John Pollock, partner in Pollok Gilmour & Co.

1808 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	John Pollock
  Suffix	partner in Pollok Gilmour & Co.
  Birth	1808	Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  Christening	11 Feb 1808	Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland   [1]
  	POLLOK JOHN ALLAN POLLOK/JEAN COATS FR89 (FR89) M 11/02/1808 571/ 10 84 Mearns
  Gender	Male
  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 Arthur & John Pollock 1830s
  _UID	B31693A706CF4551980479ACA96D0FA8FC76
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I40361	Lanark County Origins
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Allan Pollock, of Fa'side House,   b. 16 Nov 1775, Mearns Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland d. 1851 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Jean Coats,   b. 12 Sep 1776, East Kilbride Parish, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	27 Feb 1803	East Kilbride, South Lanark, Scotland
  Family ID	F12787	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S137] ? DC Thomson Family History, England, Shropshire Burials Transcription, ((findmypast.com)), "Church registers - Old Parish Registers Births and baptisms." John Pollock, accessed 24 Jun 2020. (Reliability: 3).