Hugh Gavigan

2x Great-grandfather of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #28, MMFF)

✓ Sourced record

ℹ Birth corrected from census evidenceThe tree had Hugh born 19 June 1870 at Ballyshannon, Donegal, from an Irish baptism index entry for a Hugh with the same parents. The 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses give his age as 5, 15, 25 and 35, which means a birth about 1875 or 1876, so that is now shown. The first three name Glasgow as his birthplace in full; the 1911 entry has only ditto marks, though the clerks did not give his row the Irish-born code they gave Irish-born neighbours. In 1881 he is a small boy beside Michael (3) and Helen (1), and no ten-year-old Hugh is in the house. The most likely explanation is that the Hugh baptised at Ballyshannon in 1870 died young and the name was used again for a son born in Glasgow. A birth entry for 1875 or 1876 would settle it. His military record has him enlisting in January 1892, which would make him 16. Army papers added on 30 October 2026 (Black Watch number 4662, then Royal Scots Fusiliers 21396) confirm the Glasgow birth and give a parish: Govan, Lanarkshire (on his 1914 medical history). They also give conflicting ages. He joined the Black Watch on 4 January 1892 aged 19 years 4 months (about 1872), declared 40 years 53 days on 28 August 1914 (about July 1874), was 47 in 1919 (about 1872), and has 1871 on his pension card. The censuses give about 1875 or 1876, which would make him 16 when he joined in 1892, and the portrait of him in uniform shows a boy. The census-based date stays, with the army ages treated as overstated. He was wounded at Magersfontein in December 1899 and in the head on 8 April 1915, served in India from 1916 to 1919, and was on the 1950 electoral register at 19 Orr Street, so he was alive at about 74.

Born

About 1875-1876, Glasgow, Lanarkshire

Died

—

Parents

Life details

From a second, independently-built 2011 family tree archive — not the primary source this site is built from, and not independently verified against a certificate or register.

Occupation

Carter

Death (new record)

1961, Dennistoun, GlasgowNo death date was previously recorded for Hugh at all — this fills that gap.

Census trail

1881 Gorbals, Glasgow1891 Gorbals, Glasgow1901 Townhead, Glasgow

Military service

Jan 1892Military enlistment
7 Dec 1899Wounded at Magersfontein, South Africa (Second Boer War)
Jan 1899Dischargedas recorded — this predates the Magersfontein wound above, so the two may be transposed in the source
Aug 1914Re-enlisted, Glasgow
Apr 1915Wounded at the Somme, France
Aug 1919Discharged

ℹ NoteNo death date was previously recorded for him at all. Worth verifying the military record against British Army service records (National Archives WO 97 / WO 363–364) before treating the dates as settled.

Photographs

1 photo from the family collection. Names and dates come from the file names and writing on the prints. Click a photo to view it full size.

Hugh Gavigan as a young soldier
Family photo, file: Hugh Gavigan Junior (b. 1875) army image.jpg
Cabinet card by W. Hall, 21 Argyle Street, Glasgow. Colin's file name says it is Hugh Gavigan junior, born 1875. A boy of about 16 in a Highland uniform fits the army papers, which have Hugh joining the Black Watch on 4 January 1892. The regiment cannot be confirmed from the photo itself. He wears a glengarry with ribbon tails (held in his hand), a braided doublet and dark tartan trews. The badge on the glengarry shows only as a pale, roughly eight-pointed star, and the collar badges and belt plate are unreadable at this resolution. The Black Watch link comes from the army papers, not from the image. A higher resolution scan of the original card would help.

Documents

28 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.

Census, 1881 — ScotlandsPeople_C1881_644_12_083_000_2_013Z.pdf — Census, 1881
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_C1881_644_12_083_000_2_013Z.pdf
The household is schedule 73. The surname is written Gaffigan.

Census, 1891 — ScotlandsPeople_C1891_644_12_080_000_2_017Z.pdf — Census, 1891
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_C1891_644_12_080_000_2_017Z.pdf
The surname is written Gavigan. The schedule number is cut off at the page edge.

Statement of the services of No. 4662, Black Watch, 1892 to 1904 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1365.jpg — Statement of the services of No. 4662, Black Watch, 1892 to 1904
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1365.jpg

Marriage, 1899 — Hugh Gavigan 1899 Marriage.pdf — Marriage, 1899
Source: McClure Gavigan — Hugh Gavigan 1899 Marriage.pdf

Boer War casualty list entry (Ancestry) — Screenshot 2026-10-30 at 09.09.54.png — Boer War casualty list entry (Ancestry)
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Screenshot 2026-10-30 at 09.09.54.png
Screenshot of the Ancestry record page, "UK, Casualties of the Boer War, 1899-1902".

Census, 1901 — ScotlandsPeople_C1901_644_03_070_000_2_002Z.pdf — Census, 1901
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_C1901_644_03_070_000_2_002Z.pdf
The household is schedule 5 on the page. The parish headings at the top are too faint to read.

Military history sheet, Black Watch, 1892 to 1902 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1366.jpg — Military history sheet, Black Watch, 1892 to 1902
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1366.jpg

Birth, 1906 — Hugh Joseph Gavigan 1906 Birth.pdf — Birth, 1906
Source: McClure Gavigan — Hugh Joseph Gavigan 1906 Birth.pdf

1911 Census, London Road, Glasgow — Agnes Gavigan 1911 Census.pdf — 1911 Census, London Road, Glasgow
Source: ScotlandsPeople — Agnes Gavigan 1911 Census.pdf· view full page

Medal index card, First World War — Hugh Gavigan WW1 Medal rOLLS index Card.jpg — Medal index card, First World War
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 Medal rOLLS index Card.jpg
Front and back of the card. The back is blank.

Medical history on enlistment, 28 August 1914 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1355.jpg — Medical history on enlistment, 28 August 1914
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1355.jpg

Boards, inoculations and service table, 1914 to 1919 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1358.jpg — Boards, inoculations and service table, 1914 to 1919
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1358.jpg· match unconfirmed

Casualty form, wounded in action, 8 April 1915 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1359.jpg — Casualty form, wounded in action, 8 April 1915
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1359.jpg

Regimental conduct sheet, 1915 to 1916 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1363.jpg — Regimental conduct sheet, 1915 to 1916
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1363.jpg

Hospital admissions at Jhansi, 1916 to 1917 (2 pages) — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1356.jpg and p1357.jpg — Hospital admissions at Jhansi, 1916 to 1917 (2 pages)
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1356.jpg and p1357.jpg· match unconfirmed
One wide table split over two pages, joined side by side.

Cover for discharge documents, Class Z Army Reserve, 1919 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records.jpg — Cover for discharge documents, Class Z Army Reserve, 1919
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records.jpg

Statement as to disability, 1919 (2 pages) — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1353.jpg and P1354.jpg — Statement as to disability, 1919 (2 pages)
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1353.jpg and P1354.jpg
Two pages of the same form, joined side by side.

Casualty form, promotion, India and return, 1915 to 1919 (2 pages) — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1361.jpg and p1362.jpg — Casualty form, promotion, India and return, 1915 to 1919 (2 pages)
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1361.jpg and p1362.jpg
Two pages of the same form, one above the other.

Birth, 1920 — Agnes wood gavigan birth certificate.pdf — Birth, 1920
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — Agnes wood gavigan birth certificate.pdf

Pensioner's record card, 1920 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1347.jpg — Pensioner's record card, 1920
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1347.jpg

Medical report on a soldier boarded prior to discharge, 1920 (2 pages) — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1349.jpg and P1350.jpg — Medical report on a soldier boarded prior to discharge, 1920 (2 pages)
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1349.jpg and P1350.jpg
Two pages of the same form, joined side by side.

Opinion of the Medical Board, 17 March 1920 (2 pages) — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1351.jpg and p1352.jpg — Opinion of the Medical Board, 17 March 1920 (2 pages)
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records P1351.jpg and p1352.jpg
Two pages of the same form, joined side by side.

Particulars of marriage and children for pension allowances, 1920 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1367.jpg — Particulars of marriage and children for pension allowances, 1920
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1367.jpg

Memorandum from the Ministry of Pensions, 8 March 1920 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1368.jpg — Memorandum from the Ministry of Pensions, 8 March 1920
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh Gavigan WW1 service records p1368.jpg

Valuation Roll, Orr Street, Glasgow, 1925-26 — hugh gavigan valuation roll 124 orr street glasgow.pdf — Valuation Roll, Orr Street, Glasgow, 1925-26
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — hugh gavigan valuation roll 124 orr street glasgow.pdf· view full page· match unconfirmed
Hugh Gavigan, salesman, is the tenant at entry 124. This could be Hugh Gavigan junior (the soldier) or his son Hugh Joseph; the family are known to have lived at 19 Orr Street. The same page was downloaded twice; one copy is kept.

Electoral register, Orr Street, Glasgow, about 1950 — Hugh jOSPEH Gavigan vOTERS ROLLS GLASGOW 1950.jpg — Electoral register, Orr Street, Glasgow, about 1950
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Hugh jOSPEH Gavigan vOTERS ROLLS GLASGOW 1950.jpg· match unconfirmed
The date comes from the file name. The page itself shows no year in the part that was photographed.

Death — Agnes Gavvigan nee Wood Death Entry.pdf — Death
Source: McClure Gavigan — Agnes Gavvigan nee Wood Death Entry.pdf

Marriage — Hugh Gavigan Agnes Wood Marriage entry.pdf — Marriage
Source: McClure Gavigan — Hugh Gavigan Agnes Wood Marriage entry.pdf

What the records say

Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.

Birth of Hugh Joseph Gavigan, 1906

Statutory Births 644/04 0954 · Calton district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 318, entry 954

Name

Hugh Joseph Gavigan

Born

10 October 1906, 12:00 am (midnight)

Place of birth

34 Abercromby Street, Glasgow

Sex

Male

Father

Hugh Gavigan, Carter

Mother

Agnes Gavigan, maiden surname Wood

Parents' marriage

3 April 1899, Glasgow

Informant

Hugh Gavigan, father

Registered

22 October 1906, Glasgow

ℹ Date confirmedThe certificate confirms 10 October 1906 as in the GEDCOM. The 2011 archive had 6 October. It also confirms the parents' marriage on 3 April 1899 and the address at 34 Abercromby Street.

Death of Agnes Gavigan, 1953

Statutory Deaths 644/03 0199 · Camlachie district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 67, entry 199

Name

Agnes Gavigan

Died

1 April 1953, about 12:30 am (time hard to read)

Place of death

19 Orr Street, Glasgow

Sex and age

Female, 76 years

Marital status

Married to Hugh Gavigan, Fish Market Porter

Father

Thomas Wood, Iron Tool Maker (deceased)

Mother

Mary Wood, maiden surname McMillan (deceased)

Cause of death

Myocarditis; cerebral thrombosis

Informant

Hugh Gavigan, widower, present

Registered

1 April 1953, Glasgow

⚠ 1953, not 1954A family history note in the research folder gives her death as 1 April 1954. The register page is headed 1953 and the GEDCOM has 1953, so 1953 is right.

ℹ Husband still aliveHer husband Hugh Gavigan reported the death and is described as a widower, working as a fish market porter. That fits Hugh living on until 1961 as recorded in his life details.

Birth of Agnes Wood Gavigan, 1920

Statutory Births 644/3 1612 · Calton district, Burgh of Glasgow, 1920, page 538, entry 1612

Name

Agnes Wood Gavigan, girl

Born

17 September 1920, 8.30 pm

Place of birth

19 Orr Street, Glasgow

Father

Hugh Gavigan, carter

Mother

Agnes Gavigan, maiden surname Wood, married 3 April 1899, Glasgow

Informant

H Gavigan, father

Registered

20 September 1920, Glasgow

ℹ The aunt is confirmedThis is the sister of Hugh Joseph Gavigan whom the family confirmed. The Ancestry export had her as Agnes Nancy, born 3 September 1920. The certificate says Agnes Wood and 17 September, so her name and date now follow the certificate.

ℹ Same name as her nieceHer niece, Colin's grandmother, was also registered as Agnes Wood Gavigan (born 1926). Take care not to mix the two.

ℹ Entry 1612 onlyEntries 1613 and 1614 on the page (Margaret Graham, Mary Robertson McGranaghan) are other families.

Valuation roll, Orr Street, 1925-26

Valuation Rolls VR102 / 1366 / 36 · Valuation Roll for the City and Royal Burgh of Glasgow, 1925-26, Survey Book 200, Municipal Ward 5, page 36

Entry 124

Hugh Gavigan, salesman, tenant. Yearly rent 11 pounds 10 shillings.

Street

Orr Street. The proprietor is given as the London and North Eastern Railway Company.

House number

Not printed on this line. The entries around it (119 to 125) are under number 19, so this is probably 19 Orr Street.

ℹ Matches the family addressThe Gavigans were at 19 Orr Street in September 1920 (birth of Agnes Wood Gavigan), when Hugh Gavigan junior was a carter, and the family were still at 19 Orr Street in 1948.

⚠ Which Hugh Gavigan?Hugh Gavigan junior (born about 1875) and his son Hugh Joseph (born 1906, married at the end of 1925) both fit by name. The father is the more likely tenant, but the roll does not say. The record is attached to both with medium confidence.

ℹ 124 is the entry numberThe file was named "124 Orr Street". On the roll 124 is the entry number, not the house number.

ℹ Same page downloaded twiceTwo PDFs of this page were saved from ScotlandsPeople. Only one copy is kept.

Medal index card, Hugh Gavigan

Army medal index card · Royal Highlanders and Royal Scots Fusiliers

Name

Gavigan, Hugh

Corps

Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), then Royal Scots Fusiliers

Rank

Private in both

Regimental numbers

3/3439 (Black Watch), 21396 (Royal Scots Fusiliers)

Victory Medal and British War Medal

Roll D/102 B21, page 2449

Star

Roll D/55C, page 2 (the card says "15 Star", the 1914-15 Star)

Theatre of war first served in

France, from 24 November 1914

ℹ Same man as the Boer War soldierThe two regimental numbers match the Black Watch number in the service papers (3/3439) and the Royal Scots Fusiliers number (21396). The same pages also show his earlier regular number, 4662, from 1892.

⚠ Remarks columnThere is a handwritten remark that looks like "Retd (992 KR 1923)". What it means is not clear, so nothing is drawn from it.

Cover for discharge documents, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form W3997 · First World War service file

Name and number

Hugh Gavigan, Private 21396

Unit

1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers

Transferred

To Class Z Army Reserve on 16 December 1919

Stamp

Record Office, No. 2 District, Hamilton, 9 January 1920

Address written on the cover

19 Orr Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow

ℹ Class ZClass Z was the reserve that men went into when they were demobilised after the war. It meant he could be called up again if the war restarted.

Pensioner's record card, Hugh Gavigan

Pensioner's record card, area Glasgow · Ministry of Pensions, 1920

Name and unit

Gavigan, Hugh, Private, Royal Scots Fusiliers 21396

Year of birth given

1871

Examined and enlisted

28 August 1914, category fit

Invaliding disability

Gunshot wound to the head, which began on 8 April 1915

Cause

Attributable to service

Degree of disablement

Less than 20 per cent (5 per cent is written beside it)

Discharge

Class Z, 16 December 1919

Medical report

Gunshot wound to the head, attributable to service, less than 20 per cent. General condition good. A linear scar 3 inches long over the back of the head, well healed and not tender. He complains of occasional giddiness and headache.

Board

Glasgow, 17 March 1920

⚠ Year of birth 1871This card gives 1871. The census ages point to about 1875, and the other army forms give ages that suggest 1872 to 1874. See the notes on his birth below.

Medical report on a soldier boarded, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form B.179A · Ministry of Pensions, Glasgow, 17 March 1920

Home address

19 Orr Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow

Unit and number

Royal Scots Fusiliers, 21396, Private

Age last birthday

Former trade

Porter

Previous army service

Black Watch, number written 4462 (the other forms say 4662)

Posted for duty

28 August 1914 at Glasgow, category fit

Injury

In action, on field service and on duty. Place of origin France, 8 April 1915.

History

Wounded in action 8 April 1915, gunshot wound to the head, invalided to the UK on 17 April 1915.

Present condition

General condition good with good muscle tone. A 3 inch scar over the back of the head, well healed. He complains of headache and giddiness.

ℹ Age 47An age of 47 in 1920 would give a birth about 1872 or 1873. The army forms are not consistent with each other or with the census.

Opinion of the Medical Board, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form B.179A, opinion of the Board · Glasgow, 17 March 1920

Diagnosis

Gunshot wound to the head. Bronchitis was claimed but not found.

Present condition

He complains of giddiness on stooping and occasional headaches.

Attributable to service in the war

Yes

Final stationary condition

Yes

Degree of disablement

Less than 20 per cent, written as "less than twenty" and "five"

Impairment of health since joining

Yes

Signatures

President and members of the Board, Glasgow, 17 March 1920

Statement as to disability, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form Z.22 · Signed at Jhansi, India, 11 July 1919

Unit

1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 21396, Private

Former service

2nd Black Watch, 4662, discharged on the expiry of his time (the year is hard to read, the service papers say 3 January 1904)

Permanent address

Orr Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow (the number reads 17 here and 19 on the other forms)

Age last birthday

First joined for duty

28 August 1914 at Glasgow, category A1

Service in this war

Home 28 August to 13 November 1914, France 13 November 1914 to 8 April 1915, Home 8 April 1915 to 10 February 1916, then India from 10 February 1916

Disability

Gunshot wound in the head, 8 April 1915

Hospitals

No. 3 General Hospital, Boulogne, then a hospital in Kent (the name is hard to read)

Last employer before the army

John T Boyle, Fishmarket, Glasgow

Occupation

Stanceman

Health insurance society

Scottish Legal

Medical officer

Gunshot wound, head, healed. A small piece of shrapnel (probably) in the scalp. Attributable to service. Final stationary. Less than 20 per cent.

⚠ Date he reached FranceThis form says 13 November 1914. The medal index card and the casualty form say 24 November 1914.

ℹ StancemanA stanceman was a man who looked after a stance, the place where carts and horses waited for hire. It fits his earlier work as a carter.

Medical history on enlistment, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form B.178 · Recruiting Station, 136 West Nile Street, Glasgow, 28 August 1914

Birthplace

Parish of Govan, County of Lanark

Declared age

40 years 53 days

Trade

Carter

Height, weight, chest

5 feet 6 inches, 144 lb, 37 and a half inches

Physical development

Good, pulse 92, vision 6/6 in both eyes

Vaccination

Two marks on the right arm and one on the left, done in infancy and in the army in 1892

Approved by

William S Paterson MB CM, Medical Officer

Enlisted

Glasgow, 28 August 1914, into the 3rd Battalion, The Black Watch, number 3/3439

Transferred to

1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, 21396 (written faintly)

ℹ Born in GovanThis is the first record to give a parish of birth. Govan was the parish on the south side of the Clyde that took in the Gorbals, and the Gavigans were living in the Gorbals in 1881. It fits a Glasgow birth.

⚠ Declared age40 years and 53 days on 28 August 1914 works back to about 6 July 1874. The census ages give about 1875 or 1876. Men who were over the age limit sometimes added to their age on joining, so the figure may not be exact.

ℹ Vaccinated in the army in 1892This matches his enlistment in the Black Watch on 4 January 1892.

Hospital admissions, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form B.178, tables II and III · Jhansi, India

29 December 1916 to 29 January 1917

Superficial contusion of the left leg, 32 days. Rest in bed, fomentations, discharged cured.

31 January to 27 March 1917

Periostitis of the left tibia, 56 days. Rest in bed, incision, fomentations. Discharged apparently cured.

Boards and inoculations

Jhansi, 5 and 15 March 1919 (inoculation) and 20 August 1919

ℹ ReadingThe place is written Jhansi, the army station in India where the battalion was serving.

Service table, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form B.178, table IV · Service table

First station

Perth and Nigg, 29 August 1914

ℹ NiggNigg in Ross-shire was a Black Watch reserve camp. The conduct sheet has him there in 1915.

Casualty form, wounded in action

Army Form B.103 · Black Watch 3/3439, later Royal Scots Fusiliers 21396

8 April 1915

Wounded in action, in the field

8 April 1915

Admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the head, a shrapnel wound, at Chocques

17 April 1915

Invalided to England, "GSW Head", on Hospital Ship St Patrick from Boulogne

ℹ ChocquesChocques, near Bethune, had a casualty clearing station and a base hospital in 1915. The wound was on 8 April 1915, about a month before the Battle of Aubers Ridge.

Casualty form, promotion and India, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form B.103 · Royal Scots Fusiliers 21396

Next of kin

Wife, Mrs Agnes Gavigan, 23 Orr Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow (an earlier address, probably in St Andrew Square, is crossed out)

Age on enlistment

40 years 53 days, born at Glasgow

Enlisted

28 August 1914 at Glasgow

16 November 1915

Appointed lance corporal

10 February 1916

Embarked at Devonport. Disembarked at Bombay on 4 March 1916.

28 August 1916

Deprived of lance stripe for misconduct, at Jhansi

21 August 1918 to 30 January 1919

Granted a furlough

25 October 1919

Embarked at Bombay for the UK on the troopship Neuralia

Service in all

Home 28 August to 23 November 1914, France 24 November 1914 to 26 April 1915, Home 24 April 1915 to 9 February 1916, India 10 February 1916 to 17 November 1919, Home from 18 November 1919

16 December 1919

Transferred to Class Z Army Reserve on demobilisation, at Hamilton. Home address 19 Orr Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow.

ℹ Address on the formAgnes was at 23 Orr Street at one stage and 19 Orr Street by 1919. The Gavigans were at 19 Orr Street in 1920 and 1950.

⚠ Two dates for FranceThe service summary on this form has him in France from 24 November 1914 to 26 April 1915 and home from 24 April, which overlaps. The wound was on 8 April and he was invalided on 17 April, so the end dates are probably slips.

Regimental conduct sheet, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form B.120 · 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers 21396

Attested and joined

28 August 1914

1915, at Nigg

Overstaying his pass from tattoo and reporting himself at 9:30 the next morning. Four days confined to barracks and forfeited seven days pay.

2 May 1916, at Jhansi

Drunk in the barrack room about 11 pm and using obscene language. Severely reprimanded.

28 August 1916, at Jhansi

Irregular conduct in barracks (he was a lance corporal). Deprived of his lance stripe.

Certified

12 October 1919

ℹ Minor offencesThese are the only entries on the sheet. They are ordinary barrack-room matters for a man in his forties in a garrison battalion.

Statement of the services of No. 4662, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form B.200 · Royal Highlanders (Black Watch), 2nd Battalion

Age on enlistment

19 years 4 months

Nature of engagement

Regular, 7 years army service and 5 years reserve

4 January 1892

Attested as a private at the depot

5 April 1892

Posted to the 2nd Battalion

4 January 1894 and 1898

Granted first and second good conduct pay

4 January 1899

Transferred to the Army Reserve at the end of his army service

9 October 1899

Recalled under a Special Army Order of 1 October 1899 and posted to the 2nd Battalion

22 January 1901

Posted to the depot

1 May 1902

Transferred back to the Army Reserve, Section B. Paid a 3 pound gratuity.

3 January 1904

Discharged on the end of his first period of limited engagement

⚠ Age on enlistmentAge 19 years 4 months on 4 January 1892 points to a birth in the autumn of 1872. The 1881 and 1891 censuses give about 1875 or 1876, which would make him 16 when he joined. Boys under 18 were not taken as regulars, so he probably gave a false age. His photograph in uniform shows a boy.

ℹ MagersfonteinThe reserve was recalled in October 1899 for the South African War. The next page records him wounded at Magersfontein.

Military history sheet, Hugh Gavigan

Army Form B.200, military history sheet · Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)

Home

4 January 1892 to 3 January 1899, 7 years

Home

4 January 1899 to 21 October 1899, 292 days

South Africa

22 October 1899 to 5 March 1901, 1 year 134 days

Home

6 March 1901 to 30 April 1902

Campaign

South Africa

Wounded

At Magersfontein (slight). The date is hard to read. The Ancestry casualty list gives 11 December 1899, the day of the battle.

Marriage

Agnes Wood, spinster (the other columns are blank)

ℹ Wife namedThe sheet names his wife as Agnes Wood, which is the Agnes Wood he married at the Gorbals registry office on 3 April 1899 (see the particulars of marriage on the pension form).

Particulars of marriage and children, Hugh Gavigan

Pension allowance form · Completed about 24 March 1920

Husband

Hugh Gavigan

Wife

Agnes Wood

Married

3 April 1899, Registry Office, Gorbals, Glasgow

Children

Thomas, born 12 March 1905. Hugh, born 10 October 1906. Francis, born 2 March 1911. Margaret, born 5 March 1913. Peter, born 29 July 1916.

Checked

"Verified from M and B certs 24 3 20" (marriage and birth certificates)

ℹ New children and exact datesThis gives exact birth dates for Thomas and Francis, who were only known from the 1911 census, and adds Margaret (1913) and Peter (1916).

ℹ Not listedMary (born about 1900) is not listed, probably because she was over 16 by 1920. Agnes Wood Gavigan was born in September 1920, after the form was filled in.

Memorandum from the Ministry of Pensions

Reference Z R Sc Fus 2805 · Director General of Awards, Ministry of Pensions, 8 March 1920

Mr H Gavigan, late Royal Scots Fusiliers, number 21396, 19 Orr Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow

Date

8 March 1920, received stamp 11 March 1920

Subject

Asking him to complete the form and send his marriage certificate and the children's birth certificates for allowances for his wife and children

Boer War casualty list entry, Hugh Gavigan

UK, Casualties of the Boer War, 1899-1902 · Ancestry record page

Name

Hugh Gavigan

Casualty

Wounded, 11 December 1899, Magersfontein

Rank and force

Private, South Africa Field Force

Regiment

Black Watch, 2nd Battalion, number 4662

ℹ Same manThe number 4662 is the Black Watch number on his army papers.

Electoral register, Orr Street, 19 Orr Street

Print 21, page 7 · Burgh of Glasgow, Bridgeton Division, Polling District Y, 4th Municipal Ward

Entries at number 19

Street

Orr Street, number 19, Bridgeton

Other names

857 Gilmour, Margaret, and 858 to 865 are other households at number 19

ℹ Who is whoAgnes M. W. is Agnes Wood Gavigan (Hugh junior's wife). Hugh is Hugh junior (the soldier), and Hugh J. is Hugh Joseph, his son. Peter is their son Peter, born 1916. Of the two Margarets, one is probably Hugh Joseph's wife Margaret Sarah and Margaret B. is probably Margaret Brock Gavigan. Margaret Gavigan, born 1913, Hugh senior's daughter, is another possible match.

ℹ Hugh junior was aliveIf this is the 1949 to 1950 register, Hugh Gavigan junior, the soldier, was still alive at about 74. His death has not been found yet.

⚠ Margaret B.Voters had to be 21. A Margaret Brock Gavigan born in 1932 would not be on a register in 1950, while one born on 18 August 1928, as the Galloway tree has her, would be. The birth index entry (Calton 1932) and the death index entry in 1983 (age 51) both point to 1932, so the roll is unexplained. Margaret B. may be a different person, or the date of the roll may be later than 1950.

ℹ The dateThe file name says 1950. The part of the page photographed has no year.

1911 Census: household transcription

Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/02 026/00 005, census night 2 April 1911.

Address

London Road, GlasgowThe house number is written over and hard to read; it appears to be 281, carried forward by ditto marks.

Area

Civil parish of Glasgow, Mile End ward

Dwelling

1 room with one or more windows, 6 people in the house

Schedule no.

37The schedule number looks like 34 in the handwriting, but it follows schedule 36 and comes before 38 on the page, so 37 is the likely number.

Name	Relation	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Hugh GaviganMarried	Head	35 (M)	CarterFish SalesmanWorker (employee)	Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks)
Agnes GaviganMarriedMarried 11 years, 4 children born alive, 4 still living	Wife	34 (F)	none stated	Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks)
Mary Gavigan	Daughter	10 (F)	School	Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks)
Thomas Gavigan	Son	6 (M)	School	Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks)
Hugh Gavigan	Son	4 (M)	none stated	Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks)
Francis Gavigan	Son	1 month (M)	none stated	Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks)

⚠ Hugh's age and birthplace do not match the GEDCOMThe census gives Hugh's age as 35, which points to a birth around 1875 or 1876. The GEDCOM had 19 June 1870 at Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, backed by an index entry in the research folder (Ireland Births and Baptisms, Ballyshannon, 19 June 1870, father Hugh Gavigan, mother Florinda Elliott). The 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses all agree with age 35 here (5, 15 and 25), so the tree now shows a Glasgow birth about 1875 or 1876. The Ballyshannon baby was probably an earlier Hugh who died young. The birthplace column here is ditto marks, carried down from a Glasgow-born household above, so on its own it proves little. Two things help. The earlier censuses name Glasgow in full. And on this page the census clerks wrote the Irish-born code (a blue 37) beside every Irish-born person in the birthplace column, but not beside Hugh or anyone in his household.

ℹ The marriage details fit the treeAgnes is recorded as married 11 years with 4 children born and 4 living. That fits her marriage to Hugh on 3 April 1899 (11 complete years on census night) and the four children listed: Mary, Thomas, Hugh and Francis.

ℹ Two children are new to the treeThomas (aged 6) and Francis (aged 1 month) are not in the GEDCOM. They have been added as supplementary people and are marked as such on their pages. Mary and Hugh match the existing records for Mary (about 1900) and Hugh Joseph (born 10 October 1906).

ℹ Reading the handwritingThis table was transcribed from the handwritten schedule image. The industry reads 'Fish Salesman', but the handwriting is hard to read, so check it against the image above.

1881 Census: household transcription

Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/12 083/00 013, census night 3 April 1881.

Address

3 Portugal Lane, Gorbals, Glasgow

Area

Parish of Gorbals, Glasgow

Dwelling

2 rooms with one or more windows, 7 people in the house

Schedule no.

Name	Relation	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Hugh GaffiganMarried	Head	44 (M)	General carter	Ireland, Donegal
Florinda GaffiganMarried	Wife	38 (F)	none stated	Ireland, Donegal
Francis GaffiganUnmarried	Son	20 (M)	General carter	Ireland, Donegal
Joseph Gaffigan	Son	15 (hard to read) (M)	Apprentice Venetian blind maker	Ireland, Donegal
Hugh Gaffigan	Son	5 (M)	Scholar	Lanarkshire, Glasgow
Michael Gaffigan	Son	3 (M)	none stated	Lanarkshire, Glasgow
Hellen Gaffigan	Daughter	1 (F)	none stated	Lanarkshire, Glasgow

⚠ This Hugh is five, born in GlasgowThe tree had Hugh Gavigan born 19 June 1870 at Ballyshannon, Donegal. Here a Hugh aged 5 is born in Glasgow, so about 1875 or 1876. The 1891, 1901 and 1911 censuses agree, and the tree now shows that birth. The Hugh baptised at Ballyshannon in 1870 was probably an earlier child of the same name who died young.

⚠ Ireland-born children and Glasgow-born childrenFrancis and Joseph are born in Donegal and Hugh, Michael and Helen in Glasgow. That puts the move from Donegal to Glasgow between about 1866 and 1875. Peter (born 1868) is not in this house.

ℹ SpellingThe surname is written Gaffigan throughout. The index title spells it Gaffigan too, which is why this record was easy to miss.

1891 Census: household transcription

Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/12 080/00 017, census night 5 April 1891.

Address

7 Portugal Lane, Gorbals, Glasgow

Area

Parish of Gorbals, Tradeston parliamentary burgh, Glasgow, Fifteenth Burgh Ward

Dwelling

1 room with one or more windows, 5 people in the house

Schedule no.

17 (partly cut off at the page edge)

Name	Relation	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Hugh GaviganMarried	Head	5? (struck through) (M)	CarterEmployed	Ireland, Co Donegal
Florinda GaviganMarried	Wife	47 (F)	none stated	Ireland, Co Donegal
Hugh GaviganUnmarried	Son	15 (M)	CarterEmployed	Lanarkshire, Glasgow
Michael Gavigan	Son	13 (M)	none stated	Lanarkshire, Glasgow
Ellen Gavigan	Daughter	11 (F)	none stated	Lanarkshire, Glasgow

⚠ Hugh is 15 and born in GlasgowHe is 15 here, which agrees with the 1881 census (aged 5) and gives a birth about 1875 or 1876. See the note on the 1881 household.

ℹ Moved to 7 Portugal LaneIn 1881 the family was at number 3. Florinda Elliot died at 7 Portugal Street in 1905, so the family stayed around the lane for decades.

1901 Census: household transcription

Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/03 070/00 002, census night 31 March 1901.

Address

7 Carlston Avenue, GlasgowThe street name is written once at the top of the block and carried down by ditto marks. The parish headings are too faint to read.

Area

Glasgow (the printed headings are too faint to read)

Dwelling

2 rooms with one or more windows, 4 people in the house

Schedule no.

Name	Relation	Age	Occupation	Birthplace
Hugh GaviganMarried	Head	25 (M)	Soldier, 2nd Black WatchWorker	Lanarkshire, Glasgow
Agnes GaviganMarried	Wife	hard to read (about 24) (F)	none stated	Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks)
Mary Gavigan	Daughter	about 11 months (F)	none stated	Lanarkshire, Glasgow (ditto marks)
Thomas WoodWidower	Father-in-law	50 (M)	Box makerWorker	Ayrshire, Girvan

⚠ Hugh at 25, born in GlasgowThe third census to put Hugh's birth in Glasgow about 1875 or 1876, which is now the birth shown in the tree.

ℹ A soldier of the Black Watch at homeHugh is entered as a soldier of the 2nd Black Watch. The 2nd Battalion fought in South Africa in 1899 and 1900, so he may have been a reservist or invalided home by this date.

ℹ Thomas Wood is now a widowerHe lives with his daughter and her family, so Mary Macmillan had died by this date. He is written as 50; his birth date of November 1849 would make him 51.

Spouse & children

Spouse — married 3 April 1899, Glasgow

Agnes Wood1876–1953✓ Sourced

Children