Mary McLucas ~1852 - 1888
1853. Mary McLucas was born on 29/4/1852 illegitimate to reputed father James Mclucas, cutter, & Mary Donnelly, No baptism on SP church registers 1852-1854
A Paternity Order was taken out in Paisley, Renfrewshire - Scotland Paterniy Decrees 1750-1922 Ancestry, and the original document has been purchased : this gives the amount of money her father has to pay
| First name(s) | James |
| Pursuer's last name | Donnelly |
| Last name | McLucas |
| Pursuer's occupation | Cotton Worker |
| Role | Defender |
| Pursuer's residence | Levengrove, Neilston |
| Year | 1852 |
| Place | Paisley |
| Decree date | 04 Aug 1852 |
| County | Renfrewshire |
| Court | Paisley |
| Country | Scotland |
| Child's sex | Female |
| Archive | National Records of Scotland |
| Child's birth date | 29 Apr 1852 |
| Archive reference | SC58/7/12 p. 412 |
| Defender's first name(s) | James |
| Image ordering | original document purchased |
| Defender's last name | McLucas |
| Record set | Scotland, Paternity Decrees 1750-1922 |
| Defender's occupation | Grinder and Polisher |
| Category | Institutions & organisations |
| Defender's residence | Paisley |
| Subcategory | Courts & Legal |
1861C. Mary McLucas, 8, printfield tearer, was living Gateside Village, Neilston Renfrewshire
| Mary | Donally | Lodger |
Unmarried | Female | 36 | 1825 | Cotton warper | Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Mary | McLucas | Lodger |
- | Female | 8 | 1853 | Printfield tearer | Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Mary Ann | Thompson | Lodger |
- | Female | 47 | 1814 | Cotton mill worker | Ireland |
Maybe 1861C Backhouse, 38 Rumford Street, Calton, Lanarkshire shire
| Isabella | Stevenson | Head |
Married | Female | 29 | 1832 | Warper in cotton mill | Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| Jean | Stevenson | Daughter |
- | Female | 8 | 1853 | Scholar | Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
| James | McLucas | Brother |
Unmarried | Male | 37 | 1824 | Iron grinder | Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
Have not found him 1851/ 1871 in Fmp - try Ancestry
1871C. Mary McLucas, 18, cotton mill worker, was living Gateside Village, Neilston Renfrewshire
| Mary | Donnelly | Head |
Unmarried | Female | 44 | 1827 | Cotton mill worker | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Mary | McLucas | Daughter |
Unmarried | Female | 18 | 1853 | Cotton mill worker | Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
1881C. Mary McLucas, 25, grounder printwork , was living Gateside , Neilston Renfrewshire
| Mary | Donnelly | Head |
Unmarried | Female | 52 | 1829 | Coop winder | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Mary | McLucas | Daughter |
Unmarried | Female | 25 | 1856 | Grounder (printwork) | Neilston, Renfrewshire, Scotland |
Cannot find Mary Donnelly in 1891C but no deaths 1881-1891: she is still alive in 1888. Death aged 75 in 1897 Greenock West and aged 73 in 1897 in Montrose: neither very likely!!
1883.Mary McLucas, 29, calico grounder, married Matthew Crawford, 35, widower, calico machine printer, 27/4/1883 in Neilston. His address Grahamston, Barrhead; hers Gateside, Barrhead. -His parents William Crawford , ??stone quarrier, .deceased. and Latitia Hamilton, deceased. Hers James McLucas, cutter, & Mary Donelly, cotton thread worker.
1884. Mary Crawford was born to Matthew and Mary
1886 William born
1888. Matthew born
1888. Mary Crawford , 35, dies on 20/9/1888 of phthisis pulmonalia at Gateside, Neilston. She given as illegitimate, married to Matthew Crawford, machine printer Her reputed father James Mclucas, cutter, dead: her mother Mary Donnelly, cotton thread worker .. Informant Matthew Crawford, widower
