• Born: 31 December 1834, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ²
• Christened: 13 July 1835, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ²
• Marriage (1): Agnes STRACHAN on 21 June 1861 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland
• Marriage (2): Sarah McKINNON on 28 September 1866 in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland ¹
• Died: 15 May 1912, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland at age 77 ^{4 5}
• Buried: 1912, Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ⁵

   Other names for Matthew were Mathew JAFFRAY and Mathew JEFFREY.⁶

  General Notes

Monumental Inscription in Old Parish Churchyard, Irvine:

ERECTED
BY
MATTHEW JEFFREY
MERCHANT
AND HIS WIFE
SARAH McKINNON
IN MEMORY OF
THEIR BELOVED CHILDREN
ELIZABETH
BORN 15TH AUGT. 1867, DIED IN
INFANCY
MATTHEW BORN 27TH JANY. 1878
DIED 31ST AUGT. 1878
ALSO THE ABOVE
MATTHEW JEFFREY
WHO DIED 15TH MAY 1912
AGED 77 YEARS
AND HIS WIFE SARAH McKINNON
WHO DIED 11TH SEPT. 1913 AGED 76 YEARS
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER SARAH
WIFE OF DR. JOSEPH SCOTT
TEHERAN PERSIA
DIED 2ND FEBY. 1921, AGED 49 YEARS
ALSO THEIR SON JOHN, WHO DIED
8TH APRIL 1924, AGED 55 YEARS

HE SHALL GATHER
THE LAMBS
WITH HIS ARM
JESUS SAID
SUCH IS THE
KINGDOM OF
HEAVEN
ISA. XL11
MATT. X1X14

Note; this grave is situated in area V 48 of the Old Parish Churchyard, Irvine.

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  Birth Notes

• July.  Matthew, son of John Jaffrey, weaver Irvine, and Ann Stevenston, spouses; was born thirty-first Decemr last, and baptized thirteenth instant, their second child.

  Christening Notes

Relief Congregation

  Burial Notes

Irvine Old Parish Churchyard

  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1841 Census of Scotland on 6 June 1841 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  

John Jaffray    31   Ayrshire, Scotland   Cotton H L W
Ann Jaffray     30   Scotland
James Jaffray    8   Ayrshire, Scotland
Mathew Jaffray   6   Ayrshire, Scotland
Wilson Jaffray   3   Ayrshire, Scotland
John Jaffray     6 Mo   Ayrshire, Scotland

• He worked as a cotton hand loom weaver on 30 March 1851 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He appeared on the 1851 Census of Scotland on 30 March 1851 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.
  
  Address:  East Back Road, Irvine, Ayrshire
  

John Jaffrey      Head   41   Irvine, Ayrshire   Hand Loom Weaver (cotton)
Ann Jaffrey       Wife   40   Glasgow, Lanark
James Jaffrey     Son    18   Irvine, Ayrshire   Hand Loom Weaver (cotton)
Matthew Jaffrey   Son    16   Irvine, Ayrshire   Hand Loom Weaver (cotton)
Welson Jaffrey    Dau    14   Irvine, Ayrshire   Pirn Winder
John M Jaffrey    Son    10   Irvine, Ayrshire   Scholar
Mary Jaffrey      Dau     7   Irvine, Ayrshire   Scholar
Janet Jaffrey     Dau   2 Mo  Irvine, Ayrshire

• He appeared on the 1861 Census of Scotland on 7 April 1861 in Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He had a residence on 10 December 1864 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. ³

• He appeared on the 1871 Census of Scotland on 2 April 1871 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He resided at Fullarton Street in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland on 24 July 1875. ⁶

• He appeared on the 1881 Census of Scotland on 3 April 1881 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland.

• He appeared on the 1891 Census of Scotland on 5 April 1891 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.

Matthew married Agnes STRACHAN, daughter of Peter STRACHAN and Margaret BOYLE, on 21 June 1861 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Agnes STRACHAN was born in 1836 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, christened on 27 March 1836 in Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland, died about 10 December 1864 in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland ³ and was buried in 1864 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland.)

  Recorded Events about their Marriage

• They have conflicting marriage information of 23 October 1861 and Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. Relief Congregation

Matthew next married Sarah McKINNON on 28 September 1866 in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹ (Sarah McKINNON was born about 1838 in Craignure, Argyllshire, Scotland, died on 11 September 1913 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ^{4 5} and was buried in 1913 in Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland ⁵.)