John Mullin (1862 - 1920)

Born 23 Dec 1862 in 34 Centre St, Gorbals, Glasgow,Lanarkshire,Scotland,United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Scott (McFadyen) Mullin — married 13 Jul 1883 in Our Lady and St Margaret's Catholic Church, Stanley St, Kinning Park, Glasgow,Lanarkshire,Scotland,United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 23 Nov 1920 at age 57 in 13 Kinning St, Tradeston, Glasgow,Lanarkshire,Scotland,United Kingdom

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Biography

John Mullin. Given Name: John. Surname: Mullin.

Mullen

Born

23 Dec 1862. 34 Centre St, Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.^[1][2]

Christening

Roman Catholic. 1863^[3][4] Note: #N64050548.

Occupation

Labourer in iron works. 1881 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Map: Longitude: E0.000000. Latitude: N0.000000. ^[5]

11 JAN 2013. Time: 23:42:50. Riveter's Hammerman. From 1882 to 1886. Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. Map: Longitude: E0.000000. Latitude: N0.000000. ^[6][7]

24 JAN 2013. Time: 11:43:31. Boilermaker. 1891 Mirrlees & Watson Co. Ltd, 45 Scotland St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^[8]

Worked for engineering firm who made the first diesel engines in Britain. From 1885 to 1920. Mirrlees & Watson Co. Ltd, 45 Scotland St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^[9]

Iron Boltmaker. Bet 1901 and 1906. Mirrlees & Watson Co. Ltd, 45 Scotland St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^[10][11]

Blacksmith. 1909 Mirrlees & Watson Co. Ltd, 45 Scotland St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^[12]

Residence

1881 32 Kinning St, Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^[13]

From 1891 to 1913. 21 Kinning St, Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^[14][15][16] Note: #N82835159. Note: #N85936877.

Census 1891 21 Kinning St, Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Deed

certificate of ownership of Lair 796, compartment R. 30 Mar 1903. Agency: Certificate # 13750. Craigton Cemetery, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^[17]

Note: #N20865880.

Certificate of ownership of Lair 413, compartment O. 13 Oct 1913. Agency: Certificate #19846. Cause: For burial of Sarah Scott. Craigton Cemetery, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^[18] Note: #N52975100.

Event

Left the Catholic Church. Note: #N19980914.

Marriage

Banns of Marriage: Roman Catholic Church. 13 Jul 1883. Our Lady and St Margaret's Catholic Church, Stanley St, Kinning Park, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^{[19] [20]}

Husband John Mullin. Wife Sarah McFadyen Scott. Child: John Agnew Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Margaret Paterson Mimma Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Malcolm McFadyen Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Elizabeth Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Martha Allan Mattie Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: William Willie Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Elizabeth Allan Tissie Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Sarah Scott Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Agnes McFillan Nance Mullin. Pedigree: birth.

Marriage 04 May 1851. St John's Catholic Church, Portugal St, Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^[21] Husband John Mullen. Wife Elizabeth Eliza McFillan. Child: Mary Jane Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: James Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: William Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Dennis Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Daniel Mullen. Pedigree: birth. Child: Roseanne Mullen. Pedigree: birth. Child: John Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Agnes Mullin. Pedigree: birth. Child: Charles Chas Mullin. Pedigree: birth.

Died

23 Nov 1920. Cause: nephritis. 13 Kinning St, Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. ^[22][23] Note: #N46389320.

Buried

Lair 413, compartment O. 26 Nov 1920. Craigton Cemetery, Glasgow,Lanarkshire,Scotland,United Kingdom. ^[24][25] Note: #N53136950. Note: #N79946036.

Notes

Note N19980914.

"According to what I have been told both Mimma's parents were Irish, but her Dad was a socialist and his brother was also. His brother was excommunicated from the Catholic Church and as a result of this Mimma's Dad left the Catholic Church. This may or may not explain the differences in spelling of the name [Mullen/Mullin]." Margaret SinclaIr in an email to Roberta Muir, 2015.

Note N20865880.

For his mother-in-law, Margaret McFadyen.

Margaret Paterson birth certificate shows family name as Mullin.

Note N46389320.

Extract from Glasgow Evening Times: "At 13 Kinning Street on 23rd inst. after a lingering illness, John Mullin 58yrs, for 35yrs with Mirlees & Watson Co. Ltd Scotland Street Glasgow." (from Mary Boyle, sourced at Mitchell Library).

Note N52975100.

The Craigton Cemetery Company (Limited).

Craigton Cemetery.

Certificate No. 19846; Compartment: O; Lair 413.

Superficial Area: 2.3 square yards.

This is to certify that John Mullin.

21 Kinning Street, Glasgow.

is registered proprietor of the exclusive and perpetual right of Burial in the Lair, in the Cemetery, marked and numbered on the General Ground Plan thereof, as above noted, subject to the observance of the Rules and Regulations, and payment of the Fees, enacted by the Directors of the Company, of date 10th March, 1873, or such other Rules, Regulations, and Fees as may hereafter be enacted by the Directors aforesaid.

Given under the Common Seal of the Company at Glasgow the 13th day of October 1913.

Note N53136950.

Glasgow Archives confirmed the below details for this plot/lair (via email to Roberta Muir, 2015):

CRAIGTON CEMETERY - Certificate No: 19846.

Compartment: O Lair: 413.

Date of Internment        Name                                                Age.

6 Sept 1913                         Sarah Mullin                                       49.

28 Dec 1915                        John Mullin                                        9.

26 Nov 1920                        John Mullin                                        58.

23 Jan 1922                         John Black                                         1 8/12 (Tissie's son).

2 May 1933                         James D. Muir                                   4.5 (4 and a half) - this is incorrect based on headstone and death certificate of James Dunn Muir.

1 June 1942                         John Muir (Cremation urn)          62.

9 Aug 1961                          Margaret Muir (Cremation urn) 77 - this is likely a transcription error - perhaps 19 Aug 1961 - as Mimma died 16 Aug 1961 according to headstone and death cert.

~ Lynsey Green | Archivist | Glasgow Life I Glasgow City Archives | Mitchell Library.

Note: #N64050548. The Mullins were Catholics, but John Mullen was also active in the fledgling trade union movement in the late 19th century. After he (and his brothers or friends) had attended a rally that got a bit out of hand, the priest denounced them all as socialistsin mass the next Sunday. Apparently John Mullen (and the others) walked out. The next week John transferred his children out of the Catholic school and he never went back to the Catholic church. (John Murray).

"Pop's name (Dad's father) on Dad's birth certificate, is spelt Mullen - but, on his own birth certificate is Mullin! However, on his marriage certificate, and his death certificate, it's Mullen! Great Pop's name is spelt Mullin." ~ Marion Cragg in Facebook post, 2015.

Note N79946036.

Erected by.

John Mullen.

in loving memory of his wife.

Sarah Scott.

who died 2 Sep 1913 aged 49 years.

Also their grandson.

john Mullin.

who died 26 Dec 1915 aged 9 years.

the above.

John Mullin.

died 23rd Nov 1920 aged 57 years.

Also their grandson.

James Dunn Muir.

died 28th April 1933.

in his 20th year.

Also their son-in-law.

John Muir.

died May 1942 aged 62 years.

ashes interred here.

also their daughter.

Margaret Mullin Muir.

wed to the above, died 16th August 1961.

Brief History and Development Of Mirrlees Blackstone.

John Mullen worked for this company while they were making engineering history.

In 1840 an engineering partnership was founded in Glasgow to manufacture cane sugar machinery. This business was founded by three brothers, Peter, William and Andrew McOnie and the original title of the firm was P & W McOnie. Mr William, later Sir WilliamMcOnie, at one time Lord Provost of Glasgow, retired from the firm in 1848 and Mr J.B. Mirrlees became a partner. The new title of the firm then became McOnie and Mirrlees.

When Peter McOnie died in 1851, Mr Mirrlees appointed William Tait as manager and the firm continued as McOnie and Mirrlees until 1858 when Mr Tait became a partner. The name of the firm then changed to Mirrlees and Tait. Under this title and direction the house remained for ten years, when, on the failing health of Mr Tait, Mr Watson, later Sir W Renny Watson, was taken into partnership and the title of the firm became, in 1868, Tait and Watson. Mr Tait died in 1870 but the title of the firm remained unchanged until 1882.

During this period the firm acquired from David McColley Weston of Boston, USA, sole rights for his inventions in the United Kingdom and the principal cane sugar countries of the world. These inventions increased development in the firm to such an extent that in 1883 the partners, with Mr John Laidlaw as Managing Director, built a new works and formed a new company Watson, Laidlaw & Company. In 1885 Mr R. A. Robertson and Mr J.C. Hudson, who had been for some time in the management of the business, were admitted as partners and the title of the firm changed to Mirrlees, Watson & Company (the year John Mullen started working for them). Mr Hudson retired in 1888 and Mr W. J. Mirrlees, eldest son of Mr J.B. Mirrlees, became a member of the firm.

The patent rights of Mr Home T. Yaryan in the evaporating apparatus which bears his name, were acquired in 1887, and the intimate association of the firm with the Yaryan Company resulted in the reconstruction of the company as Mirrlees, Watson, Yaryan & Company Limited in 1889. Seven years later (1896), on the motion of Mr R.A. Robertson, three members of the Board of the Mirrlees, Watson & Yaryan Company Limited, formed a committee to make investigations into the practical possibilities of a new internalcombustion engine patented by Dr Rudolf Diesel. During March 1897 the committee visited Germany and, after studying Dr Diesel's 20 BHP engine, an agreement was signed whereby the patentee granted an exclusive licence for the manufacture and sale of the diesel engine in Great Britain. Following this agreement, the first engine was completed in November 1897. This was the third diesel engine in the world and after exhaustive tests by Professor Watkinson of the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, was later put into regular service on the company's premises. It is now to be seen in The Science Museum at South Kensington, London. This engine is a single cylinder, four cycle, air injection unit, 300 mm bore by 460 mm stroke, developing 20 BHP at 200 r.p.m., the engines being built up to six cylinders in size and many hundreds of this type were supplied as the range extended. Before this type of engine was superseded, it was sold in a modified form as an airless injection engine.

Various difficulties arose following the commencement of building diesel engines and these proved a heavier demand on the financial resources of the company than the directors were prepared to maintain. So it was that in 1899 the Dieselmotoren Company of Augsburg bought back the exclusive licence in exchange for a non-exclusive licence and a considerable sum of money. Also in that year the Company was again reconstructed and became the Mirrlees Watson Company Limited. In 1900 Mr Charles Day became managerand under his direction rapid progress was made with diesel engine manufacture.

Around the year 1903, the success of the 50 BHP per cylinder type engine led to a demand for a lighter engine with higher speeds and the Admiralty ordered two engines, each of 160 BHP at 400 r.p.m., for installation in the battleship HMS Dreadnought. Thisbattleship was the first British vessel to have diesel engines installed on board. The type fitted developed 40 BHP per cylinder and were of the enclosed type with forced lubrication, with a bore of 11.5 inches and a stroke of 12 inches. This diesel installation was the forerunner of many more units installed on His Majesty's Ships for auxiliary purposes. During 1906, the Admiralty specification required lightweight diesel engines for the propulsion of pinnacles and Mirrlees designed a four-cylinder unitof 120 BHP at 400 r.p.m. These engines had bed-plates of aluminium and columns of manganese bronze. The piston diameter was 9 and three quarter inches with a stroke of 12 inches.

It was shortly after this that the diesel engine business of the Company at Glasgow increased so rapidly that a decision was reached to manufacture diesel engines at Hazel Grove, near Stockport in Cheshire, and to this end Mr. Charles Day, then Chairman of the Company, came to Cheshire and with the financial assistance of Mr H.N. Bickerton of the National Gas & Oil Engine Company Limited formed Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Limited and the construction work culminated in the factory being opened during October, 1908, for the manufacture of diesel engines ranging in power from 50 BHP to 750 BHP. 1912 also saw the first installation of electric propulsion for marine purposes. This consisted of two 300 BHP Mirrlees engines driving DC generators, in turn coupled to propulsion motors driving through a shaft to the propeller. During 1912 also, Mirrlees designed a 16-inch by 19 inch enclosed type engine developing 80 BHP per cylinder at 250 r.p.m. Many engines of this type were sold during the years 1912 - 1927 and the design was modified to provide a unit having a bore of 17 and a quarter and a stroke of 24 inches, giving 120 BHP per cylinder at 250 r.p.m.

With the increased load demand at Power Stations, Mirrlees next designed a larger engine during the latter part of 1912, which in it's production form was a cross head type unit having a bore of 21.5 inches and a stroke of 24 inches giving 166 BHP per cylinder at 215 r.p.m. This engine was fitted with water-cooled pistons and the engines were installed in many large diesel-generating stations. Many multi-engine contracts were obtained for this engine, both at home and abroad.

During the war years, 1914- 1918, the factory at Hazel grove, in addition to producing their standard range of diesel engines, also developed a special type of oil engine for installation in the 'tank', which was first used in 1916 and revolutionised ideas in warfare. The blockade of the United Kingdom made it necessary to conserve as much imported fuel oil as possible and to this end experiments were carried out using home produced tar oil as fuel. This oil could not be used by itself owing to low burning characteristics, so Mirrlees developed pilot injection equipment, whereby a small quantity of high grade fuel oil was introduced just before the main injection of tar oil, thus enabling the engine to run on a fuel mixture including some 95% tar oil.

In 1915, attention was called to the need for automatic control of the injection air pressures according to the load on the engine and Mirrlees took out a patent on electrical and mechanical control equipment. the electrical patent covered the automatic control of the air compressor throttle in phase with the load on the main generator. This additional equipment proved extremely popular in service, particularly in multi-engine stations. A further important introduction was that of the floating gudgeon pin, a feature now in almost universal use. Previous to the Mirrlees innovation it was custom to lock the pin securely to the piston. This was, on research, however, found contributory to piston seizure and distortion and with the introduction of the floating pin, permitting axial and rotational freedom, such troubles were obviated. The problem of accurate lining up of the crankshaft was solved by Mirrlees engineers, who developed one of the first alignment indicators.

~ From Anson Engine Museum website http:/www.enginemuseum.orgmrindex.html.

Note N82835159.

may be before 1891 and after 1905.

1885 - James Mullen lived here - is this the older brother of John? ... their father was dead by 1885, so feasible that John lived with his elder brother.

Note N85936877.

Annual rent.

1895 - £7-4.

1905 - £13-10.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S88625856
2. ↑ Source: #S82068066
3. ↑ Source: #S31360946
4. ↑ Source: #S95443882
5. ↑ Source: #S74629510
6. ↑ Source: #S87139916
7. ↑ Source: #S11867798
8. ↑ Source: #S19279176
9. ↑ Source: #S25755008
10. ↑ Source: #S31458584
11. ↑ Source: #S87139916
12. ↑ Source: #S87139916
13. ↑ Source: #S74629510
14. ↑ Source: #S31458584
15. ↑ Source: #S19279176
16. ↑ Source: #S22546962
17. ↑ Source: #S22546962
18. ↑ Source: #S22546962
19. ↑ Source: #S87139916
20. ↑ Source: #S95443882
21. ↑ Source: #S87139916
22. ↑ Source: #S95443882
23. ↑ Source: #S82068066
24. ↑ Source: #S22546962
25. ↑ Source: #S52666218

• Source: S11867798 Birth Certificate/Registery Note: #N48117788 Note N48117788.

THESE CHILDREN OF JAMES DUNN COALMASTER AND JEAN BROWN OF DALRY ARE NOT OUR LINE - SEE 1841 CENSUS FOR FURTHER PROOF.

1. Margaret Dunn – born 4.5.1829 Dalry – Christened 31.5.1829 (I don’t have a copy of the certs).
2. James Dunn - Coalmaster in Dalry and Jean Brown had a lawful daughter Jane born 2071840 and Babtized September 6th.

Baptisms in 1843 continued (61).

Dunn - James Coalmaster in KIlwinning and Jean Brown spouses had a lawful daughter named Margaret born 18th February and babtized at the Manse of Dalry 22nd April 1843. The mother being sponsor.

• Source: S19279176 1891 Scotland Census Publication: Ancestry.com (2007) 3 April 1891 Note: #N86358296 Note: #N77550824 Note N86358296 John Mullen/Sarah McFadyen Scott family - ED 36; Household schedule # 26, Lines 1-5, Roll cssct1891_295.

Note N77550824 James Dunn Muir family - ED 24; Household schedule # 77, Lines 12-19, Roll cssct1891_297.

• Source: S22546962 Deed of ownership of cemetery plot Note: #N999700 Note: #N40380376

Note N999700.

The Craigton Cemetery Company (Limited).

Craigton Cemetery.

Certificate No. 2301; Compartment: X; Lair 1042.

Superfical Area: 2.3 square yards.

This is to certify that James Muir.

24 Vermont St, Kinning Park, Glasgow.

is registered proprietor of the exclusive and perpetual right of Burial in the Lair, in the Cemetery, marked and numbered on the General Ground Plan thereof, as above noted, sugject to the observance of the Rules and Regulations, and payment of the Fees, enacted by the :Directors of the Company, of date 10th March, 1873, or such other Rules, Regukations, and Fees as may hereafter be enacted by the Directors aforesaid.

Given under the Common Seal of the Company at Glasgow the 5th day of November 1877.

Note N40380376.

The Craigton Cemetery Company (Limited).

Craigton Cemetery.

Certificate No. 19846; Compartment: O; Lair 413.

Superficial Area: 2.3 square yards.

This is to certify that John Mullin.

21 Kinning Street, Glasgow.

is registered proprietor of the exclusive and perpetual right of Burial in the Lair, in the Cemetery, marked and numbered on the General Ground Plan thereof, as above noted, subject to the observance of the Rules and Regulations, and payment of the Fees, enacted by the :Directors of the Company, of date 10th March, 1873, or such other Rules, Regulations, and Fees as may hereafter be enacted by the Directors aforesaid.

Given under the Common Seal of the Company at Glasgow the 13th day of October 1913.

• Source: S25755008 Funeral notice
• Source: S31360946 John Murray Conversations and emails between Roberta Muir & John Murray
• Source: S31458584 1901 Scotland Census Publication: Ancestry.com (2007) 31 March 1901

James Dunn Muir/Annie McPhee family - ED 24; Household schedule # 40, Lines 18-25, Roll cssct1901_319.

John Mullen/Sarah McFadyen Scott family - ED 24; Household schedule # 47, Lines 11-18, Roll cssct1901_319.

• Source: S52666218 Headstone
• Source: S74629510 1881 Scotland Census Publication: Ancestry.com (2007) - Scotland's People 3 April 1881

James Dunn Muir family - ED 32; Household schedule # 17, Lines 14-17, Roll cssct1881_249.

The undermentioned houses are situate within the boundaries of the.

Civil Parish of govan; Quoad Sacra Parish of Kingston; School Board District of Glasgow; Parliamentary Burgh of Glasgow.

No. of Schedule: 17.

Rd, St, No/Name of House: 56 Gloucester Street.

Rooms w 1 or more windows: 2.

Name and Surname - Relation to Head - Marriage - Age (MF) - Rank/ProfessionOccupation - Where born.

James Muir - Head - Marr - 27 (M) - Carter carter in iron work - Ayrshire, Kilmaurs.

Ann Muir - Wife - Marr - 32 (F) - - -.

Angus N Muir - Son - 4 (M) - - Renfrewshire? Gasson? Point/Road?.

John Muir - Son - 1 (M) - - Lanarkshire? Glasgow.

Census 3.4.1881.

Civil Parish of Morven.

School Board District of Morven.

Road, Street &c., and No. or Name of House: Glasdrum P.O.

Household Members (name, relation to head of family, condition as to marriage, age (last birthday), occupation, where born, number of rooms with 1 or more windows):

- Angus McPhee, head, Mar, 63, shoemaker, Invernessshire South Uist, 2 (rooms with windows).

Mary McPhee, wife, Mar, 66, -, Argyll Ardnamurchan.

Sarah McPhee, daughter, Unm, 32, general servant (domestic), Argyll Ardnamurchan.

John Neil McPhee, grandson, Unm, 15, labourer (agricultural?), Argyll Ardnamurchan.

Mary S Y McPhee, granddaughter, Unm, 8, scholar, Renfrewshire Neilston.

James Jessemar family - ED: 8; H/hold #: 70; Line 20; Roll: cssct1881_251.

• Source: S82068066 Robert Robertson email correspondence between Robert Robertson and Roberta Muir or from Robert Robertson's tree online
• Source: S87139916 Marriage Certificate/Registry
• Source: S88625856 1871 Scotland Census Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2007
• Source: S95443882 Mary Muir Conversation with Mary Muir & Roberta Muir