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by Robinson1857
Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:57 am
Forum: Working Life
Topic: Bottlemaker in Dumbarton?
Replies: 11
Views: 3805

Re: Bottlemaker in Dumbarton?

This connects with the will, BUT it's any early records I am looking for. Before 1815! Here's a lovely piece I just found about the works though. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/australian-woman-traces-family-roots-11213404 Hopefully - Alison Alison, I have a PDF copy of John C. Logan...
by Robinson1857
Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:40 am
Forum: Working Life
Topic: Scottish Glassblowers
Replies: 12
Views: 3210

Re: Scottish Glassblowers

Here is my rough transcription of the letter. Words I had trouble deciphering are in parenthesis.

https://sites.google.com/site/robinson1 ... etter-1818
by Robinson1857
Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:00 pm
Forum: Working Life
Topic: Bottlemaker in Dumbarton?
Replies: 11
Views: 3805

Re: Bottlemaker in Dumbarton?

Hello, Alison. I was wondering if you've had any luck locating any records of the Dumbarton Glass Works. In John C. Logan's paper on the Dumbarton Glass Works, he cites records of the Dumbarton Glass Works, but I have been unable to locate them. I contacted the West Dunbartonshire Council which dire...
by Robinson1857
Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:18 pm
Forum: Scottish People
Topic: Isaac G. Robinson (1814-1893)- Photo Resemblance Question
Replies: 3
Views: 396

Re: Isaac G. Robinson (1814-1893)- Photo Resemblance Questio

I don't put much stock in the reporting of my Robinson ancestors. According to them, Isaac was born in New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Woodstock, NY, Dutchess County, NY, and Scotland. There is probably a grain of truth in each, but I am not locking in on any of them. :wink: My Find-...
by Robinson1857
Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:58 pm
Forum: Working Life
Topic: Scottish Glassblowers
Replies: 12
Views: 3210

Re: Scottish Glassblowers

Woo-hoo! I just received a copy of a letter written to my 4th-great grandfather, Daniel Robinson, in 1818. It was a letter recruiting him to work at the Ulster Glass Company in Woodstock, NY as glass blower. Sweet! It gets me definitively two years further back... hopefully closer to figuring out hi...
by Robinson1857
Wed Jan 27, 2016 4:39 pm
Forum: Scottish People
Topic: Isaac G. Robinson (1814-1893)- Photo Resemblance Question
Replies: 3
Views: 396

Isaac G. Robinson (1814-1893)- Photo Resemblance Question

Okay. I know this is a silly question :wink: , but please humor me. By looking at the photo of my 3rd great-grandfather (below), could you take a guess as to where my Robinsons may have emigrated from? I suppose I am wondering if he looks Scottish. DNA and records point to Scotland, but nothing conc...
by Robinson1857
Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:39 am
Forum: Working Life
Topic: Scottish Glassblowers
Replies: 12
Views: 3210

Re: Scottish Glassblowers

Interesting! Thanks, Alan!

-Alan
Currie wrote:There's a letter to the editor in The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, 1809, page 410, that probably wont help, but may be of interest.
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=wV ... J&pg=PA410

Alan
by Robinson1857
Tue Jan 19, 2016 11:58 am
Forum: Working Life
Topic: Scottish Glassblowers
Replies: 12
Views: 3210

Re: Scottish Glassblowers

That's a promising lead! Thanks, Johnny! :D -Alan Robinson, a family of this name were glassmakers/employers in the Dudley/Stourbridge area from the 1770's to the 1850's. The names Ann, Benjamin, George , Frederick. John & Samuel Robinson & a glassworks at Amblecote. My own glassmaking ancestors mov...
by Robinson1857
Mon Jan 18, 2016 12:58 pm
Forum: Working Life
Topic: Scottish Glassblowers
Replies: 12
Views: 3210

Re: Scottish Glassblowers

Thank you, Sarah! I will take a look at her posts. My most distant Little ancestor, William Little (1754-1797), was not a glassworker here, but there may a connection. Regards, Alan Hello Robinson1857 and welcome to [talkingscot] I noticed that you have the surname Little in your signature. We have ...
by Robinson1857
Mon Jan 18, 2016 3:11 am
Forum: Working Life
Topic: Scottish Glassblowers
Replies: 12
Views: 3210

Re: Scottish Glassblowers

Thanks, Johnnie. That helps me narrow down my search and gives me some direction. I'm not sure how far back my Robinson line goes in Scotland. One Robinson relative listed his ethnicity as "Scotch" when crossing the Canadian border years ago. Another ancestor Reported that my 3rd great-grandfather w...