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Renfrewshire / Re: Is anyone researching the Langs of Renfrewshire?
« on: Wednesday 28 June 17 23:59 BST (UK) »
Hi Biztar... where is your DNA posted? I am on family tree DNA, Ancestry, 23&me and Gedmatch. Thank you! Jean
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According to the 1855 birth certificate of James Watson Purvis his parents married in August 1844 in Linlithgow, however SP have the marriage recorded in Barony.[/i]
I haven't figured out the reason for this. Robert Turnbull Purvis, groom, was born on the east coast in Prestonpans, somewhat nearby to Linlithgow. But, seems weird.
In 1855 the family were living at 30 Grace Street, Barony. In both 1851 and 1861 the family of a John Lang and Agnes Lang nee Shaw were also living in Grace Street ( at no 52 in 1851 and 62 in 1861).
Hmmm... never picked up on this. Very interesting. I will follow up.
Census says John Lang was also born in Pollockshaws ( around 1821/2). John Lang died on 24th Feb 1890. He was a Retired Machinary Merchant, age 69 married to Ann Shaw and his parents are given as Thomas Lang, Handloom Tenter (dec'd) and Mary Lang nee Wallace (dec'd). Given John's place of birth and the fact he was living in the same street as your Lang family, I think it is possible that John was a brother of Jane Lang. There are a couple of Lang births recorded in Eastwood ( reg district for Pollockshaws) for parents Thomas Lang and Mary Wallace - Janet 1808 and James 1810 - but no later births, including one for John, who we know for sure was a child of theirs. There are therefore possibly other children of this marriage also not recorded.
Isobel