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A keep getting a message that the photos have the same name, I keep changing them and nothing happens, this is my third time - hopefully lucky regards

Hasnt worked - am trying two different photos - No.1 Mary Dunseith and sons
Second my Grandmother her sister Elizabeth

Hi - two more photographs the first is the shop at 74 to 76 Albertbridge Road and the second photograph has the name as James Wilson is this your relative?  My brother said Jimmy Dunseith (son of Mary and Samuel gave him this photo).   

Unfortunately I have searched the 1901 Census and cannot find the Wilsons.  This Census is incomplete and a large part of Lisburn Road is missing but I dont think they were there at that time as the Belfast Street directory listed.  I seem to recall Auntie Jean (Jane) saying that they lived around the Mount Street area which is near to Albertbridge Road and went to school in Templemore Avenue.  On the Lennon Wylie street directories for Belfast 1907 there is a M J Wilson Fishmonger living at the address below also No.72 Albertbridge Road M J Wilson and also the 1901 directory has similar information:
 
Cut and paste from website removed- please see this page of the website for details-
http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/mcomplete1907_2.htm

Wilson, Jas., fish monger, 23 Mount Street No. 2 - This is from the 1901 Belfast Street directory, but I cannot find this on the Census.
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I will try to gather some more information for you as this is getting message is rambling a bit.  regards and will post a few more photos

Hi – You may be right about Scotland.  Therre is a ten year gap between James and the rest of the children though on the 1911 Census Mary Jane had 11 children, 4 died it is possible some of these may be between James and John.  I have seen that certificate  you mention last year on the Ulster Family Historical Site but don’t think that is Jane as we are almost sure Mary Jane's maiden name was McLeod.  Just found Jane's death certification on Belfast Cemetaries and she is called Mary Jane Wilson died 12 December 1965 aged 80.  I know her birthday was in October and I seem to think 17th but not absolutely sure of the date.   I know the death certification is correct because my Grandmothers address is listed and Jane lived with her  during the last couple of years of her life.  Seems odd that she is Mary Jane and one the twins was Mary (although called May).  Cannot find any of the children’s birth certificates.  I do know the twins marriage dates and will put together better information in another post.  Did get scans of the photos but these were too large to post and were rejected.  Am currently the size of the photos reduced.  By the way the twin Mary( May) married a Samuel Dunseith but more of that later.

Hi saw your message and realised your James Wilson was my grandmother's brother.  Sorry I cant help with regard to what happened to the shops but I can give you some family background with dates etc etc.

I was confused when I read your message because we always thought John was the eldest son and it seems your relative James was the eldest and we knew John had lived in London.  My mother is from Lancashire lived in Belfast from 1949 and John had left Belfast by then.  My Mother who is 85 thought James lived in Lisburn and had a farm.  Incidentally John died in London either late 1950s or very early 1960s and he died penniless.  As far as I know there was seven children as mentioned on the 1911 census.  The great grandmother gave birth to 11 of which 7 lived namely.  James, John, Annie, Jane (known as Jean), twins Elizabeth (Lilly) and Mary (May) and finally Robert (Bob).  My great grandfather James died in 1923 and the great grandmother died in 1935 the address on her death certification is 429 Lisburn Road.  We were told it the business generated a very good income because they had trawlers in the 1920s and the telephone number for 429 Lisburn Road is listed in the 1913 Belfast telephone directory which you can view if you visit Lennon Wylie site which gives street directories for all belfast roughly from 1890s up to approx 1913.  The other shop in question was on the Albertbridge Road, Nos 74 and 76.  The name above the shop was actually John Wilson and I have a photograph of that shop.  We also have photographs of the family in their younger days.  Looking at dates your relative would have been approximately 18 when the twins were born and the brother John was about 10.  He is still living at home in the 1911 census.  Incidentally your relative my grans brother was married in the October 1911 and my gran was married a month earlier in the Sept same year.  Her sister Mary (known as May) was married the year before.  Jane (or we called her Auntie Jean) never married.  My mother thinks Annie married and become a Johnston (not sure which spelling is correct for that name) nor do we know anything about Robert.

If you are still interested I can give you more information dates of marriages etc and I also have a photograph which says James Wilson on the back, however, the gentleman is in a military uniform so this may not be the correct James Wilson.

It may be that the great granparents left wills in which case I know the dates but will need to find them.  I just found them recently on a free site for Belfast burials.

Hope some of this is of interest to you best wishes