William Carswell

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• Occupation: 1861, Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK; builder

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Died:
Died age 88 Informant John Love Carswell son

Family/Spouse: Ann McGregor Boyd. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sarah Ann Carswell was born on 21 Dec 1868 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
2. Mary Carswell was born on 18 Sep 1870 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
3. Henry Carswell was born on 19 Oct 1872 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
4. Joseph Carswell was born on 19 Oct 1872 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
5. John Love Carswell was born about 1876; died on 17 Feb 1955 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK.

William married Ann Brown on 13 Dec 1836 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. Ann (daughter of John Brown and Margaret Harkness) was born on 4 Jul 1813 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK; was christened on 13 Jul 1813 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK; died on 24 Mar 1861 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:

1. William Carswell was born about 1838 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; and died.
2. John Carswell was born about 1839 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; and died.
3. James Carswell was born about 1840 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; and died.
4. Agnes Carswell was born about 1847 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.
5. Samuel King Carswell was born about 1850 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK; died in 1943 in New Zealand.
6. Alexander Carswell was born about 1852 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK; and died.

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His grandfather William CARSWELL(M 1st.Janet KING.2nd Marion FYFE) & his brother James(m.Barbara GLASGOW) were builders in Glasgow 1780s.

source: http://www.glasgowsculpture.com/pg_biography.php?sub=carswell_co
Family firm of wrights and builders founded in Kilmarnock by the brothers William Carswell (1764-1852) and James Carswell (1771-1856), they settled in Glasgow c.1790, establishing a workshop and yard on land which they later developed as George Street.
They built a number of warehouses and tenements in the Merchant City, Glasgow's first New Town, including Ingram Court, Queen Court, Royal Exchange Place, ranges of dwellings in George Street (from Montrose Street eastwards) and other buildings in Richmond Street, High Street and London Street, amongst others.
Carswell & Co. were the first builders in Glasgow to use cast iron for pillars in their buildings and for their facades, as well as being the first to introduce running water into their interiors; a hugely successful innovation which led to the firm being granted a free supply of water to its own premises by the water company, in gratitude for the "excellent sanitary and social example [the firm] had shown".
As well as dwellings and warehouses, the firm constructed a number of district police offices and other municipal buildings throughout the city.
William Carswell was Deacon of Wrights in 1800, and other members of his family were also members of the Royal Incorporation of Wrights.

Source: http://carswell.com.au/wp-content/documents/connection/edition_16.pdf

William married Marion Fyfe on 8 Aug 1813 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]