Waterston's or Waterson's of Hamilton, Lanarkshire

[paul_mc]

Thank you very much.

I've researched James Clyde and Agnes and daughter Grace this afternoon so If you want any of those certificates which i have paid for and downloaded then I am more than happy to share with you if it helps someone else.

Let me know and I can send them over

Paul

[AncestryFinder]

Thanks for the very kind offer Paul but I don't need them .... if you go to WikiTree.com and search for Grace Waterson born 1862, you'll come up with the profile that has been created for her -- all are open for adoption if you're interested 

It's always exciting when a brick wall comes tumbling down, isn't it!!!  And since Grace and Denis Duffy had so many children, there are likely oodles of descendants running around.

Even though her name at birth was Grace Waterson, all her childrens' birth records have her maiden name as Clyde and any death records that I found at ScotlandsPeople, mother's maiden name also listed as Clyde ..... all making me think that her mother must have told her who her real father was before she died in 1876, or maybe, at that time, Hamilton was small enough that many people knew.

If you ever check into her prison record, I'd be curious as to how she broke the law - it was in 1891 in Cumnock, Ayrshire when son James Duffy's birth was also registered as James Clyde for some odd reason, especially since she'd been married since 1882 (??)
 
SCOTLAND PRISON RECORDS INDEX
Name   Grace Clyde or Duffy
Occupation   House Keeper
Residence   Crosshouse
Year Jailed   1889
Age   27
Estimated Birth Year   1862
Birthplace   Hamilton
Prison   Ayr
County   Ayrshire
NRS Reference   HH21/27/13 p. 81

[paul_mc]

Thanks once again

I would never have found this information on my own.

I'm pleased Grace lived a life and didn't die as a child like I first suspected.

I'm going to try and track down some living relatives in the hope there are some old family photos.

The prison term was for one month - Looking athe charge it looks like assault. I'm sure there is a story there too...I've attached the entry record.

Paul

[paul_mc]

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[scotmum]

Not the 1889 incident, but Grace Clyde or Duffy, Low Blantyre Road, Crosshouse, was briefly mentioned in the Friday 15 February 1895 Hamilton Herald and Lanarkshire Weekly News under the Police Court section, re a breach of the peace there.

Also found mention a Grace Clyde or Duffy, of Glasgow Road, Greenfield, on Friday 30 July 1897 in the Hamilton Herald and Lanarkshire Weekly News under Hamilton Police Court, being given option of a fine or 14 days imprisonment for creating disturbances on two days.

Assault and breach of peace noted on Friday 30 December 1898 in Hamilton Herald and Lanarkshire Weekly News, again under Hamilton Police Court, a  Grace  Clyde or Duffy, no address mentioned, was fined for assault and breach of the peace.

[sancti]

The 1895 report should say Low Blantyre Road, Greenfield

[scotmum]

Thanks for correcting my error. I had actually looked at it before posting, thinking something wasn't right, but for some reason still posted. One of those days, methinks  .