Oh, thank you! That is much appreciated.
Since you have to buy Scotland's People documents individually, I plan carefully for my purchases and usually prioritize my direct line. However, I have bought some of my grandfather's siblings recently, knowing each might contain more information on my great grandfather.
The family seemed to move such that each child was born in a different location within the Glasgow area. My great grandfather's occupation changed over time, too. I have found that his occupation was first listed as a woodyard labourer or wood sawyer. Then he was a warehouse labourer. The next document listed him as a biscuit factory worker. There was a six year gap before the next child was born By then (1919 - when my great aunt was born) my great grandfather was living on Adelphi and was listed as a baker-jouneyman. To be a journeyman, I can probably guess he had moved to do learn this trade sometime in that six year gap. That child's birth certificate also showed his rank in the military. This was the first time I had been aware he served in the military. But I noticed in one of the links you sent there was information about the men of the bakery doing military service, so that fit together.
I have a postcard sent from France, from the daughter born 1919, addressed to my great grandfather at the same place on Adelphi. The postcard was sent in 1939. I found a directory for around that time where my great grandfather was listed as a baker. So, I know he lived at the same address near the bakery (and other bakeries) for 20 years and worked as a baker for that duration.
My great grandmother is said to have abandoned the family, possibly to pursue a life on stage. The daughter born 1919 was in Paris because she had trained as a dancer and was at the
Folies Bergère. I had wondered initially how a woodyard labourer had paid for all the dance lessons. Then when I found he became a baker, I wondered what sort of bakery company would be able to employ a man for over 20 years, allow him time for military services, and pay a steady enough wage for him to pay for dance lessons. (I wonder who cared for the children while he did military service.) In any case, going through the links has given me a much better sense of how these pieces of my grandfather's life may have fit together.
I do like each person on the tree to be more than just a name and date. Understanding these sorts of details about the context of their lives really helps fill out the picture.
