Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Robert Young (1855- )

From Graces Guide

1855 Born in Neilston, Renfrewshire, son of James and Janet Young

1881 Railway Contractor, boarding in Ayr[1]

1891 Railway Contractor, living with his family in Edinburgh[2]

1899 August. Robert Young was sole surviving partner of James Young and Sons.[3]

1901 Robert Young 45, Building & Railway Contractor & Quarrymaster, lived in Edinburgh with Jessie Young 40, Jessie J Young 13, Margaret M Young 11, James Young 7, Robert D Young 2[4]

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Sources of Information

  1. 1881 census
  2. 1891 census
  3. Edinburgh Evening News - Saturday 05 August 1899
  4. 1901 census