William was sent at a very early age to work in a weaver 's sho ; but on the family 's subsequent removal to Edinburgh he was apprenticed in 1841 as a carver and gilder to Messrs. Aitken Dott .
William 's father died in William 's childhood .
William , whose father died in William 's childhood , was sent at a very early age to work in a weaver 's sho ; but on the family 's subsequent removal to Edinburgh he was apprenticed in 1841 as a carver and gilder to Messrs. Aitken Dott .