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Topic: JELLYHILL FARM - Cadder (Read 1285 times)
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aeroqueen
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Hello Lyndsey
just to say thankyou for having a look for my Yuill/Zuill & Martins
it was appreciated
kind regards aeroqueen
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atherleigh
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Hello all,
My ancestors, the Campbells, lived at Crosshill farm which was close to Jelly hill. I've just received a copy of a letter from a nephew to my Great grandfather, dated 1946, and it mentions Jelly hill in it. I don't know if anyone out there is researching the Craig's from Jelly Hill but this is what the letter says:
(From Alistair Campbell to his uncle Robert Campbell who lived at Cross hill farm, near Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire)
"I do remember seeing Aunt Craig at Jellyhill, but I have not been there since her death. Aunt Craig gave me Uncle Craig's silver watch and as it turned out to be useless, she gave me another in its place..."
There is no more mention of Jelly hill in the letter, but I thought it was interesting that he called the Craig's 'aunt and uncle' showing that there must have been a close connection between the Craig's at Jellyhill and the Campbells at Crosshill, not necessarily a family one, but a friendship.
Again, I don't know if this is of interest to anyone... but I thought the connection was interesting.
Cheryl
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LindsaySiam
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Hello Cheryl, I don't suppose there was any mention of any Gibsons of Jellyhill in your letter?
I did a little research on the Craigs when researching my family and Jellyhill in general, as far as I remember (can't find where I filed it at the moment ...)John and Isabella didn't have any children of their own although a niece of hers lived with them. John Craig's Will left Jellyhill Farm to his wife, actually he left everything he owned to his wife, I think the wording was something like 'due to their extreme devotion to each other', he left everything to her and vice versa. If anybody is interested, let me know and I will dig out what I have on the Craigs.
regards,
Lindsay
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MORRISON - Dunbartonshire, Stirlingshire
STIRLING - Stirlingshire
LINDSAY - Perthshire
MELDRUM - Fife, Angus
GIBSON - Lanarkshire
HEWITT - Wigtownshire, Lanarkshire
MEIKLE - Dunbartonshire
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atherleigh
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Hi Lindsay,
No mention of the Gibsons in the letter. But, on your mention of Isabella Craig, the name 'rang a bell'. In the 1901 census, Alexander and Maggie Campbell originally from Crosshill, neighbours to the Craigs at Jellyhill, were living/staying in a boarding house at 28 Battery Place Rothesay with Isabella Craig!! Could this be the Isabella Craig of Jellyhill?? She is stated as a boarder, 68 years old , a widow, and her occupation as a farmer and her place of birth Lanarkshire. Is this coincidental or what?
How interesting. Were they taking a holiday together, do you think?
Cheryl
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Lorand
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Just a stab in the dark, but maybe someone can throw some light on this one. 
My ancestor, Anne Galloway b 1845 in Cadder. She had an illegitimate son in 1865 and was listed as a farm servant at the time in Auchinairn, Cadder.
Her marriage cert. in 1869 also lists her as a farm servant in Auchinairn. Would it be possible for me to find which farm she worked for. Could it be Jellyhill? Her husband was George McCall. He was a gardener. I am trying to find out if he lived nearby at the time of the birth four years earlier.
Would anyone have a list of farm workers for that area?
Lorand
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atherleigh
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Hi Lorand,
Have checked the censucs for Crosshill Farm (next to Jelly Hill) and don't have an Anne Galloway or an Anne or George Mc Call.
Good luck
Cheryl
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Lorand
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Hi Atherleigh,
Thanks for doing the look-up for me. I would like to find out on which properties both George McCall and his son James worked. Both were head gardeners so may have worked in one of the estates or big houses.
In 1871, George lived at Turnpike Rd. Old Monkland, Western District.
In 1881 George's address was Gardener's House, St Ninians, Stirlingshire.
He died in 1 Enfield St. Rutherglen, but of course was retired by then.
James worked in Newton of Falkland after his marriage in 1890.
I checked at the Palace when I was there last year, but no records of a McCall, so maybe one of the other smaller places??
Regards
Lorand
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