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I'm so stupid! James Price was my grandfather's brother! My granddad was William. Just realised when I was thinking about the naming conventions. I was thinking my Uncle James was named after his father but off course he was named after his father's father so that makes sense as my Uncle Willie was named after his Dad Wlliam! The James Price you mention on another thread is my Mum's Uncle Jimmy who died in the 70s, he was married to Mary (my first name doesn't come from my mother's side if family). I remember my Mum's uncle Jimmy, we used to bump into him shopping in the Main Street in Barrhead. For some reason he always gave me 10p and an apple and ignored my wee brother.

Great Uncle Jimmy had just the one daughter, Janet. Married name Ballantyne. My mum's cousin!

Sorry, should have thought it all out before starting to post! It's my Mum's Uncle Jimmy you are trying to trace I think!

I think Janet Price may be dead, she was much older than my Mum and my mum would be 81 this year but she did have a son, either Duncan or Iain.

I'm originally from Barrhead and my grandfather's name was James Price.

Some of the names posted by Sharon01 are very familiar to me as family names.

My grandfather had a brother called Samuel who went off to Florida, I believe his sister Jessie went of to the States too but returned to Scotland later in life and lived in Neilston.

If the James Price you are looking for is related to me then many of the names listed were used for his children either as first names or middle names. He had an Ann, a Jessie, a Janet, McIntosh features as a middle name for one of them and I think Smith does too.

James Price had 10 children, 8 girls and 2 boys, many  of whom still live in either Barrhead or Neilston. 2 of the girls are in Neilston, 2 in Barrhead and one son back in Barrhead.  I'm unfortunately not in contact with any of my aunts or uncles and my mum died a long time ago but I do know Jimmy Price still lives in Barrhead and I have a feeling he's like my Mum and not only good on history of Barrhead but knows who is who in the family. Might be worth getting hold of the voting role thingy to look him up (be careful tho', I've just read an old copy of the Barrhead News and a story of a James Price who killed someone recently - not related in anyway! ) you are looking for someone in his 70s now!

Please keep me posted!