Hi thanks to everyone who have responded to my posting. on 1881 census it has their children Isabella Lithgow Annie,and Kate all as Vulcante workers so might of worked at one of those factorys Living at 27 Riego street > "North of Blainfield, in what is still called Gilmore Park, are two of the > largest and finest manufactories of india-rubber in the world ... they stand > near each other on the Western Bank of the Union Canal" Their father George Lithgow died 1873 of Typhoid Fever address given as Fountain Court, 81 Fountain Bridge, Edinburgh. thanks everyone Janette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mrs E.Smith" <evnike@supanet.com> To: <SCT-EDINBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [EDB] Lithgow death Newspaper articles, Blainfield; Tarvit Street > Janette, > > Ref your messages about Blainfield and Tarvit Street the information below > from Old and New Edinburgh' (1882, James Grant). ii, p219 should help you. > > " At the southern extremity of Fountainbridge stood, till within the last > few years, an antique villa, a little way back from the road,named > Blainfield, for years the residence of an old and well-known citizen, Bain > Whyt, a W.S.. > ... > "North of Blainfield, in what is still called Gilmore Park, are two of the > largest and finest manufactories of india-rubber in the world ... they stand > near each other on the Western Bank of the Union Canal" > > Tarvit Street is the street which is a continuation of Gilmore Place. It > leads through to Melville Drive and the Meadows area. The King's Theatre is > on the right as you go through from Gilmore Place to the Meadows. Gimore > Park is the street which is at right angles to Gilmore Place and leads over > the canal. Have alook at a map of Edinburgh online. > > Eunice Smith > Edinburgh, Scotland > > > >