Gowans James

1863 -

• Name	Gowans James
  Born	23 May 1863	1 High Street,Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland   [1, 2]
  	IGI C117891
  Gender	Male
  Census	1871	1 High Street,Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland   [3]
  	Scholar
  Occupation	1881	,Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland
  	Pupil Teacher
  Residence	30 Dec 1890	,Tolsta,,Scotland   [4]
  Census	1891	Tolsta P School,Stornoway,Ross & Cromarty,Scotland   [5]
  Census	1901	Schoolhouse,Tolsta,Ross & Cromarty,Scotland   [6]
  Immigration	24 Jul 1910	,Quebec,Ontario,Canada   [7]
  Census	1911	,Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada   [8]
  Residence	1923	9 Parsons Green Terrace,Edinburgh,,Scotland   [9]
  Notes	A schoolmaster, first in Outer Hebrides and latterly under Edinburgh authority, with a period as fruit grower in British Columbia in between I wonder whether any of your readers may be able to help me with some research regarding James Gowans, born 1863, at 1 High Street, Hawick. His mother’s maiden name was Purvis. I do know James was a schoolteacher for some time in Ross and Cromarty and that in 1910 he emigrated to British Columbia, Canada, returning to Scotland in 1916, after which I am led to believe he taught somewhere in Edinburgh. I may be contacted by email at mar.will@hotmail.co.uk or 31 Anderson Road, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2PG, and shall be most grateful for any information at all regarding this gentleman. MRS M. MACLEOD [10]
  Person ID	I224	GeniAus Family Tree | Descendants of John Gowans
  Last Modified	4 Jun 2023

  
  

  Father	Gowans James,   b. 17 Mar 1836, ,East Linton,Haddingtonshire,Scotland ,   d. 1 Jan 1917, 30 Dover St, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Purves Isabella Scott,   b. Abt 1844, ,Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland ,   d. 12 Oct 1898, 5 Cambridge Street,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Married	29 Apr 1859	1 High Street,Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland
  Family ID	F49	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robertson Janie Ann,   b. Abt 1865, ,Moulin, Perthshire, Scotland
  Married	30 Dec 1890	22 Willowbank Crescent,Kelvin,Glasgow,Scotland   [4, 11]
  Last Modified	7 Aug 2018
  Family ID	F195	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 23 May 1863 - 1 HIgh Street,Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland Census - 1871 - 1 HIgh Street,Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland Occupation - Pupil Teacher - 1881 - ,Hawick,Roxburghshire,Scotland Residence - 30 Dec 1890 - ,Tolsta,,Scotland Married - 30 Dec 1890 - 22 Willowbank Crescent,Kelvin,Glasgow,Scotland Census - 1891 - Tolsta P School,Stornoway,Ross & Cromarty,Scotland Census - 1901 - Schoolhouse,Tolsta,Ross & Cromarty,Scotland Immigration - 24 Jul 1910 - ,Quebec,Ontario,Canada Census - 1911 - ,Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada Residence - 1923 - 9 Parsons Green Terrace,Edinburgh,,Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] Ancestry.co.uk, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Name: James Gowans Gender: Male Birth Date: 23 May 1863 Birth Place: Hawick,Roxburgh,Scotland Father: James Gowans Mother: Isabella Scott Purves FHL Film Number: 6035516 [S2895] Scotlands People, 1863 Gowans,James Birth 789/ 164 Page 55 of 130. [S95] 1871 Scottish Census. [S2895] Scotlands People, 1890 Gowans, James Marriages 644/9 559 Page 280 of 303. [S66] 1891 Scottish Census. Name: James Gowans Age: 27 Estimated birth year: abt 1864 Relationship: Head Spouse's name : Jeanie A Gowans Gender: Male Where born: Hawick, Roxburghshire Registration Number: 88 Registration district: Stornoway Civil Parish: Stornoway County: Ross and Cromarty Address: Tolsta P School Occupation: Elementary Teacher ED: 25 Household schedule number: 1 Line: 1 Roll: CSSCT1891_24 [S65] 1901 Scottish Census. Head, married, age 37, Teacher (Elementary School) [S63] Ancestry.com, Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 about James Gowans. Name: James Gowans Gender: Male Age: 47 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863 Date of Arrival: 24 Jul 1910 Vessel: Ionian Search Ship Database: View the 'Ionian' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Port of Arrival: Quebec Teacher Intended Occupation Farmer Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland Roll: T-4769 [S63] Ancestry.com, 1911 Census of Canada about James Gowans. Name: James Gowans Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 48 Birth Date: May 1863 Birthplace: Scotland Relation to Head of House: Head Spouse's Name: Jane Anna Gowans Immigration Year: 1910 Tribal: Scotch (Scotish) Province: British Columbia DISTRICT: New Westminster District Number: 11 Sub-District: Chilliwack Municipality and Town Sub-District Number: 33 Place of Habitation: Chilliwack [S11] Familysearch, "Vermont, St. Albans Canadian Border Crossings, 1895-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK3T-FS4J : accessed 23 January 2016), Lulu May Gowans, 1923; citing M1464, Soundex Index to Canadian Border Entries through the St. Albans, Vermont, District, 1895-1924, 471, NARA microfilm publications M1461, M1463, M1464, and M1465 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, publication year); FHL microfilm 2,155,241. [S13] WWW, http://www.hawick-news.co.uk/community/letters-to-the-editor/road_and_rail_not_an_option_1_1565450. [S2913] GROS, Janie Ann KELVIN GLASGOW 644/09 0187.