The+Hislops



==This picture has always intrigued me. When I was younger, I often wondered where my grandad John Hislop) was. The mother (my gran) has her arm around my mum Janet (known as Jenny). Beside mum is her brother, John. The two older girls are her sisters - Elizabeth (aunt Lizzie) and Margaret (Aunt Peggy). I always got the impression that there were some secrets involved in the family. The 'Scotlands' People' website provided me with some answers. It's complicated, but I'll try my best to tell their story.==

I'll begin with my Grandma's side
===On December the 18th 1854, Christopher Pratt married Janet Knox in Renfrew. Christopher was born in Ireland. By 1871, they had five children: Margaret, Janet, Elizabeth, Robert and Christina. It's Elizabeth we'll follow (my great gran). Elizabeth was born on the 12th of June 1861 at 4 Storrie St. Paisley. In 1883, Elizabeth (21) married Charles Carbery (29) in St Margaret's Church, Kinning Park.=== ===Charles' father (James) and mother (Bridget) were both born in Derry, Ireland. In 1881, Charles and his family lived in Houston Place in Govan. In the house were James (61), Bridget (59), John (31), Charles (27), Bridget (24), Willian (20), Margaret (16) and grandson James Patrick Travers (3) (birth records not available). Charles had another sister, Elizabeth (18) who is not mentioned in this census. Records show that later in 1885 she gave birth to illegitimate twin girls. One of the girls died at 9 months old of TB. The other twin must have died, too because the 1891 census shows Elizabeth living with the father and a 4 yr old daughter, Annie. (she married Arthur Stewart a few months after the death of the first twin.===

===Sooooooo .... back to Elizabeth Pratt and Charles! In 1891, they were living at 4 Shields Road, Kinning Park with their children - Janet(7 - my Gran!), Elizabeth(5) and Isabella(7mths). This is the address Charles lived at when he married. His mum, Bridget(70) and brother John (41) also still lived there at that time.===

===In 1901 Charles (47) and Elizabeth (38) have moved (but I can't make out the address - still Kinning Park) and now have 5 children - Janet (17), Elizabeth(15), Charlot (11), Isa (10) and Christopher (2). Charles was a 'Ship Painter'.===

===In 1905 Charles and Elizabeth had another son - Charles. Charles was born at 84 Stanley Street, Kinning Park. Mum, Elizabeth, signed with an 'X' mark. In the same year, My Gran, Janet (known as Jenny) Carbery, married John Hislop. They married on the 13th of February. They were both 21. John's address was 148 Vermount St. Kinning Park. On the 20th of August that year their daughter, Elizabeth Pratt Hislop (my Aunt Lizzie) was born (note the dates?). It was a 'Church of Scotland' wedding and that surprised me because my mother's immediate family were very Catholic.===

So - who was John Hislop?
=The video below shows Nana Peggy's grandaughter, Miriam, on her wedding day - 28th December 2007=

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=This Video shows John and Thomas, Nan Peggy's sons .... and her grandson Paul -the one with the laugh :)= media type="google" key="-6667507892810046565&hl=en-GB" width="400" height="326"

=Thomas Dougan toasts his daughter Miriam at her wedding in Glasgow on 28/12/07= media type="google" key="1133942370186960319&hl=en-GB" width="400" height="326"