Greenock Family History: Chapter 1
ROBERT GREENOCK
born 24 April 1844 in Glasgow, Scotland
died 9 July 1906 in Chicago, Illinois (age 61)
JANE REDPATH
born l849 in Glasgow, Scotland
died 15 July 1923 in Danville, Illinois (age 74)
ROBERT GREENOCK, Father’s name John Greenock (born in County Cork or Wexford about 1819 – died in Glasgow 9 October 1893); his Mother’s name was Rebecca Durie (born in 1816 - died in 1875 in Scotland).
John Greenock and Rebecca Durie (our great great grandparents) married 15 November 1839 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. There were several children born but not all lived (several Johns were born, as mentioned by Grandpa). From Old Parochial Records we found the following children born: Elizabeth (1841), Joseph (1842), Robert (1844 - our great grandfather), John (1847), Margaret (1848), Alexander Baird (1851), Jemima (1852). From IGI records we also found a James Williamson (1854), and Ralph (born 13 November 1859) born to John and Rebecca Durie.
Those that grew to adulthood were Elizabeth, Joseph, Robert (our great grandfather) and Jemima. Elizabeth married William McEwan on 18 July 1862 in Glasgow. They migrated to America in 1871 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Joseph married Janet Black Douglas and had one child, Janet Loudon Greenock, who died in 1884 at age 19 in Scotland. Joseph and wife Janet then immigrated to the United States around 1886, and settled in Chicago. Robert, you will be hearing more about in the following text.
Jemima (actually named Rebecca Jemima Stewart) married William McKay in Scotland on 24 April 1874. They came to America around 1883 and also settled in Ohio. They had three children (at the time my Grandpa wrote his story (1946) - Robert, Jennie and Ralph. I also found another child born to Jemima and William in the extracted marriage and birth records of Scotland: Rebecca McKay, born 7 September 1874 in High Church, Glasgow, Scotland. She apparently died young.
The 1900 Census of Cuyoga County, Cleveland, Ohio shows Jemima living on Quimby Street with son William (born January 1876 in Scotland), Robert (born June 1884), James (born March 1886), Jemima (born November 1887) and Ralph (born February 1894). The last four children were born in Ohio. Jemima was 47 (she had been widowed in 1896), she stated she had given birth to ten children and seven were alive in 1900. She was not working, but William was working as an editor, Robert as a salesman and the remaining offspring were all students.
I have not yet found a death record for Jemima, and I was unable to find this family in Cleveland in the 1910 census. As Jemima was only 43 when Wiliam McKay died, she could very well have re-married. In answer to your next question, no, I don’t know if she wore a large white apron and made pancakes!
JANE REDPATH GREENOCK. Her mother (Elizabeth Steven Redpath) died when Jane was around two years old. Her father’s name was Thomas Redpath. Elizabeth Steven and Thomas Redpath married 19 May 1839 in Glasgow. Thomas listed his occupation as cloth lapper on the Proclamation for Marriage. In answer to your next question: a cloth lapper measures and folds fabric. The name came from fabric being drawn from the bolt, pulled onto the lap and folded!
Six children were born to the Redpaths, all in Glasgow: Agnes (born 1840), Thomas (born 1841), James (born 1843), Elizabeth (born 1845), Janet (born 1847) and Jane (born 1849). It appears only Jane and Janet reached adulthood. Janet (born 4 September 1847) married John Walker. I believe Elizabeth Steven’s parents names are Robert Steven and Mary McFarlane.
Jane Redpath and Robert Greenock married 31 December 1869 in Lanark, Glasgow, High Church, Scotland. I found them in the 1871 census of Lanark/Glasgow - Robert listed his occupation as packing box maker. He was 25, Jane 21 and John (our grandpa) ten months old! Their address was listed as 19 Sydney Street at this time. Robert Greenock, our great-grandfather, left Scotland in an effort to find a better life for his family in America in November 1879. He had worked as an apprentice in a box factory in Glasgow, eventually becoming a superintendent. The City of Glasgow Bank failed in 1876, shaking the United Kingdom to its very foundations. Recovery was slow. Robert Greenock went into business for himself and was not successful, and in 1879 he decided to make a new start in the United States. He left his wife and five children in the care of a close relative, and went to Chicago. He worked on a grain elevator in South Englewood (then known as the Town of Lake), and in two years (1881) was able to send the money needed for his family to board ship to their new home in the USA. Between 1880 and 1890 5,246,613 immigrants entered the U.S. Six of those immigrants were our ancestors.
The family boarded the steamship, S.S. State of Indiana in Glasgow (put into service by the State Steamship Co., Ltd. just seven years previous to the Greenocks boarding it). According to my Grandpa’s story, they arrived in Chicago on 9 July 1881. Study of this steamship line indicates it traveled only from Scotland to New York Harbor. I have reviewed ship manifests for the year of 1881 not only in New York Harbor, but also Baltimore and Boston (just in case). I have been unable to locate the Greenock family on any ship manifest, and have been told there could be several explanations for this. At the time, there was a $1.50 tax imposed on the ship captain for each person on board his ship. Ship captains often failed to keep precise listings in an effort to avoid this tax. Or, it could be because of the large number of Scottish and Irish immigrants during this time period, the ship could have had more on board than was allowed, thus, some passengers simply weren’t listed. I guess we’ll never know the date of our family’s crossing the ocean. We do know for sure that they arrived here!
What an exciting (but I would think scary) adventure for a petite, quiet lady to board ship for a l4-day journey that would take her and her four children to an unknown port - probably Castle Garden in New York - there to find transportation to a relatively little known destination called Chicago! She was 32 years old, John was 11, Thomas 10, Robert 7, and Rebecca, only 4 years old.
I trust this little family sustained the trip well and wasn’t bothered with seasickness or the other illnesses that plagued the steamship’s passengers. If Castle Garden was indeed where they landed, they could have been rushed through the scrutiny of the over-worked and under-staffed (and sometimes quite corrupt!) personnel, and not have had to submit to the physical examinations that became commonplace with the advent of Ellis Island. From 1855 through the 1890s, most immigrants arriving in New York City passed through the Castle Garden immigration inspection station. In 1892 the inspection station was moved out into New York Harbor to Ellis Island. Unfortunately, just after it was finally completed, Ellis Island burned, destroying all of the Castle Garden and Ellis Island immigration records from 1855 to 1897.
Three other youngsters had died in Scotland. Jane R. (I) called Jeanie, born in 1878, died in 1880 and Elizabeth S, stillborn in 1876. It is unknown what Jeanie had died of. Jeanie is buried in the Falkland Cemetery, The Freuchie, Scotland. Elizabeth is buried at the Necropolis in Glasgow, as is another unnamed stillborn child.
Twelve children were born to Robert and Jane. Five born in Chicago, Illinois. Of the twelve, seven grew to adulthood, six married and five had families. We will list them in order of birth, and tell what we know about each to this point. At this writing, our information indicates Robert and Jane had 12 children, 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 42 great great grandchildren and 52 great great great, and 2 great great great great! And we don’t have all of the information as yet!
You’ll note the use of names more than once, thus we reference I, II or III. If the youngster didn’t survive, using the same name was common practice at that period of time. Also you’ll note ‘R’ as the middle initial for many of the offspring; this is assumed to be for Redpath.
Robert Greenock became a naturalized citizen in June of 1892, more than 100 years ago. His sons, John and Thomas became naturalized citizens in September of 1892. There is no record of Robert B. Jr., Rebecca or Jane applying. Before 1906, wives and children were not named on the naturalization papers of their husbands/fathers, although they received derivative U.S. citizenship through them. Robert B. Jr. would have been 18 years of age when his father became a naturalized citizen. We know that Robert Jr. was a citizen, as he served in the Spanish American War, as well as in the Philippine Insurrection.
The l900 Census of Cook County, nineteen years after the family began their life together in the USA, listed Robert (age 55) and Jane (Redpath) Greenock (age 51) living at 7916 S. Union Avenue with their children Rebecca (age 23), George (age 14), Joseph II (age l2) and Jane (who became known as Jeannie or Toots), was 10. John, the first born, now 30 years old, had married Flora Rebman and was living at 5745 S. Wentworth. Thomas, age 29, had married Jessie Morgan and was living at 121 W. 60th Place in Chicago. Robert, Jr., age 26, was with the U.S. Volunteers and was serving in the Philippines. Robert listed his occupation as a carpenter. Robert Sr. would live only six more years.
Robert Greenock, patriarch and pioneer for our family, died on 9 July l906 of Ileus Appendectomy at Chicago Baptist Hospital at age 6l. He was a very handsome man, as you can see from the photo. The family resemblance in this family is very strong. He was known to have had a fondness for the brew. His sons took a dim view of this, and exerted great pressure on him to stop drinking, which he finally did.
Jane Redpath Greenock, his wife, died 15 July l923 in Danville, Illinois at age 73 years, 7 months and 23 days of complications after she fell and broke her hip, having misjudged the height of a curb. The cause of death on the Certificate for Burial is listed as arteriosclerosis, which I believe to be a generalized description relating to the aging process! This quiet, petite, religious, regal-appearing lady is buried beside her husband of 37 years in Section 8 at Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, lllth Street and California Avenue, Chicago.
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ROBERT GREENOCK
born 24 April 1844 in Glasgow, Scotland
died 9 July 1906 in Chicago, Illinois (age 61)
JANE REDPATH
born l849 in Glasgow, Scotland
died 15 July 1923 in Danville, Illinois (age 74)
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| Jane and Robert Greenock, circa 1899 |
John Greenock and Rebecca Durie (our great great grandparents) married 15 November 1839 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland. There were several children born but not all lived (several Johns were born, as mentioned by Grandpa). From Old Parochial Records we found the following children born: Elizabeth (1841), Joseph (1842), Robert (1844 - our great grandfather), John (1847), Margaret (1848), Alexander Baird (1851), Jemima (1852). From IGI records we also found a James Williamson (1854), and Ralph (born 13 November 1859) born to John and Rebecca Durie.
Those that grew to adulthood were Elizabeth, Joseph, Robert (our great grandfather) and Jemima. Elizabeth married William McEwan on 18 July 1862 in Glasgow. They migrated to America in 1871 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. Joseph married Janet Black Douglas and had one child, Janet Loudon Greenock, who died in 1884 at age 19 in Scotland. Joseph and wife Janet then immigrated to the United States around 1886, and settled in Chicago. Robert, you will be hearing more about in the following text.
Jemima (actually named Rebecca Jemima Stewart) married William McKay in Scotland on 24 April 1874. They came to America around 1883 and also settled in Ohio. They had three children (at the time my Grandpa wrote his story (1946) - Robert, Jennie and Ralph. I also found another child born to Jemima and William in the extracted marriage and birth records of Scotland: Rebecca McKay, born 7 September 1874 in High Church, Glasgow, Scotland. She apparently died young.
The 1900 Census of Cuyoga County, Cleveland, Ohio shows Jemima living on Quimby Street with son William (born January 1876 in Scotland), Robert (born June 1884), James (born March 1886), Jemima (born November 1887) and Ralph (born February 1894). The last four children were born in Ohio. Jemima was 47 (she had been widowed in 1896), she stated she had given birth to ten children and seven were alive in 1900. She was not working, but William was working as an editor, Robert as a salesman and the remaining offspring were all students.
I have not yet found a death record for Jemima, and I was unable to find this family in Cleveland in the 1910 census. As Jemima was only 43 when Wiliam McKay died, she could very well have re-married. In answer to your next question, no, I don’t know if she wore a large white apron and made pancakes!
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| Jane Redpath Greenock, circa 1918 |
Six children were born to the Redpaths, all in Glasgow: Agnes (born 1840), Thomas (born 1841), James (born 1843), Elizabeth (born 1845), Janet (born 1847) and Jane (born 1849). It appears only Jane and Janet reached adulthood. Janet (born 4 September 1847) married John Walker. I believe Elizabeth Steven’s parents names are Robert Steven and Mary McFarlane.
Jane Redpath and Robert Greenock married 31 December 1869 in Lanark, Glasgow, High Church, Scotland. I found them in the 1871 census of Lanark/Glasgow - Robert listed his occupation as packing box maker. He was 25, Jane 21 and John (our grandpa) ten months old! Their address was listed as 19 Sydney Street at this time. Robert Greenock, our great-grandfather, left Scotland in an effort to find a better life for his family in America in November 1879. He had worked as an apprentice in a box factory in Glasgow, eventually becoming a superintendent. The City of Glasgow Bank failed in 1876, shaking the United Kingdom to its very foundations. Recovery was slow. Robert Greenock went into business for himself and was not successful, and in 1879 he decided to make a new start in the United States. He left his wife and five children in the care of a close relative, and went to Chicago. He worked on a grain elevator in South Englewood (then known as the Town of Lake), and in two years (1881) was able to send the money needed for his family to board ship to their new home in the USA. Between 1880 and 1890 5,246,613 immigrants entered the U.S. Six of those immigrants were our ancestors.
The family boarded the steamship, S.S. State of Indiana in Glasgow (put into service by the State Steamship Co., Ltd. just seven years previous to the Greenocks boarding it). According to my Grandpa’s story, they arrived in Chicago on 9 July 1881. Study of this steamship line indicates it traveled only from Scotland to New York Harbor. I have reviewed ship manifests for the year of 1881 not only in New York Harbor, but also Baltimore and Boston (just in case). I have been unable to locate the Greenock family on any ship manifest, and have been told there could be several explanations for this. At the time, there was a $1.50 tax imposed on the ship captain for each person on board his ship. Ship captains often failed to keep precise listings in an effort to avoid this tax. Or, it could be because of the large number of Scottish and Irish immigrants during this time period, the ship could have had more on board than was allowed, thus, some passengers simply weren’t listed. I guess we’ll never know the date of our family’s crossing the ocean. We do know for sure that they arrived here!
What an exciting (but I would think scary) adventure for a petite, quiet lady to board ship for a l4-day journey that would take her and her four children to an unknown port - probably Castle Garden in New York - there to find transportation to a relatively little known destination called Chicago! She was 32 years old, John was 11, Thomas 10, Robert 7, and Rebecca, only 4 years old.
I trust this little family sustained the trip well and wasn’t bothered with seasickness or the other illnesses that plagued the steamship’s passengers. If Castle Garden was indeed where they landed, they could have been rushed through the scrutiny of the over-worked and under-staffed (and sometimes quite corrupt!) personnel, and not have had to submit to the physical examinations that became commonplace with the advent of Ellis Island. From 1855 through the 1890s, most immigrants arriving in New York City passed through the Castle Garden immigration inspection station. In 1892 the inspection station was moved out into New York Harbor to Ellis Island. Unfortunately, just after it was finally completed, Ellis Island burned, destroying all of the Castle Garden and Ellis Island immigration records from 1855 to 1897.
Three other youngsters had died in Scotland. Jane R. (I) called Jeanie, born in 1878, died in 1880 and Elizabeth S, stillborn in 1876. It is unknown what Jeanie had died of. Jeanie is buried in the Falkland Cemetery, The Freuchie, Scotland. Elizabeth is buried at the Necropolis in Glasgow, as is another unnamed stillborn child.
Twelve children were born to Robert and Jane. Five born in Chicago, Illinois. Of the twelve, seven grew to adulthood, six married and five had families. We will list them in order of birth, and tell what we know about each to this point. At this writing, our information indicates Robert and Jane had 12 children, 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, 42 great great grandchildren and 52 great great great, and 2 great great great great! And we don’t have all of the information as yet!
You’ll note the use of names more than once, thus we reference I, II or III. If the youngster didn’t survive, using the same name was common practice at that period of time. Also you’ll note ‘R’ as the middle initial for many of the offspring; this is assumed to be for Redpath.
Robert Greenock became a naturalized citizen in June of 1892, more than 100 years ago. His sons, John and Thomas became naturalized citizens in September of 1892. There is no record of Robert B. Jr., Rebecca or Jane applying. Before 1906, wives and children were not named on the naturalization papers of their husbands/fathers, although they received derivative U.S. citizenship through them. Robert B. Jr. would have been 18 years of age when his father became a naturalized citizen. We know that Robert Jr. was a citizen, as he served in the Spanish American War, as well as in the Philippine Insurrection.
The l900 Census of Cook County, nineteen years after the family began their life together in the USA, listed Robert (age 55) and Jane (Redpath) Greenock (age 51) living at 7916 S. Union Avenue with their children Rebecca (age 23), George (age 14), Joseph II (age l2) and Jane (who became known as Jeannie or Toots), was 10. John, the first born, now 30 years old, had married Flora Rebman and was living at 5745 S. Wentworth. Thomas, age 29, had married Jessie Morgan and was living at 121 W. 60th Place in Chicago. Robert, Jr., age 26, was with the U.S. Volunteers and was serving in the Philippines. Robert listed his occupation as a carpenter. Robert Sr. would live only six more years.
Robert Greenock, patriarch and pioneer for our family, died on 9 July l906 of Ileus Appendectomy at Chicago Baptist Hospital at age 6l. He was a very handsome man, as you can see from the photo. The family resemblance in this family is very strong. He was known to have had a fondness for the brew. His sons took a dim view of this, and exerted great pressure on him to stop drinking, which he finally did.
Jane Redpath Greenock, his wife, died 15 July l923 in Danville, Illinois at age 73 years, 7 months and 23 days of complications after she fell and broke her hip, having misjudged the height of a curb. The cause of death on the Certificate for Burial is listed as arteriosclerosis, which I believe to be a generalized description relating to the aging process! This quiet, petite, religious, regal-appearing lady is buried beside her husband of 37 years in Section 8 at Mt. Greenwood Cemetery, lllth Street and California Avenue, Chicago.
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