1891 Census
Commentary on the 1891 census of Forgan registration district
The Enumerator's Walks. The routes can be followed using the 'view all 1891 address records' option on the 1891 page. Present-day locations in italics.
Enumeration District 1 - Woodhaven and Wormit: Starts at Waterstone Crook, goes down Castle Brae west along West Road through Woodhaven to just past the bottom of Birkhill Avenue. Then back up and west along Birkhill Avenue, Hillpark Crescent, North View Terrace, back down to the main road, west down Bay Road. Jump back to pick up a few missed properties, then west along the main road to Wormit Farm and beyond.
Enumeration District 3 - West Newport: Starting at the Granary (now demolished at top of High Street) then High Street, then Gas Lane (Granary Lane). Go south up Kilnburn (west side), back down the east side, along Scott Street, up Cupar Road (west side) to the top of Kilnburn. Jump to the pier and Boat Brae west along West Road, north side, as far as the foot of Castle Brae. Up Castle Brae then back east along West Road, up to Wellgate Street and Wellpark Terrace, up to Alma Terrace and west along Kirk Road to Cadzow Castle (14 Kirk Road). Jump back down to West Road go east, then up Shepherd's Brae (Shepherd's Road) to Woodmuir Crescent then Woodmuir Terrace. Then up to Beechwood Terrace and along Kirk Road to Tayfield South Lodge (opposite Newport School).
Enumeration District 4 - East Newport : Starts at the Cupar Road / Victoria Street junction, goes down Cupar Road, south side, to Station Brae, west along Youngsdale Place, east along Linden Avenue, down to Struan Place, Myrtle Terrace, Hillside, then down St Phillan's Place (Cupar Road, east side). Up William Street (Mathewson's Land is the site of the Rio) to James Square (King Street / Gowrie Street / Queen Street). Jump to foot of Robert Street and go south (Turnbull's Buildings is the site of Royal Buildings, Meldrum Square is at the top (south) end of Robert Street). Then jump to top of James Street and go down (north). Jump again to Tay Street at the top of the High Street and go east along the road right to the end, then come back along the north side. West along Union Street, east along King Street, west along Queen Street, up Gowrie Street, east along Woodbine Terrace. Jump to Tay Terrace, Woodriffe Terrace (Kerr Street). Jump to Craighead Farm, then east along Prospect Terrace and back west along Tayview Terrace and down Bank Street. Finish with Northfield Farm and a few missed houses.
Enumeration District 5 - T.S. 'Mars' : I have split this into 5 schedules: the superintendent, the staff, the hospital staff, domestic staff, and the boys.
Conventions used in this transcription
Any material not part of the original, is enclosed in [square brackets].
Houses: Each house was terminated with a double stroke (//) and therefore started with the terminating double stroke of the previous house. Within each house, each household was separated from other occupiers by a single stroke(/). In this transcription, the strokes are shown in the Household View after the address information, where both starting and ending strokes are given for each household. In the address records listings, only the ending strokes are shown. An explanation of the combinations of / and // is given on the abbreviations page.
Married women: Some married women also gave their maiden names. To be consistent across the whole site, I have listed them by their maiden surname followed by their married surname in [square brackets]. Several women gave their surnames as 'x or y'. They have been listed here with both names, neither in brackets.
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