The Wainwrights and the Shaws

There is a nice practice within the McIntosh family of using grandparents’ surnames as middle names and thus keeping names alive down the generations. Because of this practice all of my McIntosh relations would know the surnames of their Great Grandparents. The practice was more common within our Craig line, so it is they who must be given the credit. As a result of this practice my fathers’ brothers and sisters all tend to have either Craig, May, or Wainwright as a middle name, these being the surnames of their grandparents. When my McIntosh aunties married they often gave the middle name McIntosh to their children, thus keeping McIntosh within the family.

Whenever I asked about the Wainwrights all I was ever told was that Walter Wainwright was a Goldbeater from a family of bookmakers and that they were Londoners, and not one of my Uncles or Aunties could or would tell me anything else. I found this surprising as my father worked and lived in London several times in his life and thought he could tell me more. Maybe it was because they were Londoners that the Wainwrights intrigued me. I also found it odd when he told me that the Wainwright family were bookmakers, as everyone knew that our 2XGGrandfather, Walter Wainwright was a Goldbeater. One thing that heightened the mystery was when my dad used to tell me that if Hitler had won the war he would have been eradicated on two counts: one that he was a Freemason and the other that he would have been considered as Jewish. He never could or would explain further.

When I started to trace the family history around 1987 I contacted every one of my cousins still alive to help me build up a picture. However I did not seriously trace the tree until 1994 when I had a computer as it was only then was it easier to keep notes etc. All of them knew, like me, that the Wainwrights came from London and that Walter Wainwright, our 2 XGGrandfather, was a Goldbeater. This was also true when, over time, I contacted many 2nd cousins from the Craig family, these being from the many children of the brothers and sisters of my Grandmother, Jessie Craig. My grandmother was one of nine children but I will tell that story when I write about the Craigs. Suffice to say for now that even although we discovered yet another 2nd cousin, a Marshall, had in 1989, hired a professional to trace the family tree they did not resolve the mystery of the Wainwrights. Another 2nd cousin, I forget his name for the moment, but I think, a Sheridon, also suggested there was a Jewish connection.

In the early days of tracing the family history it was quite simple to find initial information about my GGrandparents, James Craig and Margaret Wainwright. I already knew their names and it was a simple case, or so I thought, of finding their marriage certificate and thus the names of their parents. I found the marriage easily enough. It was on 28th October 1870 in Glasgow in 2 India Street. The minister was J.Logan Aikman of the United Presbyterian Church, Anderston, Glasgow, so no sign of any Jewishness there. The groom was James Craig, aged 23 a bachelor and journeyman boilermaker. His address was given as 48,Piccadilly Street, Glasgow. His father was given as a James Craig and also a boilermaker and his mother as a Margaret Horn and both still alive at that time. The bride was Margaret Wainwright, aged 21, a spinster and a confectioner. Her address was given as 4,Whitehall Street, Glasgow. Her parents were given as Walter Wainwright, Goldbeater and her mother as Mary Wainwright (nee Stewart) deceased. The witnesses were a David Graham and Mary Wainwright who I correctly guessed was Margaret's sister. So far so good but try as I did I could not find any trace whatsoever of a Mary Stewart marrying a Walter Wainwright to progress further. That was the first problem I encountered with the Wainwright line, as not only was Margaret's mother deceased, by the time Margaret got married, but also I could not find a marriage to Walter Wainwright, in Scotland or in England.

It was easy to find the death of our GGrandmother Margaret Wainwright, the wife of James Craig, and that was in Glasgow on 1st August 1938, and many of my cousins remembered her. She had died with a given age of 89. Her parents of course by that time were both deceased and the informant was son James Craig. He confirmed her parents as Walter Wainwright, goldbeater and Mary Stewart. If the age given was correct then Margaret was born around 1849, which tallied with the information given on the marriage certificate.

I knew my grandmother, Jessie Craig, was born in the North East of England around 1876 so I tried to find the family on the 1881 census. I found the family at 72, Williams Street, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham and it read, James Craig, aged 30, boilermaker born Scotland. Margaret Craig, wife, aged 28 born Middlesex, London. The children were, Margaret Craig, aged 10, daughter, born Scotland. Jessie Craig, aged 4, born Sunderland, Durham,(this was my grandmother), James Craig, aged 2, born Sunderland, Durham, and Emily Craig, aged 2 months, also born Sunderland Durham.

I knew from the information on the 1881 census that the family had been in Durham for at least four or five years. It also confirmed that the Wainwrights were from London. As daughter Margaret was born in Scotland I looked up that birth in the Scottish records. To my surprise I found out that she was born only two days after the marriage in 1870. That set my mind ticking and I immediately thought of how it came about that a girl from London ended up in Glasgow. My first thoughts were that James Craig had been down in London and got Margaret pregnant and that the Wainwright family had come up to Glasgow mob handed to ensure a wedding took place. Bare in mind at this time I still believed that the Wainwrights were a family of bookmakers, and bookmakers often have gangster connections. However it was not as simple as that at all.

I then searched to see if I could find a birth for Walter Wainwright in London and found one born on 31st January 1819 in the Borough of Southwark, in the Parish of St Johns, Horseleydown, Bermondsey. His parents were given as James Wainwright and his mother as Elizabeth Wainwright (unlike with Scottish records, in England women lose their maiden name when married) The records showed that the family lived at Three Oak Lane, just off Tower Bridge Road. The fathers’ occupation was given as a Tallow Melter. (Tallow is used to make candles.) There were several other children to the marriage of James and Elizabeth but there was no point in progressing any further tracing this family until I established that this was the correct Walter Wainwright.

I then checked the 1881 census and found a Walter Wainwright of the correct age. He was a patient in the Institution: "Holborn Union Infirmary" Archway Road, Islington, London, Middlesex, England. It showed a Walter Wainwright aged 62, of Middlesex London and a publican. Again this was not conclusive but at least name, London and age fitted the Walter born in 1819 in Bermondsey. At this time the 1881 census was the latest available and it was not until around 1992, due to the 100 year rule, that the 1891 census was available to the public.

I then found a death for a Walter Wainwright in 1882. He was 64 years old, again the correct age, and he died in St Pauls, Deptford in the Counties of Kent and Surrey. He had died in St Lukes’ Workhouse and his occupation was a billiard marker. A billiard marker often set and took bets so fitted in with my fathers’ description of Walter Wainwright being a bookmaker. However as the death certificate and the 1881 census did not give any information on family, I was not really any wiser but most of the information fitted. However as I said earlier I had insufficient information to prove things conclusively.

Next I then found a marriage in St. Mary, Newington London for a Walter Wainwright in 1840. He was a Gold and Silver Beater of full age (meaning over 21), a bachelor and his father was a James Wainwright and Oil Merchant. This all fitted with the Walter Wainwright born 1819 in Horseleydown. The only problem was that the wife was a Sarah Andrews. I was back to square one but I now felt if this Walter Wainwright was not my ancestor, he was at least related to him. However I had no proof, and no sign at all of Margaret Stewart. It was all very puzzling, and until I found Walter Wainwright and his wife and daughters I could not proceed in any direction.

A few years later I managed to contact two second cousins, Christine Brown and Archie Harvey, both grandchildren of different sisters of my grandmother. They were able to give me some information they had found whilst searching Scottish Records, but like me they had not progressed much with Walter Wainwright and had nothing at all on him in England.

They had found a birth at Burnside Cottage, in Rutherglen, Glasgow of a John Wainwright on 26th Jan 1855. The father was a Walter Wainwright, a goldbeater and aged 35 born London and the mother was Sarah Andrews also aged 35 and born London. The certificate also told us that this was her sixth child and that two girls were still alive and that 3 boys had died. This information told us that the Walter Wainwright who was born in 1819 and who married Sarah Andrews in London had been in Glasgow. At this point we had to believe there was another Walter Wainwright who was the father of our Great Grandmother, Margaret Wainwright. The problem was we could not find him on any census in Scotland and I could not find him on English censuses with his daughter Margaret and wife. Around this time Christine had contacted yet another 2nd cousin of ours who had, in 1989, hired a professional to trace his family tree. This professional had reached almost the same point as we had and had come to the conclusion that a lot more research had to be done but he was convinced there was a relationship between the, what now seemed like, two Walter Wainwrights. The reasoning was that it was too much of a co-incidence to have two Walter Wainwrights, with both being in Scotland, both Goldbeaters and both from London originally. The professional researcher had also found a Mary Ann Wainwright and that she had married a John Bell in Glasgow in 1872. This was the sister who was witness at Margaret's wedding to James Craig in 1870. The marriage certificate proved Walter Wainwright was still alive at this time.

What the professional had not noticed, but we had, was that on the marriage of John Bell to Mary Anne Wainwright was that her mother was given as Mary Shaw and not Mary Stewart. Nor did the professional notice that a witness to that wedding was Emily Wainwright who turned out to be yet another sister. Up to this time we felt there was the possibility that somehow Sarah Andrews and Mary Stewart were the same person, as Sarah Andrews had two daughters alive in 1855. Now that we knew Mary Stewart or Mary Shaw had three daughters. The mystery was deepening and if there was only one Walter Wainwright then he had had six children by Sarah Andrews and three by Mary Stewart or Shaw. There was even the possibility that Mary Stewart and Mary Shaw were two different women.

The name Shaw did make sense to us as the second daughter of James Craig and Margaret Wainwright was a Mary Shaw Craig who was born in Glasgow on 18th February 1873. She died the following month on the 19th March. We knew then that she was named after her grandmother Mary Shaw.

We also checked the marriage certificate of Emily Wainwright. She married a William McNair in Dennistoun Glasgow on 30th March 1875. Her parents were given as Walter Wainwright, goldbeater, and still alive at this time. Her mother was also given as Mary Shaw deceased. What we still did not know was the whereabouts of Walter Wainwright or Walter Wainwrights, if there were two of them. What we did know was that all three daughters gave London as their birthplace and that two of them remained in Glasgow for the rest of their lives. The other daughter, Margaret, our GGrandmother, had also spent two periods in the North East of England, one in Sunderland and one in Newcastle, until they too returned to Glasgow. Over time we were able to trace the three sisters until their deaths. I will put this information in chronological order and not necessarily the order in which we found the information. What we were discovering was that the history of Mary Shaw was just elusive as that of Walter Wainwright.

Essentially Christine and Archie searched just about every source they could find for records of people bearing the name Wainwright in Scotland, particularly the Glasgow area. We were aware that Wainwright was not a Scottish name and therefore this task though huge and onerous, would be manageable, but would take years. By this time the 1891 census was available and later the 1901 census. This task was not possible with the Shaw name as that is much more popular in Scotland. For my part I checked mainly the English censuses and as at the time I was the only one with much experience on the Internet I read, and sent many queries, to the various genealogical sites on line, in the hope we might find someone who did have the information we needed. Below is an example of one of the messages I posted to London genealogical sites: Walter Wainwright Gold Beater b London abt 1819

The Walter Wainwright saga is intriguing to say the least. We are faced with a few possibilities and one is that Walter was a bigamist or at least kept two families going for a considerable number of years. Another possibility is that there were two Walter Wainwrights, probably related, who were both London born and both goldbeaters who both spent time in Glasgow and by some extraordinary coincidence can never be found at the same time either in England or Scotland. We are now quite clear on the lineage of the Walter Wainwright who married Sarah Andrews in 1840. Although we have long periods when we cannot trace him on censuses i.e. from 1851- 1901, we can trace his family to Sarah Andrews although he is never with them on any census from 1861. If this was the only problem I would assume Walter kept two families. However the family of Mary Shaw, the partner in the probable second family of Walter are just as elusive. My ancestry stems from the relationship, or marriage, between Walter Wainwright and Mary Shaw, whose second daughter, Margaret was my great grandmother.

We have never found proof of marriage of Walter Wainwright to Mary Shaw and neither have we ever found any birth certificates for any of the three girls from this relationship. They all however claim to be London born. The only proof we have of the family being together were in December 1867 when Mary Shaw died in Glasgow and in 1868 when Walter made a claim for poor relief in Glasgow yet vanished next day before the claim could be investigated. We know at this time Sarah Andrews is in London with the other family. We cannot find Walter Wainwright again until 1901 in London when he is with his son born Glasgow in 1855. The Poor Relief claim also gives Walter as being only 39 years old which would make him too young to be the man who married Sarah Andrews. However ages given are often wrong.

Whilst we don't know where Walter was in 1861, 1871,1881or 1891 we do know that he is still alive from the information on his daughters marriage certificates and we know that the three girls were in Glasgow from at least 1870 and we can trace all three girls from that period until their deaths. We cannot dismiss the possibility that Walter Wainwright was not the natural father of Mary Shaws' three daughters, MaryAnne, Margaret and Emily so it is possible that the Wainwrights are not my direct ancestors. That would be ironic as so many of my cousins and second cousins have Wainwright as a middle name.

To further complicate matters we know in 1874 in Glasgow a Joseph Wainwright aged 23 married a Mary Shaw. A maid of honour was Mary Bell, one of Walters’ daughters to Mary Shaw, which again is too much of a coincidence for these not to be related. However what we don't know is if the relationship was on the Shaw side or on the Wainwright side or indeed on both sides. The father of this Joseph Wainwright was a Richard Wainwright (deceased) and the mother was an Elizabeth Harper (alive ) So it is possible this Richard Wainwright was a brother of our Walter. The parents of Mary Shaw were given as John Shaw (deceased) and Mary Morrison (alive) Again these could be relatives of our Walters partner Mary Shaw. We do know the bride was a resident of Manchester and was Scottish born. We also know that yet another Wainwright John, resident in Glasgow at that time was married in Manchester in 1861and he too could be related.

To progress we need to know the answers to some or all of the following questions:
(1) We need to find the births of the three Wainwright girls to Mary Shaw and Walter Wainwright, all London born, but it is possible that they were not given the name Wainwright at birth.
(2) We need to find the girls on the 1851census as at least one was born then and all 3 on the 1861 censuses along with Mary Shaw.
(3) We need to find Walter Wainwright on the 1861,1871 and 1881 censuses

To this day we still do not have the answers to many of the above questions.

Archie and Christine continued to find information regarding the three sisters but it seemed the more we found the more complicated the situation became. For example we felt we had hit pay dirt when we found the death of Mary Shaw in Glasgow on 13th December 1867. She died at the Royal Infirmary with a given age of 39 of Typhus Fever. Her address was given as 57,Stirk St (sic) Anderston, Glasgow, and her husband as Walter Wainwright (Goldbeater) The informant was the Keeper of Museum, Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Her parents were not known. Perhaps this was because of the infectious nature of the disease, that burials were done quickly. It could be that Walter was not in Glasgow with the family at that time. We just don’t know but it certainly made it even more difficult to progress with either the Shaw or Wainwright Family History.

Then we had another opportunity, or so we thought, when on 13th January 1868 Walter Wainwright applied for Poor Relief in Glasgow. The application read: Poor law application Glasgow. Walter Wainwright age 39 born England London Page126 volume D-HEW 10/3/36.application for relief.No 45632 hour and date of application 4pm 13th January 1868,name of applicant Walter Wainwright per Mrs. Boyd Residence. 57 Carrick Street, front 3 up facing with Mrs. Boyd, Place of Birth – London,Hour and Date of Inspection Visit to applicants home,3pm 14th January 1868, Condition, Widower, age 39 - occupation -Gold Beater Disability - supposed fever - Dr Buchanan no report, Children,Mary Ann Wainwright, age 18, Margaret Wainwright, age 16,Emily Wainwright, age14.

Unfortunately for us, trying to trace Walter Wainwright, when the actual inspection was meant to take place, Walter had vanished, and the report reads for the 14th January 1868: Landlady states that he left her house this morning.

That was the first and only time we ever found a Walter Wainwright with his three daughters. Had this application gone through we would have learned a lot about Walter Wainwright, including the names of any relatives in any part of the UK. In those days means testing was of a nature way beyond anything we see today and poor relief, small as it was, was not given easily. Much later, from the 1871 census, we found Walter Wainwright living in lodgings at 170 Main Street, Rutherglen. He had a given age of 32 (sic) but was a goldbeater, which convinces me he was the same man who lived with or married Mary Shaw. We know then he was in Glasgow at the time of his daughter Margarets wedding to James Craig. We can only wonder as to why he did not live with any of his daughters. We now know a Walter Wainwright is in Glasgow in 1871 and the Walter Wainwright who married Sarah Andrews is not with his family in London. However the Walter Wainwright in Glasgow is giving an age almost 20 years younger than the age of the Walter Wainwright from Horseleydown.

To apply for poor relief meant he must have had some sort of financial difficulty at the time. He had a well paid trade and if he was the same Walter Wainwright who was born in Horseleydown in 1819 then his family seemed to run a successful business. If there was only one Walter Wainwright then of course if he kept two families then he would not have had a great deal of spare money. It really is a mystery. One anomaly was the age Walter gave in the Poor Relief application, which was 39. This would have given a birth year of around 1829, making him too young to be the Horseleydown Walter Wainwright. However we found no trace of any suitable Walter Wainwright being born in London around that time. The fact that he moved house so quickly before the Poor Relief Board could action the application does suggest a man with something to hide. At this stage we are more and more convinced that Walter Wainwright, if not a bigamist, at least had two families with different women. If he had been trying to hide then it would be natural that he would give a false age.

Whilst I could not find Walter Wainwright on the 1861 or 1881 censuses,I did find Sarah Andrews in London with her family in both 1861 and 1871. In both cases she is reported as married, not divorced or widowed, and daughters Sarah and Emma are with her and also son John who was born in Scotland in 1855. It could be coincidence but it would suggest that she and Walter had not lived together for many years as Walter is not with them on either occasion. One thing is certain if there were two Walter Wainwrights it would appear that both of them had an equal aversion to appearing on censuses. More and more I feel Walter had two families and was not keen on divulging his whereabouts to anyone.

The next time I find Walter Wainwright on the census is in 1891 in London when he is at the home of his son John, born Scotland. There is no doubt whatsoever that he is the same Walter Wainwright as the one born in Horseleydown in 1819. It seemed as if Walters’ ghost was again playing tricks with us in that his age is obscured on the census return but his place of birth is clearly given as Horseleydown. What we don’t know is if he is the father of my GGrandmother, or is there yet another Walter Wainwright?

As we found new snippets of information I sorted them into chronological order as shown below. This made it easier to examine various pieces of information in more depth:

Chronology Wainwright and Shaw


1819 One possibility is c1819 Father James Wainwright/ Mother Elizabeth, Mormon film of St Johns Horseleydown, Bermondsey, in Borough of Southwark, London (St Johns no longer there. It was off Tower Bridge Rd. on other side of Thames from Houses of Parliament. See 1799 map of area)) Film shows Walter born to James Wainwright and Elizabeth on 9th Sep 1819 and baptised on 31st Jan 1819. He lived at Three Oak Lane. Fathers occupation given as a melter. On the birth of Charles, a brother, the occupation is given as Tallow Melter.(Tallow used in candle making) This is a likely line.

1819 Walters Wife whom he married in 1840 Sarah Andrews also born in Folkstone around this time but had moved to London when young.

1828 Prox year Mary Shaw born. (One of Walters wives/ partners)

1839 Pigit & Co's Directory of London and it's suburbs. Wainwright William, gold Beater, 11 George's row, Dockhead (Very possibly a place where our Walter worked and also a possible relative. Also shown, and probably Walters' father, Wainwright James, coach, cart, & mill grease maker and melter, 10 Thornton St, Horselydown. (see1819.)

1840 Possible marriage date - see 1840 Walter Wainwright- Newington 4-356
This marriage cert. shows a Walter Wainwright (bachelor) occupation Gold and Silver Beater of 35, Newington Causeway , of full age, father James Wainwright oil merchant. (this ties in with Walters details ie occupation and also father tallow maker, ie tallow maker to oil merchant) However the wife is a Sarah Ann Andrews.

1841 Walter and Sarah Andrews now living in Albert Place Bermondsey from census, no children shown but also around this time daughter Sarah born London on Surrey side.

1846 London Directory: William Wainwright (gold beater) 11 George Row, Bermondsey
1847
1846 around this time daughter Emily born Bermondsey to Sarah Andrews and between 1841 and 1855 3 boys born to the couple who all died. If only one Walter Wainwright he was a busy man as 3 girls also born to Mary Shaw in this period.

1848 Kellys Directory for London 1848 as a Gold Beater 11 George Row Bermdsy

1849 If the Walter Wainwright who married Sarah Andrews is the same man who had children by Mary Shaw then it was around this time the liasions started.

1850 Prox year Mary Anne born to Mary Shaw

1851 Walter aged 33 on census in Bermondsey with wife Sarah and two children Sarah aged 10 and Emily aged 4 both born London

1853 Prox year Margaret (Stewart ) Shaw born Middx. (later Margaret Craig)

1854 Prox year Emily born to Mary Shaw

1855 Birth 26 Jan 1855 at Burnside Cottage Rutherglen, John Wainwright born Rutherglen to Fath. Walter Wainwright (goldbeater aged 35, b London, Moth. Sarah Andrews aged 35 b London (see 1861 John by then in London) This her 6th child and two girls still alive and 3 boys died.

1861 Sarah Wainwright (nee Andrews) on census London, (Walter not at home ) Sarah shows as head but not widowed or divorced.

1863 Birth 4 Jul 1863 at Anderston, Wm Herbert Wainwright born at 5 Royal Terrace, F Wm John Wainwright, M Emily Fenton, Date of marriage 25 Sep 1861 at Manchester.
Other children to this marriage:
Chas Wm 30 Jun 1862 Anderston
Wm Herbert 4 Jul 1863 do
Edith Gertrude 8 May 1865 do
Lucy Emily 20 Jun 1866 do
Annie Enrica 20 Oct 1867 Ayr
Frances Fenton 1 Feb 1869 Kilbarchan

The father, Wm John Wainwright, on 4 Jul 1863, was Secretary at Glasgow & South Western Railway.Comment: 1. Mary Shaw, later Wainwright on marriage to Joseph, came from Manchester. 2. Wm John Wainwright and his spouse were married in Manchester. (Locate marriage cert of 1861 to determine Wainwright's parentage, age, witnesses, etc )

1863 Marriage 21 April 1863 at Calton,Glw, Mary Ann Wainwright m. Samuel Pitchford, TASK Locate this cert at GRO Ed. Also her Death cert.
Comment: The Mary Ann who married Bell in 1872 was a Spinster. This could well be a sister to our Walter Wainwright as our Mary Anne too young to be married at this time as would be only 13 years old.

1867 Death 13 Dec 1867 at Royal Infirmary Glw. Death of Mary Wainwright, age 39, married to Walter Wainwright, Goldbeater of 57 Stirk (?) Street, Anderston, F ----- Shaw, M ----- Shaw decd M/S -----
Death: Typhus fever Informant: Keeper of Museum GRI (Glw Royal Inf)

1868 Poor law application Glasgow. Walter Wainwright age 39 born England London Page126 volume D-HEW 10/3/36.application for relief.No 45632 hour and date of application 4pm 13th January 1868,name of applicant Walter Wainwright per Mrs. Boyd Residence. 57 Carrick Street, front 3 up facing with Mrs. Boyd, Place of Birth - London Hour and Date of Inspection Visit to applicants home,3pm 14th January 1868 Condition,Widower -age 39 - occupation -Gold Beater Disability - supposed fever - Dr Buchanan no report Children.Mary Ann aged 18 years,Margaret " 16 years,Emily " 14 years
14th January 1868 Landlady states that he left her house this morning.

1870 Margaret Wainwright whose mother was either a (Shaw or Stewart married James Craig 28th Oct Glasgow f Walter Wainwright (Goldbeater
m, Mary Stewart (dec) (we think actually Shaw.) address 4 Whitehall St.

1871 Walter Wainwright in lodgings at 170, Main St Rutherglen age given 32(sic) full entry needs to be checked

1871 Where are daughters MaryAnne and Emily on census? We know where Margaret is as she now married. Emily soon to be pregnant with illegitimate baby.

1871 Daughter Maregaret is at 4 Whitehall Court, Glw. On census.
James Craig (Printer) aged 24, Margaret Craig aged 20, Daughter (not named) aged 5 months (is Margaret Granddaughter of Walter)

1871 A Mary Shaw on census Chaple Street, Salford Manchester aged 19 born Scotland. Working as domestic servant. (Could this be the Mary Shaw who married Joseph Wainswright in Maryhill Glasgow in 1874?)

1872 Birth 13 Mar 1872 at Central Glw Walter Hepburn Wainwright (Illegitimate)
Fath. Unknown, Moth., Emily Wainwright, Domestic Servant, domiciled at 7 Main St, Glw (several Main Sts at the time this one probably Anderston. )

1872 Marriage 27 Dec 1872 at Anderston. Rites of Congregational Church,
John Bell, Bachelor, age 22, of Glw.m. Mary Ann Wainwright, Spinster, age 22, of 20 West Campbell St, Glasgow F Walter, Goldbeater (alive) M Mary Shaw decd, Witnesses: 1. Stephen Scott 2. Fanny McGinn, Interim (?) hard to decipher

1874 Marriage 24 Dec 1874 at Maryhill, Glw. Joseph Wainswright, age 23, of Maryhill, Bachelor (note spelling in surname)
F Richard Wainswright decd, a Mason, M Elizabeth Harper (living)
And Mary Shaw, age 22, of Manchester, Spinster, F John Shaw decd, a Moulder
M Jane Morrison (living)
Comment: Shaw and Morrison are Scots names.
Witnesses: 1. Agnes Shanks (minister's wife)
2. Mary Bell
Comment: Mary Wainwright m. John Bell 27 Dec 1872 in Glw.

1875 Marriage 30 Mar 1875 at Dennistoun, Glasgow. Wm McNair, age 22, Bachelor, m. Emily Wainwright, age 21, Spinster, Pickle Manufacturer's Assistant
Her usual residence: 37 Clyde St, Glw. F Walter Wainwright (alive) M Mary Shaw decd. Wits: 1. --- Campbell 2. the mark X

1875 Grandson William McNair , son of Emily born Glasgow

1877 Grandson William McNair dies at 39, Drygate Glasgow, son of Emily

1877 Son in law William McNair dies July at 39,Drygate, Glasgow

1881 Institution: "Holborn Union Infirmary" Archway Road
Census Place: Islington, London, Middlesex, England
Source: FHL Film 1341060 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0280 Folio 56 Page1
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Walter Wainwright M 62 M London, Middlesex, England, Rel: Sick Patient, Occ: Publican ( We now know this cannot be the Horseleydown Walter Wainwright and also that, if two Walter Wainwrights age given is too old to be the one claiming to be aged 39 in 1868)

1881 Daughter Emily marries James McIndoe, Glasgow, her 2nd husband, her address 65, Dunn St. (this marriage does not clearly state if father is alive)


1881 Dwelling: 42 Morrison St,: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0223992 GRO Ref Volume 685-1 EnumDist 71 Page 3
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
John Paterson M 34 M Penicuick, Edinburgh, Scotland, Rel: Head, Occ: Gun Maker
Euphemia Paterson M 33 F Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, Rel: Wife
Agnes B. Paterson 6 F Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, Rel: Daur Occ: Scholar
Walter Wainwright (Paterson) U 9 M Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland, Rel: Adopted Son. Occ: Scholar
(This probably grandson of Walter of Walter and illegitimate son of Emily)
Alison L. Cooper U 20 F Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, Rel: Sister In Law, Occ: Draper Saleswoman, John S. Walker U 19 M Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland Rel: Boarder, Occ: Draper

1881 Dwelling: 153 Keetons Rd, Census Place: Bermondsey, Surrey, England
Source: FHL Film 1341129 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0567 Folio 64 Page 3
John Wainwright M 26 M Scotland, Rel: Head, Occ: Lighterman
Jane R. Wainwright M 23 F London East , Middlesex, England, Rel: Wife
Walter J. Wainwright 3 M Bermondsey, Surrey, England, Rel: Son
John L. Wainwright 6 m M Bermondsey, Surrey, England. Rel: Son
(This is son John of Walter and Sarah Andrews born 1855 Rutherglen)

1882 Pos. death date - see 1882 Greenwich 1d715 Walter Wainwright aged 64
Here the probable age ties in ie 64 at death, however occupation given as billiard marker. Perhaps he fell on hard times. Cert reads: 1881 in St Paul Deptford in Counties of Kent and Surrey on 26th Mar 1882 in Deptford Smallpox Hospital,occupation Billiard marker , St Lukes Workhouse of Smallpox pneumonia inf. Walter Harper (superintendent Deptford Hospital.

1891 census Deptford Walter Wainwright (goldbeater) at home of son John Wainwright born Scotland 1855 (the mystery deepens)

1912 Death 29 Dec 1912 Glw.
Mary Wainwright married to Joseph Wainwright Age 60
F John Shaw decd M Jane Morrison decd ( see 1874 find this cert)


1922 Death 12 Jan 1922 Glw. Joseph Wainwright, age 70 (note spelling change)
F Richard Wainwright, M Elizabeth Harper ( see 1974 find this cert.)


At the moment we are really not much further on than when we started in that both Walter Wainwright and Mary Shaw remain mysteries. You need patience with genealogy and more and more censuses are being indexed and computerised, making it much easier to find people than it was years ago. Also genealogy is becoming a much more popular hobby as we can use computer programmes and the Internet to communicate. One day we may yet solve the mystery of the Wainwrights and Shaws.

Genealogy is like a huge never ending jigsaw and I have to be careful not to make the pieces I have found into a picture I imagine I see. Nor must I consider my guesses as facts. Even with ancestors where I have found all of the basic information of their life, as with all histories it is really a very tiny part of the real event, and judgements can only be made on the available evidence.

My great grandmother, Margaret Craig (nee Wainwright), had 10 children and at least 48 grandchildren in her 85+ years of life. I know of at least 75 great grandchildren but she probably had well over a 100 great grandchildren, as I don’t have full knowledge of the great grandchildren from her children Margaret, Emily, Graham and Mary Anne who had 20 of the 48 grandchildren amongst them. I know the Craigs were a closely knit extended family who from around 1900 or so were centred in Govan Glasgow. I will go into more detail when I write the history of the Craigs, but even I, one of the youngest McIntoshs, knew the surnames of all of my Craig Great Aunties and Uncles. I probably met all of them at some time when I was young, and the Mcintoshs were about the only Craig family not Govan based as we were a Bridgeton family. I know that even to this day many of the 2nd cousins keep in contact with one another.

The point I am making is, why is so little known about the Wainwrights? I can understand that little or nothing would have been known about the Shaws in later generations, as Mary Shaw died in 1867. However Walter Wainwright, whoever he was, died much later and certainly after 1881, and if he was the Horseleydown Walter Wainwright, he did not die until after 1901. (There was a Walter Wainwright who died in 1906, but I have not sent for the certificate as this would be useless until I can establish who was the correct Walter Wainwright for our family) Also why is so little known about the early life of my GGrandmother, Margaret Wainwright? She did not die until 1938. My oldest Auntie was born in 1898 and she was probably not the first grandchild of Margaret Wainwright. I am sure some of the Marshalls, children of Margaret Craig are older.My grandmother’s older sister got married in 1888 and some of her 8 children were born soon after that but I have no details of birthdates of her children. Surely some information would have passed down the generations ? I have to ask, was there something to hide? Some of the grandchildren must have asked questions. I know I did.

Whatever it was I must guess that Walter Wainwright could not have been disliked so much or the Wainwright name would not have been passed down to his grandchildren, although it is fair to say I have not found the name Walter passed down to the next generations, except for the illegitimate child born to Emily in 1872 who was adopted. That in itself is unusual given the Scottish naming pattern. It is true that most of Margaret Wainwright and James Craig’s 11 children were girls. The three boys, James, Graham and Archiebald, were all given names from the Craig/Horn side of the family. So far as I know the name Walter was not given in either of the families of Margaret’s sisters Mary Anne and Emily.

I can only think of two things, one is bigamy and the other is Jewishness that could be factors a family might have wished to hide in those days. I have not been able to find evidence of any other criminal activity and I have checked prison prison records, and found nothing for Walter Wainwright.

Bigamy, or at least having two families seems the most obvious reason if our Walter Wainwright is indeed the one from Horseleydown. Even although it is possible this was the case I have doubts, not least because I doubt even a bigamist would give children to both marriages the same name. Mary Andrews had a daughter called Emily and so did Mary Shaw. This fact niggles in my mind and makes me tend to think that there were two Walter Wainwrights. The other factor of course is that of the age difference mentioned before in that the Walter Wainwright who applied for Poor Relief in Glasgow in 1867 gave an age some 10 years younger than the Horseleydown Walter Wainwright. However until more evidence is found this must remain a possibility. I do remain convinced that we are related to the Horseleydown Wainwrights, although in what way I am yet unsure. I feel there are too many co-incidences for it to be otherwise.

One avenue yet to be explored more fully is that of William John Wainwright. He was married to Emily Fenton in Manchester on 25th Sep 1861 but between 30th June 1862 and 20th June 1866 had four children born in Anderston, Glasgow, which is the same area as Walter and Mary Wainwright (nee Shaw) lived. He had another child in Ayr on 20th Oct 1867 so presumably did not live in Glasgow when Mary Shaw died. When we remember that there was a Goldbeaters Business in Bermondsey, London until at least 1848 run by a William Wainwright then both the names William and the Goldbeating Trade fit. The name John also featured in both families.

There is the Mary Anne Wainwright who married Richard Pritchford in Glasgow in 1863. She has the same name as one of our 3 Wainwright sisters but must be older but as yet we have not seen details of this wedding. I tend to think this will throw some light on things as now we have yet another Wainwright based in Glasgow. It could lead to new information and we must follow this up.


My thoughts keep returning to my fathers’ words that he had Jewishness in his family. If this is so then it could only be via either the Wainwrights or the Shaws as Jewishness passes down the female line. I know the Craigs are not Jewish. If Margaret Wainwright was Jewish then so was my father and indeed so are any cousins born to any of my aunties and indeed any children from the female lines of their children. They would be classified as Jewish even if they had not practiced or had been practicing the religion and had not for generations. In my case I would not be classified as Jewish as it would stop at my father and if I wished to be Jewish I would have to convert.

As I mentioned earlier one of the Sheridons, that is 2nd cousins of mine from the marriage of Emily Craig, one of my grandmother’s sisters, to Henry Sheridon told me that he, like me, asked a lot of questions when he was a child. He told me the story of how when he spoke to his granny Emily (1881-1963) about her family, she told him that her mother had travelled the world as a child. (Her mother being Margaret Wainwright.) Maybe this was the reason we could not find Margaret Wainwright in her early years. He also told me his granny told him that the family were Lithuanian Jews. It is true it is only a story and no other relative, other than my father, ever mentioned this Jewishness. However Emily is a common name amongst Jewish people. The Wainwrights came from London, and Horseleydown is in the East End of London, the then Jewish quarter. Glasgow also has a considerable Jewish population although I do think most Glasgow Jewish arrived until after World War 1. Manchester is also a large Jewish centre and we have those marriages of Richard Wainwright in Manchester and the Shaw connection there to explore further. That Walter was a Goldbeater is yet another trade much connected to Jewish people. It is also the case that many Jewish families adopted more British sounding names after arrival in the U.K. Finally if you look at photographs of some of my aunties, then if there is a stereotype Jewish look then they certainly have it.

All speculation of course but as they say often there is no smoke without fire. The three girls were almost totally consistent about their ages on any documents we have found relating to them. This is also the case regarding where they were born and that was always London or Middlesex. Birth, marriage and death certificates started in England in 1837 although they were not compulsory there until, I think, 1855, but I have just not found any of the girls’ births in any records.

What about the Shaw family? It is difficult to deduce much with the small amount of information we have at the moment. Shaw is of course a very common name, and whilst probably Scottish, the name is widespread throughout the UK and this makes it much more difficult to trace. What we do know is that Shaws and Wainwrights interrelated on at least two occasions and that all the parties seemed to know one another.

We have the Mary Shaw, mother of the three Wainwright girls to Walter Wainwright. To date the only direct trace of her was on her death in Glasgow in 1867 when she died of Typhoid Fever. The names of her parents were unknown to the informant, but her husband was clearly given as a Walter Wainwright. Her age was given as 39, which meant show was born around 1828 but we have no idea where she was born.

If the information given by all three of her daughters is correct then we know that this Mary Shaw was in Middlesex London between around 1849 and 1854 as all three girls gave this as birthplace. We know all three daughters give Walter Wainwright as their father and can only speculate that either Mary Wainwright followed Walter and his family to Glasgow around 1855 or that he and his family followed her there. This of course assumes that the Horseleydown Walter Wainwright is the father of both families. It could also be true that there are two Walter Wainwrights both goldbeaters.


Then there is the Mary Shaw, resident in Manchester, who married Joseph Wainwright in Maryhill, Glasgow in 1872. We know she was Scottish born and must have been born around 1851, so is of a similar age to the 3 Wainwright sisters. We also know that Emily Bell (nee Wainwright), and one of the 3 sisters was a witness to that wedding. Also as stated earlier William John Wainwright was married in Manchester in 1861 and he too ended up in Glasgow.

It is possible then that we have to check more fully in Manchester for information as well as London and Glasgow. We know both Shaws and Wainwrights had connections in all three cities but we don’t know what, if any, these relationships are. However again I feel there are too many co-incidences for it not to be the case that some relationship is there.






Outline Descendent chart of Walter Wainwright

The chart below gives the descendents of Walter Wainwright born Horseleydown London to three generations. This assumes that there is only one Walter Wainwright and that he was either a bigamist or had two families. For convenience we have made Mary Shaw the first wife, as those are our relatives, as regardless of who Walter Wainwright was, the information is accurate for his / their descendents.



1 Walter Wainwright 1819 – 1901 b: September 9, 1819 in Bermondsey, London d: Aft. 1901
.. +Mary Shaw1828 - 1867b: Abt. 1828 d: December 13, 1867 in Glasgow
...... 2 Mary Anne Wainwright 1850 - 1933 b: 1850 in London d: January 31, 1933 in Glasgow
.......... +John Bell 1851 – 1895 b: 1851 in Glasgow m: December 27, 1872 in Glasgow d: Bef. 1895
............... 3 Emily Bell 1875 - b: 1875 in Glasgow
............... 3 William Bell 1877 – 1933 b: 1877 in Glasgow d: Aft. 1933
............... 3 Margaret Bell 1881 - b: 1881 in Glasgow
...... *2nd Husband of Mary Anne Wainwright:
.......... +James Holt m: 1895 in Glasgow
...... 2 Margaret Wainwright 1853 - 1938 b: 1853 in Middlesex, London d: August 1, 1938 in Tradeston Glasgow
.......... +James Craig 1847 - 1927 b: February 22, 1847 in Glasgow m: October 28, 1870 in Glasgow d: March 1, 1927 in Glasgow
............... 3 Margaret Craig 1870 - b: October 30, 1870 in Anderston, Glasgow
................... +David Marshall 1868 - b: October 27, 1868 in Greenock m: July 16, 1888 in Glasgow
............... 3 Mary Shaw Craig 1873 - 1873 b: February 18, 1873 in Anderston, Glasgow d: March 19, 1873 in Glasgow
............... 3 Jessie Craig 1876 - 1950 b: June 16, 1876 in Sunderland, Durham d: April 20, 1950 in Bridgeton Glasgow
................... +Duncan McIntosh 1873 - 1947 b: June 14, 1873 in Kilmelford Arg. m: August 27, 1897 in Glasgow d: November 10, 1947 in Bridgeton, Glasgow
............... 3 James Craig 1879 - 1956 b: 1879 in Sunderland d: February 1, 1956 in Glasgow
................... +Agnus McVey m: August 21, 1903 in Glasgow
............... 3 Emily Craig 1881 - 1963 b: January 27, 1881 in Sunderland d: October 16, 1963 in Glasgow
................... +Henry Sheridon 1875 - 1932 b: December 7, 1875 in Glasgow m: December 27, 1901 in Glasgow d: April 12, 1932 in Glasgow
............... 3 Graham Horn Craig 1884 - b: 1884 in Sunderland
............... 3 Archiebald Craig 1886 - 1976 b: February 14, 1886 in Glasgow d: January 17, 1976 in Glasgow
................... +Kitty Millar
............... 3 Maryanne Craig 1889 - 1963 b: September 23, 1889 in Glasgow d: December 26, 1963 in Killearn, Stirling
................... +William Bissett - 1947 m: December 31, 1907 in Glasgow d: Aft. 1947
............... 3 Elizabeth Craig 1891 - 1988 b: July 16, 1891 in Byker, Newcastle d: October 13, 1988 in Edinburgh
................... +John Knox 1889 - 1953 b: April 2, 1889 in Glasgow m: March 3, 1911 in Govan Glasgow d: April 6, 1953 in Glasgow
............... 3 Robertina Craig 1894 - 1971 b: May 6, 1894 in Newcastle d: July 27, 1971 in Glasgow
................... +James Montgomery - 1971 m: August 1, 1933 in Glasgow d: Aft. 1971
...... 2 Emily Wainwright 1854 - b: 1854 in London
.......... +Unknown
............... 3 Walter Hepburn Wainwright 1872 - 1948 b: 1872 in Glasgow d: November 27, 1948 in Edinburgh
...... *2nd Husband of Emily Wainwright:
.......... +William McNair m: March 30, 1875 in Glasgow
............... 3 William McNair 1875 - 1877 b: 1875 d: February 6, 1877 in Glasgow
...... *3rd Husband of Emily Wainwright:
.......... +James McIndoe m: December 31, 1881 in Glasgow
3 George McIndoe b 22/Sep1891 65, Dunn St
3 James McIndoe b 30 May 1885 Springfield Rd.
3 Thomas McIndoe b 22 Dec 1887 76 springfield Rd
*2nd Wife of Walter Wainwright:
.. +Sarah Ann Andrews 1820 - b: Abt. 1820 m: 1840 in Newington, London d: in aft 1861
...... 2 Sarah Wainwright 1841 - b: Abt. 1841 in London d: aft 1861
...... 2 First Son Wainwright 1842 - b: Abt. 1842 d: bef 1855
...... 2 Second Son Wainwright 1843 - b: Abt. 1843 d: bef 1855
...... 2 Emily Wainwright 1847 - b: Abt. 1847 in London d: after 1861
...... 2 John Wainwright 1855 - b: January 26, 1855 in Rutherglen
.......... +Jane R 1858 - b: 1858 in London
............... 3 Walter J. Wainwright 1878 - b: 1878
............... 3 John L Wainwright 1881 - b: 1881
3 Emily E Wainwright 1885- b: 1885



Margaret Wainwright (1853-1938) daughter of Mary Shaw and Walter Wainwright, wife of James Craig.

Chronology
1853 Margaret Wainwright born about this time in Middx London. To date no record of birth Cert.
Her older sister Mary Ann was born in London about two years earlier.
1854 Sister Emily born about this time in Middx. London
1867 We have absolutely no idea where Margaret was until this year 1867. All we know is that on all censuses thereafter birthplace is given as Middlesex London, and the same applies to her sisters and mother.
1867 Mother Mary Shaw dies 13th Dec. at Royal Infirmary Glasgow aged 39, of Typhus Fever. Her home address was given as 57, Stirk St ? Anderston.
1868 Father applies for Poor Relief 13th Jan. and Margaret , aged 16 possibly living with family at 57, Carrick St Anderston. Father left house before officials arrived.
1870 Married James Craig Glasgow Blythswood 28th Oct at 2,India St.
Reg. No 644/6 entry 384.
James gives age as 23 and address as 48,Piccadilly St. occupation Boilermaker. Parents given as James Craig (Boilermaker) and Margaret Horn (both alive.)
Margarets' parents Walter Wainwright (gold beater) alive and Mary Stewart (deceased)
Margarets' address given as 4,Whitehall St.
witnesses David Graham and Mary Wainwright.
Minister J.Logan United Presbyterian Church Anderston.
1870 30th Oct. Daughter Margaret born 2 days after wedding. address 4,Whitehall St.
1871 Census info supplied by Glasgow City Archives (15th June 1998)
4 Whitehall Court
James Craig (Printer) aged 24
Margaret Craig aged 20
Daughter (not named) aged 5 months (is Margaret)
1872 Sister Mary Anne marries John Bell 27 in Glasgow 27th Dec.
1873 Daughter Mary Shaw born18th Feb 107, Finnieston St Anderston Glasgow
1873 Daughter Mary Shaw dies 19th March Glasgow- I month old
1874 Brother in Law George Craig aged 11 dies 30th Nov at 1 Dingwall St.
1874 Sister in law Margaret Craig marries Thomas Kennedy in Glasgow 24th Dec
1875 Sister Emily marries William McNair in Glasgow 30th Mar.
1876 Daughter Jessie born Sunderland 16th June, address Trinity Place, East Sunderland,
1877 Brother in law William McNair dies July aged 25
1878 Son James born Sunderland
1881 Daughter Emily born Sunderland at 72, Williams St.
1881 Census (Film 4991)
72, Williams St. , Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Durham
James Craig (H) @ 30 Boilermaker born Scotland
Margaret Craig (W) @ 28 born Middlesex London
Margaret Craig (D) @ 10 born Scotland
Jessie Craig (D) @ 4 born Durham Sunderland
James Craig (S) @ 2 born " "
Emily Craig (D) @ 2months born " "
1881 Sister Emily marries 2nd husband James McIndoe in Glasgow
1882 Brother in Law James Horn Craig aged 30 marries Ann Chalmers 14th July in Glasgow..
1884 Son Graham born in Sunderland Durham
1886 Son Archiebald born 14th Feb 80 Stanley St Kinning Park Glasgow
1888 Daughter Mary Anne born, 20, St James Terrace, Kinning Park, 23rd Sep Probably family left for Newcastle just before fathers' death in Jan 1889.
1888 Daughter Margaret gets married aged 17 in Glasgow on 16th July to David Marshall (Witnesses John &Mary Bell (nee Wainwright) her aunt)
1888 Family again working in England (Father in Laws' Poor Relief Application)
1888-95 Brother in Law John Bell dies in this period.
1889 Father in Law James Craig dies aged 68 in Barnhill Poor House, Glasgow Jan 10th.
1891 Census 7, Westhouses, Byker, Sub District of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. 1 room house
James Craig (H) @ 44 Rivetter born Scotland
Margaret Craig (W) @ 38 born London, England
Jessie Craig (D) @ 14 Potter born Durham, Sunderland
James Craig (S) @ 12 born Durham, Sunderland
Emily Craig (D) @ 10 born Durham, Sunderland
Graham Craig (S) @ 7 born Durham, Sunderland
Archiebald Craig (S) @ 5 born Scotland
Mary A Craig (D) @ 2 born Scotland
1891 Daughter Elizabeth born 16th July in Byker Newcastle
1893 Sister in Law Margaret (Kennedy) dies 14th April aged 45 at 213 London Rd Glasgow.
1894 Daughter Robertina born 6th May Newcastle
1895 Mother in Law Margaret Horn dies aged 71 on 28th Feb at 1,Dingle St, Glasgow.
1895 Sister Mary Ann marries her second husband James Holt in Glasgow 7th June
1897 Daughter Jessie aged 21 married in Glasgow to Duncan McIntosh. 27th Aug.
1898 Granddaughter Jessie Craig Marshall daughter of daughter Margaret born. 1898 Grandaughter Margaret Wainwright McIntosh born 7th Sep in Webster St. Bridgeton Glasgow.
1900 Grandson James Melfort McIntosh born 15th Feb in Webster St. Bridgeton Glasgow
1901 Family back in Glasgow by this time.
1901 Daughter Emily marries Henry Sheridon in Glasgow 27th Dec.
1902 Grandaughter Jane May McIntosh born Glasgow 16th Jan, daughter of Jessie
1903 Son James marries Agnes McVey in Glasgow 25 th Aug
1903 Grandson Henry Sheridon born Glasgow 12th Feb.
1904 Granddaughter Emily Wainwright McIntosh born Glasgow
1904 Grandson James Craig Sheridon born Glasgow 6th May
1904 Grandaughter Margaret Craig born about this time, daughter of son James
1905 Grandson James Craig Sheridon dies
1906 Grandaughter Jessie Craig McIntosh born Glasgow
1906 Grandaughter Elizabeth Craig, daughter of son James born
1906 Grandson Graham Craig Sheridon born about this time
1906 Grandaughter Margaret born? daughter of James
1907 Grandson John Marshall born 24th Jan Glasgow, son of daughter Margaret.
1907 Brother in Law Graham Horn Craig dies 6th May. aged 55 . Lived at 18, Dock St.
1907 Daughter Mary Anne marries William Bisset Glasgow 31 Dec.
1908 Grandaughter Anne McIntosh born 25th Aug Glasgow
1908 Grandaughter Margaret Craig Sheridon born 28th July
1910 Grandaughter Margaret Craig Sheridon dies
1910 Grandson William Alexander Sheridon born 8th Oct
1911 Daughter Elizabeth aged 20 marries John Knox in Glasgow 3rd Mar
1912 Grandaughter Jessie Craig , daughter of son James, born Glasgow 25th Feb.
1912 Grandaughter Margaret Wainwright Knox born 16th June
1913 Grandson Archiebald Craig Sheridon born 5th Apr.
1913 Grandaughter Mary Palmer Knox born 18th July
1914 Grandson Duncan May McIntosh, son of Jessie, born 13th March in Franklin St. Bridgeton
1914 Grandaughter Ina Bissett born about this time
1915 Grandaughter Emily Craig born Glasgow daughter of son James Craig
1915 Grandson James Craig Knox born 9th May
1915 Grandaughter Mary Wainwright Knox dies 18th May aged 3
1916 Grandaughter Jessie, daughter of son James dies 19th Jan
1916 Grandaughter Emily daughter of son James dies 13th Nov. aged 1 year,
1916 Grandaughter Mary Palmer Knox dies 16th Sep. aged 3
1916 Grandson Alexander Knox born 21st Sep.
1917 Grandaughter Margaret Wainwright Knox dies about this time.
1917 Grandson Alexander Knox dies 29th Nov 1917 aged 1.
1919 Grandson Peter born son of son James
1920 Grandson Peter , son of son James, dies 13th May
1921 GGDaughter Jessie McIntosh daughter of James Melfort McIntosh born Glasgow
1921 Grandaughter Emily Sheridon born 20th Feb.
1921 Grandson Graham Horn Craig Knox born Glasgow 2nd May
1921 Grandson Graham Horn Craig Knox dies Glasgow 21 Aug aged 3 months
1921 Grandson Robert Craig born about this time, son of son James
1923 GGDaughter Jenny McIntosh daughter of James Melfort McIntosh born Glasgow
1924 Grandaughter Jessie Craig McIntosh marries William Baxter.
1925 GGrandson Joseph Baxter born Apr 2nd Glasgow son of Jessie Craig McIntosh
1925 GGDaughter Margaret Wainwright McIntosh born Glasgow daughter of James McIntosh
1925 GGDaughter Jenny McIntosh dies Glasgow.
1927 Husband James Craig aged 80 died 1st Mar @ 658,Govan Rd of Hemiplegia, informant son Archiebald. Buried 3rd March Craigton Cemetry lair ff51
1929 GGson James Johnstone born
1929 Grandson Archie Craig Knox born 5th Nov
1930 GGson Jim Stocksley born 21st Sep Glasgow son of Emily Wainwright McIntosh
1932 Son in Law Henry Sheridon aged 57 dies Govan 12th Apr, husband of daughter Emily
1932 GGson Andrew Young Murdoch born, son of GDaughter Margaret Wainwright McIntosh
1932 GGson Jessie Craig Baxter born 21st June Glasgow
1933 Sister Mary Anne dies aged 82 on 31st Jan at 129 Thistle St.
1933 Daughter Robertina aged 39 marries 1st Aug to Widower James Montgomery, Glasgow.
1934 GGson Alan McIntosh Murdoch born son of GDaughter Margaret Wainwright McIntosh
1934 GGson Harry Sheridon born, son of Emily.
1936 GDaughter Jane May McIntosh aged 34 marries Alex McLean 16th Apr. 1936
1937 Gson Thomas Beattie born 27th Jan, son of
1937 GGDaughter Sandra McLean born 12th Nov Glasgow
1938 GGrandson Melfort Johnstone born 13th July Glasgow
1938 Margaret dies a widow Death cert. no 644/16 Glasgow Tradeston entry 330. Ist Aug 1938 at 00-30pm, address 658b Govan Rd Glasgow informant James Craig Son of 112 Neptune St.
Margaret

Summary of children GChildren GGC GGGC GGGGC
=10 =48 = 75+

Margaret (1870-?) 9 children 2 + ?
Mary Shaw (1873-1873) = 1 mth - - - - - - ---- ----
Jessie (1876-1950) = 74 - 7 children 20 37 43
James (1879-1956) = 77 9 children 15 3+
Emily (1881-1963) = 82 7 children 8 +
Graham (1884-?) 2 children ? ?
Archie (1886-1976) = 90 no children - ---
Mary Ann (1889-1963) = 74 3 children 2+
Elizabeth (1891-1888) = 97 11 children 28
Robertina (1894-1971) = 77 no children - ---


SUMMARY OF CHILDREN OF MARGARET WAINWRIGHT & JAMES CRAIG

Margaret (1870- ) age? b Glasgow m David Marshall – 9 children , ? grandchildren

Mary Shaw (1873-1873) age 1mth. b Glasgow

Jessie (1876- 1950) age 74 b Sunderland m Duncan McIntosh – 7 children ? grandchildren

James (1879- 1956) age 77 b Sunderland 9 children