James Black

   Cause of his death was Chronic bronchitis (some years).

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: stocking maker, 1851, Glasgow, LKS, Scotland, UK. ⁴ They resided at 30 Portland St (now North Portland St)

• Residence: 9 Charlotte Lane, 1857, Glasgow, LKS, Scotland, UK. Previous to the formation of London Street in 1824 this was a labyrinthine passage extending from Great Hamilton Street to Saint Andrew Square. The operation cut it in two, and the eastern portion became for a time London Lane. But the dwellers in the East liked not the title, and imagined that they saw some resemblance in the passage to the narrow way where the Mesopotamian soothsayer and his poor old donkey encountered the celestial messenger with such marvellous results, so they named it Balaam's Pass, pronounced Balaum's Pass, and it was better known by this cognomen than any other for many years. The authorities have lately put up fresh name-plates bearing the legend Charlotte Lane.

James married Jean Mitchell, daughter of William Mitchell and Janet Tannoch, on 23 Nov 1830 in Kilmarnock, AYR, Scotland, UK.¹ (Jean Mitchell was born on 25 Mar 1804 in Kilmarnock, AYR, Scotland, UK ⁵ and died on 6 Dec 1868 in Glasgow, LKS, Scotland, UK ⁶.). The cause of her death was Chronic bronchitis (10 years).

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Residence: Garscube Road, Cowcaddens, 1841, Glasgow, LKS, Scotland, UK. ⁷ St Stephens parish

• Residence: 30 Portland St (now North Portland St), 1851, Glasgow, LKS, Scotland, UK. ⁸

• Residence: 9 Charlotte Lane, 1857, Glasgow, LKS, Scotland, UK. ⁹ Previous to the formation of London Street in 1824 this was a labyrinthine passage extending from Great Hamilton Street to Saint Andrew Square. The operation cut it in two, and the eastern portion became for a time London Lane. But the dwellers in the East liked not the title, and imagined that they saw some resemblance in the passage to the narrow way where the Mesopotamian soothsayer and his poor old donkey encountered the celestial messenger with such marvellous results, so they named it Balaam's Pass, pronounced Balaum's Pass, and it was better known by this cognomen than any other for many years. The authorities have lately put up fresh name-plates bearing the legend Charlotte Lane.