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Mary GILCHRIST

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Marriage 22 Feb 1869 FLEMING JOHN - GILCHRIST MARY 652/3 3 Old Monkland (Eastern District)

1891
Registration No: 652/3
Registration District: Old Monkland Eastern District
Civil Parish: Old Monkland
County: Lanarkshire
Roll: CSSCT1891_320 Page 11
ED: 1 Schedule: 46
Address: Faskine Farm House
Mary Fleming Head 49 Farmer New Monkland Lanarkshire
Jeanne S Fleming Dau 21 Farmer Daughter Old Monkland
Isabella S Fleming 2 Old Monkland
Mary S Fleming Dau 19 Farmer Daughter Old Monkland
Ann S Fleming Dau 17 Scholar Old Monkland
Janet Fleming Dau 14 Scholar Old Monkland
James Fleming Son 12 Scholar Old Monkland
John Fleming Son 9 Scholar Old Monkland
Archibald Glen Servant 18 Farm Servant Kilsyth Stirlingshire

Is this the right death?

Death 1898 FLEMING MARY [not GILCHRIST ?] 56 BAIRD 652/2 286 Coatbridge or Old Monkland
 

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She would appear to be around in 1901

Faskine Farm, Old Monkland, Lanarkshire.
Mary Flemimg 60 Widow New Monkland
Isabella Fleming dau 30 Old Monkland
Helen Fleming dau 28 Old Monkland
Janet Fleming dau 24 Old Monkland
John Fleming son 19 Old Monkland
Margaret Allen g/dau 2 Glasgow
 

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Death
FLEMING
MARY SHAW
[GILCHRIST]
87
1924
652/3 22
Old Monkland (Eastern District)

The only place the middle name shows.

A daughter has middle name Shaw.
 

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I can't access the 1911 Census as I don't have credits but there is a Mary Fleming aged 74 in Old Monkland. Also an Helen Fleming aged 38 and the same reference of 652/3 1/2 is given for both.

There is a vaguely possible death, age a rew years out and not sure re the name

Mary Shaw Fleming aged 87 1924 Old Monkland 652/3 22
 

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Children have middle names Shaw, Thompson and Gilchrist.

Jean Thompson 16 Apr 1869
Isabella Shaw 11 Nov 1870
Mary Gilchrist 30 Dec 1871
James 30 Dec 1871
Helen 25 Jan 1873
John 24 Mar 1874
all Old Monkland

Census have Mary born New Monkland. I can't find a baptism that fits.

Death 1885 FLEMING JOHN 51 THOMSON 652/3 67 Old Monkland (Eastern District)
 

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Naming pattern does not match. First daughter = father's mother.

29/07/1832 FLEMING JOHN - JAMES FLEMING/JANE THOMSON FR437 M 652/ 20 176 Old Monkland or Coatbridge

Third daughter = mother

If swapped then Mary's mother would be Isabella Shaw.

I can't find a Gilchrist marriage to an Isabella Shaw.

I can't find a death/burial for an Isabella Gilchrist in Lanark.
 
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NSW Marriage 9153/1911 FLEMING JAMES - THOMPSON LYDIA F - COWRA * 20 Sep 1911

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/99628239

I didn't have that marriage in my tree. Something odd is going on. James is not living with Lydia.

James is living with Jessie but they didn't marry until 1959.

1925, 1928 & 1932 QLD Electoral Roll - Moreton - Coorparoo
FLEMING James, Salisbury, S.C. Line, storeman
FLEMING Jessie Matilda, Government rd., Salisbury, home duties

NSW Marriage 12508/1959 FLEMING JAMES - HARRIS JESSIE MATILDA - MURWILLUMBAH * 15 May
 
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Probably this
NSW Birth THOMPSON LYDIA ARABELLA 13037/1880 ROBERT - SARAH - COWRA

NSW Death FLEMING LYDIA ISABELLA 1930/1950 ROBERT - SARAH - REDFERN
 
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