Location : 98 Tay Street
= Property still standing
Notes:
Introduction
Link with the Tay Bridge: David Jobson who lived here in the 1870s was a victim of the disaster.
Location and Old Maps
Latitude, longitude: 56.445172,-2.936086
View location on the 1855 6-inch map, the 1895 25-inch map, the 1914 25-inch map, the 1966-73 25-inch map, or a 1944-50 aerial photograph at the National Library of Scotland website.
Nearby properties (demolished in red): 1 Bank Street 3 Bank Street 2 Grenada Brae 94 Tay Street 96 Tay Street 100 Tay Street 101 Tay Street 102 Tay Street 105 Tay Street 1 Tayview Terrace 2 Tayview Terrace
1909-10 Finance Act - Valuation Office: Field Surveys
Reference no. 336
Old Addresses (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the address)
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House Names (any dates are approximate and are usually the latest occurence of the name)
| St Margarets | ||
| Tay Cottage | 1922 | |
| Kilry | 1952 | |
| Kilry Cottage | 1952 | |
| Taepeng | 1957 |
Directory entries (before 1975) There are 134 entries
| Source | Entry | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 dir | Cairns, Mrs A., 98 Tay Street | ||
| 1968 dir | Cairns, Mrs A., 98 Tay Street | ||
| 1967 dir | Cairns, Mrs A., 98 Tay street | ||
| 1966 dir | Cairns, Mrs A., 98 Tay street | ||
| 1965 dir | Cairns, Mrs A., 98 Tay street | ||
| 1964 dir | Cairns, Jack, potato merchant, St. Margaret's, Tay street | ||
| 1963 dir | Cairns, Jack, potato merchant, St. Margaret's, Tay street | ||
| 1961 dir | Watson, R. W., surveyor, St Margarets, Tay street | ||
| 1960 dir | Watson, R. W., surveyor, St Margarets, Tay street | ||
| 1958-59 dir | Boe, Captain G. C., Taipeng, Tay street | ||
| 1957-58 dir | Boe, Captain G. C., Taipeng, Tay street | ||
| 1956-57 dir | Boe, Captain G. C., Taipeng, Tay street | ||
| 1955-56 dir | Boe, Captain G. C., Taipeng, Tay street, East Newport | ||
| 1954-55 dir | Mather, Mrs Edwin, Kilry, Tay street, East Newport | ||
| 1953-54 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tay street, East Newport | ||
| 1952-53 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tay street, East Newport | ||
| 1951-52 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road, East Newport | ||
| 1950-51 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road, East Newport | ||
| 1949-50 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road, East Newport | ||
| 1948-49 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1947-48 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1946-47 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1942-43 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1942-43 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1941-42 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1941-42 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1940-41 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1940-41 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1939-40 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st | ||
| 1939-40 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1938-39 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1938-39 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1937-38 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1937-38 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1936-37 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1936-37 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1935-36 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1935-36 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road | ||
| 1934-35 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1934-35 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road, East Newport | ||
| 1933-34 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1933-34 dir | Mather, Edwin, Kilry, Tayport road, East Newport. | ||
| 1932-33 dir | Mather, Edwin, marine engineer, Kilry, Tayport road, East Newport | ||
| 1931-32 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1931-32 dir | Mather, Edwin, marine engineer, Kilry house, Tayport road | ||
| 1930-31 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1930-31 dir | Mather, Edwin, marine engineer, Kilry house, Tayport road | ||
| 1929-30 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1929-30 dir | Mather, Edwin, marine engineer, Kilry house, Tayport road | ||
| 1928-29 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1928-29 dir | Mather, Edwin, marine engineer, Kilry house, Tayport road | ||
| 1927-28 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1927-28 dir | Mather, Edwin, marine engineer, Kilry house, Tayport road | ||
| 1926-27 MacDonald dir | Mather, Mrs, Kilry Cot., Tay st. | ||
| 1926-27 dir | Mather, Edwin, marine engineer, Kilry house, Tayport road | ||
| 1925-26 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Tay st. | ||
| 1925-26 dir | Mather, Edwin, marine engineer, Kilry house, Tayport road | ||
| 1924-25 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Tay st. | ||
| 1923-24 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Tay st. | ||
| 1923-24 dir | Mather, Edwin, marine engineer, Kilry house, Tayport road | ||
| 1922-23 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road. East Newport | ||
| 1921-22 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1921 Slater dir | Brown George, Tay cottage, Tayport rd. E | ||
| 1920-21 dir | Brown, Geo. (merchant, Dundee), Tay cot., Tayport rd., E. Newport | ||
| 1919-20 MacDonald dir | Brown, G. Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1918-19 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1918-19 dir | Brown, Geo., (merchant, Dundee), Tay cot., Tayport rd., E. Newport | ||
| 1917-18 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1916-17 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1915-16 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1915-16 dir | Brown, Geo., (merchant, Dundee), Tay cot., Tayport rd., E. Newport | ||
| 1915 Slater dir | Brown George, Tay cottage, Tayport rd. E | ||
| 1914-15 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1914-15 dir | Brown, George (merchant, Dundee), Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1913-14 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1913-14 dir | Brown, George (merchant, Dundee), Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1912-13 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1912-13 dir | Brown, George (merchant, Dundee), Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1911-12 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1911-12 dir | Brown, George (merchant, Dundee), Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1911 Slater dir | Brown George, Tay cottage, Tayport rd. E | ||
| 1910-11 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1910-11 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1909-10 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1909-10 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1908-09 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1908-09 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1908-09 dir | Brown, George, cashier, Tay cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1908 Tayside Annual | Brown, George, cashier, Tay Cot., Tayport Rd. | ||
| 1907-08 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1907-08 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1907 Tayside Annual | Brown, George, cashier, Tay Cot., Tayport Rd. | ||
| 1907 Slater dir | Brown George. Tay cottage. E | ||
| 1906-07 MacDonald dir | Brown, G., Tay Cottage, Craighead | ||
| 1906-07 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1905-06 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1904-05 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1903-04 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1903 Slater dir | Brown George, Tay cottage. E Newport | ||
| 1902-03 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1901-02 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1900-01 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1899-00 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1899 Slater dir | Brown George, Tay cottage. E | ||
| 1898-99 dir | Brown, George, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1897-98 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1896-97 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1896 Slater dir | Brown George, Tay cottage. E | ||
| 1895-96 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1894-95 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1893-94 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1893 Slater dir | Brown Mr. George, Tay Cottage, E N | ||
| 1892-93 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1891-92 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage, Tayport road | ||
| 1890-91 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1889-90 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1889 Slater dir | Brown Mr George, Tay Cottage, East Newport, Fife | ||
| 1888-89 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage. East Newport | ||
| 1887-88 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage. East Newport | ||
| 1886-87 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage. East Newport | ||
| 1886 Slater dir | Brown George, Tay Cottage, Tay St | ||
| 1885-86 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage. East Newport | ||
| 1884-85 dir | Brown, George, clerk, Tay cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1882-83 dir | Brown, George, jun., clerk, Tay cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1882 Slater dir | Brown Mr. George, Tay Cottage, E N | ||
| 1880-81 dir | Brown, George, jun., clerk, Tay cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1878-79 dir | Kidd, Mrs James, Tay cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1878 Slater dir | Kidd Mrs. Janet, Tay Cottage, E N | ||
| 1876-77 dir | Kidd, Mrs James, Tay cottage, East Newport [* ms. alteration - entry deleted] | ||
| 1874-75 dir | Jobson, David, jun. (oil merchant, Dundee), Tay Cottage, East Newport | ||
| 1873 Slater dir | Jobson Mr. David jun., Tay Cottage, Newport | ||
| 1871-72 dir | Jobson, David, jun. (oil merchant, Dundee), Tay Cottage | ||
| 1869-70 dir | Jobson, David, jun. (oil merchant, Dundee), Tay Street, E. Newport | ||
| 1867-68 dir | Stewart, Mrs, East Newport |
Entries in the Registers of Voters
| Source | Enrol Date | Name | Occup. | Address | Qualification | Property | at | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 Male Voters | Brown, George | Cashier | Tay Cottage, Craighead, Newport | Proprietor of House | Craighead | |||||
| 1879-1880 Voters | Brown, George jun | clerk | Craighead | |||||||
| 1874 Voters | Jobson, David | oil merchant | ||||||||
| 1873 Voters | Jobson, David | oil merchant |
Census records
| Year | Address | Head | Notes | Rooms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | Tay Cottage | Brown | George | 7 | ||||
| 1911 | Tayport Road, Tay Cottage | Brown | George | 7 | ||||
| 1901 | Tay Street | Brown | George | 7 | View household | |||
| 1891 | Tay Cottage | Brown | George | 7 | View household | |||
| 1881 | Tay Cottage | Brown | George | 7 | View household | |||
| 1871 | Tay Street | Jobson | David | 7 | View household |
Valuation Roll entries There are 45 entries
| Year | No. | Property | Proprietor | Tenant | Occupier | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-74 | 163300 | House & Garage | Wilfred G Rowell | proprietor | 162 | View details | ||
| 1971-72 | 163300 | House & Garage | Wilfred G Rowell | proprietor | 162 | View details | ||
| 1969-70 | 1633 | House & Garage | Mrs Anne Cairns | proprietor | 104 | View details | ||
| 1967-68 | 509 | House & Garage | Mrs Ann Cairns | proprietor | 104 | View details | ||
| 1966-67 | 509 | House & Garage | Mrs Ann Cairns | proprietor | 108 | View details | ||
| 1964-65 | 509 | House & Garage | Mrs Ann Cairns | proprietor | 86 | View details | ||
| 1961-62 | 1606 | House | Christopher Watson | proprietor | 79 | View details | ||
| 1958-59 | 721 | House & Garden | Gordon C Boe | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1957-58 | 698 | House & Garden | Gordon C Boe | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1952-53 | 674 | House & Garden | Mrs Isobel M Mather | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1947-48 | 649 | House & Garden | Mrs Isobel M Mather | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1942-43 | 640 | House & Garden | Mrs Isobel M Mather | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1940-41 | 640 | House & Garden | Mrs Isobel M Mather | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1937-38 | 643 | House & Garden | Mrs Isobel M Mather | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1935-36 | 616 | House & Garden | Mrs I M Mather | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1932-33 | 590 | House & Garden | Mrs I M Mather | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1930-31 | 584 | House & Garden | Mrs J M Mather | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1927-28 | 574 | House & Garden | Mrs J M Mather | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1925-26 | 559 | House & Garden | Mrs J M Mather | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1922-23 | 532 | Tay Cottage & Garden | George Brown, cashier | proprietor | 52 | View details | ||
| 1920-21 | 510 | Tay Cottage & Garden | George Brown, cashier | proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1917-18 | 509 | Tay Cottage & Garden | George Brown, cashier | proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1915-16 | 504 | Tay Cottage & Garden | George Brown, cashier | proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1912-13 | 627 | Tay Cottage & Garden | George Brown, cashier | proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1907-08 | 607 | Tay Cottage & Garden | George Brown, cashier | proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1905-06 | 596 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1903-04 | 587 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1901-02 | 1181 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1900-01 | 1164 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1899-00 | 1126 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1897-98 | 1064 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1896-97 | 1031 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1895-96 | 986 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1894-95 | 939 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1893-94 | 913 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1892-93 | 892 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1891-92 | 871 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1890-91 | 826 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1889-90 | 798 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown, cashier | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1885-86 | 758 | Tay Cottage and Garden | George Brown jun, clerk to Baxter Bros. Dundee | Proprietor | 40 | View details | ||
| 1881-82 | 640 | House and Garden | George Brown jun, clerk to Baxter Bros. Dundee | same | Said George Brown | 45 | View details | |
| 1878-79 | 610 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Gellatly, Rothesay | same | Miss - Kidd | 45 | View details | |
| 1875-76 | 479 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Gellatly | same | David Jobson, jun., oil merchant | 40 | View details | |
| 1871-72 | 430 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Gellatly | David Jobson jun., oil merchant | 40 | View details | ||
| 1867-68 | 286 | House and Garden | Miss Euphemia Gellatly | Mrs Stewart | 40 | View details |
Early Sasines:
Sasine Plots:
| Plot: 65 view details | Craighead | lot 18 east | 30.5 pol | (Gellatly) | 98 Tay St |
Sasine Abridgements:
| Ref | In Brief | Abridgement | Recorded | Plots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1879.04138 | loan by marr. con. George Brown & Jessie McIntosh Hynd | Bond £493 & disp secur by George Brown … to Marr. Con. between himself & Jessie McIntosh Hynd of 30.5 pol grnd & dw ho t/on, : N by t/p to Tayport, : S by 25' street, the E half of 61 pol lot 18 of Craighead | 15 Mar 1879 | 65 | |
| 1879.04137 | Euphemia Gellatly to George Brown jun | Disp by Euphemia Gellatly, formerly Newport now Craigmore, Rothesay, to George Brown jun, mercantile clerk, Dundee, residing Newport, of 30.5 pol grnd & dw ho t/on, : N by t/p to Tayport, : S by 25' street, the E half of 61 pol lot 18 of Craighead | 15 Mar 1879 | 65 | sasine extract |
| 1872.01000 | Declaration of Trust - Church of Scotland - feu duties of certain plots | Deed of Appt. & Declaration of Trust by Trs of General Assembly of Church of Scotland declaraing a portion of lands of Craighead S of t/p Newport - Ferryport (registered 22 Nov 1871) & from which are payable annual feu duties of £127-19-2 held in trust for (1) £120 annually to minister of Rickarton, (2) £5 to upholding fabric of said church, (3) surplus to Committee for Chapels of Ease | 5 Feb 1872 | 2, 21, 40, 41, 43, 46, 51, 55, 64, 65, 106, 114, 128, 133, 134, 135, 136, 225, 282, 362, & others | |
| 1867.01968 | Charles Alexander to Euphemia Gellatly | Euphemia Gellatly, residing Newport, reg disp to herself by Charles Alexander of 30.5 pol grnd & ho etc t/on, the E-most half of 61 pol, lot 18 of Craighead | 28 May 1867 | 65, 63 | sasine extract |
Abbreviations in the notes
t/on - thereon; t/p - turnpike; dw - dwelling; ho - house; pt - part; pce - piece; grnd - ground; bldg - building; Tr/Trs - Trustee/Trustees; dec - deceased; ... - words omitted; pol - poles; yd - square yards; : - bounded; rd - road; ' - feet; " - inches;
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