paisley weaving families

[buddie]

looking for info on Cowden and Tait weavers i Paisley

[runningbear]

good afternoon buddie fae paisley

big welcome to roots chat.

is cowden and tate a trade name or are we taking two diferent families that are linked through marriage?

what year are we talking? so we can find them on the censuses for you?

trying to help

Joe

[runningbear]

hi pal,

are we talking

william cowden who married isabella tait 18/4/1828 paisley?


trying to help

Joe

[buddie]

Yes they,re my grt. grt. grandparents. i know they were married by the Rev. Walter Blair of the Gaelic Church

[runningbear]

hi buddie,

what sort of info are you after?

census returns?

births marriages deaths?

Joe

[buddie]

Hi Joe trying to find out their parents and what the connection is with the Gaelic Church, also the Isabella has been handed down through the family, and I,m going to be a grannie for the first tme, and if it is a wee girl Isabella will be her second name.

[tidybooks]

Hi buddie,

William Cowden married Isabella Tait 18 April 1828 Abbey (Paisley) and
Daughter Margaret Couden (sic) born 09 Oct 1855 High Church, Paisley, Renfrew.

Here is 1851 census at 3 Neilson Street Paisley,

William Cowden 45 b 1806 Paisley Hand Loom Weaver
Isabella Cowden 33 b 1818 Paisley Hand Loom Weaver
Jean Cowden 19 b 1832 Paisley Hand Loom Weaver’s Asst
Agnes Cowden 15 b 1836 Paisley Hand Loom Weaver’s Asst
James Cowden 11 b 1840 Paisley
William Cowden 2 b 1849 Paisley
Thomas Cowden 2 months 1851 Paisley
And 4 lodgers

Isabella’s age worries me, married at 10, giving birth at 14
I checked on SP, and only Isabella Tait born in Renfrew, was 10 Sep 1812 in Port Glasgow, that would make her 16 at wedding. Have you any proof of ages or where born.

Cannot see any connection with Gaelic Church yet.


Tom

[buddie]

Hi Tom Isabella,s age must be wrong as william and her were married in 1828 by Rev. Walter Blair of the Gaelic Church. Her father,s name was John, I found a John tait married to a Mary Purdon, but don,t know if it is the same family. Isabella

[M.R. Dien]

The best option would be to go on to Scotlands People which is unfortunately a pay per view site (£6 for 30 credits) and seek Isabella's Death record which should be able to provide her parents details. Assuming of course that she died after 1855