James was born on 26th May 1823 and he's the closest thing I've found to "scandal" in the family. Firstly he was born before his parents were married (29th December 1823) and whilst that's perfectly normal today, in those days it would have been frowned upon. The second intriguing part of James' story is that in 1873 at age 50 he married his second wife, the twenty year old Ellen McGuire.
James, a joiner, had married Helen Sanderson in 1852 and they had two children together Mary (born 24th June 1856) and Agnes (born 29th June 1862) but sadly Helen died in 1872.
Shortly thereafter, James married Ellen and they went on to have four children of their own Ellen (12th July 1874), Jane (4th July 1876), James (17th May 1879) and John (19th July 1861). All six children were raised by James and Ellen in Main Street, Kilbirnie.
Following James' death in 1883, Ellen went on to marry William McClauchlan and had one more son, William in 1887.
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