It would help if we knew what William's occupation was. This would have been given in the census. By the period you are interested in this part of the Parish of Barry was part of the relatively new town of Carnoustie. There was a large textile factory and next to it a "Vitriol Factory" (sulphuric acid ... I have no idea where the raw material came from or what it was used for in this area!) at the Barry end. While Burnside Street (N-S) is close enough to the textile factory (especially, maybe Mill Cottage was associated with it), Maule Street (E-W) is mainly sufficiently far away to suggest a resident might be employed elsewhere, not that Carnoustie, even now, is such a big place that one could not live at one end and walk to work at the other. I have a notion that Carnoustie also had a footwear factory at one time but I am not certain about that. Burnside St or the west end of Maule St would have been a convenient place to live in relation to where I think the footwear factory was located. Cheers, Bruce D ----- Original Message ----- From: "MargM" <genknut@exemail.com.au> To: <ANGUS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 7:58 AM Subject: [ANGUS] DREW family of Barry ?? > > I wonder if any one could help with any info as to why a family from > Ross, Herefordshire would move to Barry, Angus c 1889- 1890 ?? and > settle there for over 10 years ?? > > In the 1891 census for Barry, William and Alice DREW and 4 children > were living at Burnside St .Barry. In 1901 census they'd had 2 more > children and lived at Maule St Mill Cottage. Barry > > > Their 2nd daughter Edith married in Glasgow in 1910 . Migrated to > Sydney in 1915 . Her parents and siblings already living in Sydney > > They must have swum here as their voyage to Australia not in > Findmypasts data base ! > > > Many thanks > > Bye > > MargM > Beautiful NSW Central Coast > NSW > Australia > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ANGUS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.285 / Virus Database: 270.11.40/2039 - Release Date: 04/03/09 06:19:00

----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dorward" <personal@dorrit41jbd.bbmax.co.uk> To: <angus@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 05, 2009 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [ANGUS] DREW family of Barry ?? Hi Bruce > It would help if we knew what William's occupation was. This would > have been > given in the census. > I am sorry ! I should have included that ............ journeyman shoe/boot maker > I have a notion that Carnoustie also had a footwear factory at one > time but > I am not certain about that. Burnside St or the west end of Maule St > would > have been a convenient place to live in relation to where I think > the > footwear factory was located. > > That would certainly make sense . Any idea if it was a place of some size ?? I feel it had to be for William DREW , resident of Ross, Herefordshire to have found out about it ??? William and Alice had a daughter b in Ross in 1888 and sometime between then and the 1891 moved to Barry Can you help , please ? Many thanks Bye MargM Beautiful NSW Central Coast NSW Australia