Researching; HILLCOAT, Renfrew, CLINT and SPENCE, Glasgow. I wonder if anyone would be so kind as to look up the name HILLCOAT again for me in any available Renfrew censuses. My father's grandmother, Jane or Jean HILLCOAT was born in Renfrew 1825. Her father (?), Robert HILLCOAT, born 1809, Ayr...(He must have been a child bridegroom, unless he was her brother, as the dates are altogether too close). No wife is listed to Robert. Jane (Jean) HILLCOAT married Alexander SPENCE, a potter. They lived in Towhead Glasgow, where their children Isabella Spence (m. Michael Baillie), Helen (Ellen) Young SPENCE (who married my grandfather Peter CLINT, born Newton Stewart, Wig.), and Alexander (Sandy) SPENCE, who married Matilda (Ireland) and went to live in St. Louis, Missouri. They had two children Annie and William SPENCE, but I do not know whether they were born in Glasgow or U.S.A. There was then a Jane (Jeanie ) SPENCE; all children to Jane (or Jeannie) Hillcoat and Alexander Spence born in Glasgow when the last, Jeanie, was born in 1855. At some point Jane (Jeannie) Hillcoat and Alexander SPENCE moved to Rutherglen where he worked as a master potter, then they moved back to Glasgow.at one point. Or she could have been widowed when they lived in Rutherglen and she returned to live in the Townhead area of Glasgow with her children. Friends visiting here from Renfrew a couple of years ago indicated that there is still a very well-known paint company in Renfrew by the name of HILLCOAT. If I could get their address or e-mail, perhaps I could even contact them to see if there is any connection to Robert and Jane (Jeannie) HILLCOAT. Any additional information on HILLCOAT, SPENCE or CLINT names would be most appreciated. Maisie -----Original Message----- From: SCT-RENFREW-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:SCT-RENFREW-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2003 1:01 AM To: SCT-RENFREW-D@rootsweb.com Subject: SCT-RENFREW-D Digest V03 #181