Working Boys Home and Children’s Night Refuge, James Morrison Street, c.1902. It was opened in 1876 as the City Orphanage by William Quarrier. In 1878 he opened his Orphan Homes at Bridge of Weir
Photo from: Glasgow City Archives
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16 Sep 2018
Photo from: Glasgow City Archives
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16 Sep 2018
Quarrier Homes of Scotland
Bridge of Weir
Map of the Quarrier Village published in "The Life Story of William Quarrier - The boys resolve and what came of it" Published 1900
the numbering is just an index and not the numbers of the cottages
List of the cottage names and corresponding numbers
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1. Broadfield Home
2.Glasgow Home 3. Dalry Home 4. Dumbartonshire Home 5. Ebenezer Home 6. Washington Home 7. Aberdeen Home 8. Greenock Home 9. Anderston Home 10. Paisley Home 11. Cessnock Home 12. Mizpah Home 13. Leven Home 14. Overtoun Home 15. Montrose Home 16. Mitchell Home 17. Allan Dick Home 18. Somerville Home 19. Ashgrove Home 20. Kintyre Home 21. Marshall Home 22. Lincoln Garfield Home |
23. Edinburgh Home
24. Jehovah-Jireh Home 25. Sagittarius Home 26. Ayr Home 27. Renfrewshire Home 28. Sabbath School Home 29. Smith Memorial Home 30. Michael Rowan Home 31. James Wilson Home 32. Eben Maclay Home 33. Killearn Home 34. Glenfarg Home 35. Hatrick Home 36. Macfarlane Home 37. Peddie Alexander Home 38. John Robertson Home 39. Craigbet Home 40. Stronvar Home 41. W. Barnhill Home 42. Murray Brown Home 43. Morton Perry Home 44. Oswald Home for Invalide Girls |
List from: http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Quarriers/
A 1907 Souvenir booklet published by Quarriers
slide show
Cottage #37 Peddie-Alexander Home
The cottage which was either burned or dystroyed by dry rot in the 40's or 50's
Information and photos of the children of Quarriers can be found on their web site: http://www.quarriers.org.uk/who-we-are/history/
