3*Great-Grandfather Alexander McLellan

Alexander McLellan

1796 to 1869

Biography

Alexander McLellan, the son of John McLellan and Mary Scott was born on Sunday, June 12th 1796 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Alexander was the brother of:

John McLellan born 1795

Janet McLellan 1797 to 1871

He married Agnes Gall (1800 to 1864) on Saturday, October 26th 1822 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland. They had nine children:

Mary McLellan (1826 to 1897)

John McLellan (1827 to 1903)

James Gold McLellan (1830 to 1898)

Helen McLellan (1833 to 1879)

Jane McLellan (1836 to 1842)

Unnamed Infant McLellan (1838 to 1838)

Unnamed Infant McLellan (1840 to 1840)

Jane McLellan (1843 to 1884)

Unnamed Infant McLellan (1844 to 1844)

In his lifetime, Alexander worked as a carrier, a coal miner, a cotton hand loom weaver, a cotton weaver, a general labourer, a handloom weaver, a labourer, a weaver, and a woollen weaver.

Alexander died at Lauriston Land, Armadale, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, on Saturday, May 22nd 1869

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4*Great-Grandmother Mary Scott

Mary Scott

born 1769

Biography

Mary Scott was born about 1769 , she married John McLellan (born 1769) in 1794, and they had three children:

John McLellan (born 1795)

Alexander McLellan (1796 to 1869)

Janet McLellan (1797 to 1871)

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4*Great-Grandfather John McLellan

John McLellan

born 1769

Biography

John McLellan was born about 1769 , he married Mary Scott (born 1769) in 1794, and they had three children:

John McLellan (born 1795)

Alexander McLellan (1796 to 1869)

Janet McLellan (1797 to 1871)

In his lifetime John was a carrier, and a sheriff officer

John's occupations are extracted from the death records of his son Alexander and daughter Janet.

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3* Great-Grandmother Agnes Gall

Agnes Gall

1800 to 1864

Biography

Pernwinder Agnes Gall was born in 1800, in Douglas, she married Alexander McLellan (1796 to 1869) in 1822, and they had nine children:

Mary McLellan (1826 to 1897)

John McLellan (1827 to 1903)

James Gold McLellan (1830 to 1898)

Helen McLellan (1833 to 1879)

Jane McLellan (1836 to 1842)

Unnamed Infant McLellan (1838 to 1838)

Unnamed Infant McLellan (1840 to 1840)

Jane McLellan (1843 to 1884)

Unnamed Infant McLellan (1844 to 1844)

Agnes died in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1864.

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Wife's 3*Great-Uncle William Pike

William Pike

1829 to 1904

Biography

William Pike was born in 1829 at Ogbourne St George, Wiltshire, England, and he married Mary Newman (1831 to 1919) in 1850. They had six children:

• John Pike (born 1851)
• Sarah Pike (1853 to 1867)
• Elizabeth Pike (1856 to 1869)
• Eliza Ann Pike (1865 to 1865)
• Emma Pike (born 1867)
• William Pike (born 1869)

In his lifetime, William worked as an agricultural labourer, a butcher's carter, a carter, and a labourer. William died in Oxford Street, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, England, in 1904.

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4*Great-grandmother Janet Muir (1758-1843)

Janet Muir

1758 to 1843

Biography

Janet Muir, the daughter of William Muir, was born in 1758 in Lanarkshire, Scotland; she had an illegitimate daughter, Agnes Gall (1800 to 1864), with a putative father, Archibald Gall (born 1758). Janet died in 1843 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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5*Great Grandfather William Muir

William Muir

1777 to ?

Biography

William was born about 1733; he had a lawful child, Janet Muir (1758 to 1843), with an unknown mother.

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Timeline

1733 - William's Birth -

William Muir, the child of unknown parents, was born about 1733. [1]

We estimated William's birth year by assuming he was age 25 when his daughter Janet was born in 1758.

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1758 - Birth of Daughter - Lanarkshire, Scotland

William's daughter, Janet Muir, was baptised on Tuesday, January 31st 1758, in Douglas. [1] Janet was possibly born in Westoun in the Parish of Lesmahagow, the location given by the baptism record as the abode for her father, William. The baptism record does not name Janet's mother.

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Sources

1. Old Parish Birth Register Entry for Janet Muir, 1758. National Records of Scotland (scotlandspeople.gov.uk: Old Parish Registers Births: 1758 RD: 641/10 (Douglas), Page: 228 of 293, Entry: 11). Primary source, accessed 28 Apr 2022