Notes:

At the time of his wedding Charles was described as a tailor journeyman.

Charles + Mary Dow. Mary was born on 2 Apr 1869 in 44 George St, Glasgow, Scotland; died in Jun 1952 in Glasgow. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sewing machinist

Notes:

Charles and William, were both blacksmiths.

Birth:
Apparently not listed in 1851 census. Was he already living with his grandmother, or not yet born?

Charles married Jane Ann Clark in Dec 1866 in Huntingtower, Tibbermore, Pertshire, Scotland. Jane was born before 1866; died in Aug 1918 in Tullibardine, Perthshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jane Ann Clark had already had a daughter named Georgina before she married Charles Douglas the blacksmith in 1861
Georgina took her farmer father's surname (MacBean) and his name is on the birth certificate although he is noted as not being present. Since the child was born at 1am at her parent's house perhaps this is not surprising. Her birth was not registered for 7 weeks (SR 102/00 0031).

Daughter Georgina went on to marry a James MacLean in 1891 at Alvie in Inverness-shire (SR 090/B0 0002). She probably died at Advie, Morayshire in 1952.

Notes:

Married:
In December 1866 Charles married the red haired, Gaelic speaking and fiery tempered Jane Ann Clark. Jean was pregnant with their first child, John, by the time they married at Huntingtower near Tibbermore. I presume she was working at Huntingtower Castle and living there or at a nearby house. Charles was living at Buchanty at the time. Charles's brothers William and Peter witnessed the wedding.

Notes:

labourer

Charles married Jean Galloway in 1838 in Fowlis Wester, Perthshire, Scotland. Jean (daughter of William Galloway and Elizabeth Taylor) was born on 11 Sep 1815; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1851 census Jean Douglas nee Galloway was a widow, a pauper, working as a woolwinder. She lived at Norton Place, Alva with children William (9), Elizabeth (7) and Peter (3). Elizabeth was a scholar, probably in Alva. Presumably Norton Place is now part of Norton Street. There were several mills so it is hard to know which one she was employed at. It must have been a struggle to bring up a young family by herself and part of the solution was to send young Charles to live with her own mother - back at Fowlis Wester. As Jean was described as a pauper she was in receipt of poor relief even though she had a job.

Jean Galloway returned to the parish of Fowlis Wester between 1856 and 1861 and may have spent the remainder of her life living at New Fowlis, a small collection of houses where the junction lies from Fowlis Wester to the Perth-Crieff Road. The 1861 census places Jean with her three eldest children in Fowlis Wester parish, probably at New Fowlis. This was a hous or two along from her brothers who were smiths. In 1878 she found herself responsible for grandson Peter.

Her mother was described as a 'smith' in the 1851 census