John, There was a lot of movement between Ayrshire & Greenock for work in shipping - ships carpenters etc. I have Ayrshire Hunters who were worked in Greenock and returned to Ayrshire. Paisley is within easy reach of Ayrshire and Renfrewshire and Ayrshire have common boundaries. Regards Duncan ----- Original Message ----- From: <campbell@timewarp.demon.co.uk> To: <SCT-RENFREW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:51 PM Subject: Re: [Renfrew] Renfrew Churches > In message <00b301c2eeb4$5b09fb60$1fb28351@oemcomputer>, Brian Cave > <Beejaycave@btinternet.com> writes > > > >I wonder if someone could explain to a dumb Sassenach the terms High, Middle and > >Low Renfrew parish churches. > > I wonder if someone could also explain about demographics in the area. I > have an Elizabeth Reside WEIR b 7 Feb 1832 at Greenock, who was the > daughter of a Duncan WEIR who married Christina PHILIPS on 1 Sep 1823 at > the Low Church in Paisley. However Christina herself was christened at > the Middle Church on 8 Jan 1803, the daughter of David PHILIP and > Elizabeth RAESIDE. They married at the Low Church. Elizabeth was the > daughter of James RESIDE, but the only marriage I can find in the IGI is > at Stevenston, Ayr, when a James RESIDE married an ELizabeth SMITH on 21 > Jun 1775. Is this a likely candidate? > > John > -- > John Rouse > > > ==== SCT-RENFREW Mailing List ==== > ********************************************************************** > The Renfrewshire Query board is at > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/Scotland/Renfrew > >