Dr James Pittendrigh MacGillivray Info req please

[Polldoll]

Hi    all    .. please point me in the right direction to find out more about  Dr James Pittendrigh MacGillivray who was  a Sculptor born  in Aberdeenshire c 1856.  I believe he may have moved to Edinburgh when he was 12 ... c 1868 . My friend, who is on currently visiting,has just recently discovered that he  is the  great great grandson  of this Scot. He has never been  interested in his roots before and I am trying to help him now that his appetite has been wetted! I have told him about this site( I rarely leave the photo restoration board) and he can't believe how helpful people are ...If this is on the wrong board ...my apologies ..Cheers ....Any help would be appreciated .  Where was he in 1861   etc. I am going to the RC meeting in Glasgow this weekend  and hope to photograph some examples of his worktoo as I have just found that he sculpted some of the Gravestones in the Necropolis too as well as Burns Statue in Edinburgh !!
Thanks
  Poll

[runningbear]

hi pal,

great to see you over here....

i will start with his birth...

30th may 1856 kintore, aberdeen

son of william and margaret pittendrigh

will now find his census details

Joe

[runningbear]

hi pal,

seems your james was the oldest son to william and margaret.

hannah ewan...born 22/6/1858...aberdeen
william mortimer...born 5/2/1860...aberdeen
jane ewing...born 22/9/1862...edinburgh
allan...born 30/1/1867...edinburgh
robert...born 14/4/1871...edinburgh
walter...born 13/10/1874...edinburgh

as you can imagine with the name variations on the scottish census for macgillivary is amazing.

all i can find just now is

1881 census- 145 west graham street, glasgow

james p...artist painter
hannah...age 21...milliner
jane...age 18
walter...age 6
alexander donald...student of medicine

1891 census- 68 st. george's road, glasgow

margaret...boarding house keeper
hannah...age 32...milliner
walter...age 16
jane miller(daughter)...age 28
william miller(son-in-law)...age 27...cashier
william miller(grandson)...age 1

1901 census- lodging at 27 cameron st, glasgow

walter...age 26...lithographer pressman



need a wee bit of help here trying to get census details....


Joe

[runningbear]

playing silly buggers!!!!!


1891 census- 278 st vincent street, glasgow

james...age 34...artist/sculptor
frieda...age 34
ina r...age 3

1901 census- ravelston elms, murrayfield road, edinburgh

james...age 44...artist/sculptor
frieda...age 45
ina...age 13
elina...age 9

Joe

[runningbear]

here a nice wee link pal

http://glasgowsculpture.com/pg_biography.php?sub=macgillivray_jp


Joe

[UglyDuckling]

Another link for you - He sounds quite a character!

http://montana-riverboats.com/Robopages/index.php?thePage=PittPostVol_2_1.htm&dir=/Robopages/PittPost/z-PittPosts_1_4/

I love this quote from him

I don’t get any commissions because I want to do the work in my own way - and take my own time to do it - the time I find necessary to make things the way I want them. The result is a  tendency to tell the mob to go to hell

Cheers
Gary

[Polldoll]

Oh Wow thanks gang !Tha'sa fabulous find Ugly duckling ..   and Thank you Joe ... you are a star .. Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday . I shall pass all this info on  to my friend after the weekend . Thank you for your help.. Much appreciated
Poll