Brown St, Glasgow

[Biko]

Could anyone tell me what part of Glasgow Brown Street was in 1923?

[capricorn]

Brown St comes under the area of Port Dundas, which I believe to be in Milton.  In 1881 it came under the parish of Barony. 

Liz

[Biko]

Thank You Very Much.

I am currently searching Scotlandspeople and I can not find Port Dundas in the drop down menu they provide...Should I use Port Glasgow?

The address I have is for 1923 so it cannot be the 1881 version

Ooops I didn't read your post fully, just noticed the Milton. Off to try that.

Once again thank you 

[RJ_Paton]

Port Dundas is the name given to an area of Glasgow just north of the current city centre . Use Barony if you want to limit the search.

Port Glasgow is approximately 25 miles from Glasgow, it was originally a small area built around Newark castle on the banks of the Firth of Clyde which was bought up by the merchants of Glasgow to use as a port for the city as the river clyde was un-navigable due to silting.

[RJ_Paton]

There are other "Brown Streets" listed in Glasgow

Brown Street Anderston  (west of current City Centre)
and Brown Street Bridgeton (East of Current City Centre)

http://www.mitchelllibrary.org/
has images of Brown Street (Anderston) 1912 - 1923

and if you go to http://www.theglasgowstory.co.uk/ you can search the city valuation rolls for 1913 which can be searched by street or area. They give you  the name of the head of the household and  details of rent and owner of property.

[RJ_Paton]

From  http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/info-streetschanged1.html

these streets were changed from Brown Street prior to the the 1940's

Brown Street, Bridgeton    to Acorn Street, SE
Brown Street, Port Dundas to Civic Street, C4

The period from 1910 to mid 1930's was a time of considerable change in Glasgow as the city finally expanded its boundaries and swallowed up the minor burghs which had surrounded it for so long. During this period many of the duplicated names were changed.

Odds are that the Brown Street you are looking for in 1923 is Brown Street Anderston

[Biko]

@Falkyrn

I cannot say thank you enough for the information you provided...Always good to get a bit of history.

 

[Biko]

I  have just booked tickets to go to Glasgow at the end of the month (May)

With my cousins I will be going to scatter my  aunty's ashes (cousins mother and grandmother and wife of my grandfathers first wife, son) We can only stay the day, but will arrive around 9am.

While there we intend to do some research, on this womans family, her husbands family history and his father's, (my grandfather) time in Scotland.

My grandfather settled in Glasgow from the Caribbean some time in the mid 1900's,(no one in the family knows for sure exactly when, although it is rumored around the time of first world war) And he was a  merchant seaman.

We do know that he married his first wife in Glasgow 1923, she died at child birth or shortly after.
And family rumour claims(this as been partially verified) that her parents were Irish immigrants to Scotland.
 
Their son was adopted by another mixed race family (we don't know if this adoption was a legal arrangement, as rumour as it that the husband of the woman that adopted him was a cousin of my grandfather). However he did legally use this family's name. His children and grandchildren still go by this name.


Time will be limited, however there will be 5 of us and the plan is for each of us to concentrate on searching different archives/documents.

What I need to know is:


Where do we go for records? (will we have to go to Edinburgh?)
 Do we need to book in advance? (it will be a Tuesday, day after English bank holiday)
And what will be available?

Always grateful for any advice

Biko
(what a web we weave)

[RJ_Paton]

The Mitchell Library in Glasgow would probably be your best bet in the city have a look at
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Libraries/Collections/ArchivesandSpecialCollections/

or for directions to the mitchell
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Libraries/Librarylocations/themitchell.htm

http://www.virtourist.com/europe/glasgow/09a.htm