John Roy

   Cause of his death was Typhus Fever.⁴

  General Notes:

Is connected to Catherine and James through the address 10 Ashgrove Lane, Port Glasgow. John Roy 1855 and James Clark(Catherine'sSon) 1858 were born at the address. The Roy family moved to Bay Street for the 1861 Census

James Roy signed MaryAnn Roy's Death cert calling himself step brother.

Andrew Donald, his brother in law signed his death cert in 1866. Then Rebecca Donald signed as aunty to John's daughter Martha when she died

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1855, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland. ⁵ From Son's Birth Cert

• Occupation: Carter, 1857. From James'sMarriage Cert

• Occupation: Labourer, 1859. From Rebecca's Marriage Cert

• Scottish Census, 7 Apr 1861, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland. ¹⁸

• Witnessed: Daughter Mary Roy's Death, 1863.

• Witnessed: Son William Roy's Death, 1864.

John married Esther Flannegan about 1832 in County Down, Northern Ireland. (Esther Flannegan was born about 1810 in Ireland and died about 1840 in Ireland.)

John next married Margery Kitchen, daughter of Hugh Kitchen and Rebecca Green, on 10 Apr 1854 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland.⁸ (Margery Kitchen was born about 1833 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland and died on 7 Jan 1868 in Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Scotland ⁴.) The cause of her death was Morbus Cordis.⁴