Elizabeth McKechnie

Born 23.3. 1871 9.25 am at 39 Ann Street, Greenock Certificate
Full Name Elizabeth McKechnie Elizabeth Hughes on marriage
Father Dugald McKechnie Mother Jane Nicol
Christened ??.??. ?? at ??
Married 7.6. 1895 to John Hughes at 46 Margaret Street, Greenock Certificate
Children 1896 John .
. 1898 Jane (Jean) m. Thomson (in Canada)
. 1899 Mary m. Barbour
. ?? George .
. ?? Elizabeth m. Stewart
Died ??.??. 1957 at 75 Dempster Street, Greenock Buried Ettrick Bay, Bute Certificate


Elizabeth Hughes Elizabeth with her brother Donald and family behind, and her two grandsons in front.

Elizabeth McKechnie was born at 39 Ann Street in Greenock, the second child of Dugald and Jane McKechnie. By the age of 23 she was a domestic servant living at 109 Finart Street in Greenock. On 7th June 1895 she married John Irving Hughes, aged 25, a 'locomotive stoker' born in Corby, Cumberland.

By 1891 they were living at 28 Bruce Street in Greenock. John died in 1933, and she lived until 1957 when she was buried with her husband at Ettrick Bay, Port Banatyne, on Bute.

Sources: Census 1881, 1891, 1901


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