Ann (Jack) McIlvride (1795 - 1870)

Born 20 Sep 1795 in Wester Feddal Farm, Dunblane Parish, Perthshire, Scotland.

Wife of Lewis McIlvride — married 26 Sep 1819 in Crieff, Perthshire, UK

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1870 at age 74 in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland

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Biography

Ann was born on the 20th September 1795, and baptised "the first Sabbath after"^[1]. Her father was Alexander Jack, described as a farmer at Wester Feddal. Her mother is not recorded in the baptismal record- it does not seem to have been the practise in this parish at the time. However, from later records, her name was Clementina Ritchie^[2].

In 1797 a tax on farm horses was introduced^[3]. The Farm Horse Tax Roll for 1797 records Alexander Jack as being one of five men listed as farmers at Wester Feddal who had farm horses to pay tax on ^[4]. He owned 3 horses, of which 2 were liable to tax as working horses, and paid 4/6 (four shillings and sixpence). Ann's family was therefore better off at the time of her birth than the vast majority of those working the land in Scotland at the time.

In 1819 Ann was married to Lewis McIvride^[5]. Their banns were recorded on the 26th of September, and they would have been married soon after this. Lewis came from a farming background like Ann, though his father was a poor tenant smallholder rather than a farm master. However, Lewis left agriculture and became a mason.

In 1820 Ann gave birth to the couple's first child, a daughter^[6]. They named their daughter Clementina, after Ann's mother. At the time of Clementina's birth, Ann and Lewis were living in Muthill Village in Perthshire.

Ann and Lewis went on to have 9 children in total^[7]. James was born in 1821; Alexander in 1823; Girzal in 1825; Margaret in 1827; Ann in 1830, Dinah in 1832, Janet in 1834 and Robert in 1839. All of the children were baptised in Muthill Parish.

Note: Ann's children Margaret (b. 1827) and Dinah (b.1832) do not yet appear in any records after their births. It may be that these daughters died in childhood. However, Muthill Parish does not have (surviving) death records for its parishioners pre-1855 that I can find.

Ann has proved difficult to find at the at the 1841 census. Her eldest daughter Clementina, aged 21, has already left home and is working as a farm servant several miles away^[8], and her eldest son James appears to be working on another farm nearby^[9]. Her husband Lewis appears to be in Glasgow, sharing an address with his brother Peter who was also a mason^[10]. He had perhaps travelled in search of work, leaving his wife with their children. Ann would have been 45 years old; her youngest child Robert was not yet 2 years old and it is possible that all of her children except Clementina and James were still living with her, but no record of the family has yet been found.

Over the next decade, Ann would see three of her children get married. Her eldest child, Clementina, was first, marrying Robert McNeill in December 1842^[11]. In 1845 her son James married Catherine McDonald^[12]. In 1846 Ann's daughter Girzal was married to John McGregor.^[13]. Her married children soon started having children themselves, making Ann a grandmother. Her first grandchild, a daughter born to her eldest daughter Clementina in 1844, was named Ann after her^[14].

About 1850 Ann's son James died. No record exists to tell us the circumstances of his death, but he was not yet 30 when he died. He left a young widow and two daughters aged just 2 and 4 years to be recorded on the 1851 census^[15].

The 1851 census, on the night of the 30th March, finds Ann aged 56^[16]. She is living in Muthill with Lewis, who gives his occupation as mason. Two of her children remain at home- her youngest Robert who is 11, and Alexander, who remains unmarried at 27 and is recorded as a carpenter.

In 1856, Ann's son Alexander got married to Janet Kay^[17]. Alexander describes himself as a cabinet maker. Interestingly, although his birth record places him at 33 years of age, his age is given as 26 on his marriage record. His bride was 22 years old.

Ann's husband Lewis died on the 18th of March 1861^[18]. He was 66 years of age; she was 65 years of age when widowed. On his death record, Lewis is described as a pauper, and his cause of death is recorded as 'head affliction, some years' which suggests that he had been unable to work, perhaps for a long time, before his death. At the 1861 census, taken less than a month later, Ann is recorded as living in Muthill Village with her youngest son Robert^[19]. He is now 21 and described as a joiner journeyman. No occupation is recorded for Ann, so it appears she is being supported by her son.

In the same year, 1861, Ann's youngest daughter Janet got married to William Gray^[20].

In 1863, Ann saw her youngest child, Robert, married to Euphemia Connell^[21].

Ann died on 13th April 1870 in Muthill^[22]. Her cause of death is given as bronchitis and heart disease. The death was registered by her youngest son, Robert, who stated that he was not present when she died. She is described as a pauper, a person having no means of earning a living. She may have been reliant on her family, or if they could not help her, she may have received Poor Relief.

Sources

1. ↑ Old Parish Register of Births for the Parish of Dunblane. Record ID JACK, ANN (Old Parish Registers Births 348/ 30/ 94 Dunblane). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
2. ↑ Statutory Register of Deaths in 1870 in the Parish of Muthill in the County of Perth, page number 7, entry number 19. Document ID: MCILVRIDE, ANN (386/A 19) Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
3. ↑ https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/historical-tax-rolls
4. ↑ Farm Horse Tax Rolls 1797-98, Volume 4, page 268. Document ID: E326/10/4/268. Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
5. ↑ Old Parish Register of Marriage in 1819 in the Parish of Crieff; McIlvride, Lewis. Document ID: OPR Marriages 342/ 0010 0227 CRIEFF. Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
6. ↑ Old Parish Register of Births in 1820 in Muthill. Document ID: 386/A00 0030 0006 MUTHILL. Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
7. ↑ Online search at scotlandspeople.org.uk for children born with phonetic variants of the surname McIlvride and father's forename Lewis between 1815 and 1845. This provides a list of documents with the name, date of birth and parish of each birth which fits the parameters, with the name of both parents. The actual parish record document images were not obtained due to cost.
8. ↑ 1841 Census Return for Dunblane Parish (Quoad Sacra) , page number 1, line number 6. Document ID: 1841 MCELMOND, CLEMENTINA (Census 348/ 7/ 1). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
9. ↑ 1841 Census Return for East Parish of Crieff, page number 13. Document ID: 1841 MCILVIDE, JAMES (Census 342/ 3/ 13). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
10. ↑ 1841 Census Return for Martyr's Parish in the Burgh of Glasgow, page number 7. Document ID: MCILOREDE, LEWIS (Census 644/1 154/ 007). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
11. ↑ Old Parish Register of Marriages in 1842 in Dunblane. Document ID OPR Marriages 348 0040 0234. Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
12. ↑ Old Parish Register for Muthill Parish in the County of Perth, 1845. Document ID: 01/06/1845 MCILVRIDE, JAMES (OPR Marriages, 386/A 30/ 325). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
13. ↑ Old Parish Register of Marriages 1846 in Logie Parish. Document ID: 13/03/1846 MCILVREID, GRACE (Old Parish Registers Marriages 374/ 50 249 Logie). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
14. ↑ Old Parish Register of Births for Muthill Parish, 1861. Record ID: 19/12/1851 MACNEIL, CLEMENTINA [O.P.R. Births 386/A00 0030 0224 MUTHILL]. Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk . (Note this page of the register show's Ann's birth as well as Clementina's.)
15. ↑ 1851 census return for the Village of Muthill in the Parish of Muthill. Document ID: 1851 MCILORIDE, CATHARINE (census 386/ 2/ 4). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
16. ↑ 1851 Census Return for the village of Muthill in the Parish of Muthill, page number 12, schedule number 71. Document ID: MCFLORIDE, LEWIS (Census 386/ 2/ 12). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
17. ↑ Statutory register of Marriages in 1856 in the District of Tradeston in the Burgh of Glasgow, page number 65, entry number 130. Document ID: 1856 KAY, JANET (Statutory registers Marriages 644/9 130). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
18. ↑ Statutory Register of Deaths in 1861 in the Parish of Muthill in the County of Perth, page number 4, entry number 12. Document ID: MCILVRIDE, LEWIS (386/A 12). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
19. ↑ 1861 census return for Muthill Village in the Parish of Muthill. Document ID: 1861 MCILVRIDE, ANN (census 386/A 8/ 10). Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .
20. ↑ Record search for surnames McIlvride and Gray in marriage registers 1850-1865. Only one result, forenames and location correct. Image of record not obtained due to cost.
21. ↑ Record search carried out at scotlandspeople.gov.uk; document images not obtained due to cost.
22. ↑ Statutory Register of Deaths in 1870 in the Parish of Muthill in the County of Perth, page number 7, entry number 19. Document ID: MCILVRIDE, ANN (386/A 19) Accessed via scotlandspeople.gov.uk .