• Born: Abt 1839, Girvan, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Married: 16 Dec 1864, 26 Langlands St., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Died: 15 May 1877, Langlands Brae, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland

  Research Notes:

At the time of the 1841 Scotland Census Margaret McCall, aged 3, born in Ayrshire, was with her uncle John Shaw in Chlachrie, Girvan Ayrshire.

At the time of the 1851 Scotland Census, Margaret McCall, aged 12, born in Girvan Ayrshire, sewer, was at home with her mother in Ballybroke, Girvan.

At the time of the 1861 Scotland Census Margaret McCall, aged 23, born in Girvan Ayrshire, was working as a domestic servant for the family of David Rankin in Dundonald Rd., Kilmarnock Ayrshire.

At the time of the 1871 Scotland Census, Margaret Sharp, aged 30, born in Girvan Ayrshire, and husband John Sharp, aged 27, born in Dumfries, railway guard, were living in Dundonald Rd., Kilmarnock Ayrshire. Present were relative Elizabeth I. Wilson* (2 months) of London England, and 3 boarders.

* probably daughter of Margaret's half-brother West Wilson

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Margaret Sharp, illegitimate, married to John Sharp, railway guard, daughter of David McCall, farmer (dead) and Isabella Shaw, died aged 37 years of pneumonia. Informant was John Sharp, widower.

  Marriage Information:

Margaret married John Sharp, son of Robert Sharp and Jane Scott, on 16 Dec 1864 in 26 Langlands St., Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland. (John Sharp was born about 1845 in Kirkmahoe, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

John Sharp, 22, bachelor, railway guard, of Riccarton, son of Robert Sharp and Jane Sharp M.S. Scott, and

Margaret McCall, 24, spinster, of Langlands, daughter of David McCall, farmer (deceased) and Isabella McCall M.S. Shaw*

* The marriage certificate doesn't state that Margaret was the natural daughter of Isabella. However, her death certificate does.