Sewark/Newark St? Greenock

[raonull4]

hi again
         just had a nosey on your data base and see you ve noted a few lafferty's
of mine ie William USA

[sugarbakers]

Yes, 1871-1901 ... interesting.

[raonull4]

hi
   i ve been digging in to my info Robert Holmes 14 east shaw street
worked in the glebe,
as did William Lafferty and his son Neil,
my connection to both these names
is Martha Maxwell Holmes daughter of Robert
married Francis Lafferty son of William
brother of Neil,
this being my direct line of grand parents
on my mothers side

[sugarbakers]

Thank you, raonull4, useful info.

Are any of them on the Glebe picture at top of Portraits page
www.mawer.clara.net/portraits.html

[raonull4]

wish there was
i m amazed with how much you ve gathered
from census's a lot of work gone into it,
i remember the gantries crossing the road
comming down at the westburn,
I also removed the last of the foundations
from walkers, to make way
for william lows supermarket.

[raonull4]

perhaps you can answer this for me
on how the westburn got its name
when walkers was actually built on top of the
west burn which runs from inverkip st under walkers
and into the clyde

[Rosinish]

Would West not be the direction the burn runs from?

Annie

[raonull4]

Hi
   no the reason i  asking this is the westburn refinnery was built
in upper greenock nowere near  the west burn.
which runs from Inverkip rd, then was culverted from Inverkip st
and under Walkers refinnery  then through the town centre
into the clyde

[sugarbakers]

Westburn Sugar Refineries Ltd appears to have been a company name initially and nothing to do with location. It purchased Berryyards Refinery at the top of Lynedoch St in 1896, though the refinery had been built in 1852 for partners Anderson, Orr, Scott and Paul who ran it to 1864 when it became wholly owned by the Scott family. This refinery was known as Brewer's Sugar and Westburn over time, becoming part of Tate & Lyle to it's closure in 1997.

The book to read about the founding/closures/owners of Greenock refineries is 'Notes on the Sugar Industry' by John M Hutcheson, 1901. There is the odd original copy about, and it's available on Abebooks as a Print-on-Demand copy, but is also online at  http://www.ainslie.org.uk/genealogy/sugar/index.htm  . A very good read, and the first book I bought when I started my research.