Can anyone read this place name in Co. Lanark pls

[Forfarian]

Well, If you're sure that the 31-year-old Charles Henry who was the father of Francis in 1892 is the same person as the plain Charles who died in 1939 aged 86, then I suggest that you take a look at the 1871 census to see if you can find him there.

[Rosinish]

Frewrow  Most places were mining areas with a lot of "Rows"

Greenock is Renfrew (closeby) though so may have been named for the area?

Annie

[Rosinish]

Found this..........

https://www.google.co.uk/#q=frewrow%2C+coatbridge

Annie

[silverienz]

Well, If you're sure that the 31-year-old Charles Henry who was the father of Francis in 1892 is the same person as the plain Charles who died in 1939 aged 86, then I suggest that you take a look at the 1871 census to see if you can find him there.

Yes i'm sure i have got the right death, as i have his grave picture & he is buried with his wife Rose Rebecca MOORE (Schwass).

[MagicMirror]

How about Provan?

Or try skimming through this little lot. http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/ordnance-survey-name-books/place-names/Lanarkshire?class=county

[andycand]

Hi

There are multiple related topics (list on link below) that suggest that the place could be Troon (would sound similar to Trewan) and that he was born before Statutory Registration. There is also an indication that his father was a Mariner, as was Charles, which could explain difficulty in finding records

If Charles was born pre 1855 then there is no birth record, only a christening which wouldn't necessarily take place where he was born. The OPRs are the Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, if he was another denomination then his christening may not be online, few are.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=721719.msg5656023#msg5656023

Andy

[jaybelnz]

I just added to the other thread!  My Scottish grandparents would certainly have pronounced it as Troon!

Troon is in Ayrshire now, but pretty sure it was once part of Larnarkshire.

Mariner as above would also be relative to Troon, as it was/is a port.  I have a gg grandparent who was a "pilot" on his daughter's birth certificate.  I'm guessing it wasn't on the Concord!  She was born in Troon.

Hooe this is helpful!

Jeanne

[silverienz]

Thanks for your answers, I just can't seem to find Charles or his family anywhere in Scotland & it's very frustrating!

[Forfarian]

Troon is in Ayrshire now, but pretty sure it was once part of Larnarkshire.

I very much doubt that Troon was ever in the County of Lanark, and it was certainly not in Lanarkshire (which is the same thing) in Charles' lifetime.

From Fullarton's Gazetteer (1842): "Troon: a promontory, a harbour, a thriving sea-port and a quoad sacra parish, at the west end of the parish of Dundonald, Ayrshire .... is by far the best natural harbour in Ayrshire .... The merchants of Glasgow, aware of its advantages, made a vain effort, about the year 1700,to purchase the adjacent property for the erection of a sea-port; and, in consequence of the repulse they met, were obliged to select the very inferior site of Port Glasgow ...."