Thanks for that Maisie. My GGG GF in 1861 is 'Surveyer Corporation Water Works'. He died in 1864 as 'Clerk to the Water Commissioner', so looks to have been employed by the City Council. But thats a whopping daily commute from the bottom end of New City Road, so I will also have a look closer to home. Perhaps there were Council Offices nearby ? Wiki says : The Milngavie reservoir is visited by tourists and walkers. The reservoir is made up of the Craigmaddie and Mugdock reservoirs and was opened in 1859 by Queen Victoria.[13] It is the main supplier of water to the city of Glasgow and can hold up to 548 million gallons of water Cheers Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maisie Egger" <campsiehills@sbcglobal.net> To: "Andrew McCletchie" <andrew.mccletchie@gmail.com>; <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milngavie_water_treatment_works > > Andrew, for all the time I lived in Glasgow the Glasgow Waterworks were in > Milngavie (pronounced MilGUY from the Gaelic, no doubt. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milngavie ) > > If you go to Google re Milngavie, it might help you with photos, etc. > > Of course, I could be leading you astray and maybe your forebear worked in > a small local waterworks...but again, Milngavie was the main waterworks > for Glasgow. > > I should add that Milngavie and Bearsden are rather 'nice' communities and > we used to make fun of any hoity toity people by saying that they came > from MilnGAVIE, instead of the common pronunciation MilGUY. > > Maisie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew McCletchie via > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 3:06 AM > To: Nivard Ovington ; lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription > > Thanks Nivard, that transcription fits in great with other information. > > I cannot read the last two words of his occupation, but 'water works' it > is > ! > > Oh No ! That will set me off on another mission !....Where was the water > works, or there any photos of it, are there any photos of staff ??? > > Thanks again > > Andrew > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nivard Ovington via" <lanark@rootsweb.com> > To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 11:31 PM > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription > > >> Hi Andrew >> >> The findmypast transcript gives his occupation as sarveyer corporation >> water works >> >> So most likely surveyor >> >> If you want to send a copy I will gladly take a look at it >> >> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >> >> On 28/12/2015 21:12, Andrew McCletchie via wrote: >>> Hello again all, >>> >>> I am having trouble reading GGG GF's profession in the 1861 Census. >>> >>> Does anyone want to have a go at reading it, and I will send the image ? >>> >>> John McCletchie was at 209 New City Road, St Georges at the time, and at >>> his death 3 years later his occupation was given as Water Surveyor, so >>> it >>> has something to do with this and the Glasgow Corporation, I think. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Andrew >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier >> message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. >> >> You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on >> the following link to the list information page online: >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > > WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier > message. Be sure the reply to address shows as LANARK@Rootsweb.com. > > You may contact the List Admin at lanark-admin@rootsweb.com or click on > the following link to the list information page online: > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/intl/SCT/LANARK.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > LANARK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

My great grandfather was a ploughman, who moved from Kintyre to Barrhead outside Glasgow to work on a farm at Low Auchenback. He ended up as a Waterworks labourer working for the Gorbals Water Works, later owned by the Glasgow Corporation Water Department at Barrhead/Darnley. See http://www.damstodarnley.org/barrhead-dams.htm Regards Iain MacIntosh -----Original Message----- From: lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:lanark-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Andrew McCletchie via Sent: 29 December 2015 17:02 To: Maisie Egger; lanark@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription Thanks for that Maisie. My GGG GF in 1861 is 'Surveyer Corporation Water Works'. He died in 1864 as 'Clerk to the Water Commissioner', so looks to have been employed by the City Council. But thats a whopping daily commute from the bottom end of New City Road, so I will also have a look closer to home. Perhaps there were Council Offices nearby ? Wiki says : The Milngavie reservoir is visited by tourists and walkers. The reservoir is made up of the Craigmaddie and Mugdock reservoirs and was opened in 1859 by Queen Victoria.[13] It is the main supplier of water to the city of Glasgow and can hold up to 548 million gallons of water Cheers Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maisie Egger" <campsiehills@sbcglobal.net> To: "Andrew McCletchie" <andrew.mccletchie@gmail.com>; <lanark@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milngavie_water_treatment_works > > Andrew, for all the time I lived in Glasgow the Glasgow Waterworks were in > Milngavie (pronounced MilGUY from the Gaelic, no doubt. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milngavie ) > > If you go to Google re Milngavie, it might help you with photos, etc. > > Of course, I could be leading you astray and maybe your forebear worked in > a small local waterworks...but again, Milngavie was the main waterworks > for Glasgow. > > I should add that Milngavie and Bearsden are rather 'nice' communities and > we used to make fun of any hoity toity people by saying that they came > from MilnGAVIE, instead of the common pronunciation MilGUY. > > Maisie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew McCletchie via > Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 3:06 AM > To: Nivard Ovington ; lanark@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription > > Thanks Nivard, that transcription fits in great with other information. > > I cannot read the last two words of his occupation, but 'water works' it > is > ! > > Oh No ! That will set me off on another mission !....Where was the water > works, or there any photos of it, are there any photos of staff ??? > > Thanks again > > Andrew > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nivard Ovington via" <lanark@rootsweb.com> > To: <lanark@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2015 11:31 PM > Subject: Re: [Lanark] Help with 1861 Transcription > > >> Hi Andrew >> >> The findmypast transcript gives his occupation as sarveyer corporation >> water works >> >> So most likely surveyor >> >> If you want to send a copy I will gladly take a look at it >> >> Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) >> >> On 28/12/2015 21:12, Andrew McCletchie via wrote: >>> Hello again all, >>> >>> I am having trouble reading GGG GF's profession in the 1861 Census. >>> >>> Does anyone want to have a go at reading it, and I will send the image ? >>> >>> John McCletchie was at 209 New City Road, St Georges at the time, and at >>> his death 3 years later his occupation was given as Water Surveyor, so >>> it >>> has something to do with this and the Glasgow Corporation, I think. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Andrew >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> >> WHEN REPLYING to a post please remember to snip most of the earlier >> message. 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