Mary Gavigan
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Born
About 1900, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Died
—
Parents
Documents
2 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
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.
1911 Census, London Road, Glasgow
Source: ScotlandsPeople — Agnes Gavigan 1911 Census.pdf· view full page
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.
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.
5
| 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.
Spouses & children
No spouse or family recorded.