Descendants of Jane Muir
Contact Pat McCabe
mccabe@istar.ca for further information on
this family
Generation No. 1
1. JANE MUIR She met (1) WILLIAM MCBRYDE Abt. 1863. She married
(2) UNKNOWN FORENAME - SURNAME DICK Aft. 1863.
Child of JANE MUIR and WILLIAM MCBRYDE is:
2. i. WILLIAM MCBRIDE, or MCBRYDE, b. Abt. 1863,
Girvan Parish,
Ayrshire, Scotland; d. Unknown, assume Ayrshire, Scotland.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM MCBRIDE, or MCBRYDE was born Abt.
1863 in Girvan Parish,
Ayrshire, Scotland, and died Unknown in assume Ayrshire, Scotland. He married
SELENA MARTIN May 27, 1884 in Girvan,
Ayrshire, Scotland, daughter of FRANCIS "EDWARD" MARTIN and ESTHER FERGUSSON.
She was born July 28, 1865 in Corwar
Mains, Barrhill, Colmonell Parish,
Ayrshire, Scotland, and died 1924 in
Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Children of WILLIAM MCBRIDE and SELENA MARTIN are:
i. JANE MUIR MCBRIDE, b. 1885,
Straiton, Ayrshire, Scotland.
ii. ELIZABETH "LIZZIE" MCBRIDE, b. 1887,
Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland; d. 1911,
Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland - Unproven
Place and DOD.
iii. SELENA MCBRIDE, b. 1889,
Kirkoswald, Ayrshire, Scotland.
iv. WILHELMINA MCBRIDE, b. 1892,
Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland.
v. SARAH J. MCBRIDE, b. 1895,
Kirkmichael, Ayrshire, Scotland.
vi. MARY MCBRIDE, b. 1897,
Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland.
vii. ESTHER MCBRIDE, b. 1898,
Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland.
viii.MARGARET "MAGGIE" MCBRIDE, b. 1900,
Galston,
Ayrshire, Scotland.
ix. WILLIAM MCBRIDE, b. 1901,
Galston, Ayrshire, Scotland.
One More Jane MUIR - Jane DICK to add to the
Ayrshire Collection!
This is a great "brick wall" puzzle that I haven't yet been able to make any
headway with at all in spite of repeated efforts.
William McBRIDE (McBRYDE) was bc 1863 in Girvan Parish, Ayrshire, according to
his statement on the 1901 census at Galston, Ayrshire.
The record of William's marriage, 27 May, 1884 in Girvan Parish, Ayrshire, to
Selena MARTIN, states his parents as Jane "MUIR or DICK", domestic housekeeper,
and William McBRYDE "putitive father".
The parents were quite obviously not married to each other.
My further interpretation of this information is that Jane was born Jane MUIR
and some unknown time during the years following William's birth c1863, married
a man by surname DICK.
I have not been able to pin down the correct Jane DICK nee MUIR, who is
William's mother, either by a seemingly likely marriage record or by 1881, 1891
or 1901 census on Scots Origins.
Without knowing the forename of the husband DICK a death certificate for any
random Jane DICK nee MUIR proves nothing.
Not having been able to find Jane, it's impossible to know whether or not she
may have had further children to her marriage to unknown DICK husband.
I've been roughly estimating a ten year span of Jane's age at William's birth as
between ages 16 and 26 years, which would give her an estimated birth of roughly
1837 -1847, place unknown.
I've searched through the MUIR and the DICK data on Ayrshire Roots to no avail.
If any information should appear from other researchers that are researching
these surnames and something seems possibly familiar or connecting I'd very much
appreciate being contacted.
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