Helen Templeton ^1,2

  General Notes:

Possible parents:
Father: John TEMPLETON
Mother: Janet LARMONT

Helen married Malcolm Coubrough, son of John Coubraugh and Katharine Andrew, on 7 Sep 1853 in Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland. (Malcolm Coubrough was born about 1834 in Thornliebank, Eastwood, Renfrew, Scotland and died in 1910 in Carluke, Lanark, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

July 6, 2000:
According to the 1881 census, Malcolm was a gamekeeper. The Andrew Dalglish who is listed as Malcolm and Helen's grandson was probably the son of their daughter Janet. The GRO(S) Index lists a boy named Andrew Dalgleish Coubrough, born July 1, 1874, who was the illegitimate son of one Janet Coubrough.

Dwelling: Hawthorn Place
Census Place: Bonhill, Dumbarton, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203547 GRO Ref Volume 493 EnumDist 16 Page 5
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Malcolm COUBROUGH M 47 M Eastwood Parish Of Thornliebank
Rel: Head
Occ: Gamekeeper
Helen COUBROUGH M 47 F Kilmaurs Parish Of, Ayr, Scotland
Rel: Wife
Margaret COUBROUGH U 16 F Croffenstilly Fintry Parish Of
Rel: Daur
Occ: Printfield Worker
Wm. COUBROUGH 13 M Craigallon Strathblane Parish Of
Rel: Son
Occ: Printfield Worker
James COUBROUGH 10 M Croyhill Kilsyth Parish Of
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Malcolm COUBROUGH 7 M Ardentiny, Argyll, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Helen COUBROUGH 1 F Bonhill, Dunbarton, Scotland
Rel: Daur
Andrew DALGLISH 5 M Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland
Rel: Grandson Handicap: Deaf & Dumb


March 30, 2001:
According to the 1864 birth registration of their daughter, Margaret, Helen and Malcolm were married September 7, 1853, at Paisley.

April 2, 2002:
The 1891 British census was conducted in about April. The column headings listed below were on every page, but I have listed them as numbers here to save space. There were also columns labelled "No. of Schedule;" "Road, Street, &c., and No. or Name of House" and "Rooms with one or more windows" which I have listed at the beginning of each entry 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
7. Employed
8. Neither Employer nor Employed but working on own account
9. Where born [usually given in the format County, Parish]

The undermentioned Houses are situate within the Boundaries of the
Civil Parish of Bonhill
Quoad Sacra Parish of Janes Tower
School Board District of Bonhill
Hamlet of Ballagan
Page 16; No. In Schedule: 69; 251 Main St (Willow Grove)
Rooms with one or more windows 3

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Malcolm Coubrough Head Mar M58 Game Keeper X Renfrew, Eastwood
Helen do Wife Mar F58 Ayr, Kilmaur
James T. do Son Unm M19 Plumber X Dunbtn, Cumbernauld
Malcolm do Son Unm M17 Printfld Worker X Argyll, Ardenterry [?]
Helen T. do Daur F12 Scholar Dunbtn, Bonhill
Andrew Dalglish Gr. Son Unm M17 Do Renfrew, Greenock

Myrna's Notes: Malcolm and Helen's grandson, Andrew, was marked as being "Deaf & dumb from birth." He was the illegitimate son of Malcolm and Helen's daughter Janet. James, the plumber son in this family, could be NZ Jim's grandfather. There was only one other family on this page at the same address.


April 4, 2002:
FamilySearch™ International Genealogical Index v4.02 British Isles
Malcolm COUGHBOROUGH Sex: M Marriage: 3 Oct 1853 Abbey (paisley), Renfrew, Scotland
Spouse: Helen TEMPLETON
Source Information:
Batch number: Dates Source Call No. Type
M119592 1845-1855 1041091 Parish Register Film

May 19, 2002:
The 1901 Census asked pretty much the same questions as the one before, except there were only two columns for occupation instead of three. In my transcription of the 1901 record, the first five columns are the same; column 6 is now "Employer, Worker, or on Own Account," column 7 is "If Working at Home," and Column 8 is "Where Born" in the same form as before. No one spoke Gaelic, or was Deaf and Dumb, Blind, Lunatic, Idiot or Feeble-minded.

The undermentioned Houses are situate within the Boundaries of the
Civil Parish of Carluke
Parish Ward of Carluke West
Ecclesiastical Parish of Carluke
School Board District of Carluke
Parliamentary Division of South Lanarkshire
Page 14; No. In Schedule: 48; Hallcraig House, #9
Rooms with one or more windows 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Malcolm Coubrough Head Mar M70 Brickmaker Worker Renfrewshire, Eastwood
Helen do Wife Mar F70 Ayrshire, Kilmaur
Helen do Daur Single F21 House-Worker Worker Dumbartonshire, Dumbarton
Andrew Dalgliesh Grandson Single M26 Brickmaker Worker Renfrewshire, Greenock

Myrna's notes: The first entry on this page is for an address at 76 Hallcraig House. The other three address on the same page are all for the same house, but there is a small number after each. The main address, with 5 windowed rooms, was occupied by Richard Gibb, Brickworks Manager, and his family. It appears that this was a large house that had been sub-divided into apartments for workers, with the manager on the main floor, and the others sharing what was probably a second (or third) floor. Malcolm's oldest sister, Jean, had married a man named Joseph Gibb and possibly this Richard was a relative of his.

No one in Malcolm's family spoke Gaelic, or was "Blind, Lunatic, Idiot or Feeble-minded," but there was a note for Andrew which said he had been "deaf and dumb from childhood."