The old registration district of Milton was on the Glasgow’s north side, and is better identified as part of the Cowcaddens. The Clyde Canal no longer exists, but was a central part of the district at the end of the nineteenth century, and it was here that the Galt, Barr and Littlejohn families merged before leaving for Queensland in 1883. By the 1880s, the Cowcaddens had developed into a notoriously bad slum area, with infant mortality rates more than three times those in Glasgow’s west end. This was an area that very few of our Craig side of the family ever lived in, although my late Auntie Joyce had a small bric-a-brac shop in Port Dundas Road in the 1970s.
My great grandparents left this part of Glasgow circa 1886, when my grandfather was 6 months old, how can I find exactly where they lived
Hello Shiela,
If your grandfather left in 1886, aged 6 months, then he won’t be in the 1881 or 1891 census records for the area. Census records are one of the best sources of information about families. However, if you know your great-grandfather’s name (and age), he might be in the district in 1881. Also, at that time, there were the Valuation Rolls (tenants/occupiers/owners), and they were typically taken on the ‘5s’ (1880, 1885, 1890, etc…) These are often good for finding where ancestors were living.
All those records can be found on ScotlandsPeople, and that is a free registration, but you will need to buy “credits” to view records.£10 buys you 40 credits (or multiples).
https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
A census record, for example, is 6 credits to view, and Valuation Rolls 2 credits (downloading is free once viewed). Birth, death and marriage records are also 6 credits each, while Kirk Session minutes are 2 credits.
I hope this helps, Let me know how you get on.
:-)
Alan
My Great grandad and his brother and sister were born in Milton , in the 1850s , his parents moved from Lancashire perhaps for work and had their children there three in all . It must have been hard but at least if you have employment its better than nothing . I wanted to see what life was like in the 1850s around the Milton Area . So its interesting to see all thats been written etc . So would like to find out what kind of work was available and what kind of housing was there for them ? Chrissie