"Bard of Bailleston" - Glasgow

[LindsaySiam]

Hello Margaret,

My earliest Gibsons came from Haddington or East Lothian as far as I can tell. It appears from the birth of a son in Cadder in 1824 that they moved to the Old Monklands area after about 1819. 

Another son was later living and working in East Kilbride where his son, Andrew Gibson was born in 1845 in East Kilbride. Andrew Gibson (c. 1845) later became Farm Grieve at Jellyhill Farm near Cadder and married an Elizabeth Hewitt in 1878 in Baillieston after the death of his first wife Elizabeth Finlay.

The Hewitts (originally from Ireland by way of Wigtownshire) came from Baillieston. Elizabeth Hewitt was born c. 1857 in Baillieston (no birth certificate has been found for her), as were all of her 8 siblings and her parents married there in 1854. Her father, Joseph Hewitt died in Baillieston in 1896 and I think that most if not all Hewitts in Baillieston up until the early 1900's are mine.

The children of Andrew Gibson and Elizabeth Hewitt continued to live in the Cadder/Bishopsbriggs/Baillieston areas until c. 1923 when I lose sight of them as did children of Andrew Gibson's brother (William married to Jessie Robertson) and their Uncle - also Andrew Gibson (married to Margaret Boswell) who died in Cadder in 1901.

Who are your Gibsons please? Mine are definitely a brickwall, past and present.

regards,

Lindsay

[Margaret Russell]

Lindsay - The time frame is different. My John Brown married Elisabeth Gibson @1763 in Rutherglen.  John died 12 Nov 1788.  The witnesses at the marriage were John and Archibald Gibson
John and Elisabeth  had three son:
     -John b 25 Mar 1764 Rutherglen who married Agnes Park 19 Jul 1789 Rutherglen
     -Thomas b 1767 Rutherglen
     -James b 08 Feb 1775 Rutherglen

Thanks for your quick response.

Blessings margaret

[Linda C]

Dear Margaret,

I live in Glasgow and Archibald Dorries was my great grandfather. Coincidentally I had two of my cousins over to visit last night and we were looking at some old photographs of that branch of the family and talking about 'the bard of baillieston'.  I decided to do a google search this morning to see if I could find any information and just happened to come across your posting. 

My mother, who passed away in 1998,  was Doris Thompson (nee Macnair), daughter of Margaret (Maggie) Macnair (nee Dorries)  and Alexander Macnair.

Margaret Dorries was the daughter of Archibald Dorries and Janet Flanagan, and sister of Charlie (and several other brothers and sisters). I have a copy of her birth certificate which confirms that she was born on 12 Feb 1888 at 74 Stevenson Street, Glasgow. Her parents Archibald and Janet had been married on August 10, 1881 in Dennistoun, Glasgow which is where they lived at that time.

The spelling of the name seems to have changed over the years from Dorries to Dorris to Doris. My Mum's cousin was Dan Doris who for many years had a very successful and well known hairdressing business in Largs, Ayrshire where he also became Provost (mayor) for several years.

I'm also aware of the Harry Lauder connection and I have one or two of Archibald Dorries's songs/poems written for the family, as do my cousins. We all have photos of Archibald (Grandad Dorries as he was called) and Great Uncle Charlie with my grandmother and other memebrs of the family.

Charlie emigrated to Australia so there's another branch of the family out there, and although my mother kept in touch with her cousins in Australia and went out to visit them many years ago, that generation has all gone now. I didn't know that Charlie was a music hall singer.

I though Helen (Auntie Nellie) had emigrated to Australia too, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

All very interesting!

Linda

[Margaret Russell]

Dear Margaret,

I live in Glasgow and Archibald Dorries was my great grandfather. Coincidentally I had two of my cousins over to visit last night and we were looking at some old photographs of that branch of the family and talking about 'the bard of baillieston'.  I decided to do a google search this morning to see if I could find any information and just happened to come across your posting. 

My mother, who passed away in 1998,  was Doris Thompson (nee Macnair), daughter of Margaret (Maggie) Macnair (nee Dorries)  and Alexander Macnair.

Margaret Dorries was the daughter of Archibald Dorries and Janet Flanagan, and sister of Charlie (and several other brothers and sisters). I have a copy of her birth certificate which confirms that she was born on 12 Feb 1888 at 74 Stevenson Street, Glasgow. Her parents Archibald and Janet had been married on August 10, 1881 in Dennistoun, Glasgow which is where they lived at that time.

The spelling of the name seems to have changed over the years from Dorries to Dorris to Doris. My Mum's cousin was Dan Doris who for many years had a very successful and well known hairdressing business in Largs, Ayrshire where he also became Provost (mayor) for several years.

I'm also aware of the Harry Lauder connection and I have one or two of Archibald Dorries's songs/poems written for the family, as do my cousins. We all have photos of Archibald (Grandad Dorries as he was called) and Great Uncle Charlie with my grandmother and other memebrs of the family.

Charlie emigrated to Australia so there's another branch of the family out there, and although my mother kept in touch with her cousins in Australia and went out to visit them many years ago, that generation has all gone now. I didn't know that Charlie was a music hall singer.

I though Helen (Auntie Nellie) had emigrated to Australia too, but I'm not 100% sure about that.

All very interesting!

Linda

Dear Linda - please get in touch with me.  My e-mail address is:
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Blessings margaret

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[Linda C]

Dear Margaret,

I'm sorry to have taken so long to get back to you.  I would very much like to hear about what you have found about the Dorris family. but to contact you with my email address via personal messages I realise that I need to post another two comments. This is my first.

Best wishes,

Linda

[Linda C]

Dear Margaret,

I remember my grandmother, Margaret Macnair (nee Doris), writing to a relative in Canada when I was very young. I wonder if that was someone in your family?

Best wishes,

Linda