Ayre-McNeilly Photo Album

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: Ayre McNeilly

A Victorian Photograph Album containing images of unidentified individuals was bought, in a battered condition, from a junk shop in the vicinity of Glasgow, Scotland around 1990.

The photographers were from a variety of places in Scotland, mainly from Glasgow, with some from Sunderland and Liverpool. The Glasgow businesses can be dated to between 1870 and 1905.

Only one image had some hope of being identified, that of a gravestone to the memory of Agnes (McNeilly) Ayre (abt.1856-1894)). This also shows a man, presumably her husband David Ayre (abt.1854-) and their sons Robert and David. (Page 20).

Scans of each page have been added to this profile. If anyone recognises the images, please let me know.

Not all page numbers appear as some page did not contain images.

The identity of the photographer of Each Image is to be added as a comment.

It should be noted that it is not known whether David and Agnes were the owners of the album, or whether it belonged to a relative or friend of theirs.

It turns out that the Ayre families, who lived mostly in the Glasgow area, migrated from Ireland to Scotland from about 1870. James Ayre (abt.1820-1896) and his wife Margaret (Houston) Ayre (abt.1826-1882) were among the first of these.

They worked mainly in the dockyards as labourers, boilermakers and riveters. Some of them migrated to the USA.