Peter Conway boilermaker¹

Parents:

• Birth*: Peter Conway boilermaker was born in 1828 at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland, .¹
• He was the son of Hugh Conway blacksmith.¹
• Marriage*: Peter Conway boilermaker married Mary Taylor on Saturday, 10 October 1846 at Dumbarton, Scotland, ; Year Range     1820-1854
  Record set     Scotland, Parish Marriages & Banns 1561-1893
  First name(s)     Peter
  Last name     Conway
  Marriage year     -
  Occupation     Boilermaker
  Spouse's first name     Mary
  Spouse's last name     Taylor
  Residence     Dumbarton
  County     Dunbartonshire
  Country     Scotland
  Place     Dumbarton
  Page     55
  Banns Date     10 Oct 1846
  Year Of Banns     1846
  Spouse Residence     Dumbarton
  Witness     -
  Item     3
  Archive Ref     OPR 496/6
  Category     Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  Subcategory     Parish Marriages
  Collections from     Great Britain, Scotland.²
• (Deceased) Death*: Peter Conway boilermaker died on 13 July 1893 at Infirmary, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, , widower of Mary Taylor, died 1893 July Thirteenth 8h 30m pm, Infirmary Paisley, residence 10 Chaple Street Greenock, male aged 64 years, parents Hugh Conway blacksmith (dec) Mary Conway MS Hunter (dec), cause opium poisoning (suicidal) 5 days , congestive pneumonia 4 days, as certified by J M Macarthur MB, signed Hugh Conway son 10 Chapel Street Greenock, registered 1893 July 14th at Paisley signed Hugh Allison registrar.³
• (Deceased) Death RCE: His death registration was corrected on 26 July 1893 at Procurator Fiscal's Office, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, , page 61 Register of Corrected Entries for the District of Paisly in the County of Renfrew; The following report of result of a precognition has been received touching the death of Peter Conway, registered under entry no 814 in the Register Book of Deaths for the year 1893:
  Name Peter Conway, boilermaker journeyman widowed
  When Died 1893 July 13 about 8pm in Paisley Infirmary (usual residence - 10 Chapel Street, Greenock)
  sex male
  age 64 years
  parents names Hugh Conway blacksmith (desd)
  Mary Hunter or Conwway (dead)
  cause of death suicide - laudanum poisoning 5 days before death, resulting in congestion of lungs, J N McArthur MB attended deceased
  certified by Geo Hart Procurator Fiscal
  Procurator Fiscal's Office Paisley 26 July 1893
  1893 August 1st at Paisley signed Hugh Allison registrar.⁴

• (Spouse) Death: His spouse Mary Taylor died before 13 July 1893.³

Census & Directory Entries

Head of Household

7 April 1861

He was listed as head of household in the 1861 census at Poplar Lane, Leith, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, . First name(s)     Peter Last name     Conway Relationship     Head Marital status     Married Sex     Male Age     33 Age as transcribed     33 Birth year     1828 Birth town     - Birth town as transcribed     PORT GALASGOW Birth county     Renfrewshire Birth county as transcribed     RENFREWSHIRE Birth place other     Scotland Occupation     Boiler maker Full address     Poplar Lane, Leith, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland Street     Poplar Lane Town     Edinburgh Parish     Leith County     Midlothian Country     Scotland Registration district     South Leith Sub district     - Enumeration district     48 Family member last name     Conway, Taylor, McKeith Family member first name(s)     Mary, James, Hugh, John, Jane, William, George Archive reference     - Piece number     - Folio     - Page     - Schedule     4 Record set     1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Category     Census, land & surveys Subcategory     Census Collections from     Great Britain, Scotland First name(s)     Last name     Relationship     Marital status     Sex     Age     Birth year     Occupation     Birth place Peter     Conway     Head     Married     Male     33     1828     Boiler maker     Renfrewshire, Scotland Mary     Conway     Wife     Married     Female     33     1828     -     Dunbartonshire, Scotland James     Conway     Son     Unmarried     Male     13     1848     Scholar     Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Hugh     Conway     Son     Unmarried     Male     11     1850     Scholar     Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Mary     Conway     Daughter     Unmarried     Female     10     1851     Scholar     Leith, Midlothian, Scotland John     Conway     Son     Unmarried     Male     8     1853     Scholar     Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Jane     Conway     Daughter     Unmarried     Female     0     1861     -     Leith, Midlothian, Scotland William     Taylor     Lodger     Unmarried     Male     21     1840     Boiler maker     Dunbartonshire, Scotland George     McKeith     Lodger     Unmarried     Male     20     1841     Boiler maker     Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.1