Born about in Morningside, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Daughter of James Hughes
and Agnes (Stewart) Hughes
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Robert Speirs
— married
11 Feb 1870 in Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
Andrew (Spears) Speirs, Sarah Ann (Spears) Speirs, Katie Spears and Robert (Speirs) Spears
Died
at about age 34
in Edinburgh, Edinburgh City, Scotland, United Kingdom
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| Created 13 Aug 2016
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Marriage
Feb 11, 1870: ROBERT SPIERS, bachlor, coal miner (s/o Andrew, Engine Keeper & Catherine (nee Page)) m. PRISCILLA HUGHES (d/o James Hughes, Watchman, & Jane (nee Stewart), spinster, housekeeper. Witnesses: Alexander Moffat & William Waugh at 10 Hope Street according to the forms of the Free Church.
Census
1851 Scotland Census. Railway Hut, Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. Name: James Hughes, 45. Birth Place: Ireland. Occupation: Watchman. Agnes Hughes, 39. Children: Eliza M Hughes, 20; Sarahet Hughes , 17; William Hughes, 14; David Hughes, 12; Maria Hughes, 10; Pricila Hughes, 7; James Hughes, 1
1861 Scotland Census. Libberton, Lanarkshire. Name: Priscilla Hughes, 14. Occupation: Domestic Servant. Birth Place: Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. Living in James Smith, 53, household.
Death
Priscilla SPIERS, 33, widow of Robert Spiers, coal miner, died on May 6, 1883. Her death was contributed by phthisis (tuberculosis) and rheumatic fever [1]
Sources
- ↑ Statutory registers Deaths
- 1881 Scotland Census
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