Matilda (McIlroy) McMillan (1894 - 1989)

Born 12 May 1894 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of James McMillan — married 15 Mar 1922 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 21 May 1989 at age 95 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Matilda (McIlroy) McMillan was born in Scotland.

Matilda McIlroy was born on May 12, 1894 in Glasgow Maternity Hospital, and was the illegitimate daughter of Margaret McIlroy.^[1]

Matilda was put up for adoption and was raised by a Robert and Mary Brown of Renfrew.^[2] Her time with this family was reportedly very happy.^[3]

For some reason, Matilda was taken back and raised by her mother and step-father in Glasgow, where she grew up in a poorer household with strict parents. She wasn't allowed toys and when she was older, wasn't allowed to leave the house in the evening.^[3]

She married James McMillan on March 15, 1922 in Glasgow^[4] and had five children; James, Nathaniel, Hugh, Margaret and Yolanda.

Matilda worked as a cleaner at a cinema in Glasgow and also ran a shop from her living room.^[3]

Matilda was widowed when her husband James died in 1957. In the 1980s, she moved down to Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England to live close to her daughter Yolanda.^[3] She died on May 21, 1989 in Coneygree Lodge, Stanground when she was 95 years old. Her cause of death was listed simply as "old age".^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ScotlandsPeople, Scotland, Statutory Births, 644/08 0639. Matilda McIlroy, born 12 May 1894 in the district of Milton in the burgh of Glasgow.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Ancestry.com, Parish: Renfrew; ED: 8; Page: 51; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1901_214.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Interview with Yolanda Tweedie, daughter of Matilda, conducted by James Knighton, 2012.
4. ↑ ScotlandsPeople, Scotland, Statutory Marriages, 644/13 0096. James McMillan and Matilda McIlroy, married 15 Mar 1922 in the district of Kelvin in the Burgh of Glasgow.
5. ↑ General Register Office, death certificate of Matilda McMillan, age 95, registered May 1989, Peterborough registration district, Volume 9, Page 1108.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to James Knighton for creating WikiTree profile Gunn-616 through the import of Knighton_Tweedie Family Tree.ged on May 2, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by James and others.