Neilson/Anderson Drummond/Mcgregor

[robgraham]

Hi All,

This is my first posting.

I am trying to trace my fathers family and have so far come up with the following:

Isaac Neilson married Agnes (Cullen) (later Agnes McPherson) Both died before 1885

They had at least one Son called William born 1862

William Neilson married Martha Anderson (born 1862) in 1885

Children: Agnes/Martha/William/Walter/Mary/Bella/Andrew

William Neilson married Martha (or Margaret) Drummond in 1907
( Marthas parents were William Drummond & Margaret (Mcgregor)

William & Martha had at least one daughter, Martha born 1909

Martha Neilson married Thomas John Graham (from Belfast) in 1926

Their children were: James/William/Ronald/Robert/Thomas/ Steps: Alexander & Mary Morris (Father Harry Morris)

I would love to hear from anybody who recognises any of the above history or who could offer any further information.

Many thanks in advance Rob Graham

[ChristineR]

Hello Rob, welcome to BG. Good luck with your research.
Just a reminder to anyone with any information on living persons to use the Private Messaging system.

[JustJean]

Hi Rob

I'm wondering how much time you've spent chasing down the various families on the various Scottish census records? From the 1891 census William states that he was born in Shettleston and from his marriage in 1885 he states that his father was Isaac who had been a coal miner. So I just took a look at the 1861 census and when searching for an Isaac coal miner in the Shettleston area with a wife named Agnes...there is only 1!

Name: Isaac Neilson
Age: 27
born abt 1834
Spouse's name : Agness
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Govan, Lanark
District Registration Number: 622/3
Registration district name: Shettleston
Civil parish: Shettleston
County: Lanarkshire
Residence Address: Airdrie Rd Southside Parks Land
Occupation: Coal Miner
Household consists of:
Isaac Neilson, head, age 27, coal miner
Agness Neilson, wife. age 20, b. Old Monkland, Lanark
Walter Neilson, son, age1, b. Eastmuir, Lanark
Deans Neilson, lodger, age 25, coal miner, b. Govan, Lanark

a double check on familysearch.org parent search using Isaac and Agnes as parent names there are two children recorded to them:

1. WILLIAM NEILSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 01 JAN 1862 Shettleston, Lanark, Scotland

2. WALTER NEILSON - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Male Birth: 21 JUN 1860 Shettleston, Lanark, Scotland

The presence of a Walter convinces me this is the right family in 1861.

I further looked for the death of Isaac and sadly there is only one in Shettleston and he is yours. He died before William was a year old. You'll find the death record indexed on scotlandspeople as:

1862 NEILSON ISAAC M SHETTLESTON GLASGOW CITY/LANARK 622/03 0110

Knowing his year of death opens up the search window for the second marriage of Agnes. Using the 1862-1885 window and searching again in Shettleston there is only one that fits...

1868 MCPHERSON WILLIAM NEILSON AGNES SHETTLESTON GLASGOW/LANARK 622/03 0002

As you can see there is still a wealth of information on these folks to be tracked down. Hope this has given you a little help!!

Best wishes
Jean

[robgraham]

Hi Jean,

Thanks for the info.

On another website it shows Isaac and Helen's birth as Govan colliery, do you think that this means they were born at the colliery? Maybe there was some sort of medical unit there?

Rob

[JustJean]

It would be my assumption that Govan Colliery is used in this case as a place of birth as that is the area where the family had housing and also where the father was more than likely employed. Most births occurred at home. There were several pits in operation that all fell under the heading of Govan Colliery. If you run a google search you'll find a number of references that might give you more info on this time period in Glasgow's history.

Best wishes
Jean