John Hart (1851-1921)

John Hart , son of Malcolm Hart (1826-1907) and Elizabeth Cherry Hart (1824-1869), was born in 1851 in Paisley.

John lived at 5 Canal Street Paisley and was married to Annie Knox Russell (1851-tbc) on 31st December 1874 in the Low Parish at 2 St Mirren Street Paisley. The witnesses to the ceremony were John McLay and Margaret Boyd - no further details are known regarding these individuals however.

John's occupation was a Carter which involved carrying goods by wagon, often in connection with Railway's. His wife Annie was a threadmill worker.

By the time John and Annie were married from Canal Street, the adjacent Paisley Canal which had been formally opened on 31st October 1810, was nearing the end of it's life. In 1881, an Act of Parliament closed the canal and development began on the Paisley Canal Railway Line.

By the time of John's death on 3rd June 1921, his profession was noted as an engineer's labourer. John's wife Annie had already passed away by this time although details of her death are not apparent under the name of Hart or Russell. Somewhat curiously, searches to this effect identified that a Jeanie Hart Russell, who married a Carter named William Russell and was also the daughter of a Carter named Robert Hart, died aged 50 in 1898.

John's death from heart disease in 1921 was recorded by his son Malcolm which noted that John was by this time residing at 5 Orchard Street Paisley. Malcolm gave his address as 4 Gladstone Terrace Paisley.

	Paisley Canal and Environs in 1839

     Family Tree Summary

Forename	Surname	Born	Died	Cause of Death
John	Hart	1851, Paisley	03/06/1921, Paisley	Heart Disease