burnside cottage!!!???!!!

[paulsplace2009]

hi rootschatters

just wondered if you could answer a question.....

my gr gr gr grandfather was born is glassary, argyll.

when he was 74 he died at burnside cottage, argyll(1814-1888)

what i want to know if burnside cottage still exists?and are there any pics of it.

my gr gr gr grandmother also died there(1823-1889)

if the cottage is still there, then i would love to visit it!

thans in advance for your help

regards

paul

[Jool]

Paul, If this is the right cottage you may be in luck, it's available to rent as a holiday cottage.  I just did an internet search and up it popped.

http://www.selfcatering-directory.co.uk/uploads/estate/selfcatering/self-catering-8546.htm

Jool

[Jool]

Or maybe it's this one http://www.btinternet.com/~Pamela.Mackinnon/pub/

I think you will have to search the net to work out which one it may be as it seems a popular name

Jool

[Piglet01]

Hello

To narrow the search down the easiest way would be to check the census records and check which other properties are nearest.  If he was at that property for the 1841 census - which can be acessed at www.freecen.org.uk, it give the opportunity to check the houses on the enumerators route.  This would narrow down and help pinpoint the cottage.

Regards,   Steve

[MonicaL]

Hi Paul

As you have seen from Steve's searches, there are likely to be a number of properties with the same name. It might help people searching if you added a few more details. By the sounds of it, you have the death certs for your ggggrandparents. Which parish did Burnside Cottage show in on the death certs? What were their names? Anything you can add might help with the searches that people may do 

Monica

[MonicaL]

Is this their 1881 entry?

Dugald Blair 65, House Carpenter & Joiner
Jeane Blair 57

Address: Burnside Cottage, South Knapdale

I found this link http://genealogicalexpedition2008.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html  If you look at the diary entry for Friday, September 19, 2008, it includes a photo and details for a Burnside Cottage. It is in the right area. Whilst not linked to your family, it would be interesting if it turned out to be connected to the same property 

As Steve suggest, looking at the whole page of a census entry will give you clues regarding surrounding addresses to help you better locate the actual cottage.

Monica

[MonicaL]

Might well be the right area  This looks to be Dugald and Jean in 1871:

Dugald Blair 51, river carpenter
Jane Blair 49
Ann Blair 24
Duncan Blair 19
Sarah Blair 15
Jane Blair 12
Mary Blair 10

Address: Inverneil House (burnside Cottage), South Knapdale

[paulsplace2009]

hi guys.....

thank you all so much for all your replys!!

i have 1 census document - 1881 census

it shows the parish as - glassary.

does this help any

regards

paul

[MonicaL]

Hi Paul

Does the 1881 census entry match the entry I posted for 1881? Also, is it the right family in 1871 from the other census entry above?

Monica