So I have gathered bits together and this is what I have - newest first:
My father, Alexander Roy King
b 19-Aug-1931
William Dick King (my grandfather)
b 12-Jan-1887 Windmillhill House
m Ann Gregson Jones 06-May-1929 at Hope St Glasgow in presence of Thomas King (102 New City Road, Glasgow) & Elizabeth Jones. (24 Baird ? Glasgow) William residing at Janetta Place, Orchard St, Motherwell.
Father listed as Alexander King, Quarrymaster, mother Mary King nee McDonald Dick (both deceased)
d 28-Aug-1950 1301 Govan Road (cardiac failure)
Alexander King, Quarry Master
b ?
m Mary Dick (father James Dick) 08-Aug-1870 Marriage certificate unclear but says father Thomas King, Builder, mother Charlotte King nee Snell (? unclear)
d ?
Only death certificate I could find is for 01-Oct-1911 but says he was a hammerman & married to Ann someone, so I don’t think it’s the right Alexander
1891 census, Windmillhill House:
Alexander King, Head of house
Mary, wife
Children:
Thomas, 20 - Clerk
Margaret, 18
James, 15 - Clerk
Alexander, 13 - Scholar
John, 9
Robert, 7
Charlotte, 6
William, 4
Allan, 1
Barbara Penmar, 18 - servant
Thomas King, Brick builder
B ?
M Charlotte Snell (mother listed on Alexander’s marriage certificate, but death certificate says widower of Elizabeth Snell)
d 12-May-1885, 4 Brighton Terrace, Rothesay. Cirrhosis of liver. Lists father as James King, Contractor, & mother Catherine Clarke (both deceased). Informant Henry John King (son), Railway Hotel, Shotts.
That's as far as I have - I've downloaded valuation rolls from 1885 for Alexander King in Windmillhill Street which I'm looking at but confuses me a little, and think I have will or testament for Thomas King & Alexander King - I think these are correct because they name children who seem to fit in, but I haven't yet had a chance to look at them properly and work out if the dates are right. I'd like to do searches for Windmillhill Street in valuation rolls or censuses but can't seem to do that on Scotland's People and can't find Alexander King or William King in 1901 or 1911, so I'm feeling a bit stuck. My dad is now 84 and has dementia but he's really interested in this so I'm trying to find out as much as I can to keep him engaged.
Is there a good program to enter your family tree? I've tried to put information I have in Word and Excel but it doesn't really work and all these bits of paper are confusing me.
If anyone is researching the Kings, I am trying to attach the documents I have to save you money searching, but it won't let me post it if I do - any help how to do this?!
I really appreciate everyone's answers - I'm learning by the day, thank you!