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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Lanarkshire => Topic started by: marysma on Saturday 07 November 09 15:06 GMT (UK)
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Hi,
I have just found my g,aunts marriage certificate.
Where married it has 7 Bridgegate,Glasgow,Aug 1920.
Does anyone know what this building was please.I am presuming it was a registry office.
Thanks in advance.
MM
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More than likely it would have been the bride's home. There were no Registry Offices before about 1948 or so.
It was very common to be married at home, usually on a Saturday evening when everyone had finished work, then next day the married couple would make a special visit to the church to be "kirked". This would only apply to Presbyterians, Catholics were only ever married in the church or, if a mixed marriage, sometimes the vestry.
Lodger.
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Mm, there was a Free Church of Scotland in the Briggait (as we would call it) don't know the number, very short street, the manse was in St'Vincent Street........Skoosh.
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Number 7 may be in the block on the corner of Bridgegate and Saltmarket above the Old Ship Bank. It is difficult to tell from Google streetview, but the building is old enough - one of the few remaining old ones.
Kirsty
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Hi Skoosh & Lodger,
thanks for the two interesting replies.
I have a copy of my g,aunts marriage certificate from SP.On the cert it has date and place(as above)then it says by declaration in the presence of Archibald Savage-Chauffeur and Robert Rophet?-Chauffeur. and Warrent of Sherriff Substitute of Lanarkshire.
G,aunt Mabel married a Marine Engineer whose residence is given as S.S Alineda(sp)of Boston that was docked in Rothesay,Clydebank.
Forgot to say that Mabel was born in Cardiff to Scottish parents,but her parents were from Banff.
MM
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Thanks Kirsty,I'll have a look.
MM
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will have a look next time im in that area for you
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Cheers Weesmudge.
MM
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Hi MM
With the reference on the entry for the marriage being by Warrant of Sherriff Substitute, I wonder if it was a solicitor's office. There is this 1917 reference for example that shows a Writer (solicitor) at that address www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/30091/pages/5127/page.pdf
Monica
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Hi Monica,
how on earth did you find that!!!Well done.
If they married in a solicitor's office do you think it could be something to do with him being an American sailor--special licence?.
Regards,
MM
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Have a look at this link here on RC on another post re Warrant of Sheriff www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,336469.0.html for background and further info.
Monica :)
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Hello
My ancestors lived at no. 147 Bridgegate and I recently found an old photo of it.
Try this link:
http://www.scran.ac.uk/database/record.php?usi=000-000-516-738-C
Sandgrounder
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7 bridgegate was a house according to the valuation rolls for 1913/14 go to www.theglasgowstory.com and click on valuation rolls then enter brigegate in bottom line that will bring the rolls up click firs roll that has no seven in it ,hope this is of help cheers harrywrag
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Hello all,
thanks for all your great replies--fantastic!
Monica--re Warrant of Sherriff Substitute posts cleared a few things up for me as it also has info on irregular marriages and I have a few of them in my family.
Sandgrounder1-thanks for link-great photo.
harrywrag-thanks for that link,I see that a writer lived at that number as Monica posted.
A massive bonus for me was typing in Park Drive South and finding my auntx3 Ann Souter listed as proprietor of no 70.It also (I think)gives her current address which is Auchenhalrig(please somebody correct me if i'm wrong).
Thanks again Rootschatters :)
MM
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hi, glad it was of help to you plus the added bonus of your (aunt x 3) just one thing its no. 79 for your aunt( 4th sheet ) ann souter as proprieter auchenalrig kilmacolm renfrewshire. no. 70 ( 5th sheet) prop eliz. henderson i had to look a few times its def. no. 79 for your aunt ann souter (4th sheet all odd nos. ) thats great it was of help to you
cheers
harrywrag ( allan )
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Cheers Harry.
Auchalrig Kilmacolm Renfrewshire--what a mouthful!!!. Is there anything about this place on the board.
MM
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Could it now be known as Auchenalrig?
There is a property of that name on Barclaven Road in Kilmacolm PA13 4QD. All the properties there seem to have names rather than numbers.
Kirsty
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Oop's KirstyG----forgot to put the "en" in :).
I'll have a look at that address later.
Thanks,
MM
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kilmacolm i belive is a well to do area this is probly why the houses are refered to as names rather than numbers
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I sent an e-mail to the Kilmacolm Civic trust to enquire about the address.
I have recieved an answer and they would like more information from me ,not sure what to reply .All I know is that in the 1901 Census Ann was living in Park Drive South.When they moved to Kilmacolm is anybodys guess(unless rootschatters know better of course. ;D
Regards,
MM
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Hello all,
I've had a reply from a very helpful guy named John Hamilton who works at the Kilmacolm Trust.
Whilst looking at OS plans he has found a house named Auchinhalrig at the top of Barclaven Rd.He has checked the name in the Royal Mail postcode and the spelling is given as above.
Very grateful to him and everyone who helped.
MM
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Forgot to say that Kirstyg had the correct address at the start.
Thanks Kirsty.
MM
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According to the Kelly's / Post Office directories for Glasgow for the first part of the 20th Century, and which can be consulted in the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, 7 Bridgegate was occupied by Andrew Galloway, solicitor (later Writer). My grandmother's marriage was witnessed there in 1919. It is an "irregular" marriage, in effect a civil marriage before Registry Offices were recognised for solemnizing marriages in 1935. The two parties declared in front of two witnesses (of their choosing) that they are husband and wife; this required a Sheriff's Warrant (which in my grandmother's case was obtained earlier on the same day from the Sheriff Substitute of Lanarkshire on 4th October 1919. Hope this helps.
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Auchenhalrig or Auchinhalrig is a hamlet not far from Fochabers in the parish of Bellie in Moray.
See http://www.geograph.org.uk/gridref/NJ3761
I imagine that the house in Kilmacolm is named after this, as there doesn't seem to be another place with a similar name elsewhere.
Matheson's The Place Names of Elginshire says, "Here we have a Celtic word as a prefix to a Norse word - Achadh, a field, na, of and halr, a slope - the field of the hillside slope. The Danish Ryg, a ridge of land, forms the appendix".
I have to question that interpretation, however, because Auchenhalrig is in the middle of a flat area, with nothing remotely resembling a hill slope or ridge close by.