Peter Smith – Inverarity to Dundee Brick and Tile Works, South Africa
— 30/03/2023Dundee Brick and Tile Company, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 04/11/1899 – St. Andrews Citizen –
Read moreParticularly during the industrial revolution, many Scots headed abroad and some took up brick manufacture in their adopted country. I will list them here when I find out about them. At some point I will also try and source, from abroad, a sample of the bricks they manufactured.
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Overseas brick manufacturers advertising for Scottish brickworkers
— 12/04/202213/11/1840 – John O’ Groat Journal – A very interesting letter from Sydney, under date
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James Kirkwood – Dykehead Fireclay Company, Bonnybridge, Scotland to Alexandra Brickworks, Singapore
— 13/11/2020Established in 1899, Alexandra Brickworks was the first brickyard in Singapore to produce bricks using
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John Cathles Hill from Dundee, Scotland to Hornsey, London, England
— 04/08/2020John Cathles Hill (1857–1915), builder and brickmaker, was born in Anderson’s Entry, Hawkhill,
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Swinley Brothers brickmakers in Australia?
— 03/07/2020(Note – SBH – From the details below, Andrew Swinley left Scotland in 1946 for Australia
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John Nelson – Scotland to Otago, New Zealand
— 01/04/2018John Nelson was a Scot who operated the brickworks at Benhar, Otago, New Zealand. In 1864, Nelson opened
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Robert Selkirk – Fifeshire, Scotland to Ballarat, Australia.
— 01/04/2018Robert Selkirk, I was born at Fifeshire, Scotland, and emigrated to Australia with his young family in
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James Glover – Scotland to Bolivar, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA
— 23/12/2017Scottish immigrant James Glover is credited with initiating the local (Bolivar, Westmoreland Co.) firebrick
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Alexander Munro – Cathcart, Lanarkshire, Scotland to Pennsylvania, USA
— 19/10/2017Alexander Munro. Born 9 Oct 1805 Cathcart, Lanark, Scotland. Death 5 Apr 1872 Lock Haven, Clinton Co.,
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John Deans – Riccarton, East Ayrshire, Scotland to Canterbury, New Zealand
— 21/07/2017Many thanks to Matthew Hennessey, Underground Overground Archaeology, Christchurch, New Zealand. John
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Peter McSkimming – Lanarkshire and Ayrshire, Scotland to Otago, New Zealand.
— 15/07/20171851 – Andrew and Hugh McSkimming, Tile maker, Shawneuk, Catrine, Ayrshire. Peter McSkimming was
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Thomas Todd – Kilchattan, Isle of Bute, Scotland to New Zealand.
— 15/07/201713/11/1849 – Greenock Advertiser – Marriages – At Braeside Cottage, Rothesay on the
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Miscellaneous newspaper articles
— 11/11/2016Some newspaper articles I find, are difficult to marry up with a relevant brickworks. In such cases,
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James Campbell – Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland to Brisbane, Australia
— 30/06/2016James Campbell (1830-1904), businessman and manufacturer, was born on 6 March 1830 at Auchterarder, Perthshire,
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J. W. McMillan – Glasgow, Scotland to Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
— 07/10/2015Wiki source J. W. McMillan (May 5, 1850 – December 1925) was an industrialist and brick supplier. Born
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A Neill – Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland to Bradford, England
— 19/06/2015Found by Old Frechevillian at found Manningham, Bradford, West Yorks. Archibald Neill, Listerhills, Bradford.
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William Cahoone – Luss, Scotland to Swansea, Massachusetts, USA
— 23/10/2014I have added this due to the Scottish interest. 1673 – 1675 – The Cahoon Brickworks –
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