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Offline Miyam

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Re: Old/new town - Kilsyth
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 07 March 15 16:04 GMT (UK) »
I know we are a few years forward but for those like me who are searching a specific area ie. Kilsyth might find this interesting...
http://www.paperclip.org.uk/kilsythweb/history/kilsyth_scotland_history1.htm
Dillon,Docherty,McLauchlan,Donegal,Antrim,Cushendun,Ireland,Stirlingshire, Kilsyth
Palmer,Manchester,Warwickshire,NSW Australia

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Re: Old/new town - Kilsyth
« Reply #10 on: Sunday 27 November 16 08:41 GMT (UK) »
Hello Myiam,

Many thanks for the link, will have a look.  Not researched for a couple of years and thinking of starting it again.

Best wishes
Robertson, Hamilton, Morrison, Napier, Henderson, Frew: Kilsyth Stirlingshire Scotland.
Grimley: Ireland Co.Tyrone & Glasgow Scotland
Mcaulay: Isle of Lewis, Stornoway, Glasgow Scotland
Bernard: Bo'ness, Scotland
Clement & Taylor: Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland

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Re: Old/new town - Kilsyth
« Reply #11 on: Friday 02 December 16 10:36 GMT (UK) »
Hi Talia,

I have quite a lot of ancestors from Kilsyth and Frews married into my family.
Campbell, Dunn, Dickson, Fell, Forest, Norie, Pratt, Somerville, Thompson, Tyler among others

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Re: Old/new town - Kilsyth
« Reply #12 on: Friday 02 December 16 14:53 GMT (UK) »
And of course the Murray brothers have Kilsyth origins, if the pits were still open the Murray's might be wielding picks not tennis-rackets?  ;D

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Re: Old/new town - Kilsyth
« Reply #13 on: Friday 02 December 16 21:14 GMT (UK) »
Asking a Kilsyth buddy about the place, Auld Toon was at the north end & the Murray brothers folk were also Kilsyth Robertsons!  ;D

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Re: Old/new town - Kilsyth
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 10 January 24 01:01 GMT (UK) »
I’ve just been looking into an ancestor who lived here and I think I’ve worked out the answer.

Old Town which is the north of Kilsyth (or the top end as some call it today) is the original part of Kilsyth. Pretty self explanatory.

New town (known as the bottom end) was built to house “navvies” building the Glasgow - Edinburgh railway line in the 1840’s.

My ancestor John Bamford came over from Ireland to Kilsyth and lived here. His occupation was a general labourer. In that census he lived in the same house as his wife, Helen Currie and his 3 sons, John, David and Thomas and there were also another 6 young men who were also labourers from Ireland living in there and another young woman. I found this strange so looked it up. “Navvies” as they were known, would often live in hut-like accommodation which were over crowded a lot of the time.

Hopefully you found this helpful