William and Isabella Quarrier

William Quarrier (1829-1903) with his wife Isabella. Quarrier, a successful shoemaker from Greenock, Renfrewshire, took an interest in the welfare of deprived street children. In 1878, he opened a cottage homes development at the Bridge of Weir, known as the Orphan Homes of Scotland. The organisation later became the social care charity, Quarriers

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