Person:William Neill (76)

William James NEILL was b. 30dec1851 (inverclyde website, Vital Records), chr 21jan1852 (IGI). William James Neill, sugar refiner, Greenock, married (18dec1878, S. Bar) Elizabeth Aitken CLARK, daughter of James Clark (inverclyde). Elizabeth Aitken Clark was b. 15jun1856 at Paisley, daughter of James Clark and Jane McArthur (IGI). Elizabeth Aitken Clark, wife of William J. Neill, sugar refiner, eldest daughter of late James Clark, Paisley, d. 26dec1900 at Lawthorn, Greenock (inverclyde). Will of Elizabeth Aitken Neill or Clark, wife of William James Neill, Lawthorn, Greenock, d. 26nov1900 at Greenock (scotlandspeople). William James Neill, sugar refiner, d. 12sep1903, age 52, at 13 Octavia Terr., Greenock (inverclyde). Will of William James Neill (d. 12sep1903) sugar refiner, Greenock; probate 1dec1903 London, James Clark Neill, John Neill, George Dempster Neill, sugar refiners, and Robert Neill (National Probate Calendar).

In 1881 William Jas Neill (1852 Greenock, sugar refiner), wife Elizabeth A. (1857 Paisley), son Jas C. (1880 Greenock) and servts were at Octavia Terr., W. Greenock (census). In 1890 William J. Neill (of Neill, Dempster and Neill), Lawthorn, 13 Octavia Terr. (PO Directory). In 1901 William James Neill (1852 Greenock, sugar refiner), son Kenneth McK Clark (1891 Greenock) were at Octavia Terr., Greenock, Renfrews. (census). References to his children (inverclyde). In 1918 Kenneth M.C. Neill (1890 Greenock, soldier, bound for Oregon) arrived at NY (ancestry). In 1924 Kenneth Mackenzie Clark Neill (1890, RAC, London, farmer, intended future res. USA) arrived at UK from Vancouver (ancestry.com). In 1934 Kenneth Mackenzie Clark Neill (1890 Greenock, Ford dealer) passed through Panama Canal (ancestry.com).

1.   Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Extracted records) (2)
   FHL Film 102063 +, 1847/1855.

   Extract: Vital Records Index - British Isles - Second Edition
   Christening event for: William James NEILL
   Gender: Male
   Birth Date: 30 Dec 1851
   Christening Date: 21 Jan 1852
   Recorded in: Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland
   Collection: West or Old Parish
   Father: John NEILL
   Mother: Catherine Isabella DEMPSTER
   Source: FHL Film 102063 + Dates: 1847 - 1855

   Principal in Christening Extract.

2.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1861 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
3.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1871 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
4.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).
5.   General Register Office for Scotland. 1901 Scotland Census. (Edinburgh).