Helen McKechnie Gavigan
○ No source citation+ Added from family information
ℹ Added from family information, not in the GEDCOMNot in the earlier GEDCOM. Taken from the 29 October 2026 export of the Ancestry tree, which carries no source for the entry. The 1950 death certificate of Margaret Sarah Gavigan names the informant as Helen Donald, her daughter, of 110 Forbes Street, Glasgow, so this is almost certainly that Helen: Helen McKechnie Gavigan, who married William Miller Donald.
Born
1 Nov 1927, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Died
Sep 1997, Chelmsford, Essex, England
Documents
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Marriage, 1948
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — William McClure Agnes gavigan marriage cert.pdf
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.
William Miller Donald, Ancestry tree page
Source: Colin uploads, 30 October 2026 — Screenshot 2026-10-30 at 08.34.52.png
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What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
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.