Geneology Report - an example
Mary Hannah was born in Newton, Ayr in the county of Ayrshire on the 16th
February 1859. The sixth child of William and Agnes, her siblings were Robert
(1844), Margaret (1847), Janet (1849), Agnes (1852), Jane (1854), William
(1957), Isabella (1861), Thomas Baird (1863) and John Cooper (1867). She
is listed as a two year old on the 1861 census, living with parents and
family at Douglas Street, Kilmarnock.
Her mother Agnes died in December
1873, and father William in August the following year.
On the 22nd
of December 1876, Mary married Dugald Brown, her next door neighbour, in
a ceremony which took place at 2 Berkeley Terrace, Glasgow. The service
was conducted by Robert Stuart, the Minister of St. Marks Church of Scotland.
Dugald was born in Tollcross (now part of Glasgow) between 1850 and 1852
and was the second son of John Brown, recorded as a harbour labourer in
1876, and Ann Brown (m.s. Brown). John and Ann were probably from Islay
(an island off the west coast of Scotland) and almost certainly spoke Gaelic
as their first language. Dugald had six other brothers and sisters.
There
are diverse accounts of the numbers of Gaels in Glasgow prior to the more
accurate census results of 1881. The census of 1881 calculates the Gaelic
speaking community of the city at over 11,000 people rising to a peak of
around 18,500 in 1901. There are about 6500 Gaelic speakers in Glasgow today.
At
the time of their marriage, Mary described her occupation as a cotton loomer
(the word loomer is almost illegible), and her address as 37 Hill Street,
Glasgow. Dugald was a hammerman, and lived at 35 Hill Street.
Mary
and Dugald had at least six children, Rodger (16/1/1877), Margaret (Maggie)
(1878 in England), John (1880) and Isabella (unknown). In the 1881 census
Mary and Dugald were living at 3 Alice Place, Abbey, Renfrew, just south
of Glasgow. Dugald's job must have been very insecure and dependent on the
heavy industry of the day, either shipbuilding or the railway as Maggie
was born in England not long after Mary and Dugald were married. It is likely
that he was a hammerer of steel or some other type of metal.
Glasgow
around the time had attracted a great number of immigrants, particularly
between 1850 and 1900, to feed the industrial revolution. Some 30% of the
population were from Ireland by the end of the 19th Century showing the
sheer scale and attraction of Glasgow at that time. Glasgow of all the major
West Coast ports, including Liverpool, Manchester and Bristol was the biggest
of its day. Unfortunately this had the drawback of over population, slum
housing and almost unimaginable living conditions. Anderston, in Glasgow,
where Mary and Dugald were living at the time of their marriage, was a slum
area with thousands of people living in tenements and was within easy reach
of the main railway station and the river Clyde. Many of the poorer tenements,
including Hill Street, were demolished by the turn of the century.Dugald
and Mary probably lived out the rest of their lives in Glasgow.
Dugald
died in 1922 at 22 Centre Street of senility and heart disease. Dugald's
death certificate was witnessed by his daughter, Isabella Douglas of 13
Ardgowan Place, Glasgow. She records her grandfather John Brown as a 'Railway
Engine Driver'. Unfortunately little else is known of Mary.
Dugald's
death registration records that he was a widower of Mary Hannah when he
died, however to date a death entry for her has not been established.
Rodger
was the first born of Mary and Dugald on January 16 1877 at 35 Hill Street,
Glasgow. Photographs of him in 1898 and 1899 show him as a very attractive
young man. Rodger had many professions in his early years, ranging from
Engineer's Machineman and furniture packer to a steelworker, which he spent
the most time at. Rodger married Mary Niblock, 4 years his senior on July
13 1899. Both were recorded as living at 393 South York Street, Glasgow
prior to the wedding. Mary was the first born to Henry Niblock and Agnes
Niblock (m.s. Jeffrey) on March 13 1873 in Glasgow. Mary had at least 8
brothers and sisters. Rodger and Mary had seven children Agnes (circa 1900),
Donald (circa 1902), Mary (circa 1904), Harry (circa 1906), Christine (Tina)
(circa 1908), Elizabeth (Beth) (26/5/1911) and Roger (After 1911)
Agnes, their eldest daughter died aged 21 from suspected meningitis. Tina
died aged 30. Not much is known of their life before 1911 when Beth was
born. Despite previously living in Rutherglen, the family was still seen
as outsiders when they moved to a tenement at 71 Stonelaw Road, Rutherglen.
Robert
(Bob) was born to Beth in March 1936 and was mostly brought up by Rodger
and Mary while Beth worked. After a long life Rodger died of a heart attack
at home on June 28 1957, three years after Mary had died of cancer. Rodger
was buried in Rutherglen cemetery. Beth continued to live at 71 Stonelaw
Road on her own until the early 1970's and today the tenement still exists.
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