Kevin born in 1997.
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- Susan Stewart born on the 4th of April 1964. She married Steven Stober in 1986. They have 3 boys Clint, Dan and Colby Strober. Susan and Kevin divorced and she remarried Kevin Comerford on the 11th of November 2016.
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- Gordon Stewart born the 27th of September 1966. He married Michelle (Shelly) Stewart. Shelly was born 1966 in Olathe, Kansas, USA. They live in Washington, New Jersey and have a daughter Morgan Faye Stewart and a son Brendan Stewart.
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Samuel Stewart died in Flemington, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA on the 3rd of February 1986 and Marilyn died on the 16th of May 2014 at Hunterdon Medical Center, Flemington, New Jersey, USA. In 2019 Susan Comerford (nee Stewart) discovered that her father had had a child with an ex-girlfriend. They had the baby and put her up for adoption. Marilyn never found out about the baby but Samuel was well aware.Her name is Susan Scarborough. The siblings all got in touch and are now fully connected as a family.
The Stewart Clan. October 2019 New York. Back Row L to R: Cindy Stewart, Kevin Comerford, Shelly Stewart, Susan Scarborough, Kevin Stewart
Middle Row L to R: Kevin Comerford, Susan Strober Comerford (nee Stewart) Clint Strober, Man in Grey Top unknown, Sean Stewart,
Front Row L to R : Glenn Stewart, John Stewart, Emily Scarborough, Gordon Stewart.
Peter Wilson Stewart was born on the 14th of June 1932.
He married Patricia Fourneyron on the 2nd of November 1950 in Buffalo, New York. They had three sons:
- David Alan Stewart born the 27th of August 1951.
He married Cathy Riggi and they had one daughter Jessica Stewart born in 1986.
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- Stephen C Stewart born 13th of February 1954 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA.
He first married Marie Kokochi and had two children Maureen born 1980 and Stephen born 1981.
Stephen remarried Beverly Adams.
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- Joel Edward Stewart born in Buffalo, Erie, New York, USA on the 9th of April 1958.
He married Aileen Regina McDonald and they had two children. Daniel born 1990 and Kelly born 1993.
Joel died on the 13th of March 2020.
John Stewart died on 23 April 1958 in Buffalo, New York. Elizabeth died on 8 August 1994 in Grand Island, Erie, New York.
- Catherine Anderson Wilson born the 23rd of July 1900 at 7 Greenfield Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire and died 24th March 1902 at 9 Purdie Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire from Bronchitis
- Crawford Wilson born on 25 January 1903 at 9 Purdie Street in Hamilton.He married Euphemia Wighton Muir on the 4th of June 1926. Euphemia was born in Larkhall on the 11th of December 1902.
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Crawford spent his early life living at Purdie Street in Hamilton before his parents moved to 2 Argyle buildings, Earnock, Hamilton. After they were married Crawford and Euphemia moved next door to his parents - Number 3 Argyle Buildings, Earnock. They had 3 children all born at this address:
- Peter Wilson born the 8th of April 1927. He died in 2005.
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- James Muir Wilson born the 23rd of February 1929.
He married Elizabeth Graham Martin on the 26th of April 1947 at The Liberal Club Hall, Hamilton.
They had 1 son James Muir Wilson born 1963 who married Gillian Roberts Shade in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in 1994.
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- Margaret Wighton Wilson born the 3rd of February 1933.
She married Thomas Clark at Hamilton Registry Office on the 27th of March 1957. They had 3 children:
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- Margaret Wighton Wilson Clark born at 7 Abbotsford Avenue, Hamilton on the 22nd of August 1957. She first married John McKee on the 23rd of December 1977 at St Paul's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton and they had 1 daughter, Melissa, born 1978. Margaret then married John Pollock Cooper at Hamilton Registry Office on the 21st of April 1997.
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- Ian Thomas Muir Clark born the 17th of March 1959 at 7 Abbotsford Avenue, Hamilton
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- Thomas Delaney Clark born the 12th of October 1960 at 2 Crawford Street, Hamilton. He married Ann Curwood on the 24th of April 1987 at Hamilton Registry Office. One known son Ian Crawford Alexander Clark born 1987.
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Crawford Wilson died at 7 Abbotsford Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire from lung cancer on the 19th of December 1970. Euphemia died on the 17th of April 1968 from Cervical Cancer at 7 Abbotsford Road, Hamilton.
- James Sneddon Wilson born on the 1st of December 1904 at 3 Purdie Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. James was born with a mental disability and would therefore live with his parents most of his life at 7 Abbotsford Avenue, Whitehill, Hamilton. He never married and died of bronchopneumonia aged 66 on the 2nd of April 1971 at Hartwood Hospital, 15 Hartwood Road, Hartwood, Lanarkshire.
In 1901 The Wilson's were living at 7 Greenfield Road, Hamilton.
Peter was the son of Crawford and Catherine Wilson (nee Anderston) who married in Stobhill, Midlothian, on 8 November 1872. In 1891 Crawford was aged 50 and Catherine aged 48. The family were living in Alison Place, Blantyre, Lanarkshire with their five children; Margaret (17); Peter (15); James (13), Annie (9) and Catherine (6). By 1901 they had moved to Hamilton. Believe Crawford Wilson Snr died in Hamilton in 1915, aged 65.
Peter Wilson died at 3.40am on Sunday, 21 May 1944, at 2 Argyle Buildings, Earnock, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. He was 68 and an Underground Fireman. Cause of death was “Carcinoma of Stomach 5 months”. His son, Crawford, of 33 Argyle Buildings, Earnock, Hamilton, registered the death. The Registrar was Nat C Frew.
Margaret Wilson (nee Strachan) died at 3.30am on Sunday, 16 October 1949, at 41 Bothwell Road, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Her usual address was 2 Argyle Buildings, Earnock, Hamilton. She was 74. Cause of death was “Cerebral Haemorrhage 4 days” certified by Elizabeth Baird Mb ChB. Margaret’s son, Crawford, registered the death. His address was 7 Abbotsford Avenue, Hamilton. The Registrar was Robert Kyle (Asst).
9. William Strachan
William was born at 4am on 27 March 1881, at 16 Church Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. The birth was registered by his father on 11 April. Registrar was William Potter.
William married Julia Whalen on Friday, 5 June 1903, at St Mary’s RC Church, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. William was 22, a Slater Journeyman, of 1 Quarry Street, Hamilton. Julia was 21, a Stationer’s Assistant, of 58 Cadzow Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Both were single. Witnesses were John Strachan, Mary Whalen and John Gellatly. Registrar was Gavin Frame
Julia Whalen was born in Hamilton on 20 February 1882, the daughter of Robert and Mary Ann Whalen (nee Hannigan). Mary Ann the daughter of Michael and Margaret Hannigan (nee Sherry).
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William and Julie owned a confectionary store in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. It was based inside the Hippodrome on Townhead Street.
In 1907 Edward H. Bostock opened his Hamilton Hippodrome which was similar to his Paisley Hippodrome, which in turn was based on the huge Scottish Zoo and Glasgow Hippodrome, Cowcaddens, designed by Bertie Crewe on ideas created by E. H. Bostock. Crewe's designs for the Glasgow Hippodrome were used for all three Theatres. The Hippodrome created space for circus entertainment and for variety shows, and pantomime. There were stalls (which could be reduced to make way for a circus ring), circle and balcony. Films were also added if time permitted. However, in 1946 the building was destroyed by fire, and its replacement was not an entertainment venue.
William and Julia Strachan (nee Whalen) had three children:
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- Peter Strachan born at 7.10pm on Sunday, 8 May 1904, at 25 Allan Place, Baillies Causeway, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. His father registered the birth on 11 May. The Registrar was Gavin Frame. Peter married Annie Rose Madeleine Murray in Australia. Believe Peter died in 1971 in Port Pirie, New South Wales. He played the violin in the Port Pirie Orchestra in the 1940's
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Peter and Annie's children:
- Peter (William Peter) Strachan. Married Annette Glavin.
They had five children:
1. Peter Patrick Strachan. Peter married Jane Harper.
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2. Felicity Strachan. Married Timothy Williams. Their children:
- Michael Williams
- Isobel Williams
- Hannah Williams
3. Julieanne Strachan. Married Christopher Reynolds. Their children:
- Daniel Keith Reynolds
- Emily Reynolds
4. Robyn Strachan
5. David Strachan
- Julie Strachan born 1952. Married Dennis Peter McMahon. They had 2 children
- Andrew Scott McMahon. He married Elizabeth (Liz) Cunha
- Allison McMahon
- Mary Ann Strachan. Born 7 February 1906. Mary Ann (Cissie) married William Cassidy.
William born in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, 30 June 1907, son of John and Margaret Cassidy (nee
Connolly). John and Margaret married in on 29 December 1899. William died in Sydney, New South Wales, on 15 October 1989. Cissie died in New South Wales on 21 December 1993.
- Robert Strachan. Born at 1.40am on Wednesday, 15 April 1908, at 5 Bothwell Road, Hamilton,
Lanarkshire. His father registered the birth on 22 April 1908.
William died at 5.15pm on 1 July 1908 at the Victoria Infirmary, Cathcart, Renfrew. He was aged 27. Cause of death was Cellulitis of back and Pleurisy. His older brother, James, registered the death. William is buried in his parents' grave in Hamilton.
Julia and her two sons, Peter and Robert, emigrated from 30 Cadzow Street, Hamilton to Australia in 1925. They sailed on the “Orama” from Glasgow to Adelaide on 14 November 1925. Believe Julia's younger brother, Robert, his wife Mary, and three sons, also sailed on that voyage and lived close by in Lidcombe, NSW.
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The 1943 Electoral Roll of New South Wales registers Julia Strachan and Robert Strachan residing at 131 Francis Street, Lidcome, Reid. Robert is an Inspector. In 1949 they are both living at 12 Inkerman Street, Noller Park, Reid, NSW. Robert is still an Inspector.
Robert died on 26 April 1950 aged 42. He is buried in Rookwood Cemetery, Auburn, NSW. The gravestone is inscribed “My Son”.
Julia Strachan (nee Whelan) died on 8 October 1954, aged 72. She is buried with her son, Robert. The inscription reads “Our Mother”. The grave in Section 15, row 47 in the Catholic area.