- (Registrar) Marriage: M Porteous registrar Ayr, Maybole was the officiating registrar when the marriage of Robert Oram and Mary Fisher on Monday, 1 January 1866 at Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, , was registered; 1866 marriages in the parish of Maybole in the county of Ayr, ref 3; 1866 January First at Maybole after banns according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland, signed Robert Oram his x mark shoemaker bachelor , James Moir, Samuel Wilson witnesses, aged 23 usually resident Maybole, parents Samuel Oram labourer (dec) and Anne Oram ms Sherry; and Mary Fisher her x mark spinster, James Moir, Samuel Wilson witnesses; aged 21 usually resident Maybole, parents Charles Fisher cotton weaver and Mary Fisher ms Finlay; signed James Moir MA minister, Samuel Wilson, James McAlister witnesses; registered 1866 January 4th at Maybole M Porteous registrar.1,2
- (Registrar) Birth: M Porteous registrar Ayr, Maybole was the officiating registrar when the birth of Margaret Oram was registered on 20 March 1867 at Coral Glen, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, ; 1867 births in the parish of Maybole in the county of Ayr, ref 64; Margaret Oram 1867 March Twentieth 7h am Coral Glen, female, parents Robert Oram shoemaker and Mary Oram ms Fisher married 1866 January 1st Maybole; signed Mary Oram her x mark Morther signed M Porteous registrar witness; registered 1867 April 3rd at Maybole, M Porteous regsitrar.1
- (Registrar) Birth: M Porteous registrar Ayr, Maybole was the officiating registrar when the birth of William Logan was registered on 17 September 1869 at Coral Glen, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, ; 1869 births in the parish of Maybole in the county of Ayr, ref 156; William Logan illegitimate, born 1869 September Seventeenth at 12h meridian at Coral Glen Maybole; male parents signed William Logan cottton weaver & Agnes Fisher cotton weaver; signed Agnes Fisher her x mark mother, signed William Logan father, not present signed M Porteous registrar witness; registered 1869 September 23rd at Maybole signed M Porteus regsitrar.3,1,4
- (Registrar) Death: M Porteous registrar Ayr, Maybole was the officiating registrar when the death of Mary Hodgeon was registered on 23 November 1871 at Coral Hill, Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland, ; 1871 deaths in the parish of Maybole in the county of Ayr, ref 114; Mary Fisher married to Charles Fisher nailer, 1871 November twenty-third 7h 30m pm Coral Hill Maybole; female aged 50 years; ---------------, Mary Houston ms Buchanan (dec); cause not known, no medical attendant; signed Charles Fisher widower present; reg 1871 November 25th at Maybole John Watson asst registrar initialled MP reg (M Porteous registrar.)5
- [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI) (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Genealogical Index), C11605-1 Scotland ODM 6035516 [Aug 2011].
- [S64] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Marriage 1866 Maybole 605/00 0003 [Mar 2014].
- [S1] International Genealogical Index (IGI), C116051 [June 2007].
- [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS Statutory Births 1869 Maybole, ref 605/00 0156 image held [Aug 2004].
- [S50] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), GROS ref 605/00 0114; image held [June 2007].
M Porteous registrar Ayr, Maybole
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