Re: McLuckies in Claythorn, Partick, Glasgow
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Re: McLuckies in Claythorn, Partick, Glasgow
Ann Halliday 2/20/09
Thank you for the additional information. As there are similar first names in both lineages it is not unlikely that we have common ancestors in Alexander McLuckie and Elizabeth Smith. However we both have limited information that far back, and I have no information to show any later links.I did my research by going to the Edinburgh Records and searching ancestors backwards from microfiche marriage and death records as well as births. I have not expanded the tree, and probably need to do some more research using the Scotlandspeople website (it is my grandfather's mother's line), as I'm not confident about the earliest generation. However I have done some quick checks on the "Familysearch" (LDS) website. The children of Anthony McLuckie and Agnes Gray were all born in Renfrew Parish, except the last, John, in Govan (and there is no James born 1855 but an earlier Alexander 3 April 1855 Renfrew). My third generation were born initially New Kilpatrick, Dumbartonshire on the north bank of the Clyde, and later Govan north of Clyde, eg Maryhill, Partick. That is not to say they were not descended from the same ancestor as Renfrew is next to Govan south of the Clyde and it is only a matter of where the second generation settled for work. But it is a geographical difference that needs looking into. However there is an LDS member genealogy, not backed by records, for an Anthony born to Robert McLuckie and Agnes Smith in Renfrew 22nd May 1834, but not the same siblings as your list: it needs checking out though, and the Scotlandspeople website may have better information. This is particularly important as the LDS site doesn't have my third and fourth generation, and hasn't got your fourth. You do need to look at places of birth as well as dates because certain first names are very common in McLuckie families as far apart as Ayrshire and Stirlingshire, and they migrated with work, often being pithead engineers or later other types of engineers. Renfrew Parish is on the south bank of the Clyde, opposite Yoker and next to where the White Cart River meets the Clyde. Govan Parish is next east, but while mainly south extended north of the Clyde to include Partick and Anniesland. In the 19th century Govan was designated in Lanarkshire, whereas Renfrew was in Renfrewshire.