Born about in Ballywood, County Down, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Strain Sr
and Mary Jane (Truesdale) Strain
Sister of
Mary Ann (Strain) Truesdale, Elizabeth Jane Strain, William John Strain, Unknown Strain, Thomas Strain and Samuel Strain
Wife of
David McIlroy
— married
23 Aug 1901 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Mother of
Mary Jane Copes Strain and Martha Strain
Died
at about age 83
in Hartswood, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Aug 2017
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Biography
Margaret, known as Maggie, was born about 1861. She is the daughter of Thomas Strain and Mary Jane Truesdale.
Maggie had a daughter in 1897, Mary Jane Cropes ? Strain, later known as Mary Jane McIlroy. At the taking of the 1901 census in March, Maggie is living with her father and 3 year old Mary Jane at 13 Forsyth Street, Airdrie.
In August 1901, she married widower, David McIlroy an iron worker at United Free High Church Manse. Witnesses to their wedding were Elizabeth Cook, Susan Hamilton, William Truesdale and Mary Ann Strain.
In 1944, Margaret died aged 74 at Hartwood, North Lanarkshire. Her usual place of residence was 119 Aitchison Street, Airdrie.
Sources
- W Baxter
- Personal records
- Birth record - Mary Jane 1897
- Marriage record - entry no 223
- Death record
- Scotland census 1901, 1911
- ↑ Faye (Stent) Whitfield 9 Aug 2017.
- W Baxter
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