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Old 28-08-12, 08:54
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I didn't really have much information, did I?
It seems they were from the High Paisley area.
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Old 28-08-12, 11:04
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HLW = hand loom weaver.
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Old 28-08-12, 11:29
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Thanks Shona
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Old 28-08-12, 12:54
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Some more info for you.

I have found a sibling for Peter:

Alexander Grieve, born 15 Jan 1804, baptised High Church, Paisley on 21 January 1894. Parents: Alexander Grieve and Cathrine Taylor.

Scottish naming traditions:

First born son - named after paternal grandfather
Second son - named after maternal grandfather
Third - named after father
Fourth - named after father's oldest brother
Fifth - named after mother's oldest brother

It's not a hard and fast rule, but a good signpost particularly if the same names repeat through the generations in the same area.

With this in mind, here's what I've found using info on Family Search.

Alexander Greive, born 15 Jan 1773 and baptised in Port Glasgow, Renfrew. Parents: Peter Greive and Sarah Boyd.

Alexander Greive born 18 Jan 1714 and baptised at the West or Old Parish, Greenock, Renfrew. Parents: Alexander Greive and Elizabeth Walker.
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Old 28-08-12, 13:04
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I think this is your Catherine.

Catherine Taylor, baptised 14 November 1786, Middle or New Parish, Greenock. Father: Neill Taylor. Mother: Euphemia Turner.
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Old 28-08-12, 13:17
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Catherine's father Neill Taylor was born on 15 March 1762 and baptised on 25 March at the West or Old Parish, Greenick. Father: Niell Taylor. Mother Mary Thomson.

1781 survey of Paisley:

18,615 people
3,723 families
3,800 weavers, looms
132 thread mills.
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Old 28-08-12, 14:23
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Alexander Grieve married Catherine Taylor on 6 July 1794, Middle Church, Paisley.

Alexander Grieve married Elizabeth Walker on 20 Jan 1704, West or Old Church, Greenock.
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Old 28-08-12, 14:49
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Wow shona Jood will be so cuffed with what you have found, she wont be on till about 10ish as she lives in Aus
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Old 28-08-12, 16:18
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Oh - I didn't know she was in Aus. Just been reading about Paisley weavers emigrating to Aus and Canada.
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Old 28-08-12, 17:05
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Paisley and weaving

Weaving in Paisley was a cottage industry - most of the weavers worked in silk, but were versatile and could also weave cotton, lawn and tweed.

Decorative shawls from Kashmir found their way to the UK thanks to employees of the East India Company. They were highly desirable, but expensive. Paisley weavers found they could make then shawls for a tenth of the price. Paisley shawls remained fashionable from the 1780s until the 1870s.

The weaving was largely carried out by men. The typical 'wabster's' cottage was single story with the living quarters on one side and the weaving room on the other. Good wages in the late 18th and early 19th centuries allowed for leisure activities, particularly gardening. The men often incorporated stylised floral designs in the shawls. By 1820s, the land loom weavers would earn £1 a week.

But it wasn't to last. The introduction of Jacquard looms housed in factories meant that the hand loom weavers had to work longer for less money. Long regarded as radicals in both politics and religion, thousands went in strike in the 1820s. But they couldn't compete with the factories, whcih required fewer workers. Many lost their livelihoods and left for Canada and Australia. It was noted in 1832 that 'weavers of Paisley were covered in rags and half-starved.'

Paisley is divided into three parishes: High, Middle and Low.
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