Macaulay was born in 1682[1] in Kippen which is a village between Balloch on Loch Lomond and the county town of Stirling.

[2] She and Helen Gilchrist set up in the millinery business under the trading name of Carola Young & Co.

[3] He was allowed to join the Merchant Company of Edinburgh and it was noted that his recent marriage to Carola Young carried weight with his application as Carola was a member of the company when she had married Archibald.

[4] Carola continued to trade in her company in 1713 she was supplying a cambric bonnet and ruffles to Lady Panmure.

[1] Archibald died in 1760 he had a large memorial in Greyfriars churchyard befitting a Lord Provost of the city.