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Does anyone know Maria's date/place of birth (around 1820, London or Scotland)
or the date/place of her marriage to shoemaker James Allan (b Edinburgh 1818).
They lived in Newcastle on Tyne and are my g/g grandparents.
Maria once gives her maiden name as Raine.

For Scottish marriages, you will need to access Scotlands people website....and pay for credits.

It is not a subscription site.

Alternatively, try the IGI, on familysearch website

Welcome to the boards Morgan.
Can you say how you got back to them - I assume from the birth of a child? If you have them on a census please point us to it.
Jan

Is this the family?

1861 England Census about Maria Allan
Name: Maria Allan
Age: 38
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: James Allan
Gender: Female
Where born: London, Middlesex, England
Civil parish: Westgate
Ecclesiastical parish: High Elswick St Paul
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Registration district: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Sub-registration district: Westgate
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 531
Piece: 3810
Folio: 99
Page Number: 33
Household Members:
Name Age
James Allan 40
Maria Allan 38
James Allan 17
Catherine Allan 8
George Allan 6
Ann Allan 4

As the son James was born in N/C, suggest you look for a marriage on freebmd

Right, I can see them on various census reports. How odd that she gives different birthplaces! Unless her husband married 2 maria's of course!
I see he was born Edinburgh and all children born Northumberland, so Scotland seems the more likely.
Jan

Morgan

You say that she 'once' gave her maiden name as Raine.

Could you expain under what circumstances she is found as Raine and where you have found her as Boag?

This could help in Brummiejan's suggestion of two Marias!

Chris

There is a very large gap between the son James and the next child.............

EDIT On reflection, this James is a blacksmith so not likely!

I think the above 1861 might be a different couple altogether??

1861 England Census

Name: James Allan
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Allan
Gender: Male
Where born: Scotland

Civil parish: St Andrew
Town: Newcastle upon Tyne
County/Island: Northumberland
Country: England

Registration district: Newcastle Upon Tyne
Sub-registration district: St Andrew

James Allan 40
Mary Allan 42 Where born: Scotland
Thomas Allan 16
Nicholas Allan 13
James Allan 10

Doesn't help, but does confirm birthplace. So it looks like Scotlands People is the way to go.

1841 England Census

Name: Maria Allen
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
Gender: Female
Where born: Scotland

Civil parish: All Saints
Hundred: Tindale (West Division)
County/Island: Northumberland

Registration district: Newcastle upon Tyne
Sub-registration district: All Saints

James Allen 20 shoemaker
Maria Allen 20

Many thanks for the responses. The 1841 and 1861 censuses are correct and I have found James Allan's birth on scotlandspeople but no marriage and nothing anywhere pre1841 for Maria Boag.
They had four children, and on one birth certificate the mother is Maria Raine not Maria Boag - but it's a middle child. The oldest and youngest children's certs both say Maria Boag. She was illiterate so she would not have noticed any error by the registrar but it's still a mystery.
They had lots of grandchildren so I'm still hoping that someone out there has the answer.
Thanks again.

There are several baptisms in Scotland on famiysearch but without knowing which part of Scotland she came from, it would be impossible to say which is hers.

Did any of the children have a middle name, as mother's maiden names were quite often used as middle names in Scotland.

Polly's suggeston is excellent.
The youngest child is Ann Grey Allan but the Grey almost certainly refers to the husband's mother (born Helen Gray).Two children Catherine and James do not seem to have middle names and the fourth George seems to be unregistered - he might hold the key.
Thanks again
Morgan