Hi, Re My Thomas Arnot who was a stocking weaver at Sciennes. I have a marriage from SP which has a Thomas Arnot, Hosier, marrying a Margaret Aitken in 1787 at St Cuths Would a stocking weaver call himself a Hosier? He lived at Gabriel's Road. Can anyone tell me where that is? many thanks cheers Marilyn from Western Australia

Original Message ----- From: "Watson Family" Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 11:27 PM Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Re Hosier or Stocking weaver? Arnot family > Would a stocking weaver call himself a Hosier? Yes. Stockings, etc, are hosiery. Toni

Hi Marlyn, I live in Edinburgh - but had not heard of Gabriel's Road.. After a quick Google search - Here it is GABRIEL'S ROAD Shown as Register St., D.1827. Ran from where Register House now stands in a long slant N.W. to the Water of Leith, behind where is now Saxe Coburg Pl. Shown unnamed, save at south cast end, close to Register House, Kirkwood composite map. N.W. end named in large scale map, p.w. 773. 15, 1780. 81 57. N.W. end marked "F Road", Ainslie, 1804, its general course evident, also at Register House. It is still represented in the right of way past the Royal Bank, St. Andrew Sq., which is not always rccognised. The name has been wrongly derived from that of the murderer, given as Gabriel in "Peter's letters to his Kinsfolk", but really Robert Irvine. He was a probationer of the Church of Scotland, and employed as tutor to two little boys in a gentleman's family. Having fallen in love with a maid there, he was observed one day by his pupils to give her a kiss-which they mentioned innocently to their parents. Fearful of loss of reputation and failure in the ministry, he brooded over this until he became mad with revenge. One Sabbath while strolling with his pupils on or near Gabriel's road, he cut their throats with a pocket knife. He was seized, red handed, condemned and executed. Gabriel was a former proprietor of Inverleith, Walks in Edin. 179. In the road was a tavern called Gabriels, b.b.60. Best known from Ambrose Tavern, scene of the "Moores Ambrosianac m.t.c. 26/7/1780. "Gabriel's Street", m.t.c. 11/6/1788, 16/12/1812. South east end, just west of Register office, named Gabriel Road, Kincaid's map of 1784. Given in list D.1826-7, also previously up present date. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Watson Family" <watsonb@iinet.com.au> To: <SCT-EDINBURGH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 3:27 AM Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] Re Hosier or Stocking weaver? Arnot family > Hi, > Re My Thomas Arnot who was a stocking weaver at Sciennes. I have a > marriage from SP which has a Thomas Arnot, Hosier, marrying a Margaret > Aitken in 1787 at St Cuths > Would a stocking weaver call himself a Hosier? He lived at Gabriel's > Road. > Can anyone tell me where that is? > many thanks > cheers Marilyn from Western Australia > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SCT-EDINBURGH-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. > Version: 7.5.549 / Virus Database: 270.8.3 - Release Date: 24/10/2008 > 00:00 > >