William Macadam was an industrialist, a burgess and bailie of Glasgow.
10 Facts About William Macadam
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William Macadam owned a weaving mill and calico printing works in Kilmarnock near Glasgow.
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William Macadam's father had been a burgess of Glasgow and an owner of the Mile End Spinning Company.
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William Macadam's plants seemed to have been largely involved in the weaving and printing of the heavier of these cotton cloth materials.
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William Macadam was a third-generation burgess of a family of ten burgesses and guild brothers of Glasgow.
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William Macadam was enrolled as a burgess of Calton, Burgh of Barony, 6 February 1816.
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William Macadam was the eldest son of John McAdam, John in turn was the eldest son of Alexander McAdam.
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William Macadam was the last in the family to have his name spelled in the various ways that Mac was spelled at the time as McAdam, M'Adam, but usually using both "MacAdam" and "William Macadam", but the subsequent members of the family settled on the latter spelling.
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William Macadam died on 20 January 1857 at 6 Kelvinhaugh Street, Glasgow, and is buried with her husband in Glasgow Cathedral Old Burial Ground Glasgow.
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William Macadam was the daughter of William Stevenson of Park Farm, Clackmannan.