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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Stirlingshire => Topic started by: Fergie38 on Friday 03 February 12 22:15 GMT (UK)
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I have a place of birth that simply says 'Stripside, Denny, Scotland'
Does anyone know where exactly that is or was.
Cheers.
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Hi Fergie,
It's the area at the beginning of the road which leads up to Strathcarron Hospice and eventually past Carron Valley Reservoir and eventually to Fintry (B818).
I think it was Stripeside rather than Stripside.
Sent you a PM on the subject.
Anne
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Thanks Anne
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Yes I believe it was Stripeside as there was a Stripeside pit in Denny.
M.
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Strip(e)side is a fairly common place name in Scotland. In this context 'strip(e)' means a burn or small watercourse. I have occasionally come across (but naturally cannot find right now) such watercourses still known and mapped as 'Stripe of ....'
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Many thanks for the input folks.
And a great big thanks to Anne for emailing photos to me of Strip(e)side in days of old.
I must have passed the place hundreds of times without realising that in would one day pop up in my family tree.
My interest came about because somewhere away back in the mists of time, my mother told me that I had a relative in the Dennyloanhead area who was a district nurse named Ferguson. I could never find any trace of who this mysterious nurse Ferguson could be.
A few weeks ago I came across the name of an Elizabeth Kelly who I think was an aunt of my grandmother. Elizabeth was born (I think) in 1868 in Antrim. She married a John Ferguson (don't know where) and in 1910 they had a daughter called Lillias who was born at Stripside.
So all I've got to do now is find out if Lillias was a district nurse. But maybe they had more than one daughter.
Questions, questions....never ending questions. ;D
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Och well Fergie,
Is doing all this research not good for keeping you out of mischief? (Or would chance be a fine thing?) ;D
As you've no doubt seen for yourself now, there's not much changed along at Stripeside apart from the Motorway towering above it!
Anne
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Chance would be a fine thing.. ;D
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Fergy: there was also a Stripeside betrween Cambusbarron and St Ninians - almost certainly a piece of land that ran alongside the Pelstream Burn after it descended from the Gillies HIl, and ran parallel to the the road that became Weaver Row: a Gt Uncle of mine was born there.
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Well, we learn something new every day.
I was born and brought up in St Ninians and went to St Ninians school in the Weaver Row but don't recall ever hearing of a 'Stripeside'
Maybe I've just forgot about it. I will make enquiries.
Thanks for that wee bit info though.
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Anne..
I read on another thread somewhere that you have lots of photos of Denny headstones.
Do you have Ferguson ones ??
Are they on a website ??
Cheers.
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Hi Robert
Sent you a wee list to your personal address.
Anne
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Brilliant Anne.
At least one definite hit there and it's saved me getting the bike out of the shed and peddling all the way to Denny.
Many thanks (again)
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My pleasure Robert.
E-mail on it's way.
I can recommend a wee visit to Denny (if you like visiting cemeteries) as it's a really nice - apart from the new High School being right next door which spoils the atmosphere a wee bit.
Lots of bunnies, squirrels, deer and the odd badger which I love to see/watch, but some of the wee devils burrow into the 'tiers' and cause the stones to topple!
Anne :)
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I was there a few years ago and amazed at how colourful it was. I was told, at the time, that it was because lots of folk were using artificial flowers so as to avoid feeding the rabbits.
Cheers.
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I spoke on the phone yesterday to a granddaughter of Elizabeth Kelly and John Ferguson. She told me that they had a big family and that one of their sons, Andrew, went to America. She said that it was one of Andrew's grandsons who was commander of the very last space shuttle flight.
Have I finally found someone famous in my family tree ??????
I will have to find a way to check on that one
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Mormon web site says that Lillias Ferguson was born at Stripside, Denny on 14 march 1910 but I/ve been given a copy of her birth certificate and the place of birth is given as 12 Millton Row, Dunipace.
I thought the Mormon site might be referring to the place where she was cvristened but both dates are the same
Anyone come up with ideas as to why the dates are the same but the places are different
Cheers.
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May be the same as one of my relatives, she was born in bannockburn but registered in denny but dates and person's name is obviously the same as know from other information that they are the correct person. places are so close to each other that may be born in one place but registered in another.
the relative i have where this was the case was an agnes gillespie. luckily we know enough about her to know it's the right person as there are so many people with the same name in denny,falkirk at that time.
T.