Christina Speirs
2x Great-grandmother of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #25, MFFM)
✓ Sourced record
Born
8 Oct.1873, Stand, Lanarkshire
Died
22 Feb 1915, Bridgeton, Glasgow
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.
Died
42 Graham St, Bridgeton, GlasgowCause of death: Pulmonary (illegible in source)
Census trail
1881 New Monkland Landward, Lanarkshire1901 New Monkland, Lanarkshire
Documents
6 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Birth, 1873
Source: Scotlands people downloads — Christina Speirs 1873 Birth.pdf
Marriage, 1898
Source: McClure Gavigan — William John McClure & Christnia Spiers Wedding cert.pdf
Birth, 1901
Source: ScotlandsPeople — Joseph McClure 1901 Births.pdf
Death, 1915
Source: ScotlandsPeople — Christina McClure 1915 Death.pdf
Death of William McClure, 1937
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — william McClure death cert 1937.jpg
Entry 1476. Entries 1474 and 1475 are unrelated.
Birth
Source: McClure Gavigan — Christina Speirs Birth Cert.pdf
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Death of Christina McClure, 1915
Statutory Deaths 644/01 0192 · Bridgeton district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 64, entry 192
Name
Christina McClure
Died
20 February 1915, about 2:00 pm
Place of death
42 Graham Street, Glasgow
Sex and age
Female, 39 years
Marital status
Married to William John McClure, Tileworks Labourer
Father
Robert Spiers, Quarry Labourer (deceased)
Mother
Maggie Spiers, now McCormick, maiden surname Hendry
Cause of death
Pulmonary phthisis (tuberculosis)
Informant
William J. McClure, widower, present
Registered
22 February 1915, Glasgow
⚠ Death date: the GEDCOM has the registration dateThe GEDCOM gives her death as 22 February 1915, but that is the day the death was registered. The certificate shows she died on 20 February 1915.
⚠ Age does not fit her birth yearThe certificate gives her age as 39, which points to a birth around 1875 or 1876. Her birth entry (8 October 1873) would make her 41. The age on a death certificate was given by the informant, so the birth entry is the better guide.
ℹ Her mother remarriedHer mother is recorded as Maggie Spiers, now McCormick, maiden surname Hendry, so she had remarried after Robert Spiers died in 1892.
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.
Marriage of William John McClure and Christina Spiers, 1898
Statutory Marriages 651/00 0008 · New Monkland parish, County of Lanark, page 4, entry 8
Married
30 December 1898, New Monkland Manse, by Airdrie, after publication according to the forms of the Church of Scotland (registered 2 January 1899)
Groom
William John McClure, 26, Tube Worker, bachelor, 193 Gartsherrie, Coatbridge
Groom's parents
Joseph McClure, Furnace Filler (deceased), and Margaret McClure, "formerly Bell" (as read), maiden surname Cairns
Bride
Christina Spiers, 23, Brickfield Worker, spinster, Glenmavis, by Airdrie
Bride's parents
Robert Spiers, Labourer (deceased), and Maggie Spiers, maiden surname Hendry
Witnesses
Joseph McClure and Hannah Spiers
Registered
2 January 1899, Airdrie
ℹ Matches the GEDCOMThe date and place agree, and so do all four parents. It is indexed under 1899 because it was registered then.
⚠ Ages and a possible earlier marriageThe record gives the bride as 23 and the groom as 26, a little under what their birth dates give (about 25 and 27). The words "formerly Bell" beside his mother's name may mean she had been married before; the handwriting is hard to read.
Death of William McClure, 1937
Statutory Deaths 644/6 1476 · Townhead district, Burgh of Glasgow, page 492, entry 1476
Name
William McClure, tubeworker, married to 1st Christina Speirs and 2nd Mary Ann Pollock or Hendry
Died
22 November 1937, 1:00 pm (the time is hard to read), Royal Infirmary, Glasgow (usual residence 5 Troon Street)
Age
66
Father
William John McClure, tubeworker (deceased)
Mother
Margaret McClure, maiden surname Cairns (deceased)
Cause of death
Stricture of the urethra, cystitis, pyelonephritis, uraemia. Certified by A R Hunter MB ChB.
Informant
Mary McClure, widow
Registered
23 November 1937, Glasgow
ℹ His death is newThe tree had no death for William John McClure. An age of 66 gives a birth about 1871, as the tree has.
⚠ His father's nameThis gives his father as "William John McClure". His 1917 marriage entry, the 1881 death of Joseph McClure and the tree all have his father as Joseph McClure, furnaceman. The widow, Mary Ann, gave the information and probably gave the son's own name by mistake.
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 30 December 1898, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Children