John MCILVAINE

John Mcilvaine made the move with his family to Dumbarton in Scotland where they decided to settle down.

John William Madden, the famous Scottish footballer, who played for Celtic and had coached Slavia Prague is one of many descendents from this John.

There is a John McElvena (John McElvine) on 5th Jan 1809 in Lodge no. 223 Portglenone.

John McIlvain Dates: 1801-1825 Location: Town: Greenock; County/Colonial: Renfrewshire london Occupation(s): boot & shoe maker Gender: Male Address(es): William street; Town: Greenock; County/Colonial: Renfrewshire Source Date: 1825 Source Info: Listed in, [Scotland, 1825] Pigot & Co.'s New Commercial Directory of Scotland, for 1825-6: Containing comprehensive and accurate Directories of Edinburgh, Glasgow, and every other town, sea-port, & village in the Kingdom; To which is prefixed, Separate Historical and Descriptive Sketches, each of which has been written, revised, and authenticated on the spot, exclusively for this Work. Together with the most extensive Directory of London that has been hitherto published: to which is added a list of the merchants, manufacturers, and principal traders of Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, and Sheffield. Also a copious New Directory and Guide of the Isle of Man., 1825, ANON., London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen. Published by J. Pigot and Co. at their Directory Office, 24 Basing-lane, London, and 16, Fountain-street, Manchester: And sold by them and Simpkin & Marshall, Stationer's-court; and Sherwood & Co. and Longman, Hurst & Co. Paternoster-row, London - Oliver & Boyd, Edinburgh - R. Griffin & Co. and Robert Weir, Glasgow - Alex. Watson, Aberdeen, and by most of the respectable Booksellers in the united kingdom

Source Information

Ancestry.com. U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2003.

Original data: Avero Publications. Biography Database, 1680-1830. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Avero Publications, 1998.

Note: It is possible that John is the son of Hugh (1763-1813) (+Jane Hill), son of Felix McIlvaine