Joseph McClure
Great-grandfather of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #12, MFF)
✓ Sourced record
Born
27 Feb 1901, Airdrie, Lanarkshire
Died
Sep 1990, Corby, Northamptonshire, England
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
Tube Work Labourer
Born
23 Bell St, Airdrie
Census trail
1901 New Monkland, Lanarkshire
Photographs
1 photo 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.
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
6 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Birth, 1901
Source: ScotlandsPeople — Joseph McClure 1901 Births.pdf
Census, 1921
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — william mcClure and family cencus 1921.jpg
The household is schedule 145 on the page. The census is indexed under the grandson, Robert Chambers.
Marriage, 1924
Source: McClure Gavigan — Joseph & Mary Anne McClure Wedding Cert 1924.pdf
Marriage, 1924
Source: McClure Gavigan — Joseph McClure 1924 Marriage.pdf
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
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Birth of Joseph McClure, 1901
Statutory Births 651/00 0295 · New Monkland parish, County of Lanark, page 99, entry 295
Name
Joseph McClure
Born
27 February 1901, 9:00 am
Place of birth
23 Bell Street, Airdrie
Sex
Male
Father
William John McClure, Tube Worker
Mother
Christina McClure, maiden surname Spiers
Parents' marriage
30 December 1898, Airdrie
Informant
W. J. McClure, father
Registered
20 March 1901, Airdrie
ℹ Matches the GEDCOMThe date, place and parents all agree, and the parents' marriage on 30 December 1898 matches the family record. The birth was registered three weeks after the event.
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.
1921 Census: household transcription
Details read from the census schedule image above. Reference 644/1 19/19, census night 19 June 1921.
Address
30 Franklin Street, Glasgow
Area
Civil parish of Glasgow, Dalmarnock ward, Bridgeton constituency
Dwelling
2 rooms, 14 people in the house
Schedule no.
145
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Birthplace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William McClureMarried | Head | 50 (M) | Tube work labourerStewart and Lloyds | Ayr, Glengarnock |
| Mary Ann McClureMarried | Wife | 39 years 1 month (F) | Home duties | Lanark, Glasgow |
| Joseph McClureSingle | Son | 20 years 4 months (M) | Tube work labourerStewart and Lloyds | Lanark, Airdrie |
| Margaret McClure | Daughter | 22 (F) | none stated | Lanark, Airdrie |
| Catherine McClureSingle | Daughter | 15 years 9 months (F) | Cotton mill workerClyde Spinning Co | Lanark, Glasgow |
| Ellen McClure | Daughter | 13 years 3 months (F) | Scholar | Lanark, Glasgow |
| William McClure | Son | 2 years 1 month (M) | none stated | Lanark, Glasgow |
| Elizabeth McClure | Daughter | 1 (F) | none stated | Lanark, Glasgow |
| Jeanie HendrySingle | Step-daughter | 16 years 8 months (F) | Cotton mill workerClyde Spinning Co | Lanark, Glasgow |
| Catherine Hendry | Step-daughter | 13 years 2 months (F) | Scholar | Lanark, Glasgow |
| Sarah Hendry | Step-daughter | 9 years 4 months (F) | Scholar | Lanark, Glasgow |
| Robert Chambers | Grandson | 1 (M) | none stated | Lanark, Glasgow |
| Elizabeth McLeanSingle | Boarder | 19 years 1 month (F) | none stated | Lanark, Baillieston |
| Mary Hendry | Step-daughter | 6 (F) | none stated | Lanark, Glasgow |
ℹ A blended householdWilliam McClure and Mary Ann Pollock married in October 1917. William and Elizabeth were born after the marriage. The four Hendry girls are her children by a Hendry, her first husband. Catherine and Ellen McClure are his children by his first wife, Christina Speirs, who died in 1915. Margaret and Joseph are also from that marriage.
⚠ Margaret and her sonMargaret is 22 and the grandson is Robert Chambers, aged 1. Margaret is probably his mother and married to a Chambers, but the census does not say so. The marriage column for Margaret is hard to read.
ℹ Later recordsJoseph (born 1901) married Mary Ann Ward in 1924 and is Colin's great-grandfather on the McClure side.
⚠ Hard to readThe ages and the birthplace codes were read from a faint image. The row for Sarah has ditto marks for the surname, so Hendry is assumed.
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 18 Nov 1924, 21 Hope St, Blythswood, Glasgow
Children