Person:Barbara Neill (1)

Barbara NEILL was b. 28may1846 (inverclyde website), chr 20jun1846 (IGI). Barbara, eldest daughter of John Neill sugar refiner, married (14dec1865 Greenock) James MacCunn, merchant (inverclyde, IGI). Barbara studied music with composer William Sterndale Bennett; James was a shipowner of Thornhill, Greenock (Dictionary Nat Biog entry on Hamish MacCunn). In 1870 James and John MacCunn, shipowners, Excise Bldgs (the latter: Thornhill, 37 Union St.) (Greenock PO Directory). In 1881 James Maclenan (1840, shipowner), wife Barbara (1847), children, John (1867), James (1868), George D.N. (1873), Agnes N. (1876), Robert N. (1877), Andrew (1881), all b. Greenock, were at Thornhill House, Ardgowan St., Greenock (census, LDS); census at ancestry.com has correct surname Maccunn. In 1890 James Maccunn, Thornhill, 37 Ardgowan St. W., Greenock (PO Directory). In 1891 James McCunn (1840, traffic agent G.H. Trust), Barbara (1847), Agnes N. (1876), Robert N. (1877), Andrew (1881), all b. Greenock, were at 37 Ardgowan St., Greenock (census). See “Notes on the sugar industry” by John M. Hutcheson.

Barbara NEILL was b. 28may1846 (inverclyde website), chr 20jun1846 (IGI). Barbara, eldest daughter of John Neill sugar refiner, married (14dec1865 Greenock) James MacCunn, merchant (inverclyde, IGI). Barbara studied music with composer William Sterndale Bennett; James was a shipowner of Thornhill, Greenock (Dictionary Nat Biog entry on Hamish MacCunn). In 1870 James and John MacCunn, shipowners, Excise Bldgs (the latter: Thornhill, 37 Union St.) (Greenock PO Directory). In 1881 James Maclenan (1840, shipowner), wife Barbara (1847), children, John (1867), James (1868), George D.N. (1873), Agnes N. (1876), Robert N. (1877), Andrew (1881), all b. Greenock, were at Thornhill House, Ardgowan St., Greenock (census, LDS); census at ancestry.com has correct surname Maccunn. In 1890 James Maccunn, Thornhill, 37 Ardgowan St. W., Greenock (PO Directory). See “Notes on the sugar industry” by John M. Hutcheson.

1.   Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Extracted records)
   FHL Film 1041064, 1831/1851.

   Extract: Vital Records Index - British Isles - Second Edition
   Christening event for: Barbara NEILL
   Gender: Female
   Birth Date: 28 May 1846
   Christening Date: 20 Jun 1846
   Recorded in: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
   Collection: West or Old Parish
   Father: John NEILL
   Mother: Catherine Isabella DEMPSTER
   Source: FHL Film 1041064 Dates: 1831 - 1851

   Principal in Christening Extract.

2.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1851 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
3.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
4.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
5.   Birth marriage death index for England and Wales.