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Lanarkshire / Re: Was there a Darkley Avenue, Scotstoun?
« on: Monday 29 September 25 08:51 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: Kay99 on Monday 29 September 25 08:17 BST (UK)
Checked 1911 census at 26 Darnley Ave were as below

Isabella B Smith 57 Widow b Glasgow Lanarkshire
Jessie H Smith 26 Daughter Teacher
Margaret D Smith 24 Dau  Teacher
James Smith 22  Son Draughtsman

Thanks for this! This is not my william then. His daughter's mother was Margaret and daur Isabella appears in 1911 census in the Calton area with her husband and children. Thanks for finding this. At least I can rule this one out. His name is so common and with so little info, im always glad to narrow it down a little further

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Lanarkshire / Re: Was there a Darkley Avenue, Scotstoun?
« on: Monday 29 September 25 07:32 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: AlanBoyd on Monday 29 September 25 07:30 BST (UK)
I found no newspaper hits for Darkley Avenue at BNA (no hits at all, not filtered by country etc).

Hmm, it sounds like its maybe mistyped? Or soemthing else has happened here. I akso searched by address on find my past too, nothing.

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Lanarkshire / Re: Was there a Darkley Avenue, Scotstoun?
« on: Monday 29 September 25 07:31 BST (UK)  »
That was best guess as well. I tried to search for it but foud nothing so I guessed it mightve been renamed or something. Thank you, my next thing was to search the ordnance survey maps but I find it hard to navigate that. Appreciate this.

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Lanarkshire / Was there a Darkley Avenue, Scotstoun?
« on: Monday 29 September 25 06:51 BST (UK)  »
Hi everyone. In researching my ancestor William Smith, a man i have very little info on other than he was a dock worker possibly turned seaman in the Merchant Navy, (possibly around 1890s onwards.) Ive been searching for death records and came across a possibility, a man who died aged 59 of heart failure in 1910 at sea and whose last residence was a 26 Darkley Avenue, Scotstoun, according to the death record.  I searched valuation rolls and did a Google search for that street but came up empty.

I'd hoped to use his address to see if it might be my william. Ive never been able to find him on any records as his dock work meant he lived in lodging houses and moved around a lot. He was never married either. No idea of ethnicity, age, or birthplace. His daughter Isabella stayed with him in Lochee for 2 months in 1890 before finding herself travelling back to Glasgow for poor relief. No idea where he goes after that.

Anyway, was there such a street as Darkley Avenue in Scotstoun? I wasnt sure i am allowed to post the picture so I havent but the info is typed.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Irish marriage certificate handwriting
« on: Tuesday 20 May 25 00:00 BST (UK)  »
Ive been able to find the family of Bernard Collins and his witness on marriage certificate Vincent Collins is in the household too and living at 11 Knocknaneen in Co. Monaghan with parents Thomas Collins, Tea Merchant,  and Catherine.

No sign of Kathleen Fox's family though. I'll keep searching 

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Irish marriage certificate handwriting
« on: Monday 19 May 25 23:48 BST (UK)  »
Oh yes I see that now. Well that's dissappointing! Thanks for your help.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Irish marriage certificate handwriting
« on: Monday 19 May 25 23:12 BST (UK)  »
Hi everyone. I have a marriage certificate and im trying to work out the occupation of the grooms father John Fox to help me locate the right family. I think at the start it starts with Dr.... but thats all ive got so far. Could anyone make it out please?

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Lanarkshire / Re: Location of Tontine
« on: Monday 02 December 24 11:05 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Kay99 on Monday 02 December 24 07:30 GMT (UK)
I noticed that a report of the trial  - in the press on 1 May 1858 Glasgow Courier - a girl Isabella Brown nearly 13 gives evidence and she was living in the same tenement as Isabella Campbell

I wonder if this might be Isabella Brown in 1861 - living with her family at Bell Street, Saint David, Glasgow Central  in the parish of St David.   At it gives the parish to look in :-\

Isabella   Brown   Daughter Unmarried   Female   15 Shop girl   Strathaven, Lanarkshire

Oh, great find! Yes, I believe this very well could be her here!

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Lanarkshire / Re: Location of Tontine
« on: Monday 02 December 24 04:19 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Kay99 on Monday 02 December 24 04:15 GMT (UK)
Is the Tontine Hotel facing onto Trongate with Bell Street to the north and High Street to the east ?  Can't see a close/street named Tontine

https://maps.nls.uk/view/74953138#zoom=6.6&lat=4807&lon=5011&layers=BT

Kay

Yes I think that's right, I'm just a bit confused what street they actually mean? Like maybe a lane that runs behind Tontine Hotel. They say they live in tontine close so i assume its not the hotel itself. By the description, it seems to be maybe a lane running behind the hotel, but I'm struggling to know what to search when it comes to census records to find out some more info.

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