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GARTSHOIR, William of that Ilk
(About 1520-)
FORSYTH, Elizabeth
(About 1535-After 1618)
STARK, Robert
(About 1528-)
GARTSHORE, John of that Ilk
(About 1560-1617)
STARK, Barbara
(About 1578-1647)
GARTSHORE, James Merchant, Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow
(About 1611-After 1618)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. WEIR, Christein

GARTSHORE, James Merchant, Burgess and Guild Brother of Glasgow 1

  • Born: About 1611
  • Partnership (1): WEIR, Christein
  • Died: After 8 December 1618 1

   Other names for James were GARSHORE, James 2 3 and GARTSHOIR, James.4

   User ID: I62.

  General Notes:

"The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow

1647

Gartshoir, James, merchant, B., by purchase (G.B., by purchase, 22 May 1651) 19 May"

from The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow




"James who is in a Sasine dated 1652, he is mentioned as the brother of John Gartshore of that Ilk, and Baillie to Patrick Gartshore eldest son to John Gartshore of that Ilk. "

from email (21 November 2025) 4 5


James had a relationship with Christein WEIR. (Christein WEIR was born about 1630.)


  Marriage Notes:

Old Parish Registers
High Church parish Glasgow
Baptisms

"17 April 1655
Garshore
James Garshore and Christein Weir a naturall daughter presented(?) be (?unclear) & named Marie witnesses David Boyd and henrie (?unclear)" 2

Sources

1 National Records of Scotland, https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Legal records - Wills and testaments Gartschoir of that Ilk, Johnne, parish of Leinze, 8 / 12 / 1618 Testament Testamentar and Inventory Glasgow Commissary Court CC9/7/15.

2 Old Parish Registers of the Church of Scotland, High Church parish Glasgow Baptisms.

3 GRO Scotland, OPR Index of Births and Baptisms.

4 e-books, The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow 1573-1750 ed. James R. Anderson (1925) page 121.

5 e-mail, 21 November 2025 Graham Gartshore.

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