Salisbury / Stewart Family Tree

1861 Census: Living at East Lodge, Skene, Aberdeenshire.
1881 Census: Living at 72, Waterloo Quay, Aberdeen. Occupation: Comml Clerk Granite Work
1891 Census: Living at 77 Waterloo Quay, Aberdeen. Occupation: Manager of Granite Works
1901 Census: LIving at 41 Gilcomston Park, Aberdeen. Occupation: Granite Merchant
1911 Census: Living at 9 Argyll Place, Aberdeen. Occupation : Granite Merchant (Employer)
1915-16: Living at 101 Hamilton place, Aberdeen. Granite merchant for Garden & Co [Post Offic e directory]

Granite Merchant.
JP, MBE
Grave located at N57°07.8920' W002°08.7532'

Involved in running Garden & Co - the family granite merchant business. See notes on his fath er - James Stewart for further info. From 1925 to 1929 drew £1186 6s 4d from the business.

Vice President of the Aberdeen Granite Association 1893.

Informant for father's death in 1901.

Former City Treasurer. EVENTFUL days in the public life of Aberdeen are recalled by the deat h yesterday of Mr William A. Stewart, granite merchant. His period of service in the Town Cou ncil was marked by big decisions affecting the city's future. He was eighty years of age. A s councillor for old St Andrew's Ward - a seat he held against the challenge on one occasio n of the Socialists - Mr Stewart was convener of the Water Committee when the Dee-Avon wate r scheme controversy raged. He was leader of the champions of the Dee as the source of the ci ty's water supply. LED ½d FARES MOVE. He also held the convenership of the Gas Committee, an d while he was in office the first vertical retorts were introduced to revolutionise the manu facture of gas in the city. Mr Stewart was the man who gave Aberdeen its halfpenny tram far e on all routes. That was when he was convener of the Transport Committee. He was also City T reasurer for three years. Mr Stewart's association with the granite trade was lifelong. He en tered the industry at an early age. Fifty years ago he joined the firm of Messrs Garden and C o., Victoria Granite Works, King Street, and was its senior partner. When the firm became Gar den and Co. (Aberdeen), Ltd. Recently, he was appointed a director.
N.E. PRESIDENT. He was one of the outstanding figures in the industry in the North-east, an d was at one time president of the Aberdeen Granite Manufacturers’ Association. During the la st war Mr Stewart was Aberdeen's food controller, and he was also a member of the local tribu nal dealing with exemptions from military service. When the general strike came in 1926 he wa s recalled to take control of the North-east's food supplies. In politics he was a staunch Li beral, and was a prominent figure in the activities of North Aberdeen Liberal Association. Ch urch affairs also held his attention. He was a life-long member of the South (formerly U.F. ) Church, and was an office-bearer for about fifty years and an elder for forty years. He too k a great interest in the youth of the church, and was superintendent for a time of the Sunda y School. BOWLER AND GOLFER. He was both a singles and pairs champion of the Whitehall Bowlin g Club, and Royal Aberdeen Golf Club members knew him as a keen golfer. Mr Stewart is survive d by Mrs Stewart, a son, Dr J. G. Stewart, Oldham, and two daughters. [Source: Aberdeen Pres s & Journal, Wednesday, October 29, 1941].