Monday, September 13, 2010

Sidetrack- a bit of Marshall Family History.

James Marshall, the husband of Rose Annie Sheridan, was born on December 21, 1861, in his family home in Main Street, Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland.His parents, Hugh Marshall and Agnes Cook, were in the early stages of their marriage, having only married 12 months previously.
On December 31, 1860, at Kilbirnie, 21 year old labourer Hugh Marshall married Agnes Cook, a flax spinner of the same age.Hugh was one of the children of James Marshall, labourer, and his wife Janet Whiteford. Agnes Cook was the daughter of James Cook, miner, and Sarah Jardin.

James Marshall, Hugh's father, married Janet Whiteford on November 25, 1836, at Dalry, Ayr. Their first child, Margaret, was born on May 13, 1838, at Dalry. Hugh Whiteford Marshall was born November 10, 1839, at Dalry, and Marrion followed in March of 1842.
The 1841 census shows the following:
Montgomerystone Street, Kilbirnie.
James Marshall/ head/ 25 years/ b Ayrshire/ labourer
Janet Marshall/25/ b Ayrshire
Margaret Marshall/ 3/ born Ayrshire
Hugh Whiteford Marshall/1/ born Ayrshire
John Donaldson/28/ born Ireland/ labourer.

Other children followed: Robert Marshall in March of 1844, and his sister Janet Marshall in June 1846.Last child James Marshall was born in c. 1849, and shortly after his mother, Janet Whiteford Marshall, died, leaving her husband James with four children ten and under to raise. Not surprisingly, James Marshall remarried in 1850...on September 9, 1850, at Kilbirnie, James Marshall, pitheadman, married Ann Adams.

The 1851 census reveals the following about the family:

7 Montgomerystone, Kilbirnie
James Marshall/head/37/ born Dalry, Ayrshire/ pitheadman
Ann Marshall/ wife/30/born Stevenston, Ayr/
Margaret Marshall/ daughter/ 12/b Dalry/ flax mill reeler
Hugh Whiteford Marshall/ son/ 11/ born Dalry/ scholar
Robert Marshall/son/ 7/ born Kilbirnie/ scholar
James Marshall/ son/ 2/ born Kilbirnie
Elisabeth Adams / 20/ lodger/ born Stevenston/ bleacher

James Marshall had more children with his second wife Ann- a daughter named Annie and a son Francis. In the 1861 census, the family was still residing in Kilbirnie, and residing in the house of Agness Currie:-
James Marshall/ hired hand/ 48/ born Dalry/ occupation: Pitheadman
Ann Marshall/wife/ 43/ born Stevenston/
Robert Marshall/ son/ 17/ born Kilbirnie/ fenny driver
James Marshall/son/13/ born Kilbirnie/ ironstone net drapper
Annie Marshall/ daughter/ 9/ born kilbirnie/ scholar
Francis Marshall/son/ 5/ born Kilbirnie

Just months after the 1861 census return was taken, Ann Marshall, second wife of James Marshall, died at the age of 43 years. On 17 September, 1861, at 4 P.M, Ann Marshall, daughter of Francis Adam, iron miner, and Margaret Haddy, died of phthisis pulmonalis(Tuberculosis).
For the second time James Marshall was left a widower with small children to care for, and for the second time he remarried.
On September 1, 1862, at Kilbirnie Manse, after banns according to the forms of the Church of Scotland, 49 year old widower James Marshall, labourer, married 35 year old widow Agnes Shedden. James parents were given as Robert Marshall, weaver, and Margaret Allan.
Agnes Shedden was the daughter of weaver James Shedden and his wife Margaret Gibson.She had formerly been married to a man named Campbell, as the 1871 census return showed that two children, Elizabeth and William Campbell, were both living in James Marshall's home as his step-children.

1871 Census: Cochran Street, Kilbirnie.
James Marshall/head/57/ born Dalry/ Pitheadman
Agnes Marshall/ wife/ 48/ born Kilbirnie
Ann Marshall/daughter/18/ born Kilbirnie/ mill worker
Francis Marshall/ son/ 14/ born Kilbirnie/ miner
John Marshall/ son/ 6/ born Kilbirnie
Elizabeth Campbell/ step-daughter/ 15/ born c. 1856, Airdrie, Lanarkshire
William Campbell/step-son/ 12/ born c. 1859, Airdrie, Lanarkshire/ miner
Sarah Sherry/ boarder/ 19/ born Dalry/ net worker.

This census reveals that a child was born from James Marshall's thrid marriage... a son named John Marshall was born c. 1865.

In 1881, the Marshall family were still living in Cochran Street, Kilbirnie...
James Marshall/ head/ 67/ pit labourer/ born Dalry
Agnes Marshall/ wife/ 58/ born Kilbirnie
Ann Marshall/ daughter/ 28/ flax mill worker/ born Kilbirnie.

James Marshall died in 1881, aged 68 years.He passed away in his Cochran Street home in Kilbirnie at 1:30 A.M on November 5, 1881. His cause of death was 'jaundice'.
His marriage certificate stated that he was married three times- first to Janet Whiteford; secondly to Annie Adams or Penman; and thridly to Agnes Sheddon or Campbell.His parents were given as Robert Marshall, harness weaver, and Margaret Allan.
James Marshall's third and final wife, Agnes Shedden Marshall, survived him by 18 years. She died in 1899, aged 75 years.

That takes care of James Marshall, the namesake and grandfather of Rose Annie Sheridan's husband, James Marshall, but what became of Hugh Marshall, Rose Annie's father-in-law?
After their marriage in Kilbirnie in 1860, Hugh Marshall and his wife Agnes Cook had the following children:
James Marshall born December 22, 1861, Kilbirnie
Adam born March 25 1864, Kilbirnie died 1866.
Robert Marshall born October 29, 1866, Kilbirnie
Hugh Whiteford Marshall born March 8, 1869, Kilbirnie
William Kirkwood Marshall born December 31, 1871
John Marshall born October 19, 1874
Adam Marshall born c. 1879, Kilbirnie.

We can follow the growth of the young Marshall family through the Scottish census returns:

1861: Newto Street, Kilbirnie.
James Marshall/ head/ 21/ labourer/ born Dalry, Ayrshire
Agness Marshall/ wife/ 22/ flax spinner/ born Shettleston, Lanarkshire


1871: Cochran Street, Kilbirnie.
Hugh Marshall/head/ 31/ miner/ born Dalry, Ayrshire
Agnes Marshall/ wife/ 32/ born Middle Quarter, Lanarkshire
James Marshall/ son/ scholar/ born Kilbirnie
Robert Marshall/ son/ 4/ born Kilbirnie
Hugh Marshall/ son/ 2/ born Kilbirnie.

1881: Cochran Street, Kilbirnie
Hugh Marshall/ head/ 41/ general labourer/ born Dalry, Ayr
Agnes Marshall/ wife/ 42/ born Shettleston, Lanarkshire
Hugh Marshall/son/12/ scholar/ born Kilbirnie
William K Marshall/son/9/ scholar/ born Kilbirnie
John Marshall/son/6/ born Kilbirnie
Adam Marshall/son/2/ born Kilbirnie
Janet Young/ boarder/ 19/flax mill worker/ born Dalry.

1891: Cochran Street, Kilbirnie.
Hugh Marshall/ head/ widower/ 51/ retired labourer/ born Dalry
Hugh Marshall/ son/ 22/ flesher/ born Kilbirnie
John Marshall/ son/ 16/ flax mill worker/ born Kilbirnie
Adam Marshall/son/ 12/ flax mill worker/ born Kilbirnie

Hugh Marshall lost his 52 year old wife Agnes on February 25, 1891, at Cochran Street, Kilbirnie. Her death certificate shows that she died of gangrene of the leg, five days duration. Her parents were given as James Cook, iron miner(deceased) and Sarah Jardin.
The Marshall men seem not to be suited to "widowerhood", and Hugh remarried the year following his first wife's death. On November 3, 1892, at Kilbirnie, 52 year old Hugh Marshall, ironstone pit labourer, married 35 year old Mary Thomson, the spinster daughter of John Thomson, ironstone pit labourer, and Martha Kerr.

The couple appear in the 1901 Census as follows:
Bridgend Street, Kilbirnie.
Hugh Marshall/head/61/ retired labourer/ born Dalry
Mary Marshall/wife/ 45/ born Ireland.

Hugh Whiteford Marshall died in his Bridgend Street, Kilbirnie, home at 3 P.M, February 7, 1911, aged 71 years. He was stated as having married twice, firstly to Agnes Cook, and secondly to Mary Thomson.Hugh's parents were given as James Marshall, iron miner (deceased) and Janet Whiteford(deceased). He died of broncho-pneumonia, 6 days duration, and the informant on his death certificate was his son John Marshall.

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