Mary McKinlay

   Cause of her death was Dysenteric diarrhoea (6 months).

   Another name for Mary was Mary McKinly.

  Noted events in her life were:

• She worked as a Cotton Mill Hand in Feb 1860.

• She had a residence in Feb 1860 in Rankin Street, Johnstone, Renfrew, Scotland.

• She appeared on the census in 1861 in 2 Graham Street, Abbey, Paisley, Scotland. Recorded (aged 20) living with her husband James (23) and son George (one and a half months) in a house with one windowed room.

• She appeared on the census in 1871 in Erskines Land, Elderslie, Johnstone, Renfrew, Scotland. Recorded (aged 29) living with husband James (33) and children George (10), James (6), Rebecca (4) and Edward (2). The house had one windowed room.

• She had a residence in May 1880 in Bridgend, Johnstone, Renfrew, Scotland. From daughter Ann Kelly Steel's birth certificate.

• She appeared on the census in 1881 in The Brick Dwelling, Abbey, Renfrew, Scotland. Recorded (aged 40) as living with husband James, children Annie, Edward, George, James, John, Kate, Mary and Rebecca, and a visitor called Janet Perry.

• She appeared on the census in 1891 in Heather House, Elderslie, West Renfrewshire, Scotland. Living with husband James, daughters Mary, Kate, Annie and Bella, and grandson James.

• She worked as a Greengrocer in 1901 in Langs Land, Elderslie, Paisley (Landward), West Renfrewshire.

• She appeared on the census in 1901 in Langs Land, Elderslie, Paisley (Landward), West Renfrewshire. Living on her own account in a house with 2 rooms having one or more windows, with daughter Annie (20), Irish son-in-law John Bell (32), and grandsons RIchard (4) and Samuel Bell (2).

• She had a residence in 1904 in Elderslie, Johnstone, Renfrew, Scotland.

• She was ill with dysentry from Sep 1903 to Feb 1904.

Mary married James Steele, son of George Steele and Ann Kelly, on 9 Mar 1860 in Elderslie Manse, Elderslie, Johnstone, Renfrew, Scotland. (James Steele was born circa 1837 in Quarrelton, Johnstone, Renfrew, Scotland and died on 15 Nov 1893 in Sproull's Land, Elderslie, Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrew, Scotland.) The cause of his death was Chronic Bronchitis (18 months).