Biographies.
George W McEwan
1879-1938
Married
Isabella Petrie 17/9/1907
Gym
instructor in Royal Scots. then Steel
Erector for Sir W. Arrol working in
Canada, Australia &S. Africa.
Also on Forth Road Bridge with son George.
Lived
at26 Bell Street Calton & 327 Dalmarnock Rd after marriage.
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George with his Wife Jamima.
George McEwan
1908-1957
Sent
to America in his early 20s Ticket (one way?) paid for by the Petrie side of
family, as they did not want him to marry Jamima steel McKnight. On his return
from America he got Jamima pregnant and married her in that order.
Went
on to give birth to George Wilson Jnr (my Father Named after grandfather.)
George had to retire from steel erecting in his early 40,s due to a bad fall
which left his arm badly disabled and a mild heart attack. After retirement he
worked part time alongside his wife’s uncle John Moyes who was the bakery
manager for the CO OP store's in
Glasgow. He also spent a lot of his time looking after his grandson (me)
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George Wilson McEwan
1928-1976
After passing his 11 plus exam he was not evacuated during WW2 and went to John St. School in Bridgeton Glasgow. On leaving school at 14 he started work as a rivet heater for Sir William Arrol of Bridgeton working along side his father until at age 18 he joined the Royal Navy for duration of war. Discharged 1948 and went back to Arrols working as a Steel Erector. He met his future wife Mary Fowler at a bus stop on their way to the dancing in Glasgow. Chat up line :- I've got the money if you've got coupons. For Sweets! They got married in 1952 and set up home in a 1-bedroom council flat at 12 Pentland Place Bridgeton, next door to his mother in law. First child George born 26/9/1953 (Me). He continued to work as an erector mostly away from home for either Arrols. Redpath, Dorman Long or A. Findlay until Mary became pregnant with their second child in 1961. At this time the family sold up in Glasgow and moved to Wales where George was working as an erection foreman for A. Findlay on Llanweran Steel Works. Second child Eileen born 26/6/1962. The family lived in a caravan moving from job to job until 1968 when they settled in Yorkshire. George continued to work for A Findlay now as a General Foreman until his death from a heart attack in 1976 whilst working along with his son George (me) at Daresbury Nuclear research plant near Liverpool.
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LARGS Scotland 1974 Age
18
Jamima Steel McEwan nee McKnight
1907-1987.
On
leaving school Jamima worked as a seamstress and shirt maker up until her
marriage to George McEwan. After her marriage she stayed mainly at home (327
Dalmarnock Rd, Bridgeton Glasgow). She earned pin money from her ability to see
a dress in a shop window and go home and make an exact copy. This skill came in
very useful during WW2 when fashionable clothes were in short supply and she
made dance dresses and suits for a lot of the local teenagers. In later life
she made most of the clothes for her family including her future daughter in
laws wedding and going away dresses.
She was still doing alterations for her neighbours on the same Singer
foot treadle sewing machine right up until her death in 1987.