My great-great-grandmother, Margaret (Turner) McLea, was born in Glasgow about 1859. I have been searching for her and her family in the Scottish records but hadn't found a definitive birth record for her yet, nor a census record I was convinced was here, given her common name.

My relative Cynthia Winterhalter has sent along some 1861 Census returns which appear to show Alex and Margaret Turner (Margaret's parents) in Glasgow, along with a young Margaret. This appears definitely to be them, to me, because of what follows.

The Turners lived at 8 Hospital Street in Glasgow.

The McLea family had for some time lived at 13 Hospital Street in Glasgow.

James Brown McLea's grandfather, John, lived at 13 Hospital Street.

You can see that in the Post Office directories

I think that John's son Duncan (James's uncle) lived there after John's death with his mother and his family, but I am recalling that only from memory, so it may be wrong. Still, it does make you wonder whether the young James may have met his future bride Margaret while visiting his uncle/family... and later run away with her to America!

Interesting stuff. Thanks, Cynthia!

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