Robert McCreath, an Ironmonger’s Salesman, married Charlotte Renton at Govan, Glasgow on 29 April 1842.

Robert and Charlotte had four surviving children:

Margaret McCreath born c. 1847

Robert McCreath born c.1849

William Robert McCreath born 1850

John McCreath born 21 May 1855 married Jane Brooker.

Being born in 1855, the first year of Official Registrations, there are full details of the circumstances of the family.  John was the sixth born child, born when his mother was 33. Three elder living siblings are listed, as well as a deceased boy and girl. The 1851 and 1861 Censuses corroborate this.