Our Family History
James Carswell
1819 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
1. James Carswell was born on 17 Jun 1819 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK (son of William Carswell and Marion Fyfe); and died.
2. William Carswell was born in 1764 in Symington, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK; died in 1852 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. Notes:
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]
3. Marion Fyfe Children:
- William Carswell was born in 1815; died on 31 Jan 1904 in Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK.
- Priscilla Carswell was born on 5 Jun 1817 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; and died.
- 1. James Carswell was born on 17 Jun 1819 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; and died.
- Robert Carswell was born on 24 Jul 1823 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK; and died.