Mary Ann Ward
Great-grandmother of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #13, MFM)
✓ Sourced record
Born
22 Apr 1903, Franklin St, Glasgow
Died
Jun 1987, Corby, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Life details
From a second, independently-built 2011 family tree archive — not the primary source this site is built from, and not independently verified against a certificate or register.
Occupation
Confectionery Worker
Born
67 Franklin St, Glasgow
Photographs
3 photos from the family collection. Names and dates come from the file names and writing on the prints. Click a photo to view it full size.
Mary Anne McClure (née Ward), Bill McClure as a toddler, Agnes McClure and May McLean (née McClure) (1951)
Family photo, file: Agnes McClure centre, L-R Mary-Anne Ward McClure, Bill McClure, Agness McClure, Mary-Anne (May) McLean nee McClure.jpeg
Left to right as named in the file: Mary Anne Ward McClure, Bill, Agnes (standing, centre), May McLean (née McClure), William McClure's sister. The year is an estimate from Bill's age (born about 1949).
May McClure, Bill McClure, Mary Anne McClure (née Ward) and Agnes McClure (née Gavigan) (1951)
Family photo, file: L-R Mary-Anne (May) McClure, Willaim (Bill) McClure, Mary-Anne McClure nee Ward & Anges (Nancy) McClure nee Gavigan.jpeg
Left to right as named in the file. Taken at the same sitting as the photo above, with the same four people. The year is an estimate from Bill's age.
Wedding of Moira McLean (later Latta), with Mary Anne and Joseph McClure
Family photo, file: File_000(2).jpeg
Left to right: an unidentified woman, an unidentified groom, Moira McLean (later Latta) as the bride, Mary Anne McClure and Joseph McClure, her grandparents. The names were given by Colin; the two unidentified guests are not known to the family. Undated; the clothes suggest the 1970s.
Documents
5 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Record, 1903
Source: McClure Gavigan — Mary Ann Ward 1903 births.pdf
Census, 1911
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — glasgow 1911 census Francis ward and family.pdf
The household is schedule 58 on the page. The census is indexed under Thomasina Ward.
Marriage, 1948
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — William McClure Agnes gavigan marriage cert.pdf
Death, 1968
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — William McClure Death Cert 1968.pdf
Birth
Source: McClure Gavigan — Mary ann Ward Birth Entry.pdf
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Death of William McClure, 1968
Statutory Deaths 645/3 513 · Burgh of Glasgow, district 645/3, entry 513
Name
William McClure, male
Died
20 June 1968, about 6.30 am (as read), Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow
Occupation
Steel dresser
Marital status
Married to Agnes Wood Gavigan
Date of birth and age
Date of birth written as 1/5/1925; age 43 years
Usual residence
4 Ballantay Road, Glasgow (spelling as read)
Parents
Joseph McClure, tube worker; Mary Ann McClure, maiden surname Ward
Cause of death
Cerebral embolism; mitral stenosis and incompetence
Informant
Agnes McClure, widow
Registered
20 June 1968, Glasgow
ℹ His death was not in the treeThe GEDCOM had no death date for William. The headstone already gave 20 June 1968, aged 43, and this register entry confirms it and adds that he died in the Victoria Infirmary. His wife Agnes registered the death the same day.
ℹ Parents confirmedJoseph McClure and Mary Ann Ward are the parents already in the tree (Joseph McClure and Mary Ann Ward, married 1924).
⚠ Birth date correctedThe register gives his date of birth as 1/5/1925, which reads as 1 May 1925. The GEDCOM had 25 May 1925. The tree now shows 1 May 1925, as written here, but his widow gave this date, so his birth certificate would settle it. An age of 43 fits either.
Marriage of William McClure and Agnes Wood Gavigan, 1948
Statutory Marriages 644/2 271 · Bridgeton district, Burgh of Glasgow, 1948, page 136, entry 271
Married
6 August 1948 at Bridgeton Church, Glasgow, after banns, according to the forms of the Church of Scotland
Groom
William McClure, 23, seaman in the Royal Navy, bachelor, 226 Dalmarnock Road, Glasgow
Groom's parents
Joseph McClure, tube factory worker; Mary Ann McClure, maiden surname Ward
Bride
Agnes Wood Gavigan, 21, cotton waste worker (spinster), 19 Orr Street, Glasgow
Bride's parents
Hugh Joseph Gavigan, fish curer; Margaret Sarah Gavigan, maiden surname Finlayson
Witnesses
James Anderson, 27 Boden Street, Glasgow, and Helen McK Gavigan, 19 Orr Street, Glasgow
Registered
10 August 1948, Glasgow
ℹ Her registered nameThe bride is Agnes Wood Gavigan, not Agnes Nancy. Nancy is not on this record or on her husband's death record. It is on the headstone ("Nancy Gavigan"), so it was the name she was known by. Her aunt, born in 1920, was registered with the same name.
ℹ Her sister as a witnessHelen McK Gavigan of 19 Orr Street is almost certainly the bride's sister Helen McKechnie Gavigan (born 1927), who is already in the tree. The middle name matches their grandmother, Helen D McKechnie.
ℹ Exact dateThe GEDCOM had only "1948, Bridgeton" for this marriage. The date is now shown as 6 August 1948.
ℹ Both parents confirmedThe record names both sets of parents as already shown in the tree: Joseph McClure and Mary Ann Ward, and Hugh Joseph Gavigan and Margaret Sarah Finlayson. A second marriage on the page (entry 272, Henry Joseph Hughes and Sarah Dunbar) is unrelated.
1911 Census: household transcription
Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/01 018/00 010, census night 2 April 1911.
Address
47 Franklin Street, Glasgow
Area
Civil parish of Glasgow, Dalmarnock ward
Dwelling
3 rooms with one or more windows, 10 people in the house
Schedule no.
58
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis WardMarried | Head | 46 (M) | Bricklayer's labourerBuildingWorker | Ireland |
| Mary WardMarriedMarried 28 years, 12 children born alive, 8 still living | Wife | 46 (F) | none stated | Ireland |
| Maggie WardSingle | Daughter | 20 (F) | Cotton piecerCotton weavingWorker | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Joseph Ward | Son | 16 (M) | Wood turnerSawmillWorker | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Philip Ward | Son | 14 (M) | Bottlemaker's apprenticeBottle worksWorker | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Thomasena Ward | Daughter | 12 (F) | School | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Bernard Ward | Son | 11 (M) | School | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| Mary A. Ward | Daughter | 7 (F) | School | Lanarkshire, Glasgow |
| John McCarthySingle | Boarder | 25 (M) | PlatelayerRailwayWorker | Ireland |
| Robert CassidySingle | Boarder | 21 (M) | PlatelayerRailwayWorker | Ireland |
⚠ Twelve children, eight livingThe tree has ten Ward children. Six are at home here. Francis (about 1886), Bridget (about 1883 and about 1890) and Isabella (about 1893) are not in the house.
ℹ Mary Ann at sevenMary A. is Mary Ann Ward, born 22 April 1903, who later married Joseph McClure. Her age of 7 is right for a census on 2 April 1911.
⚠ Joseph's ageJoseph is 16, which gives a birth about 1894 or 1895. The tree has about 1898.
ℹ The pageThe row at the top of the page (Jeanie McFadyen, 2) belongs to the household above, schedule 57. The surname is spelled McFadyen on this page.
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 18 Nov 1924, 21 Hope St, Blythswood, Glasgow
Children