The Gorbals, Glasgow (a place)

[Hudggy]

Hi All,
Do not forget the are lots of famous people came from Glasgow and the gorbals IE: Pinkerton Detective Agency in America was started by Pinkerton from the Gorbals. The place is like every where else if you live there it is better than somewhere else. I know I have stayed in worse places around the world so dont always believe what you read or hear.
The Gorbals was the main stopping place for the poor Irish people escaping the Famines.

[brownmac]

It is true the Gorbals was a rough and ready district of Glasgow but Hey no longer.As with many areas of Glasgow the Gorbals has been regenerated the slums and" single ends" are no more The post war 50's and 60's architexture has been replaced with new apartments and houses which are very saught after.
In the sixties(even before) many razor gangs were invovled in running battles. NO longer!
I have been researching my husbands family tree and have discovered many of his forefathers were from the highlands of Scotland drawn to Glasgow to work in the ironfoundries and shipyards during the industrial revolution,
My father-in-law was born in the Gorbals in 1918 and is still alive to-day! Still lives in Glasgow too His father was a ship's cook and was shipwrecked in WW1 and never kept good health until his death in 1941 whilst my father-in-law was serving in the war against the Japanese.Like many other Gorbals Boys he was a member of the Boys Brigade and consequently he and many of his peers joined the Territorial Army_ they were the first to be called up.Before the war ended he rose to the rank of Sargeant Major   not bad for aboy from the Gorbals!!! After the war he became a teacher ,his son  ,my husband a bank manager,and our sons - a surgeon,a police officer and a fire officer.How's that then 

[diva]

My grandfather, Andrew William Murray, was apparently born in Gorbals (or Gobals?  Is there such a place?)  in Glasgow in 1897, street address 30 Main St.  From what I've read about the place, this doesn't seem to make sense, as his family was quite affluent - his father James Thomson Murray, from St. Monance, was a fish curer who owned his own business. I assume they were in Glasgow as part of his business. The next I can find them is in Torry, Aberdeen, in 1901, according to the census.
Was the Gorbals still an affluent area in 1897?  Is there an area of Glasgow known as Gobals?  Can anyone check out his birth records for me locally there?  His mother's name was Margaret Gerrard Murray, from St. Monance, Fife. 
I am so confused!
Bonnie

[RJ_Paton]

As far as I know there isn't any place in glasgow called Gobals.

It is probably the Gorbals area that you seek ..... as to its affluence (or lack of it) in 1897 .... it was definitely on the slide but there were still a number of bigger houses about

[Christopher]

Hi Ele,

I'm just linking threads together. 1841 census Co Monaghan Ireland.

Christopher

[JAP]

My grandfather, Andrew William Murray, was apparently born in Gorbals (or Gobals?  Is there such a place?)  in Glasgow in 1897, street address 30 Main St. ...  Can anyone check out his birth records for me locally there?  His mother's name was Margaret Gerrard Murray, from St. Monance, Fife. 
... 

diva,

You can look for his birth yourself on the (pay-per-view - but charges are reasonable) ScotlandsPeople site at:
http;//www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

A free search on SP finds that there is indeed the birth of an Andrew William MURRAY in 1897 registered in the Gorbals district.

JAP

[IMBER]

Would you like the address of a good optician Genresearch? The situation you describe may have elements of truth but they are rapidly fading into the past. Vast sums have been spent by private developers in providing very attractive private sector housing that people queue to buy.  Yes, there are still some public sector tower blocks but they do not now dominate the housing stock.  The fact that all the big house builders leap to build very attractive private homes here says something.  A more balanced view, please. What is emerging here is a model of private and public sector housing.

http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/sedotcom_home/news-se/news-fullarticle.htm?articleid=211960&

[acorngen]

Imber,

Go look at the date I made the initial post and then look at yesterdays date when you made your post.  I am aware that in the last 2 years the Gorbals have been to a large extent destroyed and rebuolt by developers but back in 2005 there was more than a few high rise blocks there.

Rob

[sancti]

Some nice photos here

http://travel.webshots.com/album/551541170hHGDvx