The marriage of Matthew Baird and Agnes Barr on 26^th November 1813 was recorded in the Old Monkland (Lanarkshire) Parish Register in an entry dated the 20^th:

Matthew Baird in this parish and Agnes Barr in the parish of Govan to be proclaimed on these two following sabbaths

The corresponding entry in the Govan Parish Register discloses that the ceremony was booked on the 19^th and that the ceremony took place on the 26^th. It also confirms that Matthew was in Old Monkland Parish.

He was designated as ‘Matthew Baird Weaver Muirside’ in connection with his daughter Anne’s birth and baptism in 1814; as ‘Matthew Baird Weaver Baillieston’ in connection with son Archibald in 1820 and as ‘Matthew Baird Weaver Muirhead’ in connection with daughter Margaret in 1823.

Matthew Baird, a cloth manufacturer, deceased, was recalled on the 1875 marriage certificate of his son, Archibald Baird, on the 1893 death certificate of his son John Baird and again on Archibald’s 1899 death certificate.

Paternal / paternal great-grandfather of Matthew Barr Baird