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Antrim / John Bamford & Helen Currie
« on: Wednesday 10 January 24 01:12 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all,

Very new here but thought someone may be able to help.

I’m trying to trace where an ancestor came from.

His name was John Bamford (born around 1815) and his wife was Helen Currie. They had 2 sons John and David before moving to Kilsyth, Scotland in around 1840 and had another son named Thomas.

In every record that states where they were born it only says Ireland but no county or anything. I’ve researched and asked and I’m pointed towards Antrim or Derry. I have looked at different Irish ancestry pages to find them but I have had no luck so I was wondering if perhaps someone on here could help me out? Or if I’m lucky enough, someone will have them in their own tree and looking to priece the other end that I have  :P

Any help would be appreciated massively

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Stirlingshire / Re: Old/new town - Kilsyth
« on: Wednesday 10 January 24 01:01 GMT (UK)  »
I’ve just been looking into an ancestor who lived here and I think I’ve worked out the answer.

Old Town which is the north of Kilsyth (or the top end as some call it today) is the original part of Kilsyth. Pretty self explanatory.

New town (known as the bottom end) was built to house “navvies” building the Glasgow - Edinburgh railway line in the 1840’s.

My ancestor John Bamford came over from Ireland to Kilsyth and lived here. His occupation was a general labourer. In that census he lived in the same house as his wife, Helen Currie and his 3 sons, John, David and Thomas and there were also another 6 young men who were also labourers from Ireland living in there and another young woman. I found this strange so looked it up. “Navvies” as they were known, would often live in hut-like accommodation which were over crowded a lot of the time.

Hopefully you found this helpful

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