Patricia married Jack Compton in 1937. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
1 _FA1
2 DATE 1947

1. Simon Compton

Patricia married Sir John Nightingale in 1947. John was born about 1910; died on 1 Oct 2002 in Witham, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Dr Norman Maclaren 1880 to 1936.
Born 1880, Scotland
Died 22 june 1937, Glasgow, Scotland
Son of Robert Maclaren 1817-1889 and Mary Jane Findlay.
Husband of Margaret Garnet 1894-1989. Father of Patrica, Ian, Peter, &David

Worked at Glasgow University and had done work for the Royal GeographicSociety on trips to such places as the McKenzie river Alaska, Borneo, andTibet. Studied at Glasgow University and at the University of Heidelbergin Germany from where he recieved a Ph.D.

In the early 1900 Norman Maclaren had traveled through Alaska with a teamof husky dogs and a Chinese cook, making the first map of large areas ofAlaska, breaking an arm in a crevasse and setting it himself. He was afellow of the Royal Geographic Society and the Linean Society.

Note from one of Norman Maclaren's sons, Ian G Maclaren's life story.
"During WW1 the family moved to Glasgow for a couple of years asGrandfather (Norman Maclaren) was asked to work at Glasgow University aslecturer of anatomy. Out of this job he became very interested inembryology and that became his life's work. He made ovens to grow theembryos and developed thermostats to keep the temperature constant in theovens. The development of these thermostats which they then sold to otheruniversities became one of Norman's "little firms" of which he hadseveral. Robert Maclaren, one of his older brothers, (20 years older)put $20,000.00 into the firm and then subsidized it for years. He nevergot a penny out of it. Maclarens as such never made a lot of money untilIGM took charge after WWII."

Deeshome was built by Norman Maclaren in approx. 1913, but he never likedit, and they moved to Cubreshaw, East Kilbride, after the WW I.

Obituary from the Glasgow Herald, 24th June 1937
"LOSS TO GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. DEATH OF LECTURER IN EMBRYOLOGY .
The death occurred on Tuesday at his home, Cubrieshaw, West Kilbride, ofDr Norman H. W. Maclaren who has been lecturer in embryology in theAnatomy Department of Glasgow University since the end of the war.

Dr Maclaren played an important part in embryological research in thiscountry during recent years.

Dr Maclaren, who was about 55 years of age, belonged to Glasgow. While astudent in Glasgow University he was attracted to biological science, andin his early manhood he occupied a post as demonstrator in the Departmentof Zoology at the University under the late Professor Young.

Later he studied extensively abroad and travelled in various parts of theworked conducting biological research. At Jena he worked as assistant tothe famous Professor Haeckel, and also studied and worked in the marinebiological station at Naples. He held the degree of Ph.D. of HeidelbergUniversity.

As war service he joined the teaching staff of the Anatomy Department ofGlasgow University and since the end of the war has been lecturer inembryology.

He was associated with Professor T.H. Bryce, who retired from the Chairof Anatomy 18 months ago, and took an important part with Professor Brycein building up the collection of human and other mammalian embryos in theUniversity. He also conducted important researches in the early stagesof the development of several mammalian forms, reports of which werepublished in the proceedings of the Royal Society and elsewhere.

Dr Maclaren had an unrivalled knowledge of laboratory techniques and wasof an inventive turn of mind.

An example of his inventive powers was provided by a thermostatic controlwhich he produced during his work at the University. He and his brother,the late Mr Robert Maclaren, patented the control and formed a company tomarket the invention, which is now extensively used for many purposes.The early experimental models to the control were tried out in connectionwith the biological ovens in the Anatomy Department of the University.

Dr Maclaren is survived by his wife, three sons, and one daughter."


From Angela Elliott about the Maclaren river & glacier.
"I received info from the University in Juneau to the effect that theMaclaren glacier and river were named for Norrie Maclaren, who had lead aparty of gold prospectors up river. At a fork in the river the partysplit and Maclaren led the party up one arm, whilst his compatriot led aparty up the other. Maclaren failed to find gold, but the other partywere successful and the leader of that party named the river and glacierafter Norrie Maclaren in recompense for his failure. "

Alaska Range and Maclaren River viewpoint
MP 37.0/98.0 (Found athttp://www.ak.blm.gov/gdo/DenaliHwy/denali.html)
"You are now at an elevation of about 4,000 feet, just a short distancefrom the Maclaren Summit (4,086'), the second highest highway summit inAlaska. Stop and enjoy the panoramic view of the Alaska Range and theMaclaren River. Mt. Hayes (13,832') and the Maclaren River and Glacierare dominant features, but Aurora Peak, Mt. Shand and Mt. Geist may alsobe seen. The Maclaren River flows from the Maclaren Glacier south to theSusitna River and then into Cook Inlet just west of Anchorage.
Vegetation at this elevation is low-growing alpine tundra. Wildflowersbloom in abundance during the short Alaskan summer (June and July). Lookfor pikas, ground squirrels and ptarmigan"


STORIES
Stories we heard from our grandmother, Granny Mac, wife of Dr NormanMaclaren our grandfather.

The Husky.
While in Alaska/Canada on one occasion he came across a group of men whowhere getting ready to shoot a very fine looking husky. Dr Norman askwhat was going on and was told the dog was uncontrollable, and had triedon several occasions to attack its owners.
Dr Norman agreed to buy it, but as soon as it was untied it attacked himand he had to knock it unconscious. He then tied the unconscious dog to asmall tree by his tent and left a large bowl of food beside it.

In the morning he awoke to find the dog sleeping beside him in the tent.It had eaten the food, chewed its way through the tree to release therope, and crawled into his tent. From then on the dog was incredibleloyal and was a superbly skillful lead dog for his sled.

Royal Salute
On one occasion Dr Norman, while wearing his kilt, was in a small canoe(which he had become quite proficient at in his travels in Canada andAlaska) in the middle of the Firth of Clyde using a plum line (a knottedline with a weight a one end used by sailors to measures the depth ofsea) to measure depths for a chart he was making of that section of theClyde. The Royal Yacht of King George V(?) came up the Clyde and passedclose to Dr Norman, at which point he stood up in the canoe and salutedthe king with his paddle.

This got quite a bit of newspaper coverage and a day or two laterMargaret Maclaren (Granny Mac) was at a "rather smart" cocktail partytalking with a group of acquaintances and one asked if "anyone had heardabout that crazy man in a kilt, in a small canoe, in the middle of theClyde, standing to salute the king with his paddle." Granny Mac remarked"Yes, he is my husband."

Pearls
On one occasion Norman Maclaren went, with his wife (Granny Mac) into ajewelers shop in Glasgow to look at some pearls. The jeweler startedtalking about this wonderful article he had just read about pearls, andhe went on and on about great it was. Granny Mac said she noticed a funnysmile on Norman's face and when they left she asked him what that wasabout. He explained that he had written the article.

Family Reunion?
At one point while Norman Maclaren (Norrie) was in Alaska his brothersand sisters started to notice that no one had seen or heard from Norriefor a long time. So one of his brothers went off to look for him. At onepoint looking through the window of a local bar in some very remoteplace, he saw Norrie partying with the locals. Apparently Norries had"gone native", so without even entering the building the brother turnedround and returned to Scotland. He had the brief message passed aroundthe family that "Norrie is still alive." And that was all that was saidabout it.

Norman Maclaren recounted a different version of the story. He had seenhis brother approaching some way off, ridiculously over dressed, withhuge amounts of equipment and provisions, plus quite an assortment ofservants and guides. Seeing this incongruous group arriving, Norman hiduntil they had gone passed.


ROBERT MACLAREN & COMPANY LTD. (later Maclaren Controls) by Ian GarnetMaclaren 1962

Th every earliest predecessors of the firm Robert Maclaren & Company area bit obscure but they appear to be centered around the Falkirk areawhere the original Maclarens were connected with Iron Foundry, and at thesame time in the early 1800 Robert Maclaren inherited a firm of IronFounders from his uncle, a Mr Liddel. However there seems to have been abit of dirty work over the inheritance as Robert Maclaren was very youngat the time, and eventually he brought an action against the Executors orTrustees of Mr Liddel from whom he won a substantial sum in damages. Withthis money he started a firm of his own.

The Robert Maclaren firm first appears on the registry as a business in1845, and was at that time a firm of Iron Founders in Washington Street,off Argyle Street. Rumour has it that they made the mortars for theCrimean War. The business expanded till in 1960 it moved to its presentsite, which in those days, consisted of the area bounded by West Street,Kilbernie Street and the railway siding on the other side of the Expressdeliveries, they opened out to Stromness Street and up to the railway,which in those days was a canal. The iron was brought by barge along thecanal to the works, and the main business was pipe making. The canal wasfilled in 1880.

Cast iron pipes of 1?" to 48" were made, as well as valves and watermeters. The old man Robert Maclaren, or "Bobbie the Rogue", died about1890. The firm continued to be known locally at the time as "Rabbie theRogue". In 1905 it turned into a limited company. At that time a verylarge export business was done with India, Rumania, Japan and Italy. In1912 a working agreement was arranged with Macfarlane Strang, and aninterchange of Directors a staff took place between the two companies.The payroll was then about 800.

When war broke out in 1914 all supplies of iron stopped and demand forpipes dried up. However the firm went over to munitions and got acontract for eight million fuse stampings, among other things. Later inthe war it teamed up with William Beardmore to make tank tracks.

After the war, in 1920, a subsidiary company was formed, called EglintonFounders Limited, half of which was owned by Beardmore and half by RobertMaclaren & Company. Robert Maclaren & Company sold them half of the landwhich roughly consisted of all the present works and buildings up to ourpresent fence.

Ingot molds were made here for casting steel ingots at Parkhead Forge,but eventually the early 1920s depression finished it and the company wasliquidated in about 1926.

In the meantime Robert Maclaren & Company turned over to making brassbars and small quantities of pipes, but the situation had rather changedas all the plant had been cleared out during the war to manufacturemunitions and the site was no longer a good one for heavy steelindustries because of the difficulty of transport. The cost ofre-equipping was too great, so all the remaining plant was sold and by1925 no further casting or work took place, but a merchant business onlyin Cast Iron pipes was carried on until 1931.

In 1931, the old company was wound up, and a new company with the samename was formed on this site as the present company.

However, we must go back a bit, for in 1919 Dr Norman Maclaren had beencontrolling temperature for medical research work at Glasgow University,and Colonel Robert Maclaren (his brother) caught a cold in a train, sothey got together and decided that the temperature in trains could, andshould, be controlled. In 1920 Mr. Richmond joined the firm toinvestigated temperature control generally. He started off in the messroom of the old foundry, which is still standing by the railway in theStandard Oil Company's grounds. That was in November 1920, and in January1921 Mr Eyles joined him. They started experimenting with mercury typethermostats run in conjunction with relays, and also spent some timegetting the place fitted out as a workshop, until the plant consisted ofone foot operated lathe, one mill and one drill were installed later andmotorised.

The first five years were almost entirely experimental, causing a lot ofheadaches until most of the original ideas were scrapped and also theoriginal idea of controlling the temperature in railway carriages had tobe abandoned due to the extreme dirtiness of the steam.

At that time almost all the output was to universities on the same typeof work as Dr Maclaren. The first recorded order on the books is for anincubator embedding oven and a hot plate for Baird & Tatlock on 1.5.23.Then there are one hundred and fifty orders for Glasgow, Belfast andother universities, and to Baird & Tatlock. Up to 24.1.25 all these werefor laboratory equipment, etc., then we got an order for one hundred gascooker controls from Falkirk Iron Company and thus became the pioneers ofgas oven thermostats.

Our 201st order was from Wild Barfied for a furnace thermostat up to 900degrees and was a slow break type. Our 202nd order , a month later, wasfrom George Nobbs. This was the original firm which went bankrupt in1934, owing us six hundred pounds, which we could ill afford in thosedays. However they did give their name to our instruments, because thethermostats for use in Boiler by Nobbs became Boiler Nobbs, or BN ,similarly FN and SN followed on from Furnace Nobbs and Surface Nobbs. Soon we plodded, and during 1926, apart from universities, etc., we got newcustomers such as Archibald Low, Carron, Wild-Barfield, Falkirk IronCompany, G.E.C. and by the end of 1926 we had two hundred and ninety sixorders in six years, most of them in the last six months of 1926.

In 1927 we made six hundred and twenty five thermostats, and newcustomers included Clyde Fuel, Benham, Haden, and Hotpoint and the ordershad changed to mainly thermostats and contactor switches, as opposed tolaboratory equipment. The turnover for that year was three thousand threehundred pounds, and the loss is not stated. In 1928 we had seven hundredand twenty three instruments with a turnover of two thousand, sevenhundred and twenty eight pounds. In 1929 we moved to the present officeblock and site as staff had increased to twelve. Five of these originalsare still here i.e., Mr. Eyles, Mr. Gallacher, Mr. King, Mr. H. Harrisonand Mr. H. Henderson. The layout was a M/C shop in the first floor werethe Pre-production department now is, and test and assembly in thepresent top flat of the offices with the store in the drawing office, theoffice consisted of a large room on the ground floor.

In 1929 we made one thousand six hundred and sixty nine instruments and aturnover of four thousand and seventy seven pounds. So It was thoughtthat the firm was on its feet and round the corner. Unfortunatelyhowever, we went round the corner slap into the great industrialdepression when no one had any money to buy such new fangled ideas asthermostats.

So in 1930 we made one thousand six hundred instruments and our turnoverwas down to three thousand two hundred and thirty seven pounds. In 1931only one thousand two hundred instruments and turnover was three thousandone hundred pounds.

In 1931 old Robert Maclaren & Company was wound up as already mention inthe earlier part, and a new firm was started with its own capital andsetup.

The new company , therefore had its own financial arrangements, andinstead of a yearly loss of two to three thousand pounds being absorbedby the parent company, these now appeared in all their glory on the newcompany's books.

However things were starting to look up, and the loss of 1932 was abouteight hundred pounds, with two thousand two hundred and forty eightinstruments made and a turnover of three thousand two hundred and ninetypounds.

1933 showed the start of a real revival in trade, and we started gettinggoing properly, with six thousand six hundred and one instruments madeand a modest profit of two hundred pounds. We also started on magneticsnap action about this time or a bit earlier, but disaster soon overtookus again the shape of a patent case with Rheostatic Company. This draggedon for the next three years, in 1935 during the fair holiday, the resultof the action was that we were forbidden to manufacture anymorethermostats with the magnetic snap action. This would have meantcompletely closing down the works. However, Mr. Richmond got to work andthought out a new non magnetic snap action, working away by himself inthe empty works he perfected it by himself and modified it to suit theexisting instruments so that when the works reopened, the mechanism wasready and patented and work proceeded right away, and the new actionproved better than the magnetic type.

During this time the output had gradually increased, and the top flat wasused for assembly, until in 1936 the turnover was about eighteen thousandpounds but the legal expenses of the litigation put the loss at aboutthree thousand pounds a year. In 1936 Colonel Robert Maclaren died.

In 1937 the patent case was settled out of court, after we had lost theappeal, and a large sum was paid out in damages. Also in 1937 Dr NormanMaclaren died.

In 1938 we started to show a slight profit and thought about expanding,so that in 1939 we put up what was supposed to be a temporary M/C shopand moved the test into the first flat, and the dispatch into what hadbeen the store. We also did up the offices a bit.

The war of course started and seventeen members of the firm were calledup and in 1940 girls were engaged for the first time.

During the war we just jogged along. As we had no profits to show for thepreceding three years, Excess Profits Tax took all the profits we made,until in 1945 the real rush started and expansion was necessary.

1945 was momentous, in that we paid our first dividend, which took aboutfour hundred pounds, just twenty five years after the start of thebusiness. In the middle of 1946 we moved the assembly and test into thenew extension beside the machine shop, and made new offices and a drawingroom on the first floor. These new offices were ready in 1947. Also MrBourne retired in that year after fourty five years with the firm. Mr.Warden joined us in 1950.

For the next few years we suffered the ups and downs of purchase tax andcredit restrictions, but we gradually re-equipped the M/C shop and thelast belt driven machine was disposed of in 1954.

In 1952 we started a separate Research and Development (R & D) in one ofthe offices under Mr. Adam. This moved in 1954 to the top flat, and in1954 we took on R & D for Ferranti.

In 1956 we started building the new assembly shop and dispatch, and gotinto this in August 1956. Then followed a nine month period ofreorganizing the shop generally with an enlarged test setup, newlighting, new service department, new layout for sub-assembly andincreased tool room. So that all production was on one floor and apre-production unit in the middle flat.

1958 was the next most important date in our history, in that a decisionwas made, then, to employ the Personnel Administration in an assignmentto improve methods and institute a direct incentive scheme. This startedat the end of 1958 and fortunately coincided with the increase in demandfor our products, so that in the next two years we increased ourproduction very considerably and felt the benefit of the re-organizationin the terms of increased profits.

1960 and 61 were periods of consolidation, and in 1961 and 62,particularly, showed an increased activity in new designs and thedecision to make our own capillary systems, which entailed building asmall addition to the works and installing suitable machinery for this.

Ian Garnet Maclaren 1962

Norman married Mary Margaret Garnet in 1912. Mary (daughter of FNU Garnet and Helena McLachlan) was born in 1894 in Lancashire, England; died in 1989 in Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Maclaren 1817-1889
Born 1817 Falkirk, Scotland
Died 2nd April, l889. Ardenshaw, 5 St Andrews Drive, Pollokshields,Glasgow.
(Record of death 1889 Kinning Park District, entry 175)
Son of Robert Maclaren (of Bainsford) 1778-1826 & Margaret Shaw 1779/81-1854
Husband of Mary Jane Findlay with whom he had nine children

Left about ?1.5M which he had made on steel futures and in RobertMaclaren & Co.
He was told that he shouldn't leave it all to his children, to which hereplied that if they had as much fun spending it as he had had making it,then they were welcome to it!


Obituary
In The Institute of Engineers & Shipbuilders in Scotland Vol. 32 p. 322
Mr. ROBERT MACLAREN was elected as a Member of the Institution in l859,and although not taking any active part in the work of the Institution,was well known amongst engineers as an iron founder, his works for themanufacture of castings for water supply, both pipes and specials,turning out large quantities of these, both for home and foreign orders.
Mr. Maclaren died at Glasgow on 2nd April, l889

Obituary
Robert Maclaren death notice listed in both the Glasgow Herald and SouthSuburban Press of 3rd and 6th April 1889.
This read as follows:

"At Ardenshaw, Pollokshields on the 2nd inSt Robert MacLaren of EglingtonFoundry. Friends will please accept this invitation."

His son Colonel Robert Maclaren 1860 to 1936 owned Robert Maclaren & CoLtd. Was Hon. Colonel of the Cameroneans and Chairman of the RoyalExchange in Glasgow for about 18 years.


See article (below) form "Industries of Glasgow" (published 1888) adescription of Robert Maclaren & Co., Iron Founder and Manufacturer ofpatent cast-iron pipes, Eglinton Iron Works, Port Eglinton. Among thegreatest of Glasgow's iron industries

See also History of ROBERT MACLAREN & COMPANY LTD. (later MaclarenControls) by Ian Garnet Maclaren 1962) in Notes of his son of Noman (Dr)Henry William Maclaren (1880-1936)


Article from "Industries of Glasgow" (published 1888) was a descriptionof Robert MacLaren & Co. indicating it was Robert senior and not his sonwho founded the firm in 1858.

Robert Maclaren & Co.,
Robert Maclaren & Co., Iron Founder and Manufacturer of patent cast-ironpipes, Eglinton Iron Works, Port Eglinton. Among the greatest ofGlasgow's iron industries stands that carried on at the above address byMessrs. Robert Maclaren &; Co., a firm whose name has become most closelyand creditably associated with the manufacture of all classes ofcast-iron pipes for gas, water, and sanitary purposes.

This eminent house was founded in 1858 by Mr. Robert Maclaren, who had athorough training in the important branch of iron founding to which hehas subsequently devoted his energies, and whose experience and knowledgehave been applied to the marked improvement of the class of goods he hasmade it his business to produce. The firm commenced operations at theirpresent fine premises, the Eglinton works, which have been enlarged andaltered from time to time to meet the requirements of an ever-growingtrade, which now cover no less an area than 26,000 square yards ofground, and employ from six to eight hundred hands, according to theamount of work in process of execution.

To describe in detail the many interesting phases and features of thisthoroughly typical establishment would carry us far beyond the limits ofthis necessarily concise sketch. It is, perhaps, sufficient to recordthat there is no department in the entire works in which the productivefacilities and capacity have not been brought up to the very best modernstandard; and in not a few instances there are manifested certainmethods, arrangements, and conveniences of an unique order, the outcomeand result of this firm's long and exhaustive experience applied to thebest and most effective purpose.

The mechanical and general equipment of the Eglinton Iron Works is beyondpraise. It represents the perfection of adequacy and efficiency that canonly be attained after years of labour and experiment, and illustratesthe laudably intelligent use Messrs. Maclaren and Co. have made of everyresource brought within their reach by the gradual and continuousdevelopment of the industry they control.

The situation of the works completes the sum total of theirrecommendation as an industrial centre, and the railway lines runningthrough them, coupled with their proximity to the river wharfage, affordevery desirable facility of transport and shipments. About three-fifthsof the area covered by the works is devoted to the purposes of yards, andconstitutes storage ground for many thousands of tons of cast-iron pipesof all kinds and sizes, complete and finished, and ready for shipment toany quarter of the globe.

The Mercantile Age, referring to Messrs. Maclaren and Co.'sestablishment, in a recent issue, says: '
Their works, as we have said,are replete with everything that science has dictated for the ablestconstruction of their specialties, and their reputation has long beenfirmly established with foreign Governments and corporations, as well asthose at home, and we are glad to bear this tribute of praise inacknowledgment of their untiring energy, excellent workmanship, andbusiness-like transactions." Messrs. Maclaren ~ Co. are among ourgreatest manufacturers of iron pipes. They are, in fact, specialists inthis most important industry, and their productions in gas andwater-pipes of every description have a reputation that is international.

The maintenance of that reputation and its consistent extension andenhancement now constitutes the industrial and commercial object of thefirm; and to this end there is no device or plan that skill, science, orexperience can suggest to facilitate the operations of the Eglinton Worksor improve the character of their unsurpassed productions that is not atonce adopted and actively employed by the house. Such a policy ofprogressive enterprise can have but one result, beneficial alike to thosepursuing it and to the world-wide public in whose interests it isdeveloped and adhered to. Messrs. Robert Maclaren & Co. control a tradeof universal range and immense magnitude: Their pipes for water and gassupply and for various sanitary uses are in demand among all civilisednations, and are shipped in ever-increasing quantities to every quarterof the globe.

Untiring energy, excellence of production, and straightforward commercialprinciples are the united causes of this satisfaction, effect; and thebusiness now centered at the Eglinton Works is a monument to thecharacteristic capacity and enterprise of a representative Glasgow firm,and a credit to the great national industry in which is a factor offirst-rate importance.

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More Maclaren info at
http://home.earthlink.net/~maclaren/
Called "Maclaren & Birtwistle Information" which has a link to the mainpage.
The family tree on FamilyTree Maker website "Robert Maclaren 1776-1826 &Ralph de Birdtwisell 1160" is at
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/a/c/Hamish-S-Maclaren/
This has lots of reports, photos, etc..

see Robert Maclaren of Bainsford (1776-1826) for more information.

Robert married Mary Jane Finlay on 25 Aug 1859 in Glasgow, Scotland. Mary (daughter of John Finlay and Mary Adams) was born in 1841; died in 1900; was buried in Craigton Cemetary, Glasgow.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Mac 14Febxx.FTW]

Vanished to Canada a year after marriage. Met daughter at railwaystation when soldier and on his way to France (WW1).
All three brothers, quite rich shipping people in Liverpool, ship waslost with grain or cotton and all family lost money.

FNU + Helena McLachlan. Helena (daughter of Henry McLachlan and Mary McAleese) was born in 1862; died in 1955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Brian Watters. 6th July 2001
Author of "Where Iron Runs Like Water- Brian Watters (a new history ofthe Carron Iron Works - 1759 - 1892)"
Your letter of 12 June 2001 was forwarded to me by the people at CarronPhoenix. Unfortunately, I do not know of any connection between RobertMaclaren and James Maclaren; the background of the latter gentleman isquite hazy. Where James Maclaren originated from is not known to me, buthe appears to have been quite close to managing partner Joseph Stainton(he had Stainton's s power of attorney), whose sister Betty, heeventually married. By 1791, he had obviously amassed enough money tobegin buying Carron Company shares, becoming a partner by 1795. He thenwent to the Liverpool office and finally to London, where he died in1808. His son, James Maclaren, was a Barrister at Law and was married toJoseph Stainton's daughter Caroline. They lived at East Sussex beforemoving to Constable Burton in Yorkshire. Their son, James Joseph StaintonMaclaren, also a Barrister, was chairman of the Company from 1906 untilhis death at his home Ratho Park (now a golf club) in 1927. He had nooffspring, so his Carron Company shares passed to other relatives withinthe Stainton family. Amongst those who benefited, was a relative, DrMaclaren of Elie, Fife.

However, I can give you a little information on some of the othersmentioned in your letter. Robert Maclaren's wife Margaret, was thedaughter of James Shaw of Bainsford. She inherited her father's propertyin 1822 as can be seen from the Abridgement of Sasines for Stirlingshire:

Sept. 20. 1822. 617. MARGARET SHAW, spouse of Robert McLaren, Clerk tothe Carton Co., residing in Bainsford, Seised, Sept. 17. 1822, - in 7Falls of ground with the Houses thereon, being part of the lands ofMUNGALL, adjacent to BAINSFORD, par. Falkirk; - on Disp. by James Shaw,Labourer,
Bainsford, her father, Apr. 23. 1806. PR. 102.20."

From Brian Watters 20 July 2001
"Since our last correspondence, I have come up with some other bits whichyou may or may not know about, but which may be of interest. The MI's(Monumental Inscriptions, compiled by Mitchell & Mitchell in c1972) showthat Robert Maclaren and his wife were both interred in FalkirkChurchyard:
Robert Maclaren
died 1 I'? August 1826 aged 48
his widow
Margaret Shaw
died 24'? September 1854 aged 73
Unfortunately, most of this graveyard (Falkirk Old and St Modans ParishChurch) was cleared a few years ago and the remains re-interred inCamelon Cemetery. I also came across another Sasine which refers toproperty in Bainsford purchased by William Monteath and his wife Ann Shaw(who got liferent). Perhaps Ann was another relative? The seller was oneJames Rennie, perhaps a relative of the other family you mentioned(Renney or Rennie?):

2577. WILLIAM MONTEATH, Ship Carpenter, Carron, Siesed, Jan. 2.1838,- inthe southmost half of a Dwelling House and southmost half of the Gardenor ground at the back thereof and Buildings thereon, on the east side ofthe High Road leading through BAINSFORD, and Teinds, par. Falkirk; - onDisp. by James Rennie, sometime Mason, Bainsford, then in Glasgow, Aug.15. 1808; - and ANN SHAW, his spouse, Seised end, die in liferent, ofsaid subjects propriis manibus of the said William Monteath. PR191.286.
Yours sincerely,
Brian Watters."

"I have a couple of corrections to make to the information passed to you.Regarding the Falkirk Churchyard, it was the old gravestones that werecleared away and not the occupants, so your ancestors remain safe. Thesite of the Congregational Church in Bank Street, Falkirk, is nowutilised by a Bingo Hall, once Falkirk's "Picture House". I am reliablyinformed that some parts of the old church can still be seen at the rearof this building."
28th August 2001
Brian Watters

Much of the information on the Maclarens has come from a Report (about1950s) of research into family of Robert Maclaren of Bainsford. (AlsoLaurie, Shaw, Liddell, Peddie, Findlay, Renny.) Commissioned by JohnFrederick Peverell Maclaren.
Much information was collected over many years by him and his daughterJean Gaselle Greer. Plus additional information on Maclarens of 20th &21st Centuries is provided by family members.

More Maclaren info at
http://home.earthlink.net/~maclaren/
Called "Maclaren & Birtwistle Information" which has a link to the mainpage.
The family tree on FamilyTree Maker website "Robert Maclaren 1776-1826 &Ralph de Birdtwisell 1160" is at
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/a/c/Hamish-S-Maclaren/
This has lots of reports, photos, etc..

Contractor of Fife,
Family of Robert MacLaren of Bainsford, d.1826

The report below was commissioned by John Frederick Peverell Maclaren(1896-1776), probably in the 1950s.

PRELIMINARY REFORT

Robert Maclaren, Ironfounder in Glasgow, died in 1889, and his record ofdeath reads -

1889 Kinning Park District, entry 175

Robert McLaren, Iron Founder. Married to Mary Jane Findlay. 1889, AprilSecond,
9h.30 pm,. 5 St Andrew's Drive, Pollokshields. M(ale) 72 years.
(Parents) Robert McLaren, Baptist Minister,(deceased);
Margaret McLaren, M. S. Shaw (deceased).
(Informant) Robert Maclaren, junr. Son, Present.

The description of Robert Maclaren's father as Baptist Minister isexceptionally interesting. It is doubted, in view of other evidencetraced, if he were indeed so, but this was early confirmation of thetradition of descent from a Minister.

Robert Maclaren and Mary Jane Finlay were married in Glasgow on 25thAugust, 1859. He is then described as forty years of age, an Iron Founderand Engineer, resident at 10 Abbot Yard Place, Laurieston (BlythswoodDistrict, entry 345). Mary Jane Finlay was then aged nineteen, daughterof John Finlay and his wife, Mary Adams. (Robert Maclaren was admitted tothe Incorporation of Hammermen of Glasgow as son-in-law of John Finlay,Ironmonger and Smith).

Most interesting is the description of the parents of Robert Maclaren inthe 1859 marriage record as Robert McLaren, Sub-Manager of Carron IronWorks, and Margaret Shaw.

The birth and baptism of Robert is recorded in the Falkirk ParishRegister -
1817, March 2
MacLaren Robert lawl. of Robert MacLaren & Margaret Shaw born 4 current.
N.B. The parents are Baptists.

Other children similarly recorded are -
1810 Apr.15
MacLaren James Lwl. of Robert MacLaren & Margaret Shaw Born 19 Octr.1808
MacLaren Jean lawl. of Robert MacLaren & Margaret Shaw born 15 April,1810
N.B. The two children last Inserted have a Baptist to their father.

1812 Jan.3
MacLaren Margaret lawl. of Robert MacLaren & Margaret Shaw.Born 5janry.1812.
N.B.. This child has a Baptist to her father.

No other children of Robert MacLaren and Margaret Shaw are registered,but this would be accounted for by the rebellious persuasion of theparents. They would be inserted in the Parish Register only at thespecial request of the father.

The marriage of the parents is recorded at Falkirk 1807 Decr. 6th.
"Robert McLaren and Margaret Shaw both in this parish. "

At the time of the 1841 Census the family is listed as follows;

Bainsford, Falkirk

Margaret McLaren Head (approx.age)60 Ind(ependent) Y(es, i.e.born in thecounty
Janet 25 Y
Jeanie 20 Y
Andrew 15 Smith App(rentice) Y
Archibald 14 Y
(Enumeration Book 27/p/9)

In 1851 we find
Bainsford
Margaret McLaren Head W(idow)(aged)70 proprietress(born)Stirling,Falkirk.
Janet Do. Daur.U(nmarried) 30 Do. Do.
(380/Enumeration Book 1, Schedule 22)

A search in Stirlingshire Sasines showed that Robert MacLaren himselfacquired no property in the county between 1781 and 1826. 0n 20thSeptember, 1822, however, Margaret Shaw, spouse of Robert McLaren, Clerkto the Carron Co. residing in Bainsford was seised in 7 falls of groundwith the houses thereon, being part of the lands of Mungall, adjacent toBainsford, parish of Falkirk, on a disposition by James Shaw, labourer,Bainsford, her father, which was dated 23rd April, 1806.

James Shaw, Workman, Carron, was seised in this property on 18thFebruary, 1765, on a Feu Contract between him and the Trustees ofMichael Ramsay of Mungall, signed 13/15 March 1775. James Shaw's wifeJean Cockburn, was granted a liferent interest in the property. Inanother record of 1812, James Shaw is described as Feuar, Bainsford, andthe name seems to have been attached to the house owned and lived in byMargaret Shaw, thus accounting for the description of Robert Maclaren asof Bainsford.

In a search for relevant Wills or Testaments, that of Robert MacLaren wastraced, though this very interesting document is not a testamenttestamentary, his estate being disposed under the terms of his MarriageContract with Margaret Shaw. The relevant deeds were not recorded in theStirlingshire Sheriff Court until 1864, as a result of the dispute withAndrew Liddell. A full copy of the deed is appended. Robert Maclaren isagain described as sub-manager of the Carron Iron Co. and his date ofdeath at Bainsford confirmed as 11th August, 1826. Details of the caseagainst the estate of Andrew Liddell are given. The executry shows thatMargaret MacLaren married William Law, Glasgow, Janet still lived atBainsford; and the younger sons, Andrew and Archibald were Ironmongers inLondon. The full text of the Post-Nuptial Contract between RobertMacLaren and Margaret Shaw is also given.

Note A: Shaw

The. baptism of Margaret Shaw is recorded at Falkirk-
1781 lst April
Margaret Shaw laul.dau. to James Shaw & Jean Cockburn.
Wit(nesses) John Swourbay (?) and John Russell.

Other children registered to the same person are :
Janet, baptized 13 May 1770
Catherine, baptized 27 June, 1773 (witnesses including a Robert 5haw)
Jean, baptized 27 October, 1776.

The marriage of the parents is not registered at Falkirk, suggesting thatthey came there from elsewhere. suggesting that they came there fromelsewhere.

NOTE B: ANCESTRY OF ROBERT M.ACLAREN

Robert MacLaren is known to have been born about 1778, but there is nosuitable baptismal entry recorded in the Falkirk Registers. So far therehas been no indication as to his parish of origin or parentage.

It is suggested that the following lines of enquiry be pursued -

(a) In the Contract between Robert MacLaren and Margaret Shaw (seephotostat copy) the Trustees appointed are Andrew Liddell "our belovedBrother" and Andrew Renny "our Brother-in-law". It might be helpful toestablish the relationship of Andrew Liddell in particular, if he wasrelated to the MacLarens. Even if the wife could be a clue, and it ispossible that he was a brother uterine of Robert MacLaren.

(b) In view of the Baptist persuasion of Robert MacLaren it is likelythat he was the son of a Baptist Minister, Records of Baptists are noteasily available but the line of enquiry can be followed up.

(c) Now that it is known that Robert MacLaren was sub-manager of theCarron Co., it would seem worth while to re-open that line ofinvestigation. The records of the Company are now deposited in RegisterHouse, Edinburgh, and though not yet available to the public (beinguncatalogued) access could probably be arranged.





Robert MacLaren of Bainsford

Report

Andrew Liddell, brother of Robert MacLaren, died at Bardowie House,parish of Baldernock on 15 November 1854. So far no record has been foundof his death (Baldernock has no burial records) and it is mostunfortunate that he did not survive till 1855 when the registration ofbirths, marriages and deaths became compulsory in Scotland. However heleft a Trust Settlement which at first sight appeared very helpful. ThisTrust was recorded in the Books of Council and Session but is also quotedin the Stirling Sheriff Court Register of Inventories Volume 36 page 122.The following genealogical information was extracted:

Andrew Liddell married twice. His first wife was Janet Goodsir and hersister Mary Goodsir now residing in Largo in Fifeshire is mentioned inthe Settlement. His second wife was Jessie Peddie. There is a referenceto an ante-nuptial contract of marriage dated 2 November 1829, but it isunlikely that this document was registered officially as the source wouldnormally be given.

Details are given of the McLaren family. He speaks of' his deceasedbrother uterine Robert McLaren, Clerk at Carron Iron works, and hiswidow, Margaret Shaw or McLaren.
The children are also mentioned:
James Shaw Mclaren now at Pittsburgh or elsewhere in the USA,
Robert McLaren Gas Tube Manufacturer in Glasgow,
Andrew McLaren, merchant in London,
and Archibald McLaren 'presently Clerk with the said Robert Mclaren,'
Janet McLaren living with her mother at Bainsford, and
Margaret McLaren wife of William Law formerly Shoemaker in Dunfermlinenand now or
lately Farmer at Brunton in Linlithgowshire.

Andrew Liddell also makes bequests to the children of the late AndrewRenny, Sawyer at Carron, and of his first wife, Margaret McLaren who wasAndrew Liddell's sister uterine. (Therefore Andrew Renny is both AndrewLiddell's and Robert Maclaren & Margaret Shaw's brother-in-law. See alsoNote:B (a))
The children are:
Michael Bruce Renny, Smith at Carron Iron works,
Andrew Renny, Smith in Glasgow,
Margaret Renny, wife of James Scott sawyer at at Carron,
Jean Renny wife of William Telford, weaver or blockcutter at or nearPollokshaws,
Robert Renny now or lately smith at Falkirk Foundry,
Isabella Renny wife of Moses Neilson at Grahamston,
Phoebe Renny, wife of Boston Harley dresser of iron goods at Carron,
and Jessie Renny widow of Andrew Stewart shoemaker at Grahamston.
Andrew Renny's second wife was Margaret Stevenson (they were married in1819).



Bequests are also made to the sons of his deceased uncle, WilliamLiddell, Baker in Airth.
The sons are:
William Joiner residing in Glasgow,
Alexander, baker at Airth,
and Andrew who was mentally deficient and resided with his brotherAlexander.

He also leaves money to the children of his aunt, Mrs Mary Liddell, byher second marriage with James Dunn, farmer in Airth.
The children are:
James Dunn, Baker in Tradeston,
Barbara Dunn or Shoels, widow of the late William Shoels, Nailer inAlloa,
and Christiana Dunn or Galloway, wife of William Galloway, Carter inCalton of
Glasgow.

Several of the Peddie family are mentioned:
Mrs Catherine Hodge or Peddie, widow of the late William Peddie,Secretary of the
Insurance Co. of Scotland,
Wilhelmina and Susan Peddie, his sisters in law residing with theirbrother in Edinburgh,
William and Alexander Peddie, his brothers in law,
Mary Peddie, spouse of Charles Arthur Secretary to the Edinburgh andLeith Gas Co.

The trustees appointed by Andrew Liddell were:
Patrick Wilson, Architect in Edinburgh (who appears to have beenmarried to a Catherine
Peddie, with children Robert, Catherine and William Wilson)
John McAndrew, S.S.C. in Edinburgh, an old and valued friend.
William James Duncan, manager of the National Bank of Scotland inEdinburgh.
William Lockhart, formerly merchant in Kirkcaldy, now residing atBirkenhead, Cheshire,
and married to an Eliz. Peddie.
David Smith, Shoemaker in Glasgow.
Alexander Hastie, Merchant in Glasgow
Hugh Moncrieff, Writer in Glasgow (or his partner Adam Paterson, Writerthere).

There are several bequests to charity including Baptist organisations.
A bequest to William Auld, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Brown Street,Glasgow, was later cancelled in a codicil to the settlement.

This settlement was dated 15 November 1848. The codicil is dated 26 April1851 and was written at Plean House, Stirlingshire.

Unfortunately Andrew Liddell and his wife were not at Plean House (Parishof St Ninians) during the 1851 Census Schedules and an attempt to findhim at Bardowie House in Baldernock and at some of the premises he ownedin Glasgow was unsuccessful. This was a great drawback as the Censuswould have produced an age and parish of birth.
.........


Andrew Liddell's first marriage was recorded in Glasgow in 1820:

"Andrew Liddell, Merchant in Glasgow & Janet Goodsir Parish of Largo,Fifeshire, Married 11th Jany by Mr. Anstruther Taylor, Minister ofCarnbee."

The second marriage was recorded in Glasgow and Edinburgh, which last isquoted:

"Mr. Andrew Liddell, Ironmonger, Residing in Argyll Street in the City ofGlasgow and Miss Jessie Peddie Residing in No. 12 Windmill Street in thisParish, Eldest Daughter of Mr William Peddie, Secretary to the InsuranceCompany of Scotland, Residing there, have been Three times proclaimed inorder to marriage in the Parish Church of Saint Cuthberts and noObjections have been Offered. Married on the Third day of Nov. current byHenry David Dickie Pastor of the Baptist Congregation in Pleasance."

With the aid of the Census Schedules it was discovered that AndrewLiddell's uncle, William Liddell, married Margaret Boyd in Airth on 13December 1793. James Dunn and Mary Liddell were married 30 April 1789 inAirth. William Liddell died in Airth and was buried on 4 June 1837, butthe age is left blank. A search for the possible birth of Andrew Liddellor Robert MacLaren in Airth was not successful.

William Liddell left a will but it was not helpful as the executors wereWilliam Boyd, Farmer in Airth Mill and Peter Boyd, Farmer, Westfield. Thedocument gives his date of death as 31 May 1837 and his children (livingin 1835) as Margaret, Ann, Mary, William, Alexander
and Andrew. (Stirling Sheriff Court: Register of Deeds Vol. 29, page227 and Register of Inventories Vol. 17, page 503).
On 24 August 1854 Alexander Liddell, Baker, Airth, gives Peter Boyd asPower of Attorney as he is thinking of going to Australia. (StirlingSheriff Court Register of Deeds Vol. 29, page 225).

Glasgow Sasines (in their abridged version) were examined 1781 - 1860 andalthough Andrew Liddell was concerned in several property deals he doesnot appear to have inherited any of the property from relatives.

Then Stirlingshire Sasines were examined 1781 - 1830 and a newpossibility appeared. On 24 November 1797 Andrew Liddell, Schoolmaster atBainsford, and Margaret Laurie his spouse were seised in 6 falls ofground which were part of the lands of Mungall (Stirlingshire ParticularRegister of Sasines Vol. 34, page 526). Margaret Laurie can sell the landafter the death of her husband Andrew Liddell 'if she should be under thenecessity of so doing for her own and the child or children procreated ofthe marriage between her and the said Andrew Liddell their support &upbringing but not otherwise'. This could be taken as an indication thatshe had children by a first marriage.

On 19 October 1814 Andrew Liddell, eldest lawful son of Andrew Liddell,schoolmaster at Bainsford, and Margaret Laurie, is seised in the aboveland which he sells again on 15 January 1817. (Stirlingshire ParticularRegister of Sasines Vol 7, page 209, and Vol. 75, page 210).


The birth of Andrew Liddell was entered in the Falkirk parish registers:
2Oth (December 1789)
C(hild). Andrew lawl,
P(arents Andrew Liddell
Margaret Lawrie
W(itnesses) John Robertson
Daniel Miller
Born lst Current.

The marriage of the parents did not take place in Falkirk but waseventually found in the parish of Larbert

"June 10th 1786 Andrew Liddle & Margaret Laurie both in this parish gaveup their names for proclamation"

No other children were registered in Falkirk to this couple up to 1797."

While there is no proof that Andrew Liddell and Margaret Laurie were theparents of Andrew Liddell, Ironmonger in Glasgow, the known facts wouldseem to fit the case fairly well. Unfortunately, however, a possiblefirst marriage of Margaret Lawrie and McLaren was not found in Larbert(though there is a gap in the marriage register 1768- 1775) and the birthof a Robert McLaren around 1778 to such parents was not registered inLarbert. Success in finding an entry would of course depend very much onwhether the McLarens lived in the Stirlingshire area or simply camethere, after the birth of their children, from, some other part ofScotland.
(From a Report [about 1950s] of research into the family of RobertMaclaren of Bainsford. Commissioned by John Frederick Peverell Maclaren.)


An attempted to type up the handwritten notes of John Frederick PeverellMaclaren (1896-1776), probably written in the 1950s or 60s.

Notes by John Frederick Peverell Maclaren (1896-1776)
1. Margaret Lawrie "Lawrie" is given by Mr. Maclaren of Maclaren onp.124 as an Anglicized version of Maclaren, which some families adopted.Thereforewas this her first husbands name, if so why did her childrenrevert to "Maclaren". Or was it her maiden name? W? did Registrair dowe cares of /// named twice? Was her husband ????? "wanted"for the '45 and adopted this name as a temporary safe-guard _ or hisfather/ (her husband could have been in the '45)
2. Was Maclaren or Lawrie a Baptist .. No evidence ?? be ???. TheLiddells seem to have been.
3. The Liddells seem to have come from Airth


Notes
1. Buried in the old Kirkyard of Falkirk. James Shaw & his wife JeanCockburn, and Robert Shaw are described as "beloved ancestors" byMargaret's children who erected the stone soon after her death. It seemsprobable that James & Jean where her parents and Robert's ? hergrandfather, that he is is not specifically stated. Bainsford is ?? nof Falkirk.
2. Year of birth shown in brackets (1778 for Robert Maclaren) arecomputed from age of death ? so may be one year out, according to thedate of death and of birthday.
3. (James Shaw Maclaren (1808-1891) Born in Bainsford 1808. Died in USAin 1891.
4. (John Finlay, 1812-1883, & Mary Adams, d. 1883, their daughter MaryJane Finlay, 1841-1900 & her husband Robert Maclaren 1817-1889) Buried inCraigton Cemetery, Glasgow. Robert was the founder of Robert Maclaren &Company, Eglington Iron Works, Glasgow. Mary Jane was an only child andvery highly educated for girls of that day. (see her self-portrait).
5. The Finlays are said to have been " Cro?? lairds", ie a landowningfamily somewhere near Glasgow. Joan Toe?? is said to have been the firstto go into business __/ a younger son.
6. (In children of Robert Maclaren & Mary Jane Finlay) There werepresumably other children, probably between James & Robert. My father(John Finlay Maclaren 1868-1908) had first cousins Richard Maclaren,Edith Maclaren, & William Kennedy. Richard had a son Richard and adaughter Peggy __ think this branch is still alive in Scotland (Peggy,living in Paisley, contacted Ian Garnet Maclaren after his pictureappeared in "Scotland" magazine and they subsequently met several times.)
7. Colonel Robert Maclaren D.L., J.P., T.D., of Craigs Linlithgow,Chairman of Robert Maclaren & Company. Seaforth Highlanders,Vice-Lieutenant of the County Ross. ?? was in Jameison Raid and was triedwith Dr. Jameison and acquitted
8. (Ada Maclaren, abt 1890-1950) married Major Charles Monro of Allan,Seaforth Highlanders, Vice-Lieutenant of the County Ross. ?? was inJameison Raid and was tried with Dr. Jameison and acquitted. Ada waskilled in a fire at Aviemore Hotel in 1950. No children.
9. ( Margaret Shaw Maclaren, b 1864) married William Stewart of Glasgow.1 daughter, Maisie who married Dr Jenner Hoskins of Harley Street,London, and had two daughters, Margaret and Mary, and a son Christopher.
10. (Joan Findlay Maclaren, b 1866) married James Alexander Clarke, RN.One daughter Isobel who married George Gillian of the Sarawak Civilservice and had a daughter Georgina and a son Robert. Joan also had a sonAlexander Robert Maclaren.
11. (John Finlay Maclaren, 1868-1908) Partner in Robert Maclaren &Company. Died aged 39 of typhoid.
12. (Clara Hillhouse, 1871-1949) Daughter of Archibald Hillhouse ofBusby, Lanarkshire. General Goods Manager of the old Caledonian RailwayCompany. Archibalds wife was Annie Adamson of County Durban, who was aPerevoll? on her mother's side.
13. (James Shaw Maclaren, 1970-1950) of Ardlarach, Tain, Ross-shire,married Daisy Stewart Ogilvie. Children Helen (married lastly a MrBregger of Nyassaland), Colin Shaw (late Indian Army now in USA),Christobel (died young),Lt. Commander Douglas Hamish Ian Leu???RN.(married Jean Trimgham and had 1 daughter Lucilla), and David PatrickOgilvie, Argyle & Sutherland Highlanders killed in action at Khartoun in1924.



Resume
1757 Margaret Lawrie (? Or Maclaren) presumably born before this date.
1786 Margaret Lawrie married Andrew Liddell 1 of Larbert (She was (if weare on the proper Liddell family which is definitely a doubt) a widowwith 2 children.
1 A daughter Margaret Maclaren?, in her "teens" (Married Andrew Renniein 1792 & therefore C. not c?ter ??? c.1775) died before 1819.
2 A son Robert maclaren, born 1778
1789 Andrew Liddell and Margaret Lawrie had a son Andrew Liddell II(birth registered at Falkirk).
1797 Andrew Liddle and his wife Margaret Lawrie bought land atBainsford. (he was now described as a school master at Bainsford.)Thisland appears to be similar to the Shaw property.
1807 Robert Maclaren married Margaret Shaw (b. 1781) at Falkirk(presumably before this time, Robert had been living with the ??Liddells, ???ding his little half brother Andrew.)
1808 Robert's son James Shaw Maclaren born.
1810 Robert's daughter Jean born (?died).
1812 Robert's daughter Margaret Born (married William Law of Glasgow)
1814 Andrew Liddle II succeeded to his parent's land at Bainsford.
1816 Robert's daughter Janet born. (? Died, not married)
1817 Robert's son Robert born. & later Jeannie (c 1820-1843) , Andrew(c1826), & Archibald (c 1827)
1820 Andrew Liddell married Janet Goodsir.
1826 Robert Died. He was then Sub-Manager of the Carron Iron Works &partner with his half-brother Andrew Liddell in his firm of"Iron-mongers" (or manufactures) of Andrew & Co.. Before his death inthe same year he set up a trust (with Margaret Shaw) for their children.The Trustees were both or either his half-brother Andrew Liddell andAndrew Rennie (husband of his elder sister Margaret). This Trust seemsto have worked without dispute until the deaths in 1854 of both AndrewLiddell and Margaret Shaw.
1840 (n? 1841) Robert II founded Robert Maclaren & Company.
1848 Date? Of Andrw Liddell's S Robert family & their whereaboutsare mentioned.
1864 Robert II & some of his brothers & sisters raise claim v. AndrwewLiddell ??? (Salt?ed) ??aviors from trust? of 1826.


Results of search 9th November 2000 at Scots Origins, Online registryof genealogical information of the Registrar General for Scotland.http://www.origins.net/GRO/

First letter:
C =Christening
B=Birth
M=Marriage

Second letter:
M = Male
F=Female
U=Unknown

C & B are organised as : Date, Name, Father, Mother, District
M is are organised as :: Date, Name, Spouse, District


Search for- Robert* Mclaren, Mother Margaret (& Margt), 1768 +Or- 5,1778 +Or- 5
C M 23 Feb 1772 Mclaren Robert, Mclaren William, Cunningham Margaret,Dunfermline
C M 12 May 1776, Mclaren Robert, Mclaren John, Mcdonald Margaret,Balquhidder
C M 6 Sep 1778, Mclaren Robert, Mclaren Donald, King Margaret,Balquhidder
C M 4 Jul 1779, Mclaren Robert, Mclaren Dougal, Fergusson Margaret,Callander
C 23 Mar 1783, Mclaren Robert, Mclaren Robert, Campbell Margt., Kincardine

Search for- Robert* Mclauren, Mother Margaret (& Margt), 1752 1798
M M 11 Apr 1765 Mclauren Robert Stewart Margt. Blair Atholl & Strowan


Search for- Robert* Mclearen, Mother Margaret, 1778 +Or- 5, 1768 +Or-5
Nothing
Search for- Robert* Mclairan & Maclairan, Mother Margaret, 1768 +Or- 5,1778 +Or- 5.
Nothing
Search for- Robert* Maclaren, Mother Margaret (& Margt), 1768 +Or- 5,1778 +Or- 5.
Nothing
Search for- Robert* Mcclaren, Mother Margaret (& Margt), 1768 +Or- 5,1778 +Or- 5. 1788 +Or- 5
Nothing

Maclarens
Most of the information on the Maclarens has come from a Report (about1950s)
of research into the family of Robert Maclaren of Bainsford. (AlsoLaurie, Shaw, Liddell, Peddie, Findlay, Renny.) Commissioned by JohnFrederick Peverell Maclaren.
Much information was collected over many years by him and his daughterJean Gaselle Greer.
Plus additional information on Maclarens of 20th & 21st Centuries isprovided by family members.

Information on Maclaren Chiefs is mostly from:
Margaret Maclaren of Maclaren. "The Maclarens. A History of Clan Labhran".
1976 & 1984. ISBN 0 946270 10 4. Copyright Donald Maclaren of Maclaren.
The Pentland Press, Edinburgh. Printed & bound by McCorquodale (Scotland)Ltd.

And from information that Banks McLaurin found in "Notable Events in Clanand National History"

Robert married Margaret Shaw on 6 Dec 1807 in Falkirk, Scotland. Margaret (daughter of James Shaw and Jean Cockburn) was born about 1779 in Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland; died in 1854 in Age 73; was buried in Falkirk Churchyard, Re-Interred In Camelon Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

0n 20th September, 1822, Margaret Shaw, spouse of Robert McLaren,
Clerk to the Carron Co. residing in Bainsford was seised in 7 falls of
ground with the houses thereon, being part of the lands of Mungall,
adjacent to Bainsford, parish of Falkirk, on a disposition by James
Shaw, labourer, Bainsford, her father, which was dated 23rd April,
1806.


From Brian Watters 6th July 2001
However, I can give you a little information on some of the othersmentioned in your letter. Robert Maclaren's wife Margaret, was thedaughter of James Shaw of Bainsford. She inherited her father's propertyin 1822 as can be seen from the Abridgement of Sasines for Stirlingshire:

Sept. 20. 1822. 617. MARGARET SHAW, spouse of Robert McLaren, Clerk tothe Carron Co., residing in Bainsford, Seised, Sept. 17. 1822, - in 7Falls of ground with the Houses thereon, being part of the lands ofMUNGALL, adjacent to BAINSFORD, par. Falkirk; - on Disp. by James Shaw,Labourer,
Bainsford, her father, Apr. 23. 1806. PR. 102.20.

John + Mary Adams. Mary died in 1883; was buried in Craigton Cemetary, Glasgow.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Garnet + Gordon. Gordon and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Henry + Mary McAleese. Mary (daughter of McAleese and Tbc McAleese) was born in 1826 in Northern Ireland; died in 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
1 _MSTAT Single