McMenemy-Semple Marriage Cert/ need help deciphering

delmarco · Post by **delmarco** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:37 am

Hello all:

I need some help deciphering, this cert, especially the mothers names, I can read Catherine under the grooms mother, but the rest is really tough.
Please help if you can.

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Ta...
Karen

Gallery url added by Marilyn

Post by **AndrewP** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:20 am

Hi Karen,

I see the following on the marriage certificate.

1870, on the Fifteenth Day of February at the Catholic Chapel, Rutherglen
After Banns according to the Forms of the Roman Catholic Church

(Signed) William McMenemy, Railway Labourer (Bachelor), 22, Parish of Cambuslang
(Signed) Susan Semple, Domestic Servant (Spinster), 26, Parish of Cambuslang

Hugh McMenemy, Agricultural Labourer and Catherine McMenemy, m.s. McGurk (deceased)
Hugh Semple, Freestone Quarrier and Catherine Semple, m.s. McNeil

(Signed) John Shaw, Cath. Priest
(Signed) John Lafferty, Witness
(Signed) Ellen Cunningham, Witness

1870 February 18th at Rutherglen
Archibald Gilchrist, Registrar

An IGI search finds neither marriage. An IGI parent search for each of the couples (parents) gives only one result, Susannah Semple, born 1843 Cambuslang, presumably the one being married as Susan.

A parent seach on the William McMenemy and Susan Semple gives two results: Mary McMenemy (1871) and Ann McMenemy (1873), both Cambuslang. The IGI stops at 1875 for records extracted from the Scottish records, so there may have been more born to this family.

All the best,

AndrewP

nelmit · Post by **nelmit** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:48 am

Hello Karen,

I got the same as Andrew except I thought the groom's mother's maiden name was McTurk.

I think Andrew is correct.

Kind regards,
Annette M

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:17 pm

"McGurk" it is, - see the capital G in Glasgow in the place of marriage in the record below, - this registrar's capital Gs don't go beneath the line!

David

Post by **Pandabean** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:28 pm

Just curious, are your McMenemy's from Ireland and does the name have various spellings?

I too am related to this line back in the 1860s. They are from the MidCalder (West Lothian) area.

delmarco · Post by **delmarco** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:58 pm

Andy:
I sent you a PM.

Karen