Strathaven Cemetery (Find A Grave)

Hugh McColl’s birth was recorded in the Avondale Parish Register, dated 18^th December 1802:

Hugh son to Angus McColl, Appin, Argyleshire & Mary Rankin his spouse

According to the 1851 census, Hugh was born in Appin.

Hugh McColl’s marriage to Janet Wiseman was recorded in the Stonehouse Parish Register, in September 1826.

At the time of the 1841 census, taken on the night of 6^th June, Hugh McColl, farmer at Hookhead, Parish of Avondale, was entered as 35 years of age and born outwith the County of Lanarkshire. His wife Janet is conspicuously absent from the record, having died on 8^th May; Hugh was therefore a widower. Living with him were Jean, 12; Angus, 10; Mary and Gavin, twins, both 8; Christina and John, also twins, both 6; William, 4, and Hugh, 2, all born in Lanarkshire. I presume that William was his son, all the others were certainly his children. The final member of the household was Mary McColl, 20, a farm servant, also born in Lanarkshire.

In 1851, Hugh McColl was again at Hookhead, aged 48, farmer of 70 acres, born Argyle, Appin. Living with him were his wife Janet (this refers to Janet Morrison), 36, ‘farmer’s wife (lab^r)’ and unmarried children Angus, 20, wright; Gaven, son, 18, ‘farmer’s son twin’; Mary, daur, 18, ‘farmer’s daur twin’; John, son, 15, farmer’s son; Hugh, son, 12, farmer’s son, and James, son, 9, scholar. The final member of the household was Helen Morrison, visitor, unmarried, 26, farm serv^t. All apart from the head of the household were entered as having been born in Avondale.

Hugh McColl was designated as a farmer when his daughter Christina McColl married Robert Wilson in 1859 and was recalled as a farmer (deceased) when Christina died in 1914.

Hugh McColl, farmer of Hookhead, Avondale, acted as the informant on the 1868 death certificate of his son, John McColl.

Hugh McColl, farmer, married 1^st to Janet Wiseman, 2^nd to Janet Morrison and 3^rd to Jean Strang, died on 25^th April 1883 at 4^h 5^m am, at Hookhead, Parish of Avondale. He was entered as 81 years of age. The causes of death were certified as cramp and colic, from which he had been suffering for five days. The informant at Strathaven on the following day was James McColl, who was entered as present.

Forebears

‘Angus McColl, Appin, Argyleshire’ was referred to in the 1802 entry relating to the birth of his son, Hugh, in the Avondale Parish Register.

Angus McColl was recalled as a gardener and forester (deceased) on Hugh’s 1883 death certificate.

Mary Rankin was recalled only as Mary McColl (deceased) on Hugh’s 1883 death certificate. Mary’s grandson, James McColl, was unable to supply her maiden name. Hugh McColl’s 1802 birth record supplies this detail; her name was Mary Rankin.

Maternal / maternal great-grandfather of Thomas Park