Name from the marriage record of her son. She was listed as being deceased at the time (1912).2877

1851 Scotland Census, Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Address: Eastfield (2)

Name Age
Lewis Paterson 53
Jane Paterson 44
Jane Paterson 19
James Paterson 16
Isabella Paterson 15 daughter
William Paterson 13
Eliza Paterson 11
Lewis Paterson 9
Alexander Paterson 6
Jessie Grant 21 house servant
George Mchardy 25
John Eward 19
Chas Anderson 12

1861 Scotland Census, Logie Coldstone, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Address: New Grodie

Name Age
Louis Paterson 63
Jane Paterson 53
James Paterson 25
Isabella Paterson 23 daughter
Eliza Paterson 20
Louis Paterson 18
Alexander Paterson 15
Ann Farguharson 35
Francis Stewart 22
Robert Anderson 16
John Mccondach 32
Francis Emslie 13

Names of the couple are learned from the 14 Nov 1912 marriage record of their son, Louis (Lewis) Gillan.2877 This marriage record shows the following:

Groom: Lewis Gillan, age 45, marine engineer, bachelor, residing at 77 Abernethy Street, Glasgow. His father was recorded as William Gillan, grocer, deceased. His mother was recorded as Isabella Gillan, nee Paterson, deceased.

Bride: Jessie Ann Grant, age 30, restuarant kitchen maid, spinster, residing at 77 Abernethy Street, Glasgow. Her father was recorded as John Grant, grocer

The couple were married in Logie Coldstone, a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.3313

From Scotland birth records:597
William Gellan, b 19 May 1835
Father: William Gellan
Mother: Ann Smith

1841 Scotland Census, Aberdeen St Clements, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Address: James St East Side

Name Age
Willm Gillan 30
Ann Gillan 25
John Gillan 7
Wm Gillan 6 b. Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Anne Gillan 2
James Gillan 7/12
Joseph Sileb 32
Ann Sileb 25
Widow Cheese 73
Kelman Cheese 30
Sarah Cheese 25
Jean Cheese 20
Clementina Carmichael 30
Clementina Carmichael 8
Susan Morison 30
George Moir 40

1851 Scotland Census, Aberdeen East, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Address: N4 Commercial Court Castle Street

Name Age
William Gellan 40
Ann Gellan 34
John S Gellan 17
William Gellan 15 b. Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Ann Gellan 12
Elizabeth Gellan 7
Penelope W Gellan 2

1861 Scotland Census, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Address: 2 Prospect Ter Ferryhill

Name Age
William Gillan Junior 23 head, general grocer, b. Aberdeenshire
Elizabeth R Gillan 17 sister
Jane Wiseman 19 domestic servant

1881 Scotland Census, Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Address: 43 View Terrace

Name. Age
William Gillan 46
Isabella Gillan 45 wife
Isabella Simpson 17 servant

The following census records show a William and Isabella Gillan.

1861 Scotland Census, Edinburgh St Cuthberts Civil Parish, Midlothian

Name Age
William Gillan 37 b Old Machar, Aberdeenshire
Isabella Gillan 36 b Strathdon, Aberdeenshire
Isabella A M Gillan 3 b Edinburgh
William A R Gillan 2
Alexander S Gillan 3 Mo
Ann Paul 64 b Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, mother
Andrew E Rait 20 lodger

1871 England Census, St James Clerkenwell Civil Parish, London

Name Age
William Gillan 47 b Scotland
Isabella Gillan 45
Isabella Gillan 13
William Gillan 12
Alex Gillan 10
Bessie Gillan 2
Ann Paul 74 b Scotland, mother
Esther Holland 45
John Porter 45
John Nichol 24
William Bartholomus 22

1881 England Census, Clerkenwell, London

Name Age
William Gellan 57 b Scotland
Isabella Gellan 55
Isabella A. M. Gellan 23
William A.R. Gellan 22
Alexander T. Gellan 20
Bessie R. Gellan 12
Ralph A. Gellan 8
Margaret C. Martin 20
Alice Archer 14
John Porter 56

However, this couple are not the parents of the William Gillan who married Jessie Ann Grant because their family did not include a son named Lewis in the 1871 England census when Lewis would have been 3 or in the 1881 England census when he would hae been 13. They did have a son named William A. R. Gillan, but he was born in 1859 and would have been 53 when Jessie Ann Grant was married in 1912.

However, the initials A. R. allowed me to track down the birth record for this man and it whow his parents to have been William Gellan and Isabella Ramsay. His name was William Alexander Ramsay Gellan and he was born 10 March 1859.597. Therefore, is is confirmed that this family are not the parents of Lewis Gillan.