Oh dear another scandal in the family!.....

[joette]

I decided to take the plunge on the Greer/Jenkins side of the family.
Should be easy Catherine Jenkins(Granny Gooseberry was the less flattering nickname my Granny had for her Mother's Mother as she said she used to count the Gooseberries on the bush & know if Granny had "helped herself" on the way to school.) was the fourth generation to be born in OK & Robert Greer by Granny's account worked for the Clyde Trust in OK living in a Clyde Trust House & was a Stonemason.
Little look on the IGI for the marriage-nothing.Onto SP again nothing! Looked at Mary's Birth in 1871(my G-Granny) parent's Marriage date is given as July 1866 a full year exactly before her eldest sister Anne's Birh in July 1867.Place of marriage Kilfinnan???? Why the heck there???
OK back to the drawing board put in Argyll/Kilfinnan years 1860-1872 just in case-zilch.Try Argyll all parishes same years- zilch!
Now why the heck would somebody from OK with several generations living there & someone from Glennifer Braes in Paisley marry in Argyll?
Is Kilfinnan close to Glennifer Braes(not in my recollection!) & why no marriage?
The horrible part of me would be delighted if they "lived in sin" as she in particular was very scathing of any unwed Mothers.
Now I have always thought the origin of the name Greer to be Irish.Could the marriage have been in Killfinnan in Ireland & that's why I can't find it?
The shame of another unwed set of GGGrandparents may be to hard to bear but at least this pair stayed together.
Tried all combination of names anybody help please?
Well I have found the marriage-six entries for the same one is this a record? All variation of names of both parties but it is quite clear on the certificates that the names are Greer/Jenkins! Contact form to SP I think!

[Rab]

Lol Join the club. I've quite a few in my tree now. The only sad thing is some probably thought they were taking it with them to the grave but didn't count on us nosey descendants getting our spades out.

[joette]

Well again my Granny has given me a"Bum steer" when it comes to her rellies.
Having discovered that Granny Gooseberry had indeed Married a respectable full year before the birth of Ann Greer but in Kilfinnan,Argyle with this as her usual residence & Robert's as OK.with her parents William/Ann MacKay/Kie dying in Lanark & Glasgow where the heck does the four generation living dying in OK come from? I am totally confused.
Shows you shouldn't rely on first hand knowledge but check it all out.
I have always neglected this line because I thought what the heck it is all waiting in OK(Old Kilpatrick.)for me& partially because my Granny was not to fond of this woman & some of the things she did made my blood run cold e.g When her Sister was dying & asking for her she replied
"Let her die as she lived-a Catholic"- her sister had married a Roman Catholic & converted to the same.
She was terribly hard on my Granny when she became an unmarried Mother too so it has made me ill-disposed towards her.
Now all I have to do now is track down descendants of William Jenkins & Ann MacKay/Kie!