| Birth | Mary McDonald was born circa 1868. |
| Marriage | She married Robert Henry Rainey, son of Roger Rainey and Emma Atkins, 26 September 1885 in Maryhill, Lanark, Scotland. |
| INFO | MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE. Marriages in the District of Maryhill in the County of Lanark [Scotland] no.125. 1885 On the 26th Sept at The Manse Maryhill after publication according to the forms of the Church of Scotland. GROOM: Robert Rennie, soldier (Private) 1st Scottish Rifles (Bachelor), age 21, usual residence Barracks Maryhill. Father: Rodger Rennie, General Labourer. Mother: Emma Rennie, M[aiden] S[urname] Atkins (deceased). Officiating: Wm S Shanks, Parish Minister, Maryhill. Registered 1885 Sep 28 at Maryhill. James M???, Assist Registrar. BRIDE: Mary McDonald, Steam Loom Weaver, age 19, usual residence 142 Barlock Street Possil park. Father: George McDonald, Fireman in Iron Foundry. Mother: Ann McDonald M[aiden] S[urname] McKay. Signed John Davis, Witness. Fanney White, Witness. (ScotMarrCert 1885 p.63 #125.) |
| INFO | Possible --- SCOTLAND CENSUS 1891 (5 Apr 1891) Transcription on Ancestry.com. Lilybank, Bothwell, Lanarkshire. Servant Mary McDonald, age 23, occupation: gen serv dom in household of John Henderson, 43, mercantile clerk, his wife Agnes and 5 children. Also another servant, a nurse. (ScotCen91Anc) NOTE: There is a strong possibility that she is Mary McDonald Rennie who lived in Shotts, Lanarkshire in 1881 (but was not born there). She is not enumerated for the census with her husband Robert Rennie. Her age in this census matches her age/birthdate from the 1871 census, but not her age from the marriage certificate. |
Mary McDonald