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GOWANS James

Male 1806 - 1886  (79 years)


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  • Name GOWANS James  [1, 2, 3] 
    Born 21 Oct 1806  ,North Berwick,East Lothian,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 26 Oct 1806  ,North Berwick,East Lothian,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Occupation Between 1837 and 1850  ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Clockmaker 
    Occupation Between 1837 and 1850  ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Master Clockmaker 
    Occupation 1837  ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Watch & clock maker 
    Census 1841  ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Occupation 1841  ,,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Watchmaker 
    Occupation 1850  ,Galashiels,Selkirkshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Clockmaker, watchmaker and jeweller 
    Occupation 22 Oct 1857  ,,,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Master Watchmaker 
    Occupation 21 Dec 1857  ,,,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Watchmaker 
    Occupation 26 Apr 1859  [12] 
    Watchmaker and Jeweller 
    FACT 25 Oct 1860 
    Census 1861  47 High Street, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Occupation 7 Oct 1861  High Street,Galashiels,,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Watchmaker 
    Occupation 1863  47 High Street, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Watchmaker 
    Residence 1867  47 High Street, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Census 1871  47 High Street,Galashiels,Roxburghshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Occupation 1871  47 High Street, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Clockmaker 
    • With son-in-law John H Smith
    FACT 3 May 1873  Sale Room,Galashiels,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18] 
    Auction 
    • Auction of stock in trade
    Census 1881  Hayford Villa,St Ninians,Stirling,Stirlingshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [20] 
    Cause: Syncope 
    • 0h 30 am Male 79 years Syncope
    Buried 23 Mar 1996  Valley Cemetery,Stirling,Stirling,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1832, ,,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother SIBBALD Janet,   b. 2 Nov 1780, ,Tranent,East Lothian,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1864, Sidegate Street,Haddington,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married 29 May 1803  ,Gladsmuir,East Lothian,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F442  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family NEILSON Joan,   b. 21 Aug 1808, ,Dunbar,East Lothian,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1861, High Street,Galashiels,,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 13 Jun 1830  ,Haddington,East Lothian,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 24, 25] 
    Census 30 Mar 1851  ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [26] 
    Children 
     1. GOWANS Ann,   b. 14 Dec 1830, ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1833, ,,,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 2 years)
     2. GOWANS John,   b. 10 Apr 1832, ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1882, 261 West 20th Street,New York,New York,USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years)
     3. GOWANS Jessie Sibbald,   b. 23 Mar 1834, ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1921, ,,Suffolk,England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
     4. GOWANS James,   b. 17 Mar 1836, ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1917, 30 Dover St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     5. GOWANS Catherine,   b. 28 Nov 1837, ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1928, ,Lenzie,East Dunbartonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     6. GOWANS Joan,   b. 16 Apr 1841, ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1899, ,San Francisco,California,USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 58 years)
     7. GOWANS Mary Sibbald,   b. 16 Oct 1843, ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Apr 1907, 5 Grosvenor Gardens,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
     8. GOWANS William,   b. 4 Apr 1846, ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1923, ,South Shields,Durham,England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     9. GOWANS Elizabeth Cunningham,   b. 4 Dec 1851, ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1880, 93 Hudson Street, Tyne Dock South Shields, Durham, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F50  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Oct 1806 - ,North Berwick,East Lothian,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 26 Oct 1806 - ,North Berwick,East Lothian,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 13 Jun 1830 - ,Haddington,East Lothian,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Clockmaker - Between 1837 and 1850 - ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Master Clockmaker - Between 1837 and 1850 - ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Watch & clock maker - 1837 - ,Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1841 - ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Watchmaker - 1841 - ,,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Clockmaker, watchmaker and jeweller - 1850 - ,Galashiels,Selkirkshire,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 30 Mar 1851 - ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Master Watchmaker - 22 Oct 1857 - ,,,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Watchmaker - 21 Dec 1857 - ,,,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1861 - 47 High Street, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Watchmaker - 7 Oct 1861 - High Street,Galashiels,,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Watchmaker - 1863 - 47 High Street, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1867 - 47 High Street, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1871 - 47 High Street,Galashiels,Roxburghshire,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Clockmaker - 1871 - 47 High Street, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1881 - Hayford Villa,St Ninians,Stirling,Stirlingshire,Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: Syncope - 20 Mar 1886 - Hayford Villa,St Ninians,Stirling,Stirlingshire,Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    James Gowans 1806-1886    		James Gowans 1806-1886

  • Sources 
    1. [S3004] DNA Match - JPC, Gowans/Nelson.

    2. [S3004] DNA Match - JPC.
      Gowans/Nelson

    3. [S3087] DNA Match - RJB, Ancestry.
      Gowans/Elms

    4. [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

    5. [S2887] Gowans Family Bible, Inscription in family bible .

    6. [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

    7. [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.

    8. [S141] Gerard Peter Brierley.

    9. [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

    10. [S2885] 1841 Scottish Census.

    11. [S2895] Scotlands People, 1857 Gowans,Jessie Sibbald Marriages 799/ 2 35 Page 18 of 21.

    12. [S19] Marriage Certificate.
      Son - James Gowans


    13. [S97] 1861 Scottish Census.

    14. [S2807] Rutherford's The Southern Counties' Register and Directory.

    15. [S130] Book, Rutherfurd's The southern counties' register & directory.
      FHL 941.4 B5r

    16. [S95] 1871 Scottish Census, 799/2 2/ 2.

    17. [S37] Find my past, British newspaper Collection: Southern Reporter May 01, 1873.

    18. [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

    19. [S96] 1881 Scottish Census.

    20. [S24] Death Certificate.

    21. [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


    22. [S3100] Interment.net.
      GOWANS, James , Age: 80 YEARS, bur. 23/03/1886, Section: B, Number: 23

    23. [S13] WWW, http://books.google.com/books?id=t1EwAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA395&dq=gowans+hawick&cd=2#v=onepage&q=gowans%20hawick&f=false.

    24. [S2887] Gowans Family Bible.

    25. [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


    26. [S98] 1851 Scottish Census.


 

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