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John Currie

b. circa 1806

Birth

John Currie was born circa 1806.1,2

Family life

John Currie and Margaret Lawson were married on 31 December 1839 in Rutherglen. It is likely that Margaret Lawson remarried after her first husband (Angus Fleming) died in 1837 because her son Angus is not recorded on the 1841 census under the Fleming surname. There are three possible marriages on ScotlandsPeople (to McLuckie, Loudon or Currie). The 1841 census does not have a 9-11 year old Angus with the surname McLuckie or Loudon, but there is one in the household of John Currie. The 1851 census shows that this John Currie's wife's name was Margaret and that he had a sister-in-law named Isabella Lawson.1,2,3

Children

SonWilliam Currie (b. circa 1830)
SonJohn Currie (b. circa 1831)
DaughterMarion Currie (b. circa 1833)
SonJames Currie (b. circa 1835)

Child with Margaret Lawson (b. 8 February 1799)

SonGeorge Currie (b. August 1840)

Residence information

John Currie and Margaret Lawson lived in Warroch Street at St Mark's quoad sacra parish in Glasgow, Scotland, on 6 June 1841. Margaret Currie (nee Lawson; formerly Fleming) was recorded simply as "Mrs Currie". Her age was recorded as 55 even though she was only 42. Ten years later the 1851 census recorded her as 40 even though she was, by then, 52.2,3

Working life

  • On 6 June 1841 John Currie was a nightwatchman in Barony.2
  • On 30 March 1851 John Currie was a clock maker at 16 Landressey Street in Glasgow.4

Citations

  1. [S1160] Marriage Certificate, John Currie and Margaret Lawson, 31 Dec 1839, General Register Office, Scotland, Edinburgh. 654/ 40 45 Rutherglen.
  2. [S1161] John Currie, 6 Jun 1841 Census image, Edinburgh, Glasgow, National Records of Scotland, 622/ 20/ 15.
  3. [S1154] "Story: Angus Fleming's origins - by James Michael Fleming", 15 March 2020, James Michael Fleming (4 Currawang Street, Cammeray); Fleming Family History Archive, Sydney.
  4. [S1162] John Currie, 30 March 1851 Census image, Edinburgh, Calton, National Records of Scotland, 622/ 250/ 4.
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