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cranstone
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Can anyone help please? Foundry fire?
« on: Tuesday 16 September 08 10:05 UTC (UK) »
Good morning

I wonder if anyone would be able to help me please with what little information I have?

I have been told a story of an ancestor who died in a foundry fire probably in the Glasgow or Port Glasgow area and probably after 1912.

His name was William Spence and his wife was Lizzie.  They were both born in Ireland and had children, which I will have to check on.  One I believe was born in Ayr in 1900.

The story is that they lived in the Glasgow area and he died in a foundry fire.  His penknife was badly burned and melted but returned to the family and they still have it.

He was born in 1864.

I'm sorry I can't help with where they were in th census either as we haven't found them, so they could have been in Scotland.

This might be too little information to go but I'm hoping someone might know where to look?

many thanks for any help.
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Falkyrn
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Re: Can anyone help please? Foundry fire?
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 16 September 08 10:23 UTC (UK) »
On Scotlands People there are only 7 individuals named William Spence with a birth date of 1864 who died after 1905.

Of this 7 only one is on the West Coast and refers to a gentleman who died in his 80's in 1948 in Glasgow.

If you take out the date of birth the list becomes unmanageable
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Re: Can anyone help please? Foundry fire?
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 16 September 08 10:29 UTC (UK) »
If you can obtain or supply any of the childrens names it may be possible to find them on the 1901 census. However a quick search fails to throw up any obvious ones as there are several William Spence's but none are showing with a wife "Lizzie" (or any normal variation of that)
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cranstone
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Re: Can anyone help please? Foundry fire?
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 09 October 08 08:58 UTC (UK) »
Hi

His children were:

David - born 1897
William - 1899
Margaret - 1904
Rebecca - 1906
Samuel - 1908
Alexander - 1900

All born in Ireland, so William could have been over in Scotland on his own.
It looks to be after 1900.

I'm sorry it's not much help.

Regards
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Re: Can anyone help please? Foundry fire?
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 09 October 08 09:33 UTC (UK) »
Sorry I was unable to get any further.

With the birth of Alexander in 1900 in Ireland it is possible that William did not travel to mainland Britain until after the 1901 census.

The census itself throws up several Williams born in Ireland and living in Glasgow or the surounding area but none of them seem to fit the "foundry" link although this one seems close

William Spence, age 30, born Ireland, occupation Hammerman, living as a boarder with
Margaret Haldane age 70 and her son (?) William Haldane age 17 a Carriers Assistant
Living at 7 Swindon Place, Old Kilpatrick.
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cranstone
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Re: Can anyone help please? Foundry fire?
« Reply #5 on: Friday 10 October 08 09:56 UTC (UK) »
Hi

Many thanks for trying.

Kind regards
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Re: Can anyone help please? Foundry fire?
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 28 May 09 17:30 UTC (UK) »
William Spence was married to Barbara Brown. He was born 1889. They had 5 children all boys, but 2 died leaving Alexander, Johnny and James. He was working in Scotland when he died, not sure where but it was probably Glasgow.
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elaine447
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Re: Can anyone help please? Foundry fire?
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 28 May 09 18:16 UTC (UK) »
I had a look on the Inverclyde site
thinking if there was a foundry fire it would
have been reported in the local paper
but there are no Spences on it
this is the Port Glasgow town Council minutes
I can't see anyone named Spence on there
but if you find the name of the Foundry
it may help with dates
http://www.graeme.kirkwood6.btinternet.co.uk/Minutes/PGminutes.htm
Elaine
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Re: Can anyone help please? Foundry fire?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 28 May 09 19:03 UTC (UK) »
Elaine,
I don't think it was a fire but steam or something so hot that blew up and he died instantly and he had a knife in his pocket and it melted out of shape. It  may have been  a factory. I was told a little about it but cannot remember it now. 
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Spence from Donegal, Ireland.
cranstone
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Re: Can anyone help please? Foundry fire?
« Reply #9 on: Monday 01 June 09 08:58 UTC (UK) »
Hi "Aspen"

Thanks for adding that bit, did you ever find out where the foundry could be?

Speak to you later, hope you had a good weekend.

"Cranstone" Grin
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