Craigmount Bawhirley Rd Greenock

[Borris]

Can anyone help me locate information regarding Craigmount, Bawhirley Rd Greenock. My grandparents married there in 1907. Was it a church,mission building etc. Any info at all or where I should try to obtain information  about Craigmount would be gratefully received.

Thanks,     Borris

[elaine447]

Hi Borris
I'm not 100% but I think it was the name of a house in Bawhirley road
I could check tomorrow see if it is still there
a few of the houses still have the names on them
 www.greenock-town.co.uk/streets_from_a_to_d.html
click on the link you will find a picture of Bawhirley road
Elaine

[Borris]

Hi Elaine,
Thanks ever so much that would be fantastic! I enjoyed the link by the way very nice indeed. In that link I saw the street where my mum was born, Belville Street.
Thanks again. Borris

[elaine447]

Your welcome Borris
I will look at the names on the houses tomorrow
when I am passing, Bellville Street is just around the corner
from Bawhirley road
on the inverclyde BMD's there is a marriage in 1906
of a George Young and Mary Jane Cooper who married in
Craigmount Bawhirley Road
http://www.inverclyde.gov.uk/GetAsset.aspx?id=fAA1ADYANAAzAHwAfABGAGEAbABzAGUAfAB8ADAAfAA1
Elaine

[Borris]

Hi Elaine,
Enjoy reading the links about Greenock and the people, even if not related.  Do you think that Craigmount might have been the kirk/manse house? If so would that have been normal for marriages to take place there, at that time? I see you have found another couple married there, I'm sure there are lots more. I wonder if banns had to be read in a church, before the marriage, had that to be done in Scotland then(1907), do you know? 
Thanks
Borris

[elaine447]

on the Marriage cert it would tell you if Banns were read
it would say after Banns or
after publication according to whatever church they belonged to
I cant find any reference to any church on Bawhirley road
except the East Congregational church
but that was built much later than 1907
I have to go out for a while but will try to find more info for you
I couldn't see a house with Craigmount on it 
but I will keep looking
Elaine

[Borris]

Hi Elaine,
Thanks for having a look for the house anyway. I'm expecting the marriage certificate any day now and I suppose that will answer the question of the banns for me. Will keep you posted. I had looked at a website about old churches in that area today, but like yourself no success. Nothing listed for Bawhirley Rd except the new church you speak off.
Borris

[elaine447]

Hi Borris
did you send for an original copy
you can view certs on scotlands people (cheaper than the original)
30 credits cost £6.00
to view the cert it cost 1 credit to download and 5 credits to view the
actual cert in total it costs about £1.20 per cert
if you are not going to be searching for a lot of scottish ancestors
I would viewed it for you
I have been through all the church sites and the Inverclyde/James Watt site but no joy
Elaine

[icgiddings]

One of my ancestors also married at Craigmount, Bawhirley Road, Greenock. The marriage certificate states "According to the forms of the Church of Scotland". The bride was from Belville Street and groom Crescent Street. I also have other ancestors from Greenock who appear to have got married around that time in non-church venues