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Help request - deciphering place names Scotland
« on: Friday 31 October 25 11:32 GMT (UK) »
Could anyone help decipher the handwriting from an 1871 census of Paisley, Scotland pls.

The top line I think says "Lanarkshire" but then there is a second word maybe starts with a "Q", Quarter maybe?

The last line I think says "Renfrewshire" & "LillyBank"

If anyone can corroborate I would be grateful.

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Re: Help request - deciphering place names Scotland
« Reply #1 on: Friday 31 October 25 12:07 GMT (UK) »
What is the name & age of the person on the census
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Re: Help request - deciphering place names Scotland
« Reply #2 on: Friday 31 October 25 14:07 GMT (UK) »
The first line relates to an Elisabeth Brown, Step Dau, aged 17
The second line is John Brown, step son, aged 13
The third line is Jean Brown, step dau, aged 8

This is a particularly taxing family, as their mother on this census is Elisabeth McArthur, previously Clarkson, but must also be a Brown somewhere in the past to have these children. I believe John brown to be illegitimate so no father mentioned, and I cant place the other two. I had a Lilybank in Port Glasgow, but now realise there is a Lilybank in Glasgow itself.

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Re: Help request - deciphering place names Scotland
« Reply #3 on: Friday 31 October 25 15:40 GMT (UK) »
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Re: Help request - deciphering place names Scotland
« Reply #4 on: Friday 31 October 25 15:46 GMT (UK) »
If the Scotland census follows the same pattern as the English censuses, then the word that starts with "Q" is the location within Lanarkshire where the person was born, if I am not mistaken. But I can't tell you what it says.

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Re: Help request - deciphering place names Scotland
« Reply #5 on: Friday 31 October 25 17:05 GMT (UK) »
Have you found the 2 eldest children in 1861
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Re: Help request - deciphering place names Scotland
« Reply #6 on: Friday 31 October 25 17:15 GMT (UK) »
Just trying to build a picture. Is this the birth of your Elizabeth Clarkson.
CLARKSON
ELISABETH
HUGH CLARKSON/ELISABETH BURNS FR800 (FR800)
F
03/02/1833
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30 / 90
Douglas

1841 census records her as Betty.

1851--unsure at present.

1864 marriage to Edward McArthur names parents as Hugh Clarkson & Elizabeth Burns.

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Re: Help request - deciphering place names Scotland
« Reply #7 on: Friday 31 October 25 17:29 GMT (UK) »
1851 census 25 Millroad St Glasgow
Elizabeth Clarkson 18 Servant b Riggside, lanarkshire

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Rigside is a small village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, about 5 miles from the town of Lanark, and less than 1 mi from Douglas Water. --as per birth.

Narrows down search hopefully to 1851-1864

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Re: Help request - deciphering place names Scotland
« Reply #8 on: Friday 31 October 25 17:47 GMT (UK) »
Yes Hugh Clarkson and Elizabeth Burns I have as Elizabeths parents. However thats were my uncertainy comes in. Elizabeth was a McArthur by marriage and the certificate states Clarkson as her m/s name however it also says "widow". Makes me think she was married before, Brown??. So have I got the right parents?