Occupation:1937 M/C - Licensed Grocers Assistant.Address - 363 Dumbarton Rd.
1945 Birth of Anne - Engine Fitter.Address - 83 Elderpark St.Glasgow.
Occupation:M/C - House Tablemaid.Address - 56 Langlands Rd.Glasgow.
1901 Census with parents.Scholar.
Occupation:1914 M/C - Spirit Salesman.Address - 58 Eglinton St.Glasgow.
1914 Birth of Elizabeth - Spirit Salesman.Address - 4 West St.Glasgow.
1916 Birth of James - Engineers Machinist.Address - 5 Elderpark St.Glasgow.
1937 M/C of Elizabeth - Spirit Salesman.Address - 56 Langlands Rd.Glasgow.
1957 D/C of wife - Refrigerator Degreaser.Address - as above
1966 M/C of Agnes - Barman.
1970 D/C - Engineers Labourer(Retired).Address - as above
1901 Census with parents.Scholar.
Occupation:M/C - Domestic Servant,Bankhead Golf Clubhouse,Scotstounhill.
Evening Times Tues.9th.April,1957.
Carmichael - At 56 Langlands Rd.Glasgow SW1 on 8th.April 1957,Annie Prentice,
aged 69 years,beloved wife of Peter Carmichael.Funeral tomorrow(Wednesday) at
2.00PM. to Cardonald Cemetery.
Internment No.208304.Cost 9.19/-.Peter Carmichael,proprietor.
There is not a headstone.
Occupation:1879 M/C - Ships Carpenter.Address - 91 Springfield Rd.Bridgeton.
1887 Birth of Anne - Ships Carpenter.Address - 27 St.James Pl.Govan.
1939 D/C - Shipwright.Address - 78 Langlands Rd.Govan.
!1881 Census:157 Springfield Rd.644/1/32/16
1891 Census:35 St James Place Govan 646/2/27/13
1901 Census:21 James Place,Govan.Shipwright.Living with wife and children John,Lizzie,Mary,Annie,Agnes,Isabella and Jeanie.House has two rooms with windows.Susan not in the house.
!There is a red granite gravestone in good condition which has been pushed
over onto its back.I have several photographs.The insciption reads:
In loving memory of Elizabeth Cowan,beloved wife of George Prentice,died
25th.Dec.1928 aged 75 years.Also the above George Prentice,died 2nd.July 1939
aged 83 years.Erected by her husband and daughters Agnes and Isa.
Occupation:1879 M/C - Powerloom Weaver.Address - 105 Main St.Pollockshaws
1901 Census with parents.
Occupation:D/C - Tent Maker.
OPR Blantyre - John lawful son of Thomas Prentice at Blantyre Works and
Agnes Hunter his spouse was born on the 1st.April1822.
OPR Eastwood - 27Mar1843.John Prentice,warper?,and Mary Barlas both residing in this parish were registered for proclamation of banns. 3 days.
OPR Neilston - John Prentice,power loom dresser,and Susan Tagg residing there
both in this parish were booked for the proclamation of banns on the 19th.of
June 1852 and being regularly proclaimed and no objectios made.
1841 Census:Staying in lodging house in King Street Pollockshaws.Twister.
1851 Census - Power loom dresser.Address - Barrhead.He was a widower.He was
living with his widowed mother Agnes Hunter.Also in the house were Johns
two children aged 7 and 5 and four of his mothers children.
1855 Birth of George - Power Loom Dresser.Address - Cross Arthurlie,Neilston.
1861 Census - Cotton yarn dresser.Living at Cross Arthurlie,Barrhead with his
wife Susan,Mary and Thomas his children by his first wife Mary Barlas and five children by his second wife John,James,George,Charles,William and Henry.All living in two rooms with one or more windows.
1871 Census - Cotton Yarn Dresser.Address - 6 Rosendale Rd.Pollockshaws.He
was living with his second wife Susan Tagg and nine children of his second
marriage aged between 18 and 2 years.The four eldest were working in a
cotton mill and the fifth child William,12 years old,was a carters boy.The
remaining four children were still at school.
1879 M/C of George - Cotton Farm Dresser.
1881 Census - Yarn Dresser.Address - 91 Springfield Rd.,Bridgeton,Glasgow.He
was living with his wife and five children.Five sons were no longer in the
house,at least not on census night.
1890/1 Living 343 Dalmarnock Rd
1891 Census - Now 69 years old and still working as a cotton yarn dresser.
Living at 56 Dale St.,Bridgeton with his wife Susan and his children Annie,
Robert and Alfred.House has three rooms with one or more windows.
1892/3 Living 56 Dale St and then 3Robertson Pl
1892 M/C of Alfred - Weaving Factory Dresser.
Buried in lair belonging to his brother in law Neil Carmichael.Cost of funeral
36/9.
!D/C signed by his son Henry Prentice,11 New Farme Pl.Rutherglen.
No will.
Voters Roll.John Prentice
1890/1 343 Dalmarnock Rd
1892/3 56 Dale St or 3 Robertson Pl
1893/4 61 Adelphi St
1894/5 334 Nuneton St
Drumclog:M.R.- O.S.Sheet 64 553758.Near south-west corner of Mugdock
Reservoir.Building no longer there but it was possibly a single house or a row of houses.Still shown on old O.S.maps.Susans father who was a calico printer possibly worked in the Cloberfield Bleach Works which were near Drumclog.
No will.Drumclog and Milngavie are in Dunbartonshire.
1841 Census Linlithgow Bridge Muiravonside 486/1/4 Terer at printwork.Living with father.
1851 Census Neilston 453/14/43 Paisley Road,Barrhead.
Janet Watson H.U.60yrs. DNB New Kilpatrick
John Watson Nephew 30yrs. Garden Labourer RFW Paisley
Susan Tagg Lodger 19Yrs. Steam loom weaver DNB Milngavie
1901 Census - 334 Nuneton St.,Bridgeton.Widow.Shirt machinist working at home.House two rooms with windows.Also in house grandson John Prentice,son of Harriet Livingston.
1911 Valuation Rolls - Susan Prentice,married woman,Nuneaton St.,334.
Evening Times Tuesday 17th.June 1919
Prentice.At the residence of her son-in-law Henry Kennedy 10 Elmvale St Springburn on the 14th.inst Susan Prentice in her 87th year.
Death registered by daughter Annie.
From D/C - Occupation cotton powerloom weaver.Cause of death tuberculosis.
Lair owned by Neil Carmichael,91 Springfield Rd.She was described as his
friend.Neil not found at this address 1881 Census.
Cause of death:Hydrocephalus..
1841 Census - Vol.562, Book 4,Page 35 WellingtonStreet,Pollockshaws,Eastwood
Parish.Power loom dresser.Living with wife and eight of his children.Of the
other three John was not in the house,George born 1829 was dead and Catherine
was missing.She was either dead or living elsewhere.
Neilston Parish Burial Records - 21Apr1848 Janet Prentice,Springfield,age 1.
Mother might either be Agnes Hunter or more likely Mary Borlas,first wife of
John Prentice.Burial Records searched 1839/51 but nothing else found.
1851 Census.Living in Barrhead.Widow.Also in house unmarried children
Charles,George,William and Margaret and widower son John with his two children Mary(7) and Thomas(5).
21Jun1857:Still alive on her son Georges D/C
26Nov1866:Still alive on her son James M/C
Her fathers name is possibly James Hunter.Her mother might be Catherine Watson.
18 Nov1893:Dead on her son James' D/C.
OPR Blantyre - James and Thomas lawful twin sons of Thomas Prentice and
Agnes Hunter at Blantyre Works were born on 01Oct1823.
1841 Census - Living with parents at Wellington St.,Pollockshaws.A b.worker?
1851 Census - Not living with mother.
1881 Census - Not found.
OPR Blantyre - Agnes lawful daughter of Thomas Prentice and Agnes Hunter at
Blantyre Works was born on the 21st.Jun1825.
1841 Census - Living with parents at Wellington St.,Pollockshaws.A cotton power
loom weaver.
1851 Census - Not living with mother.
OPR Blantyre Parish - Catherine Watson lawful daughter of Thomas Prentice and
Agnes Hunter at Blantyre Works was born on the 21Feb1827.
OPR Blantyre Parish - George lawful son of Thomas Prentice and Agnes Hunter at
Blantyre Works was born on the 1Aug1829.
Occupation - 1851 Census:Weft packer.Address - Barrhead.Living with mother.
1841 Census - Living with parents at Wellington St.,Pollockshaws.
!O.P.R. - 01Mar1835 Paisley Abbey.George 10th.Thomas Prentice,Dresser,
Dovecothall and Agnes Hunter.16Jan.From D/C:Iron turner.
Occupation - 1851 Census:Twister.Address - Barrhead.Living with mother.
1841 Census - Living with parents at Wellington St.,Pollochshaws.
!O.P.R. - 09Nov1836.Paisley Abbey.William 10th.Thomas Prentice,Dresser,
Dovecothall and Agnes Hunter.19Sept.
1881 Census - Not found.
Occupation - 1851 Census:Bleacher.Address - Barrhead.Living with mother.
1841 Census - Living with parents at Wellington St.,Pollockshaws.
!O.P.R. - 12Aug1839.Paisley Abbey.Margaret 11th.Thomas Prentice,Power Loom
Dresser and Agnes Hunter.23July.
1881 Census - 644-2 32/5 78 Brook Street,Barony.Unmarried.Boarder.Wool bobbin winder.Born Paisley age 45.
MIGHT BE HER.
1841 Census - Living with parents at Wellington Street,Pollockshaws,Eastwood
Parish.
1851 Census - Not living with mother in Barrhead.Was she dead? Death not found
Neilston Parish 1839/51.
1881 Census - Not found.
1841 Census Linlithgow Bridge,Muiravonside 486/1/4 Calico printer.No sign of wife.Living with children Margaret,Ann,Susan,Charles and Marie.
!Occupation - 1851 Census:Calico printer.He was living in Neilston Parish with his second wife Elizabeth Dalgleishtwo stepchildren and five children of his own by his first marriage to Annie Reid.He had moved about a lot,his family on the Census return had been born in Glasgow(2),New Kilpatrick,Linlithgow and back in Glasgow again.Also child born Old Kilpatrick Parish.452/12/27
Leven and Milton Calico Printers Friendly Society formed 1830.
Membership calico printers,cutters,drawers,engravers in that part of
Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire.
History of Old Kilpatrick by John Bruce.Clydebank library.
History of the Calico Industry of Great Britain by Geoffrey Turnbull.In
Reference Library,Kirkintilloch.
OPR - Marriage of James Tagg to Elizabeth Dalgleish not found.Dalgleish common name in Campsie Parish.Also middle name of first child.
OPR - Marriage of James Tagg to Elizabeth McDonald not found Lanarks or
Renfrews.McDonald first husband of Elizabeth Dalgleish.
Old Kilpatrick burial records - No Taggs found 1822/24.
Gorbals Parish burial records - No Taggs found Jan1825 - Dec1826,page 150.
Neilston Parish burial records - No Taggs found 1839/51.A Mrs.Twigg,Levern
Lodge died 2Apr1846,page 239.Might this be Mrs.Tagg/Anne Reid? No.
March1869:From wifes D/C.Living at 2 Ralston Square,Paisley.Church officer.
1869 D/C - Calico Printer.Address - 263 New Dalmarnock Rd.,Bridgeton,Glasgow.
OPR Campsie - 10Oct1818.James Tagg and Anne Reid both residing in this parish
gave in their names for proclamation in order to marriage.Two days.
Occupation in 1858 from M/C of son Charles:Reading room keeper.
Lair 14277 belonged to his friend Neil Carmichael,Pollockshaws.Cause of death -influenza. Cost of funeral 36/9.
OPR Campsie:Living at Dalsholm in Campsie Parish when daughter Margaret born in July1822.
Carshalton Parish Registers Mfc Parish Church of Carshalton.Baptisms and Burials Jan1796-Dec1812.
p.2 James Sylvester Tagg son of John and Susannah.Born 23Jan1799,
bapt.24Feb1799.
Clober bleachfields and possibly Craigton bleachfield owned by Blackwood family who started BMK at Kilmarnock.James Watt married a Blackwood.
Not with husband 1841 Census.Probably died abt.1838/41.
OPR Gorbals Parish - Anne of James Tagg and Anne Reid in Tradeston born
13th. and baptized 19Oct1828.
1841 Census Linlithgow Bridge Muiravonside 486/1/4 Terer at printwork.Living with father.
Not married 1851.D/C not found to 1920.
OPR Gorbals Parish - Agnes of James Tagg and Anne Reid in Tradeston born
12thSept and baptized 3Oct1830.
Not with father 1851.
Marriage no found OPR Lanarks or Renfrews.
1841 Census Linlithgow Bridge Muiravonside 486/1/4 Living with father.Birth place given as not County of Linlithgow.
!Living with father 1851.M/C not found to 1870.D/C not found to 1900.
Occupation:Son James D/C - Yarn dyer. Madder dyer
John Tagg came from London to be madder dyer at Balfron Printworks.He lived
next door to George Mathieson at Balfron and subsequently removed to
Lennoxtown.Messrs Dalglishs Printworks moved from Balfron to Lennoxtown in
1806.His next door neighbour at Balfron was George Mathieson who also moved to
Lennoxtown in 1806 and worked with Dalgleishs at Lennoxmills,Printfield until
about 1831 when he retired.He was a Campsie church elder until his death.He was
born Loth,Sutherland 30Apr1763/4.He was the father in law of Charles Tagg.He
died at the post office,Crosshill St,Lennoxtown 7Mar1845 and is buried in the
old churchyard at Clachan of Campsie.
From Tooting,Surrey Index to Poor Law Settlement Records 1763-1818.
Relief sought by wife and family 2Aug1808.John possibly in Scotland,his father
possibly from Morden.
History of the Calico Printing Industry of Great Britain by Geoffrey Turnbull
in Reference Library,Kirkintilloch.
From Tooting,Surrey Index to Poor Law Settlement Records 1763-1818.
Claim 2Aug1808.Wife of John Tagg who was in Scotland.
Settlement Examination obtained from Wandsworth Library.
Tooting Graveney is 7 miles south of Charing Cross.During the period covered by
the index it was separated from surrounding villages by agricultural land. Some
inhabitants were employed in various mills(copper,paper,calico printing etc.)
in neighbouring parishes on the River Wandle.
Parish Church St Nicholas.Registers;Origonals at Greater London Record Office
c.1555/1965,m.1649/1970,b.1555/1925. 1G1 c.1800/44 m.1800/42
The River Wandle is a small river in Surrey rising in the hills above
Carshalton.It flows through Beddington and Mitcham towards the Thames.
Wandsworth is named after the Wandle.
From the West Surrey Burials Index to 1865 CD
From Heather-
A Susannah TAGG died 1850 aged 88 in Ripley Surrey
Susannah was born 23 Jan 1763 in Mitcham so the age is about right.
Has anyone found Susannah on the 1841 Census anywhere?
The last I have is she was alive in 1828 when Charles,married to Jean MATHIESON,died.
I will try on Tuesday to order film # 991747 which according to my reckoning includes Burials 1794 - 1876 in the parish of Ripley, Surrey.
Birth.Film 1042205 Thames Ditton.25Jun1786 baptized Ann daughter of John and Sussannah Tagg born 12May.
Birth.Film 1042205 Thames Ditton.7Sep17886 baptized Elizabeth daughter of John and Susannah Tagg born 2Aug.
!Birth.Film 1042205 Thames Ditton.10 Apr1791 baptized Mary daughter of
John and Susannah Tagg born 13Mar.
!Birth.Film 1042205 Thames Ditton.25 Aug1793 baptized Martha daughter of
John and Susannah Tagg born 25Jul
!Birth.Film 0991676 Carshalton.16Jul1796 Fanny daughter of John and Susannah
Tagg baptized 14Aug.
!Birth.Film 1042205 Thames Ditton.11Mar1798 baptized Susannah daughter of
John and Susannah Tagg born 2Feb
Occupation:D/C - Mason Journeyman.M/C - Stonecutter.
From daughter Marys M/C - Freestone mason foreman.
Residence at time of marriage - Old Lodge Road,Belfast.
Marriage: Film 0101304 Irish Marriages. Vol.3 Page 97
Occupation:1871 Census - None.Now a widow and keeping house for four daughters
Agnes,Elizabeth,Mary and Jane who were all weavers and son Hugh who was still at school.Address - 67 Cogan St Pollockshaws.
1861 Census - Living at 16 Main Street,Pollockshaws with husband and children
Agnes,Elizabeth,Mary,Jane and James.Husband was a mason and she was a
shopkeeper.Elizabeth,age 7,was her only child at school.They had only one room with a window.
!Residence at time of marriage - Williams Lane,Belfast.Unable to
sign marriage certificate.Witness at marriage Mary McCoubry,sister or mother?
Still unable to sign her name on daughter Janes D/C(1887)
No will.
Lair in Eastwood Parish Burial Ground bought by Elizabeth Cowan,5 Matilda St
for 25/- on the 18Feb1887 when daughter Jane died
1881 Census - 42 King Street,Eastwood Parish.Lisa Cowan,mason's widow,born Count Down living with daughter Mary and son Hugh
1891 Census 78 Main Street,Pollockshaws 562/6/4 Living with son Hugh.
1901 Census 28 Kennishead Road,Thornliebank,Eastwood.Living with daughter Mary and her family.Place of birth Down.
Occupation:1871 Census-Weaver.D/C-Mantle maker.Unmarried.
Nov1881 - Witness at sister Marys wedding.
Not with mother 1871.D/C not found to 1900.
1861 Census - Living with mother.
1881 Census - Not found Britain.
Occupation:Cooper.
1881 Census living with mother.Cooper.
1891 Census living with mother.
Died of TB.Single.
Occupation:Son Willliams D/C - Handloom Weaver.Son Williams M/C - Labourer.
OPR Kirkcolm - William Cowan son of Francis Cowan and Agnes Alexander was baptized 24May1821.
The parents of Agnes might be Hugh and Elizabeth Hewit from the following from OPR Kirkcolm
Hugh Alexander b.21Jul1801 Parents Hugh and Eliz Hewit
Helen Agnes b.2Sep1798 ............................................ Loan.
John b.28Nov1829 ................................................Lawns
OPR Kirkcolm:Hugh son of Francis Cowan and Nancy Alexander in Kirkbryde was
born the 7th. and baptized the 15th.April 1823.
1881 Census - Not found Britain.Probably in Ireland.
OPR Kirkcolm:Agnes daughter of Francis Cowan and Nancy Alexander in Kirkbryde
was born the 11th. and baptized the 15th.May1825.
OPR Kirkcolm:John son of Francis Cowan and Nancy Alexander in Kirkbryde was
born 28th.May and baptized 3rd.June 1827.
1881 Census - Not found Britain.Probably in Ireland.
OPR Kirkcolm:Andrew son of Francis Cowan and Nancy Alexander in Kirkbryde was
born the 9th. and baptized the 28th.November 1829
1881 Census - Not found Britain.Probably in Ireland.