Sheenaj, I think that Agnes McCreadie and Andrew Calvert may have married in Ireland, Martha Calvert WAS their daughter, she WAS born in 1897.....on the 1901 census of Scotland she is mistranscribed as Maria..... Del.

Hughie, I suspect that my other-half's relatives travelled this route too, as you know, one of them married a Boyce, what a shame that there are no passenger lists for these crossings, I'm told it is because the journey was not considered long enough, it would be very interesting to be able to see t...

Hughie, Thanks for that, I have not done any research myself for a while, just gone back to it, and was going through old posts, Samuel Clarke is proving very difficult to find, at least his death is, no-one in the family seems to know what happened to him.....maybe one day.....thanks again, Del.

For anyone that is interested, the A&SH database is back up and running, tried it today (Tues.9th July) and it's working fine..........Del.

Hughie, Been a while since we communicated on this, am I right in thinking that Jessie Boyce was your grandfathers sister ? I still have not got any further with finding out what happenred to Samuel Clarke, he was Jessie's husbands father, she had siblings Robert, Bella ?? and John......Regards Del.

Thanks for that information, at least I now know it's not just me having problems, hope it's back soon......Del.

Yes, I had to re-register to get into the site, guess they are having problems, hope it gets sorted, it is a brilliant site.....Del.

Hello, Is anyone else having trouble with the ASH database, I can enter the site, but can't search for anyone, it just comes up ''surname is a required field'' even when a name is entered, most annoying as this is a jolly useful site........Regards Del.

Hello Poppy, Susan had three sisters, Jessie McCracken Clarke, Ann Smith Clarke, and Alice Boyce Clarke.....she also had two brothers, Samuel Allen Clarke and Maurice Clarke. Jessie married in 1940, Ann in 1945, Alice....known as Elsie....didn't marry until 1950.....ring any bells ?.......Del.

Thanks Hughie and George, I suspect that her parents lived at that address....Samuel Allan Clarke and wife Jessie, allthough Susan did have brothers and sisters in Ardrossan also, so maybe she stayed with one of them, she had married Canadian Ron Bollen, in India, in about 1944, and moved to Canada....

In August 1949 Susan McDowell Bollen, maiden surname Clarke, arrived in the U.K from Canada, for a two month stay, she gave her destination as 13 Busbie Drive, Ardrossan, anyone know how to find out who lived at that address ? I know that Busbie Drive was re-named Strathclyde Avenue at some point, w...

SC, yes, you are right of course, each to their own, and all that, it used to annoy me that other people would see this wrong information, and assume it to be correct , and it would send them off down ''the wrong road'', that is why I now check everything that I find, and never take anything as ''go...