George Coats
1805 Born in Paisley son of James Coats and Catharine Mitchell[1]
1841 George Coats 34, manufacturer, lived in Dunoon and Kilmun, Margret Coats 26, James Coats 1, George Lymentie 27, merchant, Jannet Lymentie 25, James Coats 35, manufacturer of threads[2]
1844 George Coats of Nitshill Colliery advertised an engine for sale[3]
1846 Married (presumably a second wife) Margaret Mathieson
1851 George Coats 44, Coal Master, lived in Corsemill, Renfrewshire with Margt Coats 31, James Coats 10 Son, Thomas Coats 7[4]
1856 THE Nitshill COAL COMPANY, and GEORGE COATS, Coalmaster at Nitshill, PETER COATS, Thread Manufacturer in Paisley, and THOMAS COATS, Thread Manufacturer there, the Individual Partners of that Concern, have applied to the Commissary of Lanarkshire, at Glasgow, to be decerned Executors-Creditors to the Deceased GEORGE MURRAY, Lime Merchant, 38, Kirk Street, Gorbals, Glasgow[5]
1860 George Coats of Nitshill died[6]
1861 THE Subscribers, the Trustee and Executors acting under the Trust-Disposition and Settlement of the deceased George Coats, Coalmaster at Nitshill, sometime residing at Crossmiln, thereafter in Glasgow, hereby intimate that on the 31st day of January 1860 they ceased to have any interest as Partners in the Business carried on at Nitshill, (Renfrewshire,) under the Firm of THE NITSHILL COAL COMPANY. Signed J Matheson Junior, Donald Matheson, Peter Coats[7]
1861 Margaret Coats 41, annuitant, lived in Glasgow with James Coats 20, coal master, Stepson, Thomas G Coats 17, banker's clerk, Stepson, Sarah A Coats 19 Visitor[8]