oakshaw street Paisley.....

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:29 pm

maggie wrote:Hello David
thankyou for that information
"meenister" i take it that too is a guid auld scottish word
i now understand i just had visions of the meenister luggin a great heavy book around with him .
thanks once again David
kind regards maggie

Ah canna seem tae help a wee bit Lallans creepin' in noo 'n' then, ken, but

The registers never left the office until one copy was sent to Embra at the year end, and had to be kept in a safe outside working hours.

David

maggie · Post by **maggie** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:46 pm

hello David
lallans

had to do a "ask Jeeves" to find an explanation for that one

that's the 2nd time today the old butler has come up trumps for me the other word i had to look up was an american word "sophomore"
a quote from our local radio station springs to mind" it's not just for fun it's an education" and this family tree research most certainly is educating

kind regards maggie

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:09 am

Hi All,

If it helps anyone, I have a 1924 Paisley Directory, which from David's dates must be after the change of house numbers.

Oakshaw Street - from head of School wynd to the John Neilson Institution.

Number 16 - High Church Manse, Rev. John Muir

George Street - west side of 50 Causeyside to Broomlands.

Number 13 residents: (name of head of household only)
Claude Hannah
George Barr
Alexander Hamilton
Frederick J Kenneth

Kathy

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 6:21 am

nancy wrote:Hi Jack,i was brought up at 126 George St,a row of two storey tenements between Castle St and Queen St,same one as my granny had lived in.She had applied to poor law in 1916 but number was down as 115 George St.Would that be about right Jack? Cheers Nancy.

Hi Nancy,

In 1924 there are no listings for 115 or 126 George Street, if you feel your Granny was still in George Street in 1924, give me a surname and I will look it up for you.

Kathy

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 8:35 am

Hi Nancy,
You'll be glad to know that 115 George St. did indeed become 126 - so you were still in granny's hoose!

Hi Kathy,
Those old Directories are wonderful - always full of information that nowadays only family historians can appreciate.
(others not interested can't understand why we get so engrossed in them!)
The reason that names might be missing is because you had to pay for your name in it....
And nos. can be missing too if no one at that address paid for their entry....
That's why i never find any close rellies in them - we were too poor; some things never change

Jack

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 8:47 am

Hi Ian,
Number 6 George Place was changed to 11 in 1923.
Hope your date for the address was after that year because prior to it there wasn't any 11.
[two buildings had no number at all, and there were two buildings as no. 8]
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The nos in George Place pre 1923 went in this order,
1,2,3,--,--,6,5,4,7,8,8. They were changed to 1 - 21 (all odd nos).
--
Jack
ps, i think by now you'll have a good idea as to why it was decided to re-number many of the streets!

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:36 pm

Hi Jack,

Thanks for that information Jack, I was under the impression that the trade entries paid and the house occupants were entered automatically.

That would mean things were looking up for my poor old Granny & Granda, with a paid entry in Mossvale Street Paisley.

I believe these directories have been reprinted in the past few year, I'm happy to say mine is an original, and so so interesting.

Kathy

nancy · Post by **nancy** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:55 pm

Thanks Kathy and Jack. My granny was Orourke and i believe her brother,John OBrien lived next door, and yes Jack,i too keep up the family tradition of being poor

Cheers Nancy

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 2:23 pm

Hi Nancy

I'm sorry to say there are no O'rourke's or O'Brien's listed for George Street Paisley in the 1924 directory

.

Kathy

IanS · Post by **IanS** » Sat Feb 04, 2006 7:55 pm

Hi Kathy, Thanks for looking up the names for no. 13 in your trades directory, but sadly they had long since moved by then. The thought was appreciated though

Hi Jack, I've got a wee problem here, because the address was 11 George Place in 1866. The problem may well be mine, and I've mistranscribed from the certificate to my Family history program. I'm away to find out, --'I may be gone some time'' as my filing system could be better

OK Jack, Found it quicker than I thought I might!! I think it's still 11. A chance that it may be 16 and the curl of the six has disappeared, but if the no's only went to 8, then I have a slight problem, it's a ghost hoose!!