“Double Genealogy: the Adoption Witness” (DGAW) sought the twofold identity of two adopted boy cousins, who were not biologically related. That is, four sets of parents. Along with other puzzles. It has a handful and half,  of data images.  Sometimes whimsical, it has just one picture; “Heriot Row”, Edinburgh, Scotland, as depicted on the cover.¹ A scene from Heriot Row occurs in Chapter 10.

The boys were born in 1882, Scotland. The book spans the 19th century, while dipping into the 18th and 20th .  Visual input might soften the read. Especially, if it comes from a virtual library and art gallery at the tip of one’s fingers,  where  the words and works, are the design of people who lived in the story line’s period. So, if you are reading DGAW you can illustrate your own copy, in a “companion reader” manner.  Even if you are not reading it, please enjoy an awesome diversion. But, you MUST pinky-swear, that if some truly delightful art is shared with you, that you WILL return to this site! Promise?  SIGH.  You will be detained.

You will be visiting Random Scottish History.² Please respect the copyright notices at the site, and not take or share pieces of Random Scottish History from my site, as they are the output of careful endeavor by RSH. It would be lovely if, on your visit, you let its author, Jenny, know that you appreciate her selections, with a “like”, and perhaps, some coveted commentary.  

Our people were of most humble means. Their Scotland provided them scenery for the richest. It was backdrop for their moments stolen to picnic, to stroll or just wonder.

Recommendations for specific chapters, are inserted where applicable, to the Table of Contents, below. (Front and back pieces of the book are omitted from the TOC)

 ^{PART I – READY SET}

                ^{CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION}

^{PART II – NO GO}

                ^{CHAPTER TWO: MAGGIE} 

^{MAGGIE LIVED IN CROSSFORD, LESMAHAGOW. CRAIGNETHAN CASTLE WAS IN HER BACK YARD.  READ Census & BMD: Rooms, With One or More Windows TO APPRECIATE HER LIVING CONDITIONS.}  

Select Views on the River Clyde (1830): Craignethan Castle pp. 27-30 (2a)

^{PART III – RETREAT}

                ^{CHAPTER THREE: ANN}

^{“ANN” IS DEPICTED HERE, BUT IN GLASGOW, (THE LAST LITHOGRAPH, IN THE SERIES).  BUT SHE MUST BE ENVISIONED IN EDINBURGH, OR LATER, IN LESMAHAGOW.  ALBEIT,  A CHANGE OF LOCALE, IT IS HER OCCUPATION THAT IS OF INTEREST.} 

^{CHILDREN WILL LOVE THESE ENCHANTING SCENES AS WELL.}

Thomas Fairbairn Glasgow Lithographs: Court of Mansion House, Main St (1848) (2b)

                ^{CHAPTER FOUR: CATHARINE}

^{CATHARINE LIVED IN KIRKFIELDBANK LANARKSHIRE, WHICH WAS THEN IN LESMAHAGOW PARISH, MAYBE 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GLASGOW. OF PARTICULAR INTEREST, ARE THE FACTS AND STATISTICS ON HER COTTON WEAVING INDUSTRY.}

“Select Views of the River Clyde”(1830): Glasgow, pp.53-58. (2a)

                ^{CHAPTER FIVE: MARY BEFORE}

^{MARY WAS RESIDENT OF CROSSFORD, LESMAHAGOW. AT TIMES, SHE WOULD COHABITATE WITH CATHERINE AND AT OTHERS, WITH MAGGIE.}

^{PART IV – PIVOT}

                ^{CHAPTER SIX: EVERYTHING CHANGED}

^{PART V – TRIANGULATE}

                ^{CHAPTER SEVEN: MARY AFTER}

^{MARY MOVED TO THE PARISH OF CARLUKE.} 

^{OUR PEOPLE LIVED AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE PARISHES OF LESMAHAGOW, CARLUKE AND LANARK. OVER TIME, JURISDICTIONS, OR BOUNDARIES,  CHANGED WITH REGARD TO HAMLETS WITHIN THE PARISHES . IN FACT, A PIVOTAL FIND – THE 1867 MARRIAGE OF CHARLES YOUNG OF LESMAHAGOW, TO ISABELLA CAIRNS, OF CARLUKE, CITED HIS RESIDENCE AS COREHOUSE (VIEWS BELOW), AS  PART OF LESMAHAGOW. (3)}

“Select Views of the River Clyde” (1830): Fall of Corehouse. pp.13-16 (2a)

“Select Views of the River Clyde” (1830): Corehouse. pp. 17-20. (2a)

                ^{CHAPTER EIGHT: UNCLE JOHN}

^{THIS CHAPTER CENTERS IN THE GREATER EDINBURGH AREAS OF NEWTON AND THE WHITBURN AREA OF LINLITHGOWSHIRE (WEST LOTHIAN)}

                ^{CHAPTER NINE: SON, MOTHER AND COUSIN TOO}

^{THE FAMILIES REFERENCED IN CHAPTER EIGHT ARE REALIZED IN A NETWORK OF THOSE WHO LIVED AND MOVED WITHIN A NEXUS OF PARISHES OF THREE COUNTIES: IN LANARKSHIRE – CAMBUSNETHAN, CARNWATH, SHOTTS AND AIRDRIE; IN MIDLOTHIAN – KIRKNEWTON AND WEST CALDER; AND IN LINLITHGOWSIRE – WHITBURN AND BATHGATE.}

 ^{PART VI – ADVANCE}

                ^{CHAPTER TEN: LADY’S MAIDS AND COACHMEN}

^{AN IMPORTANT SISTER, RESEARCH WISE, LIVED AT HERIOT ROW #23 IN 1881. TWO OF HER  SISTERS LIVED CLOSE BY IN THIS EDINBURGH NEIGHBORHOOD. THE AREA WAS TOPICAL THROUGHOUT THE BOOK. PARENTS AND MORE SIBLINGS LIVED IN THE VICINITY OF BOTHWELL CASTLE IN THE DECADES 1860-1880.} 

 “Views of Edinburgh with Guide Book” J. Nelson & Sons (1884) “The Castle from the Grassmarket Edinburgh” p. 71(2c)

“Select Views on the River Clyde” (1830) Bothwell Castle, pp.47-52.  (2a)_

                ^{CHAPTER ELEVEN: ON THE OTHER HAND, THIS TIME}

                ^{CHAPTER TWELVE: THE CHAPTER BETWEEN}

^{PART VIII – WITNESS}

                ^{CHAPTER THIRTEEN: JANET AND PAUPERS}

^{JANET CAME FROM A LONG ESTABLISHED CAMBUSNETHAN FAMILY, ALTHOUGH HER MOTHER WAS FROM ABERCORN.} 

^{WE CAN APPRECIATE SOME OF HER AREA’S PRODUCE, INCLUDING LUSCIOUS SOUNDING “APPRECOCKS”. ONE MUST THEN IMAGINE SIMILAR PRODUCE AT HER HOLYTOWN FARMS, OF THE NEXT CHAPTER.}

“Select Views on the River Clyde” (1830) Cambusnethan House, pp.35-38. (2a)

                ^{CHAPTER FOURTEEN: HOLYTOWN}

^{HOLYTOWN WAS A  DISTRICT IN THE PARISH OF BOTHWELL IN THE ERA OF INTEREST.}

                ^{CHAPTER FIFTEEN: CAMBUSNETHAN AND CARLUKE TWEEDLE LESMAHAGOW}

                ^{CHAPTER SIXTEEN: JOHN AND WASHERWOMEN}

^{WE ARE BACK TO EDINBURGH AND THE DEPICTION OF “ANN” NOW IT WILL COVER ELIZABETH AND MARGARET TOO.} 

^{THE CHAPTER WILL ALSO TAKE US TO ROTHESAY TO LOOK FOR JOHN. IT WAS BACKDROP FOR  FAMILIES KELLY, BROCKWAY AND PIERCE. THEY WOULD TRAVEL US TO ABOUT TEN US STATES, AND TWO PROVINCES IN CANADA.}

“Select Views of the River Clyde” (1830): Rothesay and Castle pp.137-140. (2a)

^{DUMBARTON CASTLE IS IN THE ENVIRONS OF THE TURKEY RED DYE TRADE. NOTE THE MENTION OF CARDROSS, WHEN CONSIDERING THE MCCORMICK FAMILY AND JANE KELLY (CARROLL). ALSO, APPRECIATE THE GEOGRAPHY, IN THAT CARDROSS AND ARGYLLSHIRE SHARE MENTION IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH OF DISCUSSION, OF THIS LITHOGRAPH.} 

“Select Views on the River Clyde” (1830) Dumbarton Castle, pp.73-86. (2a)

“Select Views on the River Clyde” (1830) Campbeltown, pp.165-16. (2a)

^{PART IX – AT EASE}

^{CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: GRANDAD’S SCOTLAND YEARS}

^{GRANDAD’S KNOWN RESIDENCES IN HAMILTON, WERE CLOSE TO HAMILTON PALACE. HE ALSO LIVED ON THE RIVER CLYDE, IN THE PARTICK DISTRICT OF GOVAN PARISH.  INDUSTRIAL WAS IMAGINED; LOVELY WAS THE REALITY.}

“Select Views on the River Clyde” (1830) Hamilton Palace, pp. 39-46.(2a)

“Select Views on the River Clyde” (1830) Govan, pp.59-60. (2a)

Double Genealogy has enjoyed this visit to Random Scottish History!  Scotland is lovely, with a rich history.

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Notes and Sources

1.        “Heriot Row” Image DSC_9526 © Peter Urwin, Urwin Digital Ltd.//Online Design + Strategy.
2.        Citing works found at Random Scottish History https://randomscottishhistory.com/ especially:

a.        “Select Views on the River Clyde “(1830) J M Leighton
b.        T Fairbairn  Glasgow Lithographs
c.        “Views of Edinburgh with Guide Book” J. Nelson & Sons (1884)
These pieces are not to be taken or shared from this site, as they are the work of Random Scottish History.
3.        Citing data found at ScotlandsPeople that are © Crown Copyright National Records of Scotland; Cairns, Isabella (Statutory Registers Marriages 629/25) 1867 in Parish of Carluke, Lanarkshire.