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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: irene784 on Wednesday 25 March 20 12:00 GMT (UK)
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Hi
I am trying to find out the occupants of 41 Adelphi St Glasgow in 1891 without taking myself off to Glasgow to research! Any help would be appreciated.
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I am trying to find out the occupants of 41 Adelphi St Glasgow in 1891 without taking myself off to Glasgow to research! Any help would be appreciated.
I don't think taking yourself off to Glasgow would be any good right now, as everywhere is closed at the moment!
Go to www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. If you have not used it before you will need to register, and to complete this search you will need to buy some credits. Then go to Advanced People Search and then select Valuation Rolls.
Select the year 1885, status Tenants and Occupiers, and Burgh/City of Glasgow. Type 41 Adelphi Street in the Place box and click on Search. You should get a list of 19 householders in 41 Adelphi Street. Make a note of their names. The repeat the process for 1895. Compare the names and delete any who are not on both lists.
You should then have a list of householders in 41 Adelphi Street who were there in 1891 when the census was taken.
Select Advanced People Search again, then census returns. Select 1891 and search for one of the names on your list. Best to start with a more unusual surname. If you get more than one result, make a note of the reference and RD name, and repeat the search with another of the names on your list. Once you have got several names in the same RD and with similar ref nos, you should have a list of householders at 41 Adelphi Street in 1891. Click on one of them and use 6 credits to view the names in all of the listed households.
As there are so many households in 41 Adelphi Street you might need to view several pages at 6 credits per page to collect not only all of the ones on your list from the Valuation Rolls, but also anyone else who was living there in 1891 but not in both 1885 and 1895.
Happy hunting!
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Do you have any idea who might be living there in 1891?
Where did you get the address from?
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Hi, thanks for your reply. I have a birth certificate for 1892 for a Thomas Young and birth place is given as 41 Adelphi St, Glasgow. Born illegitimate to Margaret McMahon and father Thomas Young whose address is given as 51 1/2 Adelphi St. I am trying to research the mother Margaret. I do not believe the parents ever married. I am hoping Margaret lived at 41. It is rather complicated as the baby Thomas took the MCMahon name in later years.
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I had a look at Scottish Directories 1891-92 - numbering jumps from No 38 to No 43, no No 41.
Checked back, starting 1884-1885 and looks like commercial premises
Daniel Montgomery, Cork manufacturer, 41 Adelphi St; ho(me) 12 Nithsdale Rd.
About to check 1890-1891 back!
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I had a look at Scottish Directories 1891-92 - numbering jumps from No 38 to No 43, no No 41.
Checked back, starting 1884-1885 and looks like commercial premises
Daniel Montgomery, Cork manufacturer, 41 Adelphi St; ho(me) 12 Nithsdale Rd.
About to check 1890-1891 back!
The Valuation Roll for 1885 lists Daniel Montgomery as tenant of two workshops and a store at 41 Adelphi Street. There are also 18 people listed as tenants of houses at 41 Adelphi Street, so it looks as if it was a tenement block with business premises on the ground floor and 18 flats on the upper floors. Daniel Montgomery is not listed there in 1895.
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Can't see any McMahon in Adelphi Street for the 1891 census unfortunately. Thomas Young is there with his family, at the address you have:
Jno Young 40 vanman b. Kirkpatrick, Dumfries
Jane Young 46 b. Thornton, Dumfries
Tom Young 17 Vanman's Boy b. America
Address: 51 1/2 Adelphi St , Glasgow/Gorbals
Monica
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For Thomas Young, 1881 gives his birth place as Pennsylvania, U. S. America. Maybe an only son as he remains the only child in the household with parents John and Jane. The family were in Edinburgh for that census.
Monica
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Irene, was there an occupation given for mother Margaret McMahon on her son Thomas' birth cert?
What happened to baby Thomas by the time of the 1901 census?
Monica
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Maybe two closes with 18 tenants? Ward 9.
https://www.theglasgowstory.com/ward-maps/
Skoosh.