Joan Dane

Born on 15 October 1860, Mary Rennie Wilson Kirkwood was the daughter of James Dunlop Kirkwood, an accountant, and his wife Agnes, née Marshall. On 6 August 1880 she married Alexander Stuart Boyle at Frankfield House, Millerston, Glasgow The couple moved to 100 Buccleuch Street, Glasgow, Boyd having previously been living in Langside Road, Govan. In 1887 they moved to 257 West George Street, Glasgow, where they had their only child, Alexander Stuart, on 7 June 1887.