Mary S. McKay Smith ^1,2

  General Notes:

Possible parents:

James Smith & Isabella Gunn

Mary married David Coubrough, son of Robert Coubrough and Mary Sandilands, on 29 Apr 1881 in Thornliebank, Eastwood, Renfrew, Scotland. (David Coubrough was born in 1856 in Scotland and died on 10 May 1917 in Verdun, Quebec, Canada.)

  Marriage Notes:

From the Scottish Civil Records, 1881 Marriages in the Parish of Eastwood in the County of Renfrew:

1881 on the Twenty ninth day of April at Thornliebank after Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland. David Coubrough, Printfields Labourer, Bachelor, 25, Thornliebank, [son of] Robert Coubrough, Cotton Cloth Lapper, dec. [and] Mary Coubrough, Formerly Gunn, M.S. Sandalands [married] Mary Smith, Printfields Worker, 20, Thornliebank, [daughter of] James Smith, House Painter, [and] Isabella Gunn. [The ceremony was performed by] George Campbell, Minister of Eastwood, [and witnessed by] Samuel Jack and Annie Carrey.

The 1901 British census was conducted in about April. Every page contained this header. Those items which did not apply were supposed to have a line drawn through them, but they were often just left blank. In the transcripts which follow, any items left blank in the original have not been entered.

The undermentioned Houses are situate within the Boundaries of the
Civil Parish of
Parish Ward of
Ecclesiastical Parish of
Quoad Sacra Parish of
School Board District of
Parliamentary Burgh of
Parliamentary Division of
Royal Burgh of
Municpal Burgh of
Police Burgh of
Burgh Ward of
Town of
Village or Hamlet of
Island of


Also on every page were the following column headings. These are represented by numbers in the transcripts as there was not room on the page to copy them all. The columns labelled "No. of Schedule;" "Road, Street, &c., and No. or Name of House" and "Rooms with one or more windows" are at the beginning of each entry to save space as there was only one entry per family in each column. The columns headed "Gaelic or G. & E." and "Whether: 1. Deaf and Dumb. 2. Blind. 3. Lunatic, Imbecile, or Idiot" rarely had entries for any of the Coubroughs. When they did, this is noted in the "notes section at the end of each entry.

1. Name and Surname of each Person.
2. Relation to Head of Family
3. Conditon as to Marriage
4. Age (last birthday) [There are separarte sub-columns here for males and females; indicated in transcripts by M or F along with the age.]
5. Profession or Occupation
6. Employer, Worker, orn Own Account [Self-employed]
7. If Working at Home
8. Where born [usually given in the format County, Parish]

The undermentioned Houses are situate within the Boundaries of the
Civil Parish of Eastwood
Parish Ward of 3rd or Central (Municipal)
Quoad Sacra Parish of Pollokshaws
School Board District of Eastwood
Parliamentary Division of East Renfrewshire
Municpal Burgh of Pollokshaws
Burgh Ward of 3rd or Central
Town of Pollockshaws
No. in Schedule: 30
Address: 18 Bengal Lane
Page: 6/7
Rooms with one or more windows 2


1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
David Coubrough Head Mar M44 Grain worker Worker Renfrewshire, Eastwood
Mary do Wife " F40 Lanarkshire, Glasgow
Hugh M. do Son S M18 Thread Spool Turner Worker do do
David do Son S M16 Attendant Calico Machine Worker Renfrewshire, Thornliebank
Isabella do Daur S F12 Scholar do do
Andrew do Son S M8 do do do
Mary do Daur S F6 do do do
Charles G K do Son S M3 do do
John Coubrough Son S M1 Renfrewshire, Thornliebank

Myrna's notes: There were 6 families on this page at this address, all but one of whom had 2 windowed rooms. The exception had only one window. David and Mary are at the bottom of the page, and their son Charles is the last person on the page. Baby John is all by himself at the top of the next page. I couldn't find any Susan listed in the index with this family, so I would guess that Mary must have been pregnant with her at the time of the census.