History of the Carlile family

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HISTORY OF THE CARLILE FAMILY.
1755, and went into business at Houston, about five miles west
of Paisley, as a bleacher. In 1789 he married Christian, daughter
of John Smith, of the Greenock Custom House. Mr. Carlile
died on 24 December, 1820, leaving his widow and five children
surviving him (see Carlile, William, of Houston ; Thomas, the
younger, of Houston ; Robert, of Houston ; John, ot Houston ;
and Janet, of Largs). The widow died in 1831.
Carlile, Thomas, the younger, of Houston, the second son
of Carlile, Thomas, the elder, of Houston, was born at Houston
in 1792. He went to America for some time, and was Assistant
Astronomer at the fixing of the boundary line between Canada
and U.S.A. Later he returned to Scotland, and settled at
Paisley, where he married Sarah (born 1799), daughter of James
Barr, of Paisley. There were four children of the marriage (see
Carlile, Sarah Barr ; Thomas, of Dunblane ; Christina and
William, of Bristol). Mr. Carlile died in 1878, his wife having
predeceased him in 1835.
Carlile, Thomas, of Melbourne, the eldest son of Carlile,
John, of Houston, was born in London in 1837. He went
to Australia in 1853, and in 1876 married Louisa Wilson.
Mr. Carlile and his wife both died on the same day in October,
1893. There were five children of the marriage (see Carlile,
Frank; Mary, of Melbourne; Robert Shearman, John Houston,
and Ruth Appleton).
Carlile, Thomas, of Paisley, the fifth son of Carlile, James,
the elder, of Paisley, was born in 1792, and died in infancy.