Gowans James
1806 - 1886

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• Birth	25 Oct 1806	North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland   [1]
  	1. Inscription in family bible Name James Gowans Gender Male Baptism/Christening Date 26 Oct 1806 Baptism/Christening Place , NORTH BERWICK, EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND Birth Date 21 Oct 1806 Birthplace Death Date Name Note Race Father's Name John Gowans Father's Birthplace Father's Age Mother's Name Janet Sibbald Mother's Birthplace Mother's Age Indexing Project (Batch) Number C11713-5 System Origin Scotland-VR Source Film Number 1067851 Reference Number 2:15RZ8H7
  Christened	26 Oct 1806	North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Between 1837 and 1851	East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland   [2]
  Occupation	Between 1837 and 1850	East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Clockmaker
  Occupation	1837	Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland   [4]
  	Watch & clock maker Pigot's Dorectory
  Census	1841	East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
  Occupation	1841	Haddingtonshire, Scotland   [5]
  	Watchmaker
  Occupation	1850	Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
  	Clockmaker, watchmaker and jeweller
  Occupation	22 Oct 1857	Scotland
  	Master Watchmaker
  Occupation	26 Apr 1859
  	Watchmaker and Jeweller
  Census	1861	47 High Street, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Name: James Gowans Age: 54 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807 Relationship: Head Spouse's name : Joan Gender: Male Where born: N Berwick, Haddingtonshire Registration Number: 799/2 Registration district: Ladhope Civil parish: Ladhope Town: Galashiels County: Roxburghshire Address: 47 High St Occupation: Watchmaker & Feweller ED: 1 Household schedule number: 130 Line: 1 Roll: CSSCT1861_141 Household Members: Name Age James Gowans 54 Joan Gowans 52 James Gowans 19 Way Libbald Gowans 17 William Gowans 15 Elizabeth Cunninghan Gowans 9
  Occupation	1863	47 High Street, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland
  	Watchmaker Rutherford's DIrectory
  Residence	1867	47 High Street, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland   [6]
  Census	1871	47 High Street, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland
  	Name: James Gowans Age: 64 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1807 Relationship: Head Gender: Male Where born: Berwickshire Registration Number: 799/2 Registration district: Ladhope Civil parish: Melrose County: Roxburghshire Address: 47 High St Occupation: Eleck Maker ED: 2 Household schedule number: 10 Line: 12 Roll: CSSCT1871_180 Household Members: Name Age James Gowans 64 John H Smith 28
  Census	1881	Hayford Villa, St. Ninians, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  	Widower Age 74 Male Retired Watchmaker and Jeweller
  Died	20 Mar 1886	Hayford Villa, St. Ninians, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland
  	0h 30 am Male 79 years Sycope
  Notes	Scottish Sequestration - James Gowans Hawick, Watchmaker [7] Director of Gasworks Company
  Person ID	I590	Geniaus Family Tree
  Last Modified	22 May 2012

  
  

  Father	Gowans John,   b. Abt 1782,   d. 23 Jan 1832, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
  Mother	Sibbald Janet,   b. 2 Nov 1780, Tranent, Scotland ,   d. 24 Feb 1864, Sidegate Street, Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
  Married	29 May 1803	Gladsmuir, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
  Family ID	F442	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Neilson Joan,   b. 21 Aug 1808, Dunbar, Haddingtonshire, Scotland ,   d. 2 Oct 1861, High Street, Lladhope, Scotland
  Married	18 Jun 1830	Greyfriers Church Established, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	From Gowans family bible inscription.
  Census	30 Mar 1851	East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Gowans Ann,   d. 1833, Scotland   2. Gowans John,   b. 10 Apr 1832, East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland ,   d. 6 Aug 1882, 261 West 20th Street, New York, New York, U.S.A   3. Gowans Jessie Sibbald,   b. 23 Mar 1834, East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland   4. Gowans James,   b. 17 Mar 1836, East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland ,   d. 1 Jan 1917, 30 Dover St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland   5. Gowans Catherine,   b. 28 Nov 1837, East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland ,   d. 1928, Lenzie, Scotland   6. Gowans Joan,   b. 16 Apr 1841, East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland   7. Gowans Mary Sibbald,   b. 16 Oct 1843, East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland ,   d. 28 Apr 1907, 5 Grosvenor Gardens, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   8. Gowans William,   b. 4 Apr 1846, East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland ,   d. 15 Nov 1923, South Shields, Durham, England   9. Gowans Elizabeth Cunningham,   b. 4 Dec 1851, East Linton, Haddingtonshire, Scotland ,   d. 14 Jun 1880, 93 Hudson, Street, Tyne Dock, South Shields, Durham, England
  Family ID	F50	Group Sheet

  
  

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  [S11] Familysearch. [S13] WWW, http://www.archive.org/stream/oldscottishclock00smitrich/oldscottishclock00smitrich_djvu.txt. [S13] WWW, http://www.archive.org/stream/oldscottishclock00smitrich#page/176/mode/2up Old Scottish clockmakers from 1453 to 1850 (1921) Author: Smith, John, clock-maker Subject: Clock and watch makers -- Scotland Publisher: Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd Possible copyright status: NOT_IN_COPYRIGHT Language: English Call number: nrlf_ucb:GLAD-256718 Digitizing sponsor: MSN Book contributor: University of California Libraries Collection: americana; cdl. [S13] WWW, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=0ecNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA477&lpg=PA477&dq=james+gowans+clockmaker&source=bl&ots=EJ5OBPbKUi&sig=uCh51PMVwDC33t5ADGG4EMT-o4c&hl=en&ei=tTzNTPqKNpHEvgOxo7D0Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAjgU#v=onepage&q&f=false. [S29] 1841 English Census. [S130] Book, Rutherfurd's The southern counties' register & directory. FHL 941.4 B5r [S13] WWW, http://books.google.com/books?id=t1EwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA395&dq=gowans+hawick&cd=2#v=onepage&q=gowans%20hawick&f=false.