John Livingston McIntyre was born on 26^th December 1856 at 1^h 30^m pm, at 11, James Watt Street, Glasgow.

The explanation for his middle name appears to be that it was the surname of an uncle by marriage and was possibly a posthumous tribute.

John was entered in the 1861 census as five years of age and was living in the family home at 90, Parliamentary Road.

At the time of the 1871 census, John was living at the family home in 69, Carrick Street. He was entered as a ‘rivet boy’, aged 14.

John married Janet Barr on 13^th July 1877, at 5, Windsor Terrace, Glasgow, after banns according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland. John was an iron turner, journeyman, and a bachelor aged 20. The usual residence given for both spouses was 188, Holm Street, Glasgow. The witnesses were Thomas Robertson and Agnes Barr.

The family home may have been 29, Grace Street, Glasgow, for a time, as that was where a son, John McIntyre, was born on 10^th January 1879.

At the time of the 1881 census, John L. McIntyre was an iron turner, aged 24, living at 34, Carrick Street, Glasgow, with his wife Janet, also aged 24, their son John, aged 2, and daughter Jane Barr McIntyre, aged six months. They had been resident there at least since Jane’s birth on 18^th September the previous year.

John L. McIntyre’s son William was born at 32, West College Street on 23^rd December 1883, indicating that this was now the family home. Son Edward was born at the same address on 28^th January 1886; on this occasion, John was designated as an iron turner.

When John’s father-in-law, Hugh Barr, applied for poor relief on 26^th March 1886, John and his wife Janet received the following mention:

Janet, 29 years, born in Brown Street, Anderston, married & 4 to John McIntyre, an Iron Turner with London & Glasgow Shipbuilding Coy earning 29/- weekly has been idle 3 weeks, resides at 32 W. College Street

(A superscripted note dated 3/3/86 and concerning ‘27/- weekly’ is not entirely legible.)

John L. McIntyre appears as informant on the death certificate of his father-in-law Hugh Barr, registered on 5^th April 1886 at Glasgow. John’s address was again entered as 32, West College Street. (Note - Hugh Barr and family were living at 25 - 31, West College Street at the time of the 1861 census, along with various families named McIntyre and McAlister. This may be evidence of a continuing family connection with the neighbourhood. Note also that West College Street has since been renamed Crimea Street.) He had been present at the time of death.

Daughter Janet was born at 38, Carrick Street, Glasgow, on 26^th January 1890. John Livingston McIntyre was designated as an iron turner (journeyman).

John’s mother-in-law Jane McGregor or Barr applied for poor relief on 27^th December 1894 and on this occasion John and Janet were referred to as follows:

Janet 37 md & 8 to John McIntyre, 2 Anderston Quay.

John McIntyre, ironturner, tenant and occupier, was still at 2, Anderston Quay, in the 13^th Ward, when he was listed as living there by the Electoral Roll for 1897 - 98.

Sons Donald and Hugh were born at 2, Anderston Quay on 28^th March 1896 and 4^th November 1898 respectively. On each occasion John Livingston McIntyre was designated as an iron turner (journeyman).

2, Anderston Quay was still, or was again, the family home on 30^th May 1904 when John’s wife Janet acted as informant on her mother’s death certificate.

When his first wife Janet Barr died in 1906, John Livingston McIntyre acted as informant on her death certificate, registered on 17^th March 1906 at Glasgow. The family home at this time appears to have been 466, St Vincent Street.

At the time of the 1911 census, John L. McIntyre was living in a tenement property at 57, Dorset Street, Sandyford, Glasgow, having three rooms with one or more windows. The full entry reads:

John L. McIntyre, head, 54, widower, iron turner in general engineering, worker, born Glasgow William, son, single, 27, iron turner in general engineering, worker, born Glasgow Edward B., son, 25, single, blacksmith, born Glasgow Janet B., daur, 21, born Glasgow Donald, son, 15, office boy, printers, worker, born Glasgow Hugh B., son, 12, school, born Glasgow

John subsequently married Elizabeth Gray on 5^th April 1912 at the Saint Mungo Halls, South York Street (now Moffat Street), Glasgow. The ceremony took place after publication according to the forms of the Unitarian Church. He was still resident at 57, Dorset Street, Glasgow, and once again he was entered as an iron turner. His age was given as 55.

John Livingston McIntyre was also an iron turner at the time of his son William McIntyre’s marriage to Mary Boyd in 1912.

John Livingston McIntyre, married to Elizabeth Gray, died on 30^th July 1918, at ten past eleven in the evening, at 104, Grove Street (no longer in existence but it was in the Cowcaddens, off the Garscube Road), Glasgow. Inevitably, he was designated as an iron turner. His age was entered as 61. The cause of death was certified as cardiac disease. The informant was J. McIntyre, his son, of 419½ Argyle Street, Glasgow.

Brothers and Sisters

John Livingston McIntyre was the second of seven known brothers. An older sister (or possibly half-sister), Margaret, is indicated by the 1861 census record, if correct. A younger sister, Elizabeth, appears in the 1871 census record.

Robert was baptised on 27^th July 1854 at Glasgow. He died at 29, Brown Street, Glasgow, on 9^th August 1865. His death certificate indicated that he had been unwell for three years, and that he was an infirmary patient.

Donald was born on 11^th April 1859 at 67, Brown Street, Glasgow. Donald appears in the 1871 census, living at the family home at 69, Carrick Street. He was a ‘rivet boy’, his age entered inaccurately as 14. Donald McIntyre died on 2^nd July 1872 at 5^h 15^m pm, at 66, McAlpine Street, Glasgow. He was 13. The cause of death was entered as dropsy, from which he had been suffering for two months. The informant on the following day at Glasgow was the deceased’s mother, Margaret McIntyre, entered as present.

James was born on 6^th October 1861 in the Central District of Glasgow, at 90, Parliamentary Road. He died on 6^th November 1863 at 29, Brown Street. The cause of death was pneumonia, from which he had been suffering for ten weeks.

The three subsequent sons were born in the Clyde District.

Samuel Allister McIntyre was born on 21^st February 1864, at 29, Brown Street, Glasgow. He died at the same address on 21^st October 1865, and it was entered that he was aged 21 (actually 20) months. The cause of death was diarrhoea, not certified, from which he had been suffering for three weeks.

Elizabeth was born on 28^th September 1866 at 29, Brown Street, Glasgow.

William Kennedy McIntyre was born on 5^th September 1868, at 69 Carrick Street, Glasgow. He appears in the 1871 census record living in the family home and his age is given as 2.

A second Robert was born on 20^th October 1870, at 69 Carrick Street, Glasgow, underlining the fact that the first Robert was deceased. This second Robert appears in the 1871 census as an infant of six months. Robert McIntyre died on 3^rd June 1873 at five in the evening, at 66, McAlpine Street, Glasgow. His age was entered as two and three quarter years. The cause of death was certified as convulsions, from which he had been suffering for three weeks. The informant on the following day at Glasgow was the deceased’s mother, Margaret McIntyre, entered as present.

A puzzle is presented by an apparent sister, Euphemia, known from the census records, who was born around the spring of 1873, about eighteen months after the death of her ostensible father, John McIntyre, in 1871. She appears in 1881 as Margaret McIntyre MS Allister’s daughter, aged 8. In 1891, she was unmarried, 17, envelope stamper, employed, born Glasgow. There is a likely sighting of her in 1901, when Euphemia McIntyre was entered as a boarder in Anderston Girls Home, at 64, Port Street, Glasgow. She was single, 27, relief stamper, worker, born Glasgow.