14 Inchgreen Street in Greenock 1902 - 1915?

[cranstone]

Would there be any directories that can be searched for Frank/Francis Courtney in the Greenock area please from 1902 - 1915?

In 1901 he and his family were living in 14 Inchgreen Street, Greenock and it would be interesting to see how long they lived there?

Is there any occupation mentioned for him?

Many thanks

[runner]

Hi Cranstone

I don't know about directories or how much help they would give. You might be more successful with the electoral Roll for the area. The local library may be prepared to do a look-up for you if you can't visit in person.

Inchgreen Street is near Bogston railway station and is so close to the shipyards that Frank would only have to fall out of bed to be at work. The yards were the major employer at that end of the town in those days although there was a ropeworks a mile or so away. The houses may even have been owned by the shipyards.
A lot of that area has been taken over for industrial building so I'm not sure if any residential housing still exists.
Perhaps somebody more local will spot this and give a more definitive answer.

Russell

[jennifah]

Hi

My great gran lived at 14 Inchgreen Street. Her name was Martha Wilson, I'm not sure when she moved there as she lived at other no's too(she seems to have lived most of her life in that street) but she was there when she died which was in 1952

Don't know if this is of any help
kind regards

[jennifah]

Also that street doesn't exist any more as all the houses were knocked down - which is a real shame.

[Mrs Teddy Bear]

Hi there Cranstone

Just had a look on the 1901 census on Scotlands People and there is an entry for a Frank Courtney in Greenock. Just run out off credits and not planning to purchase any for a while so can't check it for you I am afraid.

It might be worth your while having a look there.

[dreamingwombat]

Hi

My great gran lived at 14 Inchgreen Street. Her name was Martha Wilson, I'm not sure when she moved there as she lived at other no's too(she seems to have lived most of her life in that street) but she was there when she died which was in 1952

Don't know if this is of any help
kind regards

Hi Jennifah
I wish I could get in touch with you. I am researching Wilson in Greenock. In 1918 George and Elizabeth Nicholl lived at 14 Inchgreen Street, and by 1945 they were at number 10. Their son George Nicholl married Margaret Wilson, and Margaret lived with them at 10 Inchgreen Street.  I wonder if Martha is perhaps related to Margaret?

[cranstone]

Hi

Do you know Martha's Wilson family tree side?

Kind regards

[jennifah]

Hi

My great gran lived at 14 Inchgreen Street. Her name was Martha Wilson, I'm not sure when she moved there as she lived at other no's too(she seems to have lived most of her life in that street) but she was there when she died which was in 1952

Don't know if this is of any help
kind regards

Hi Jennifah
I wish I could get in touch with you. I am researching Wilson in Greenock. In 1918 George and Elizabeth Nicholl lived at 14 Inchgreen Street, and by 1945 they were at number 10. Their son George Nicholl married Margaret Wilson, and Margaret lived with them at 10 Inchgreen Street.  I wonder if Martha is perhaps related to Margaret?

Hi dreamingwombat

I feel there must be a link somewhere. My geat granny Martha was a Wilson by marriage, she married James Wilson and he was born at 10 Inchgreen Street in 1898. Hmmm I need to do some searching........ James did have a sister Margaret Wilson but my research showed she had two marriages and not to a Nicholl but she would have been too old anyway going by your dates. James and Martha had two sons William and John. The son William stayed in Inchgreen Street, married Ina and had a son John Wilson 1939 - my Dad, so all the families would have known each other it was a real community in that street. All my Wilson's lived 6, 10, 14, 16 Inchgreen Street at some point, moving around the same street.
Do you know who your Maragaret Wilson's parents were?

[dreamingwombat]

Hello,

My Margaret (jean) Wilson doesnt turn up in Inchgreen Street until she is married.

She was born in northern Ireland in 1920. Her parents were Archibald Wilson (b. 1889 port glasgow) and Dora (m.s. Boyle).
The family moved back and forth (assume Dora was from NI) but they had another daughter while in Greenock called Margaret (Jane) Wilson after  1920 and stayed in Port Glasgow.

 It's confusing that they used the same first names for both daughters, but this is verified as I am in touch with Margaret Jane Wilson's son. They were known as jeanie and Jane.

Anyway, my Margaret Jean doesn't show up at Inchgreen Steet until she is married as Margaret Jean Nicholl. 

14 Inchgreen Street:

Margaret jean Wilson's husband George Nicholl was born at 14 Inchgreen St in 1918 and his parents were George Nicholl and Elizabeth.

By 1945 George and his parents (george & elizabeth) were at 10 Inchgreen Street, he married Margaret Jean Wilson and she moved in with them to 10 Inchgreen Street.

this is Margaret's second marriage by then, her first marriage to a Mr Moulson ended due to his death while in war service).

 So, in 1952 when your Martha Wilson died at 14 inchgreen street my Margaret jean Wilson definitely wasn't there but if we could find out who else lived at that address in 1952 we might be able to connect our Wilson's. It is a pretty common name though.

Not sure if this will help make any Wilson connection: There is a James Wilson in my tree b.1821 married to Helen Nairn. I do know that my Wilson line originated in Irvine, Ayrshire and moved to Port Glasgow with industrialisation. They were stone masons and masons. There are many Wilson headstones in the churchyard at Irvine and they worked on the Greenock town hall. Does this link to anything you know of your Wilson line?