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Person James Robertson SWEET
Date 10 Apr 1902
Place Glasgow
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1885 Directory
Directory for 1885-1886 lists James Robertson Sweet as a painter and paper-hanger.
Anouncement
1902: James Robertson Sweet retired housepainter, 31 Scotia Street, Glasgow died 10 April 1902 in Glasgow intestate. Grandsire to John Lang Sweet painter and decorator of 43 Great Western Road, Glasgow residing at St George's Road then, James Sweet grainmerchant at 148 Plantation St and Jessie Lang Sweet or Wilson wife of Thomas Leishman Wilson, banker.

Census (check which one)
31 Scotia Street is a tenement in Milton Glasgow Lanarkshire
James Sweet head married aged 65 retired painter born Lanarkshire
Annie Lang Sweet aged 64 born Lanarkshire, Rutherglen

(note made on file)
James does not appear on the 1901 census but did not die until 1902.
Annie his wife was at her son's, Charles, in Rothesay
Death certificate
James Robertson Sweet (housepainter) Master
Married to : Annie Lang
10 April 1902 11 hours 15 mins am
31 Scotia Street, Glasgow
67 years
Father George Sweet wine merchant deceased
Mother Catherine Sweet (Robertson) deceased
Cause: Pelvic abcess 1 month 7 days, influenza 8 days as certified by David Guthrie MD
Informant: Charles Sweet, Zephyran Villa, Rothesay
1871 census:
79 Grove Street, St George, Glasgow
James R Sweet Head married age 44 Painter and paper-hanger, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Ann L Sweet Wife married age 43 born Rutherglen, Lanarkshire
Jessie Sweet Daughter age 20 born Barony, Glasgow
George Sweet Son age 18, Clerk City Glasgow Lanark
John L Sweet Son age 17 Apprentice painter Barony, Lanarkshire
James Sweet Son age 14 Clerk Barony Glasgow
Thomas G Sweet Son age 12 School, Lanark, Glasgow
William C Sweet Son age 10 School, Lanark, Glasgow
Alexander Sweet son age 8, School, Lanark, Glasgow
Charles Sweet son age 6 School, Lanark, Glasgow
Edward Sweet Son age 10 months Lanark, Glasgow