Barabara writes:
bapt. wit. John Alston & William McCAUL

Barbara writes:
Res: 1840 138 Hope St.
Res: 1841 124 Douglas St.
Res: 1851 1 Clifton Place
1855 To Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1859 Ret. to Glasgow to marry his first wife Margaret Adam Watson
Res: 1859 15 Royal Crescent Glasgow (address on marriage certificate )
Returned to Melbourne with his bride Margaret Adam Watson.
Res: 1859/60 Grey St., St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
Res: 1862/67 Garroch House, Alma St., St. Kilda, Melbourne
Returned to Scotland on the Superb with his wife and family.
Res: 1867 3 Viewfield Terrace, Hillhead, Partick, Glasgow
1871 Possibly Stirling, where his children lived after death of their mother, then moved to London in the 1870's.
Res: 1877: 16 Church Terrace, Lee, Lewisham, Kent. Married Jessie Cooper.
Res: 188_ /1922 Creggandarroch, Chislehurst, Kent

Barbara writes:
Occupation: Land Autioneer - Gemmell & McCAUL, Melbourne, Australia
Founder of Gilbert J. McCAUL & Co., Australian Merchants, London & Melbourne
27 Walbrook, London, E.C.3, St. James, London SW,
35 Camomile Street, London, EC3. [After the firm was sold, addresses included High Holborn, W.C.,and McCAUL House, Park Lane at Piccadilly, London.]
Director and Chairman of the London Board of the Bank of Victoria, 69 King William Street, London, E.C.

Barbara writes:
Gilbert John was the eldest son of Malcolm McCAUL and Isabella nee Alston McCAUL.
Gilbert was educated at the Glasgow Academy. In 1855 he went to Melbourne, Australia on a sailing ship. He sailed "from the Tail of the Bank of Greenoch, and on to Gouroch," on 2nd October, 1855 on the sailing ship "SeaStar", arriving at St. Kilda, Melbourne on December 31, 1855. It was a fast ship and took only eight weeks. He kept a diary during this voyage, with many water colour sketches. They were becalmed for twelve days.

On his arrival he went to see Uncle Bob [Robert Alston 1818-1858] who was with C.W. & Co. on Collins Street, Melbourne.

Gilbert McCAUL was a Land Auctioneer with Gemmel McCAUL in Melbourne. He sold all the land between the Domain and St. Kilda Junction.In February, 1859 he returned to Glasgow on the SS Norfolk, to marry Margaret Adam Watson. They were married at her home 224 Great Western Road, Glasgow. Witnesses at the marriage included George Frew and Edward Langlands. The marriage took place on 1 March, 1859, and a contract of marriage was signed on 28 February, 1859. Gilbert and his bride returned to Melbourne on the SS Yorkshire, arriving in June 1859. They lived on Grey Street, Melbourne, and then at Garroch House, St. Kilda. Three girls and two boys were born in Melbourne, the two boys died.

On February 16, 1867 he and his first wife & three daughters & one servant sailed from Melbourne to London on the SS Superb, and on to Hillhead, Glasgow. They stayed at 3, Viewfield Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow, home of Mrs. Edward Langlands, (nee Watson, sister of his wife) where fourth daughter Jane Langlands McCAUL was born on 23August, 1867. His wife Margaret died on 27 August, 1867, and his baby daughter Jane died on September 16, 1867.

There is some reference to "Aunt Bessie" who looked after his children. This may have been Mrs. Edward "Jane" Langlands (maiden surname Watson, and almost certainly the sister of Mrs. Margaret (Watson) McCAUL, his first wife. The children spent quite a lot of time in Stirling, and often at Gouroch with Uncle Robert Watson and his wife.
In 1877 Gilbert John McCAUL married Jessie Cooper, daughter of Robert Cooper of Grove House, Grove Park, Kent, (Cooper Taber & Company, Seed Merchants). They lived at 16 Church Terrace, Lewisham, Kent, although he may have lived at Sydenham first. He moved to Creggandarroch, Yester Road, Chislehurst, Kent, which wasbuilt for him about 1884. The station was Elmstead Woods, a private station built for business men going up to London.

Gilbert and Jessie had six children; the second boy Guy Malcolm, and two daughters Jessie and Norah, died young, and were buried at Hither Green Cemetery. They spent the winters at St. Leonards on Sea, where they had a house. Later this was sold and they stayed at the Victoria Hotel in the winters.

He was a successful businessman and a talented artist . Many of his paintings were done on the continent during holidays there.

The firm of Gilbert J. McCAUL Ltd. was sold. Branches of the company still remain in Australia and New Zealand.

Brian of nzolivers has found:
The History of Gilbert McCaul Company
http://www.gilbert-mccaul.com/MCENG.htm
Gilbert J. McCaul emigrated from Scotland to Australia in 1860 and founded there his company in Melbourne dealing in the export of flour, dried fruit. agriculture products, etc to the United Kingdom. In 1868 he founded his company in London under the name of Gilbert J. McCaul, London.

Mr. Gilbert J. McCaul retired in 1904 and his place was taken by Mr. E.B. Treadwin who started opening McCaul offices in all the British Commonwealth namely in New Zealand, South Africa, East Africa, West Africa, Canada, etc. The business grew rapidly specially in foodstuffs and Mc. Cauls today are considered to be amongst the prominent grain firms on the Baltic exchange and also one of the most modern distributing and marketing organisation of its kind in the United Kingdom and all the countries of the British Commonwealth.

After the Second World War Mc. Cauls opened offices in Western Europe especially in Italy and Germany. McCauls opened the office in Milan, Italy in 1954 with Mr. Victor S. Nessim who held 49% of the shares in Gilbert J. McCaul & Co. (Italia) S.p.A. with Mr. Victor S. Nessim being the managing director and Mr. A. Werner being the chairman of both London and Milan offices.

In 1962 the Oetker group of Germany bought the McCaul companies and Mr. Victor S. Nessim bought totally the shares of the Italian office. In 1962 the company's name was changed to Gilbert McCaul Company and the sons of Mr. Victor S. Nessim joined the company as directors. The Italian company deals mainly as buying agents for European and overseas companies in the field of fashion, textiles of all kinds, knitwear, shoes etc. for export in the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, South and West Africa, ecc.