More Dechiphering Help.....

WilmaM · Post by **WilmaM** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:57 pm

Her mother's maiden name looks like SAWERS

His parent's look like these ones :

ELISABETH BETTS
Spouse: GEORGE ROBB
Marriage: 24 JUN 1838 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Messages: Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record

I can't make out the fathers occupations on this one - sorry

Are you familiar with the Falkirk area ? for place names etcIf you aren't givve me a shout as I live in the area and love old maps!

you may find this site helpful too if a lot of your 'people' are Falkirk Bairns:

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/tom.p ... ntent1.htm

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:59 pm

Hi folks,
George ROBB - Quarryman.
William HILL - Miner.
Jack

WilmaM · Post by **WilmaM** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:07 pm

Jack wrote:Hi folks,
George ROBB - Quarryman.
William HILL - Miner.
Jack

Ah see that now

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:40 pm

Defintutely ?latelayer, and I can't image what else fits apart from the railway occupation of Platelayer.

Mother's maiden name, via an IGI crosscheck is HILL.

David

Post by **Pandabean** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:41 pm

Lol familiar? I have lived there since I was born. I am now in Aberdeen and been here for 2 and a half years to go to Uni.

WilmaM wrote:Her mother's maiden name looks like SAWERS

His parent's look like these ones :

ELISABETH BETTS
Spouse: GEORGE ROBB
Marriage: 24 JUN 1838 Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland

Messages: Extracted marriage record for locality listed in the record

I can't make out the fathers occupations on this one - sorry

Are you familiar with the Falkirk area ? for place names etcIf you aren't givve me a shout as I live in the area and love old maps!

you may find this site helpful too if a lot of your 'people' are Falkirk Bairns:

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/members/tom.p ... ntent1.htm

WilmaM · Post by **WilmaM** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:51 pm

Pandabean wrote:

Lol familiar? I have lived there since I was born. I am now in Aberdeen and been here for 2 and a half years to go to Uni.

Good - that means street names like Cow Wynd and Lint Riggs aren't going to confuse you

s
an ye'll ken that the Pairhoose wis on Coo Wine whar Comley Park is noo

I've only lived here 14 years but my geography of the place past and present is surpassing my Braes-born man's !

Post by **Pandabean** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 9:53 pm

WilmaM wrote:
Pandabean wrote:Lol familiar? I have lived there since I was born. I am now in Aberdeen and been here for 2 and a half years to go to Uni.

Good - that means street names like Cow Wynd and Lint Riggs aren't going to confuse you s
an ye'll ken that the Pairhoose wis on Coo Wine whar Comley Park is noo

I've only lived here 14 years but my geography of the place past and present is surpassing my Braes-born man's !

Aye I know where the Cow Wynd is, I think part of my family came from where the Mathisons (bakers) building is now. Or around that area. The Pairhouse?

WilmaM · Post by **WilmaM** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:11 pm

The Poor House and Lunatic Asylum were on Cow Wynd / High Station Road , where they built the new Comley Park Primary School and where the car showroom is.

if you look at:

http://www.nls.uk/digitallibrary/map/to ... lkirk.html

And click the bottom left section of the map you can zoom into the institution.

Incidentaly on the opposite side of the road was where the Electricity Generating station was - council depot to you and now the Salvation Army and those new flats!

Post by **Pandabean** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:16 pm

Cool, I like seeing old maps, esp of falkirk. Do you have Larbert there by any chance?

WilmaM · Post by **WilmaM** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 10:39 pm

I've never seen a good town plan of Larbert on the NLS site [ AndrewP may correct me there!]

but if you go to http://www.old-maps.co.uk and put in Larbert as a place name they have one dated 1865 .