In To Scotland   Glasgow… John, Margaret and baby Susan first lived in Glasgow after moving to Scotland. In 1856 their first son Patrick was born in Hutchenstown on the 6th of November. At this time they were living at 42 Rutherglen Loan Hutchenstown, (later to be known as the Gorbals area) and John was employed as a furnaceman at a local Ironworks, (perhaps the Govan Iron Works “Dixon’s Blazes”) It appears that Hutchenstown at that time was already an area of densely overpopulated tenements and seemingly an Irish ghetto. Their third child John, was born on the 22nd of September 1858, at this time they were living at 198 Crown Street Hutchenstown. From the birth certificates it appears that John was well able to sign his own name in a neat hand, which suggests at least a degree of literacy. John's signature scanned from Patrick's 1856 Birth Certificate. His signature was consistent on all the certificates I've seen, but strangely enough he didn't sign any death certificates instead simply making his mark X. On the 28th of February 1859 tragedy struck and the couple lost their firstborn son Patrick. The cause of death was shown to be Scarlet Fever (Scarlatinal Dropsy, 5 weeks) When this happened they were living at 21 Florence Street Glasgow. Patrick was buried at Dalbeth Cemetery. John at this time was shown to be a surfaceman at an Iron Works. Inner city Glasgow tenement life was not pleasant in the 19th century. When the 1841 census was taken, it revealed that more than a third of Scotland's families -a million people- lived in one room houses or as they were known "single-ends" Tenements were a peculiarly Scottish phenomenon and a most unhealthy environment in which to live. In the most part they were grossly overcrowded, damp and unsanitary. It is a fact that Scotland's cities were killing more people than natural population increase could match. Only the continual influx of desperate Irish and Highlanders escaping their own terrors kept the cities growing!