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Good morning,
I hope everyone is well and staying optimistic .
Decided to keep busy and revisit my family tree, haven't been on here for a while .

I would be grateful if anyone who has Ancestry to look at the North Lanarkshire, Scotland Poor Law Applications and Registers 1849 / 1917 for Elizabeth McCluskey.

regards

jean

Name: Elizabeth McCluskey
Admission Age: 4
Record Type: Applications for Relief
Birth Date: abt 1906
Birth Place: Nemme''s Rows Holytown
Admission Date: 7 May 1910
Admission Place: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Keyed Parish: CAMBUSNETHAN

thank you ErikaH,

Not my Elizabeth McCluskey sadly,

worth a try though

regards

jean

Also on the record are :
Alexander 9 yrs 9 mths
Isabella 6 yrs 9 mths
Mary 2yrs 8mths
Helen born 21/2/10 in Omoa Poorhouse

Elizabeth's age is 4 yrs 10mths


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OK - seen your reply, so won't bother with image

What do you know about the one you're looking for?

Thanks ErikaH,
How long have you got ?

Its a long story with my Elizabeth McCluskey.
She was born c 1844 in Ireland married John Wright ( can't think of the date have to get back to you on that) Had 3 children , Henry b c1869, Mary b c 1871 and John b c 1873.
John was a master mariner , I can only find Elizabeth and her 3 children on 1871 and 1881 census living with relatives.

There is no sign of Elizabeth and daughter Mary after 1881, both sons Henry and John are with relatives .
Her husband John remarries a LiliasLow , again I will have to get back to you with dates, it shows he is a widower.
There are a couple of threads on here about my Mccluskeys, all living in and around Kirk Street , Glasgow .
I am just going to check on my notes and get back to you.

regards
jean

O.K back with some dates.

in 1871 Elizabeth and Children living with Elizabeth's sister in New Street, Calton.
1881 Elizabeth and children living with Elizabeths brother Felix at 74 1/2 Kirk Street, Calton
in 1891 Sons Henry and John living with relatives at 31, Kirk Street, Calton, no sign of Elizabeth and daughter Mary.
Been searching on Scotlands people forever for deaths for mother and daughter but nothing.
Husband John Wright re married in 1888 St.Rollox district, Glasgow.
it shows he is a widower.
John died 1894, his 2nd wife signed death cert.

This is why I wanted to have a look at the poor application i thought maybe Elizabeth might have applied under her maiden name.

Previous thread about this couple, concentrating on finding Elizabeth's death, and containing links to other previous threads:

https://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/thread/1378218

Might save repetition of research.
Jean has summarised it all pretty well above.

There are a couple of possibilities for the daughter Mary in 1891, as a servant - but can't prove either:

this one with the Woodburn family:

Mary Wright
in the 1891 Scotland Census
Name: Mary Wright
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Relationship: Servant
Gender: Female
Where born: Glasgow
Registration Number: 644/7
Registration district: Blythswood
Civil Parish: Glasgow Barony
Town: Glasgow
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 197 Bath St:
ED: 64
Household schedule number: 53
Line: 12
Roll: CSSCT1891_269


or this one in Calton, which might be more likely:

Mary Wright
in the 1891 Scotland Census
Name: Mary Wright
Age: 20
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Relationship: Serv (Servant)
Gender: Female
Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Registration Number: 644/4
Registration district: Calton
Civil Parish: Glasgow St James
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 123 Green Street
Occupation: General Serv
ED: 24
Household schedule number: 41
Line: 5
Roll: CSSCT1891_255
Household Members:
Name Age
Matthew Taylor 53
Jane Robertson 78
Mary Wright 20

There are also several possible marriages in Calton, 1881 - 1901.
Mary Wright isn't an uncommon name.

Looking at the Calton 1891 census above (which may or may not show the right Mary) , there's this marriage

WRIGHT
MARY
TAYLOR
MATTHEW
1892
644/4 113
Calton




Mary Taylor
in the 1901 Scotland Census
Name: Mary Taylor
Age: 30
Estimated birth year: abt 1871
Relationship: Wife
Spouse's name : Matthew Taylor
Gender: Female
Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Registration Number: 644/4
Registration district: Calton
Civil Parish: Glasgow St James
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 123 Green St
ED: 19
Household schedule number: 79
Line: 9
Roll: CSSCT1901_281
Household Members:
Name Age
Matthew Taylor 63
Mary Taylor 30
Maggie Cuthbert 20 - boarder



EDIT:

NO, that's the wrong Mary.
I've had a look at the marriage cert, and she's the daughter of Alexander Wright and Catherine Stewart.


And now I see that on one of the other threads, you'd already discounted that one, Jean.

That's the trouble with having more than one thread on the same people.

I know,
sorry about so many threads problem is I have so many McCluskeys and different spellings I can't remember which ones I have asked for help with.

Just for future reference -

to find your old threads, go to "My threads" in the "Tools" menu on the left side of this page, then at the top of the resulting page click "My threads - started".

If all of your McCluskeys are connected, you should have one thread for the lot

That means all of the work people do to try to help stays in one place and isn’t duplicated

Looking for info which has already been found is irritating.

I can see 16 threads apart from this one which you have posted about the name

Hello Jean, hope you are well and glad to see you are still working on your tree.

If it's any help, the Poor Relief records that are indexed (certainly the Glasgow ones) are usually indexed showing both married and maiden surnames for married / widowed women.