GARTSHORE, William (DNA Link) ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

William was recorded as an ironstone miner in 1881.

The 1901 census for New Monkland parish Lanarkshire recorded William Gartshore, a stone miner, and his family living at 55 Black Street, Airdrie:
William Gartshore aged 39 years, Rachel Gartshore 37 years, William Gartshore 17 years, Maggie Gartshore 16 years, Annie Gartshore 14 years, Rachel Gartshore 12 years, John Gartshore 10 years, George Gartshore 8 years, Dick Gartshore 5 years, Jeanie Gartshore 3 years, and Marion Gartshore 1 year. Young William was a Tube worker, Maggie was a cotton weaver, and Rachel was a biscuit factory worker.

In 1914 when his daughter Jane married William was recorded as a coal miner. ^{3 4 5}

William married Rachel McEWAN. (Rachel McEWAN was born about 1865 in Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland ⁵ and died after 28 December 1914 ⁴.)