Alexander McKechnie
5x Great-grandfather of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #248, MMMMFFF)
○ No source citation⚠ Unconfirmed identity
⚠ Unconfirmed identityNo record of his own has been confirmed. Six ScotlandsPeople records had been downloaded for an Alexander McKechnie (a marriage in 1838 and deaths in 1860, 1862, 1865, 1866 and 1868). All were checked and none fits: the marriage is to an Agnes Campbell, and he was still alive in March 1870, when he reported his wife Mary Campbell's death at Renfrew. He is described there, and in his son Daniel's 1859 marriage, as a blacksmith.
Born
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Died
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Parents
Not recorded in the source GEDCOM.
Documents
2 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Death, 1870
Source: Scotlands people downloads — Mary Campbell 1870 Death.pdf
Marriage
Source: McClure Gavigan — Daniel McKechnie Marriage Entry.pdf
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Marriage of Daniel McKechnie and Christina White, 1859
Statutory Marriages 646/01 0016 · Govan district, County of Lanark, page 8, entry 16
Married
11 March 1859, Govan, after banns, according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland
Groom
Daniel McKechnie, 20, Blacksmith (Journeyman), bachelor, East End, Govan
Groom's parents
Alexander McKechnie, Blacksmith, and Mary McKechnie, maiden surname Campbell
Bride
Christina White, 18, spinster, East End, Govan
Bride's parents
Thomas White, Cotton Dyer, and Sarah White, maiden surname McDougall
ℹ Confirms Daniel's parentsThis names Alexander McKechnie, blacksmith, and Mary Campbell as Daniel's parents, as in the tree. It also shows the Alexander McKechnie of this family was a blacksmith.
Death of Mary McKechnie (born Campbell), 1870
Statutory Deaths 575/00 0037 · Parish of Renfrew, County of Renfrew, page 13, entry 37
Name
Mary McKechnie, married to Alexander McKechnie, Blacksmith
Died
12 March 1870
Place of death
10 Glebe Street, Renfrew
Sex and age
Female, 66 years
Father
Colin Campbell, Cooper (deceased)
Mother
Isabella Campbell, maiden surname Thomson (deceased)
Cause of death
Old age, no medical attendant
Informant
Alexander McKechnie, husband, present
Registered
14 March 1870, Renfrew
ℹ Alexander was alive in 1870The informant is her husband Alexander McKechnie, so he outlived her. Every McKechnie death listed for 1860 to 1868 therefore belongs to someone else.
ℹ Father's occupationHer father is called a cooper here and a fiddler in her 1804 baptism entry. That may be the same Colin Campbell with a trade change, or a slip.