William Boyd (1818 - 1893)

Born 9 Jul 1818 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Husband of Sarah Dunn (Macindoe) Boyd — married 31 Aug 1847 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1893 at age 74 in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Biography

William Boyd (1818-1893) was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire on the 9th July 1818 and christened at Great Hamilton Street Reformed Presbyterian Church on the 2nd August 1818. He was the son of a writing master/teacher, William Boyd & Elizabeth Macfarlane. ^[1]

Both his mother and stepmother had died before the 1841 census, which showed William, his father and his 3 surviving stepbrothers living at 193 Hill Street in Glasgow. He was working as a clerk at that time. ^[2]

On the 31st August 1847 he married Sarah Dunn Macindoe in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire. He was, by this time, an iron merchant in Glasgow ^[3]

Boyd & Macindoe wedding 1847

and he was living at West Campbell Street, Glasgow in 1851 with his wife and stepbrother Dugald. ^[4]

The next decade saw the addition of 5 children to the family (but 1 died in infancy) and 2 house moves, firstly Bath Street, Blythswood ^[5] then Mansfield Place, West Regent Street, Blythswood by 1860. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

His business was thriving and expanding which allowed him to move out of the city to Rosslyn Terrace, Partick. ^[9] Of his 8 children still living, one had married and moved away but the other 7 were still living at home with William & Sarah in 1881. ^[10]

The 1880's brought great change both at home and abroad. The oldest 3 of William's sons emigrated to America to work in the iron and steel industry there. By 1891, William had retired and moved to Portobello near Edinburgh where he lived at Argyle Crescent with Sarah and 2 of their younger children. ^[11]

William died there on the 14th April 1893. ^{[12] [13]}

William Boyd death 1893

He was subsequently buried at Glasgow Necropolis, Glasgow.

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism: "Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
   Ancestry uk Record 60143 #15424555 (accessed 2 December 2021)
   William Boyd baptism on 2 Aug 1818 (born 9 Jul 1818), son of William Boyd & Elizabeth Mcfarlane, in Great Hamilton Street Reformed Presbyterian, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland.
2. ↑ 1841 Census: "1841 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Barony; ED: 22; Page: 7; Line: 1480; Year: 1841
   Ancestry uk Record 1004 #2586999 (accessed 2 December 2021)
   Wm Boyd (22), Clerk, in 193 Hill Street, Barony, Lanarkshire. Born in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
3. ↑ Marriage Registration: "Scotland's People website. 31/08/1847
   BOYD, WILLIAM / MACINDOE, SARAH DUNN
   (Old Parish Registers Banns and marriages 597/ 120 16-Kilmarnock)
4. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Barony; ED: 22B; Page: 26; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1851_143; Year: 1851
   Ancestry uk Record 1076 #1805863 (accessed 2 December 2021)
   Wm Boyd (32) head of f (head), Iron Merchant, in household of Wm Boyd (32) in 139 W Campbell St, Barony, Lanarkshire.
5. ↑ 1857 Electoral Register: "Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1857-1962"
   The Mitchell Library; Glasgow, Scotland; Reference Number: 410498
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61020 #116028 (accessed 2 December 2021)
   Name: William Boyd; Residence Year: 1857; Address: 65 Bath street; Residence Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Parliamentary Division: Glasgow; Occupation: Founder.
6. ↑ Newspaper: Glasgow Herald Thursday 01 November 1860. Page 3
7. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 28; Page: 12; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_105
   Ancestry uk Record 1080 #147849 (accessed 2 December 2021)
   William Boyd (42), Iron Founder Employing 35 Men & 14 Boys, head of household in 212 West Regent St, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire. Born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
8. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Glasgow Barony; ED: 24; Page: 1; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1871_133
   Ancestry uk Record 1104 #2179504 (accessed 2 December 2021)
   William Boyd (52), Iron Founder Employing, head of household in 212 West Regent St, Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire. Born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
9. ↑ 1879 Electoral Register: "Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1857-1962"
   The Mitchell Library; Glasgow, Scotland; Reference Number: 410527
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61020 #4863235 (accessed 2 December 2021)
   Name: William Boyd; Residence Year: 1879; Address: Iron Founder; Residence Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Parliamentary Division: Glasgow.
10. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 Scotland Census"
    Parish: Partick; ED: 34; Page: 50; Line: 11; Roll: cssct1881_258
    Ancestry uk Record 1119 #2316295 (accessed 2 December 2021)
    William Boyd (62), Iron Founder Master Employing 230 Men & 20 Boys, head of household in 1 Rosslyn Terrace. Partick, Lanarkshire. Born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
11. ↑ 1891 Census: "1891 Scotland Census"
    Parish: Duddingston; ED: 14; Page: 15; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1891_332
    Ancestry uk Record 1108 #4684993 (accessed 2 December 2021)
    William Boyd (72), Living on Private Means, head of household in 12 Argyle Crescent, Duddingston, Midlothian. Born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire.
12. ↑ Death Registration: Scotland's People website 14/04/1893
    BOYD, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 684/1 49-Portobello)
13. ↑ Probate: "Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936"
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 60558 #293336 (accessed 2 December 2021)
    William Boyd probate. Died 14 Apr 1893 in Portobello.