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GOWANS James

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Name GOWANS James [1, 2, 3] Born 21 Oct 1806 ,North Berwick,East Lothian,Scotland [4, 5]
Gender Male Baptism 26 Oct 1806 ,North Berwick,East Lothian,Scotland [6]
Occupation Between 1837 and 1850 ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland [7]
Clockmaker Occupation Between 1837 and 1850 ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland [8]
Master Clockmaker Occupation 1837 ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland [9]
Watch & clock maker Census 1841 ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland [10]
Occupation 1841 ,,Haddingtonshire,Scotland [10]
Watchmaker Occupation 1850 ,Galashiels,Selkirkshire,Scotland Clockmaker, watchmaker and jeweller Occupation 22 Oct 1857 ,,,Scotland Master Watchmaker Occupation 21 Dec 1857 ,,,Scotland [11]
Watchmaker Occupation 26 Apr 1859 [12] Watchmaker and Jeweller FACT 25 Oct 1860 Census 1861 47 High Street, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland [13]
Occupation 7 Oct 1861 High Street,Galashiels,,Scotland Watchmaker Occupation 1863 47 High Street, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland [14]
Watchmaker Residence 1867 47 High Street, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland [15]
Census 1871 47 High Street,Galashiels,Roxburghshire,Scotland [16]
Occupation 1871 47 High Street, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland [16]
Clockmaker - With son-in-law John H Smith
FACT 3 May 1873 Sale Room,Galashiels,Scotland [17, 18]
Auction - Auction of stock in trade
Census 1881 Hayford Villa,St Ninians,Stirling,Stirlingshire,Scotland [19]
- Widower Age 74 Male Retired Watchmaker and Jeweller
FACT Membership [8] - Clockmakers' Guild of Edinburgh
Died 20 Mar 1886 Hayford Villa,St Ninians,Stirling,Stirlingshire,Scotland [20]
Cause: Syncope - 0h 30 am Male 79 years Syncope
Buried 23 Mar 1996 Valley Cemetery,Stirling,Stirling,Scotland [21, 22]
Notes - Director of Gasworks Company
- Scottish Sequestration - James Gowans Hawick, Watchmaker [23]
Person ID I590 GeniAus Family Tree Last Modified 14 Nov 2023
Father GOWANS John, b. 31 Jan 1782, ,Tranent,East Lothian,Scotland , d. 23 Jan 1832, ,,Haddingtonshire,Scotland
(Age 49 years)
Mother SIBBALD Janet, b. 2 Nov 1780, ,Tranent,East Lothian,Scotland , d. 24 Feb 1864, Sidegate Street,Haddington,Haddingtonshire,Scotland
(Age 83 years)
Married 29 May 1803 ,Gladsmuir,East Lothian,Scotland Family ID F442 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family NEILSON Joan, b. 21 Aug 1808, ,Dunbar,East Lothian,Scotland , d. 2 Oct 1861, High Street,Galashiels,,Scotland
(Age 53 years)
Married 13 Jun 1830 ,Haddington,East Lothian,Scotland [8, 24, 25]
Census 30 Mar 1851 ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland [26]
Children 1. GOWANS Ann, b. 14 Dec 1830, ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland , d. 1833, ,,,Scotland
(Age 2 years)
2. GOWANS John, b. 10 Apr 1832, ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland , d. 6 Aug 1882, 261 West 20th Street,New York,New York,USA
(Age 50 years)
3. GOWANS Jessie Sibbald, b. 23 Mar 1834, ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland , d. 22 Sep 1921, ,,Suffolk,England
(Age 87 years)
4. GOWANS James, b. 17 Mar 1836, ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland , d. 1 Jan 1917, 30 Dover St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
(Age 80 years)
5. GOWANS Catherine, b. 28 Nov 1837, ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland , d. 4 Feb 1928, ,Lenzie,East Dunbartonshire,Scotland
(Age 90 years)
6. GOWANS Joan, b. 16 Apr 1841, ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland , d. 16 Jun 1899, ,San Francisco,California,USA
(Age 58 years)
7. GOWANS Mary Sibbald, b. 16 Oct 1843, ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland , d. 28 Apr 1907, 5 Grosvenor Gardens,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland
(Age 63 years)
8. GOWANS William, b. 4 Apr 1846, ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland , d. 15 Nov 1923, ,South Shields,Durham,England
(Age 77 years)
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
(Age 28 years)
Last Modified 4 Mar 2021 Family ID F50 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map = Link to Google Earth
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Photos James Gowans 1806-1886
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Sources - [S3004] DNA Match - JPC, Gowans/Nelson.
- [S3004] DNA Match - JPC.
Gowans/Nelson - [S3087] DNA Match - RJB, Ancestry.
Gowans/Elms - [S11] Familysearch, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTY4-5DF : accessed 19 Jun 2013), Janet Sibbald in entry for James Gowans, 21 Oct 1806.
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 - [S2887] Gowans Family Bible, Inscription in family bible .
- [S11] Familysearch, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTY4-5DF : accessed 19 Jun 2013), Janet Sibbald in entry for James Gowans, 21 Oct 1806.
Name: James Gowans
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 26 Oct 1806
Christening Place: , NORTH BERWICK, EAST LOTHIAN, SCOTLAND
Birth Date: 21 Oct 1806
Father's Name: John Gowans
Mother's Name: Janet Sibbald - [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.
- [S141] Gerard Peter Brierley.
- [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.
Gowans,Jas Watch and clockmaker
Pigot's Dorectory - [S2885] 1841 Scottish Census.
- [S2895] Scotlands People, 1857 Gowans,Jessie Sibbald Marriages 799/ 2 35 Page 18 of 21.
- [S19] Marriage Certificate.
Son - James Gowans
- [S97] 1861 Scottish Census.
- [S2807] Rutherford's The Southern Counties' Register and Directory.
- [S130] Book, Rutherfurd's The southern counties' register & directory.
FHL 941.4 B5r - [S95] 1871 Scottish Census, 799/2 2/ 2.
- [S37] Find my past, British newspaper Collection: Southern Reporter May 01, 1873.
- [S97] 1861 Scottish Census.
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 - [S96] 1881 Scottish Census.
- [S24] Death Certificate.
- [S2874] FindaGrave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/201581593/james-gowans.
James Gowans
BIRTH • 1806
DEATH • 20 Mar 1886 (aged 79–80)
BURIAL • Link Valley Cemetery Stirling , Stirling , Scotland Link Add to Map
PLOT • Valley, B, Grave 23
MEMORIAL ID • 201581593 · View Source
- [S3100] Interment.net.
GOWANS, James , Age: 80 YEARS, bur. 23/03/1886, Section: B, Number: 23 - [S13] WWW, http://books.google.com/books?id=t1EwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA395&dq=gowans+hawick&cd=2#v=onepage&q=gowans%20hawick&f=false.
- [S2887] Gowans Family Bible.
- [S2895] Scotlands People, NEILSON, 13 Jun 1830.
NEILSON • JOAN • JAMES GOWAN • 19/06/1830 • 709/ • 80 81 • Haddington
NEILSON • JOAN • JAMES GOWAN • 19/06/1830 • 709/ • 80 81 • Haddington
- [S98] 1851 Scottish Census.
- [S3004] DNA Match - JPC, Gowans/Nelson.