Isabella Maxwell

Isabella was the mother of Christina McLaren, the father being John McLaren, Handloom Weaver.  This we are told in Christina's death registration.  However, as seen on Christina's page we had quite a conundrum identifying them as there was another Isabella and John McLaren in the town with a daughter Christina almost the same age as theirs.  This wrong family is -

John McLaren, 61, Labourer
wife Isabella, 59
Christian, 25 (could be Dresser)
John, 25, GL (General Labourer?), all born in County
George, 20
William, 15 both Iron Turners born outside County

They were next door to our Christina Campbell nee McLaren.  In the Scottish Church Records, John McLaren and Isabel King had Janet 1809, Christian 1811, both b Kilmadock then James 1815 & George 1818 both b Gorbals so, although not a perfect fit, looks like the above family.

In the same street, Doune East Street, we have -

John McLaren, 60, County Constable
wife Isabel, 50
Isabel, 20
Jean, 15, both Cotton workers, all born in County

Is this our Isabel Maxwell?  Well she should be 59 and the only children we know to them are Janet 1804, John 1807 and William 1809 (and, of course, Christina around 1812) all b Kilmadock which doesn't match the above but doesn't contradict it either.  However I'm not happy with a County Constable here matching a Handloom Weaver in Christina's death record.  Is it possible there were three John and Isabel McLarens around the same age in the same small town?

Isabel Maxwell was born in Kincardine near Doune to William Maxwell and Janet Buchanan but we really don't know much about any of them.  Kincardine is a parish rather than a town and it centres round Blairdrummond, famous for its elephants, lions and wolves nowadays.