Mary Drennan Stewart or Wilson 1893-1966 Crieff Perthshire S

[mwharley]

My grandmother, known as Mary Drennan Stewart or Wilson, lived most of her life in Crieff, Perthshire. I have found her on the 1911 census living and working there but cannot find any trace of her in Scotland prior to this although she gives her place of birth on that census as Glasgow Lanarkshire. Her parents, as far as I know, were Agnes Drennan and James Stewart but my understanding is that she was orphaned when she was quite young and I do not know who brought her up. I believe she had one brother called James. I think James was a baker who went to work in the lumber camps in Northern Canada in the 1920s. My grandmother married my grandfather, Frank Wilson, in 1916 in Glasgow.
Anyone got any suggestions?
mwharley.

[WilmaM]

Welcome
Do you have a copy of the marriage cert? The parents named on that will have been given by her personally so should be accurate. The names of the witnesses may give further clues as to relations.
Have you looked for the marriage of her parents?

Sorry its only questions not answers,

[speleobat2]

This one is difficult because the names are so common. I can't find the marriage cert for Agnes Drennan and James Stewart, but I did find this listing on the 1901 Census for an Agnes Stewart and Mary Stewart age 8, born in 1893 which fits the age on Mary's marriage cert. with Frank Wilson. The Mary on the census has Ayr as a birthplace instead of Glasgow though she was living in Glasgow in 1901. Good luck with this one. It's a tough one! ( I did a copy and paste on this and it's setting up funny. Hope it prints out ok.)

Mary Stewart
in the 1901 Scotland Census

Name:
Mary Stewart

Age:
8

Estimated birth year:
abt 1893

Relationship:
Lodger

Gender:
Female

Where born:
Ayr, Ayrshire

Registration Number:
644/8

Registration district:
Milton

Civil Parish:
Glasgow St George in the Fields

County:
Lanarkshire

Address:
9 Sawmillfield St

Occupation:
Scholar

ED:
34

Household schedule number:
91

LINE:
20

Roll:
CSSCT1901_295

Household Members:


Name

Age


Margaret Purdie 32
Agnes Stewart 36
Mary Stewart 8
Jane Stewart 2 1/2


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Source Citation


Parish: Glasgow St George in the Fields; ED: 34; Page: 18; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1901_295


Source Information


Ancestry.com. 1901 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

Original data: Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. Reels 1-446. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.


Description


The 1901 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 31 March/1 April 1901. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.