John Pollock, of Fa'side & Glasgow

1778 - 1858  (80 years)

• Name	John Pollock
  Suffix	of Fa'side & Glasgow
  Birth	1778	Fa'side, Mearns, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1851	Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Scotland - Broome House
  	Role: Household Member
  Residence	1830s	Newton Mearns, East Renfrewshire, Scotland
  	Broom House
  	Broom House Broom house was built in the 1830s by John and Arthur Pollok of Pollok, Gilmour Ltd, a firm established by Allan Gilmour and the Pollok brothers in 1804. The partners first traded in timber with the Baltic, Scandinavia and Russia and later developed a thriving lumber industry in eastern Canada where, by the mid 1830s, they employed 5,000 men and were said to own over 130 ships, the largest fleet of wooden hulled ships in the world. The house is now used as a private school, Belmont House.
  		Broom House
  _UID	8D5FE15D64874F1286538A0F4C7BB7AB1153
  Death	14 Feb 1858	Broom Estate, Newton Mearns, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I38016	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	4 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	Thomas Pollock, of Fa'side,   b. 1731, Neilston Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F12783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Thomas Pollock,   b. Abt 1705   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F12745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Broom House

  
  

• Sources

  [S166] Northamptonshire Family History Society, England, Northamptonshire Marriages Transcription, ((findmypast.com)), (accessed 29 Feb 2020), entry for Allan Pollok Jr. household, Broom House, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Parish: Mearns; ED: 4; Page: 5; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1851_122; Year: 1851 (Reliability: 3).