| Birth | Abt 1830 | Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland | | | |
| Marriage | 27 September 1860 | witnesses: Robert Grew, Catherine McMillan - Free Church, Kirkroad, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland - Mary Lennard [Grue] | | | |
| Residence | 27 September 1860 | at the time of his marriage - Kirkroad, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland | | | |
| Occupation | 27 September 1860 | dock labourer | | | |
| Residence | 1 July 1861 | at the time of the birth of his daughter Catherine - John Robertson's Land, Quay Street, Saltcoats, Ayrshire, Scotland | | | |
| Census | 2 April 1871 | 31, Dalrymple Street, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland | | | |
| Census | 3 April 1881 | 58, Vennell, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland | | | |
| Alt name | | James Grew | | | |