Agnes (nancy) Gavigan
Grandmother of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #7, MM)
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ℹ Her name on the recordsHer marriage entry (6 August 1948) and her husband's death entry (1968) both give her name as Agnes Wood Gavigan. Nancy is on neither, but it is on the headstone, so it was the name she was known by. The marriage entry has her aged 21, a cotton waste worker living at 19 Orr Street. Her aunt, born in 1920, was registered with the same name.
Born
12 October 1926, Calton, Glasgow
Died
1989, Glasgow
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
Gorbals, Glasgow
Photographs
7 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.
William McClure and Agnes Wood Gavigan, wedding photo (1948)
Family photo, file: William McClure & Agnes Wood Gavigan Wedding photo 1948.jpeg
William is in Royal Navy uniform. The GEDCOM has them marrying in 1948 at Bridgeton, Glasgow, which agrees with the date in the file name. A second scan of the same photo was in the batch and is not shown separately.
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.
William, Agnes, Helen and Bill McClure at Edinburgh Castle (1961)
Family photo, file: William McClure with family Agnes (Nancy) McClure, Helen McClure & William (Bill) McClure circa 1961 edinburgh castle.jpeg
The date "circa 1961" is from the file name. Helen (born 1955) looks about six and Bill (born about 1949) about twelve, which fits.
Agnes, Helen and Bill McClure at Ardrishaig (1964)
Family photo, file: Agnes McClure with Helen McClure and William Bill McClure in Ardrisiag circa 1964.jpeg
"Ardrishaig" and part of a year are inked along the top of the print (the last digit is hard to read). The date "circa 1964" is from the file name.
Agnes (Nancy) McClure, portrait
Family photo, file: Agnes (Nancy) McClure headshot.jpeg
Undated portrait of Agnes (born Gavigan, 1926 to 1989) as a young woman.
Agnes (Nancy) McClure holding Moira McLean (later Latta), with Helen McClure
Family photo, file: Agnes Nancy McClure with Helen McClure holding Moira McLean later latta.jpeg
Moira is the daughter of May McLean (née McClure). Undated; Helen looks about three.
Documents
4 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
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
Gravestone
Source: McClure Gavigan — William & Agnes McClure Grave Stone Linn Cemetry.jpg
Helen McKechnie Gavigan, Ancestry tree page
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Screenshot 2026-10-30 at 08.37.30.png
Screenshot of a page in the Galloway Family Tree on Ancestry. It is another person's tree and shows no sources.
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.
Gravestone inscription
Transcribed from the headstone photograph above, one line per line of lettering.
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM McCLURE
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
NANCY GAVIGAN
DIED 20TH JUNE 1968
AGED 43 YEARS
ALSO HIS WIFE
AGNES W.G. McCLURE
DIED 16TH OCT. 1989
SADLY MISSED
Died 20 June 1968, aged 43. This fills in a death date the GEDCOM did not have. His 1968 death entry gives the same date and writes his birth as 1 May 1925, which is now the date shown (the GEDCOM had 25 May 1925); the age fits either.
Agnes McClure
Died 16 October 1989, as "Agnes W.G. McClure". The GEDCOM only has 1989. The stone also calls her "Nancy Gavigan", the name she was known by.
ℹ Where is the grave?The file name says Linn Cemetery, which is a Glasgow cemetery, but nothing on the stone itself shows the location, so no burial place has been added to the people.
ℹ Reading the stoneThe age is clearest as 43. The day of death looks like the 20th.
Spouse & children
Spouse — married 6 August 1948, Bridgeton Church, Glasgow
Children