Maggie Hendry
3x Great-grandmother of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #51, MFFMM)
✓ Sourced record
ℹ Added from another copy of the treeThe 1915 marriage record of her daughter Hannah names her as Margaret Duff, formerly Spiers, maiden surname Hendry. So she married a Mr Duff after Robert Speirs died in 1892, and before 1915. No record of that marriage is on file yet.
Born
About 1851, Ireland
Died
18 Jan.1918, The Poorhouse by Airdrie
Documents
2 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Death, 1892
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — robert speirs death 1892.pdf
Marriage, 1915
Source: New batch, October 2026 — hannah spiers wedding cert.jpg· view full page
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Marriage of Arthur Donnelly and Hannah Spiers, 1915
Statutory Marriages 651/00 0119 · Parish of New Monkland, County of Lanark, page 60, entry 119
Married
17 July 1915 at Anderson Street, Airdrie, by declaration in the presence of Isabella Snell of 46 Shank Street and Mary Hennan of 61 Shank Street, Airdrie, with a warrant of the Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire dated 17 July 1915 (an irregular marriage)
Groom
Arthur Donnelly, 55, quarry labourer, widower, Chalmers Land, Glenmavis, by Airdrie. He signed with his mark.
Groom's parents
Daniel Donnelly, shoemaker (deceased), and Margaret Donnelly, maiden surname Callaghan (deceased)
Bride
Hannah Spiers, 36, cotton worker (spinner), spinster, Chalmers Land, Glenmavis, by Airdrie
Bride's parents
Robert Spiers, quarry labourer (deceased), and Margaret Duff, formerly Spiers, maiden surname Hendry
Registered
17 July 1915, Airdrie, by George Andrew
ℹ She is already in the treeHannah is Hannah Speirs (P343), born about 1879, a daughter of Robert Speirs and Maggie Hendry. An age of 36 in 1915 fits that birth. The GEDCOM has her only as "about 1879" with no marriage.
⚠ A second Hannah Spiers in the exportThe 29 October 2026 export of the Ancestry tree has a Hannah Spiers born about 1857 with just a mother, Maggie Hendry. That is the same person, with a birth year that cannot be right (her parents married in 1873), so no second Hannah was added.
ℹ Her mother's second marriageHer mother is named as Margaret Duff, formerly Spiers. Maggie Hendry therefore remarried, to a Mr Duff, before 1915. She died on 18 January 1918.
ℹ Two entries on the pageThe marriage below this one (entry 120, William Walker and Margaret Main) is unrelated.
Death of Robert Speirs, 1892
Statutory Deaths 651/2 131 · Landward of New Monkland, County of Lanark, 1892, page 44, entry 131
Name
Robert Speirs, male, 40 years, stone breaker
Marital status
Married to Maggie Hendrie
Died
30 October 1892, 7.05 am, Glenmavis
Parents
Joseph Speirs, farmer (deceased); Hannah Speirs, maiden surname Johnston (deceased)
Cause of death
Pneumonia, 3 days (certified by Alex Lamont MB CM)
Informant
Maggie Speirs, widow, present. She signed with her mark.
Registered
1 November 1892, New Monkland
⚠ Death date correctedThe GEDCOM had his death on 13 October 1892. The register says 30 October, so the tree now shows 30 October.
ℹ His age points to about 1852An age of 40 gives a birth around 1852, not 1848 as in the tree. Ages on death entries are often a little out.
ℹ Parents and wife confirmedHis parents, Joseph Speirs and Hannah Johnston, and his wife Maggie Hendrie match the tree. The county in Ireland is still not named.
ℹ Other entries on the pageEntries 130 (William Thom) and 132 (Matilda Hutchison Eliza Chesney) are unrelated.
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 3 Mar.1873, New Monkland Manse
Children