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William CREIGHTON OR CRIGHTON was a Scale and weight maker. He married Mary MCLEAN on 19 May 1798 in Old or West Kilpatrick, Dunbarton, Scotland.1 IGI, GROS 501/00 00. |
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On 19th May 1798 William Crighton, a scale and weight maker, married Mary McLean in Old or West Kilpatrick. Old or West Kilpatrick is a village and a Parish 10 miles from Glasgow on the river Clyde. |
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Mary MCLEAN and William CREIGHTON OR CRIGHTON had the following children: |
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Charles McLean CREIGHTON OR CRIGHTON (1798-1871). Charles was born in 1798 in Glasgow, Scotland.2 Info. from headstone. Charles was an Engineer, Brassfounder. He married Rachel MEADOWCROFT on 9 May 1831 in Manchester, England.3 A/c to death cert. Charles died on 28 Nov 1871 in 233 Clarence St Sydney.4 1424/1871. Charles was buried on 30 Nov 1871 in Rookwood cemetery. Old Presbyterian section.2 Date from death cert. |
Statutory Registers Scotland (BMD), (GROS General Record Office Scotland).
SAG, Rookwood cemetery transcriptions, (Society of Australian Genealogists, transcribed Aug. 1986).
The Argus (Melbourne) 1848-1957.
Sydney Morning Herald.