MCHUTCHEON

Alias Catherine DOYLE (26 Dec 1855)
Born 1833, County Down IRELAND
Died 5 Jan 1895, 59 Allison Street Newton-on-Ayr Ayrs
On Catherine's death cert. in 1895 her parents are described as JAMES McHutcheon (shoemaker) and CATHERINE McHutcheon (MAIDEN SURNAME UNKNOWN). The informant was Catherine's husband Thomas! Yet Catherine's parents were clearly named on Thomas and Catherines wedding certificate as THOMAS McHUTCHEON (not JAMES) and her mother named ALICE SMITH (not CATHERINE).

Born 1835, County Down IRELAND
Died 18 Nov 1904, Kyle Union Poorhouse, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
1901 Scotland Census
Name: Thomas Doyle
Age: 66
Estimated birth year: abt 1835
Relationship: Father-in-law
Gender: Male
Where born: Ireland, ole down
Registration Number: 583/1
Registration district: Coylton
Civil Parish: Coylton
County: Ayrshire
Address: Craighall Village
ED: 6
Household schedule number: 13
Line: 22
Roll: CSSCT1901_221
Household Members:
Name Age
Francis Stewart 37
Rachael Stewart 32
Catherine Stewart 13
Francis Stewart 11
Thomas Stewar t 9
Helen Stewart 6
John Stewart 4
James Stewart 2
Thomas Doyle 66
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Thomas described as:
1858 Ploughman - son Thomas(1) birth cert.
1859 Labourer at Quay - daughter Margaret's birth cert.
1861 Agricultural labourer - Census at Kilmory.
1871 Agricultural labourer - Census at Kilmory.
1873 Labourer(drainer) - son Thomas's death cert.
1881Gen Labourer - Census Kilmory
(1881 Listed as a Stray on Ayrshire Census return was a Thomas Doile)
1885 Contractor - daughter Esther's marriage cert.
1887 Labourer in gas works - daughter Rachael's marriage cert.
1889 Drainer - daughter Izabella's marriage cert.
1891 Drainer - daughter Catherine's marriage cert.
1891 Thomas was not listed on the Census at Newton on Ayr Ayrshire in 1891, Yet his wife Catherine was listed as 'Wife'
1895 Drainer - wifes death cert.
1904 Drainer - His own death cert. Thomas died in the Kyle Union Poorhouse in Ayr.
1921 Drainage Contractor - on daughter Esthers death cert.
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Thomas died in the Kyle Union Poorhouse in Ayr aged 69 [18 Nov 1904]
The 'Poor law Unions' were set up in Scotland in 1845. Each Union was governed by a Board of Guardians and not abolished untill 1948. If elderly people were taken into the workhouse under the poorlaw they usually stayed there until they died and were buried as paupers. It is strange that Thomas had a large family and yet ended his life under such circumstances. Although still alive in 1891 he was not shown on the census for his family home, but at his daughte Rachael's home at Coylton, Ayrs.