BERTRAM, John A. (fl.1861-1905) — Glasgow
Map engraver; wood engraver.
Born in Glasgow in 1837, the son of Hugh Bertram and his wife Mary Ann Anderson. Recorded specifically as a map engraver on the 1861 census, when living with his widowed mother in Leith. Married Janet Walker at Dunsyre, Lanarkshire, 10 Jun 1870. The Brechin Advertiser 8 Aug 1871 commended his work on a presentation medal for the Brechin Total Abstinence Society. Recorded as a copperplate engraver, employing two men and a boy, in 1881.
2 Beggs Buildings, Leith — 1861
239 Argyle Street, Glasgow — 1864-1876
23 Jamaica Street, Glasgow — 1877-1880
100 West Graham Street, Glasgow — 1881-1891
151 Renfrew Street, Glasgow (home) — 1892-1895
97 Union Street, Glasgow — 1895-1899
16 Dalhousie Street, Glasgow — 1900-1901
33-35 Devon Street, Glasgow — 1905
Thorndean, Bearsden (home) — 1905
BNA. Census 1861-1901. Engen (1985).