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William Carswell
1764 - 1852 (88 years)-
Name William Carswell Born 1764 Symington, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK Gender Male Died 1852 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
Person ID I6551 Clark Last Modified 6 Feb 2011
Wife 1 Jane King Married 23 Sep 1792 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Last Modified 6 Feb 2011 Family ID F1821 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Wife 2 Marion Fyfe Married 8 Aug 1813 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Children + 1. William Carswell, b. 1815, d. 31 Jan 1904, Dunoon and Kilmun, Argyll, Scotland, UK (Age 89 years) ▻ Ann McGregor Boyd; Ann Brown m. 13 Dec 18362. Priscilla Carswell, b. 5 Jun 1817, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK , d. Yes, date unknown 3. James Carswell, b. 17 Jun 1819, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK , d. Yes, date unknown 4. Robert Carswell, b. 24 Jul 1823, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK , d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 6 Feb 2011 Family ID F1820 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- His grandfather William CARSWELL(M 1st.Janet KING.2nd Marion FYFE) & his brother James(m.Barbara GLASGOW) were builders in Glasgow 1780s.