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Mary McPhail

8th October 1836 - 28th April 1919


Donald McIntyre with his second wife, Mary McPhail

The various known census and other entries relating to Mary McPhail all indicate that she was born in Aberfoyle, Perthshire. However, inconsistencies arise concerning the year of her birth but these are resolved by the entry in the Aberfoyle Parish Register:

Mary Lawful Daughter of John McPhail and Mary McFarlane his wife in Craigaughty was born on the 8th day of Octr 1836 years and baptised by the Revd. Robt. C. Graham

In 1861, Mary was a housemaid at the Rowardennan Inn, Buchanan Parish, in the employment of Andrew Blair, in premises having twenty-two rooms with one or more windows. She was 23 and unmarried.

On 13th March 1863, Mary married a widower, Donald McIntyre, at her family home, at Craigonghty, Aberfoyle. She was a domestic servant and her age was entered as 24.

Mary MacIntyre, widow of Donald MacIntyre, a forester, died on 28th April 1919 at 7h 15m pm, at 26, Percy Street, Maryhill, Glasgow. Her age was entered as 81. The causes of death were certified as influenza (Mary was probably a victim of the Spanish ‘flu epidemic of that time), from which she had been suffering for eighteen days, and broncho-pneumonia. The informant was Margaret McNiven, the deceased’s daughter. Marjory Brown MS McAlpine, Donald McIntyre’s great-granddaughter, identifies this lady as her great-aunt, ‘Auntie Maggie’. Margaret, born c. 1878, will be recalled from the 1881 census.

Forebears

Mary McPhail’s parents were identified on her 1863 marriage certificate as John McPhail, a labourer, and Mary McPhail MS McFarlane. There is no indication given that either was deceased at that time. Both were deceased at the time of Mary’s death in 1919, on which occasion John was more specifically recalled as a slate quarrier.