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William Carswell

Male 1764 - 1852  (88 years)


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  • Name William Carswell 
    Born 1764  Symington, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1852  Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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
    Person ID I6551  Clark
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2011 

    Wife 1 Jane King 
    Married 23 Sep 1792  Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2011 
    Family ID F1821  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife 2 Marion Fyfe 
    Married 8 Aug 1813  Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. William Carswell,   b. 1815,   d. 31 Jan 1904, Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
    Ann McGregor Boyd;   Ann Brown  m. 13 Dec 1836
     2. Priscilla Carswell,   b. 5 Jun 1817, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. James Carswell,   b. 17 Jun 1819, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Robert Carswell,   b. 24 Jul 1823, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 6 Feb 2011 
    Family ID F1820  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart