John McELROY¹

Parents:

• Birth*: John McELROY was born in 1847 at Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, .^1,2
• He was the son of John McELROY builder & railway contractor and Janet McKinlay Kidd.¹
• (Deceased) Death*: John McELROY died on 28 November 1870.¹

• (Resident) Address: As of 1850, John McELROY was living with John McELROY builder & railway contractor and Janet McKinlay Kidd at at Craigrownie Cottage, Roseneath, Kilgreggan & Cove, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, ; family home about 1850 until 1901 https://www.caingram.info/Scotland/Pic_htm/kilcreggan.htm
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cove,_Argyll.^3,4
• (Witness) Memorial Inscription: John McELROY is commemorated on the headstone erected by John McELROY builder & railway contractor in 1870 at Roseneath Old Churchyard, Roseneath, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, . Inscription reads Stone.76
  East Face
  Underneath
  lieth
  the mortal part of
  John McElroy
  who left this world
  at the call of his Creator
  on the 28th Nov. 1870
  in the 26th year of his age
  also his sister
  Jessie
  who departed this life
  on the 4th Nov. 1871
  in the 19th year of her age
  South Face
  also of his
  father
  John McElroy
  who departed this life
  on the 16th Jan. 1876
  in the 74th year of his age
  Janet McKinlay Kidd
  widow of John McElroy
  who died on the 24th April 1888
  aged 65 years
  North Face
  Agnes
  Shaw McElroy
  who departed this life
  12th July 1907
  in the 49th year of her age
  Catherine Thomas McElroy
  who departed this life
  12th Sep. 1907
  in the 64th year of her age.⁵
  

Census & Directory Entries

Member of Household

30 March 1851

They was listed as a member of the household of John McELROY builder & railway contractor and Janet McKinlay Kidd in the 1851 census at Craigrownie, Roseneath, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, ; John     McIlroy     Head     Married     Male     45     1806     Builder Employing 30 Men     Ireland Janet     McIlroy     Wife     Married     Female     28     1823     -     Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Catharine     McIlroy     Daughter     -     Female     6     1845     -     Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland John     McIlroy     Son     -     Male     4     1847     -     Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland William     McIlroy     Son     -     Male     3     1848     -     Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Ebenezer     McIlroy     Son     -     Male     2     1849     -     Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Jane K     McIlroy     Daughter     -     Female     0     1851     -     Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Margaret     Scott     Visitor     Widow     Female     33     1818     Dressmaker     Renfrewshire, Scotland James     Kidd     Visitor     Married     Male     24     1827     Tin Plate Worker & Bell Hanger     Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Jane     McGown     -     Unmarried     Female     20     1831     House Servt     Stirlingshire, Scotland.2