John McGowan1

M, b. 17 August 1865, d. 3 January 1927
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John McGowan, 1865-1927
     John McGowan was born illegitimate on 17 August 1865 at Airdrie, New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UKB,G, son of Robert MacDougal and Jane McKay McGown.2,3,1
     
     John, born John McDougal, was born to Jane McGown and Robert MacDougal in Airdrie, Scotland. His mother took domestic service in nearby Glasgow and married when he was about 2 years old. He appears with his grandparents in 1871 and 1881, though both parents were nearby.

In about 1885, when he was about 20, he followed his mother's sister and her husband, John and Ann McMillan, to Manistee, Michigan, where he married. Whether he knew any of his half-siblings, some of whom apparently emigrated, is unknown. His emigration may have been prompted by his grandfather's death in February, 1885.4,5,6,7,8

John McGowan married Julia Ann Hoffman, daughter of Charles Hoffman and Mary Both, on 31 December 1886 at Manistee, Manistee, Michigan, USAB,G.8 John McGowan was a machinist in a machine shop in 1910 at West Allis.9
     John McGowan died on 3 January 1927 at Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USAB,G, at age 61.1,3,10 He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Manistee, Manistee, Michigan, USA, 44.2655583, -86.3203646B,G.1,11,12

Locations

cen.2 April 1871Airdrie, New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UKB,G,6
cen.3 April 1881Airdrie, New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UKB,G,13
imm.1885Michigan, USAB,G,9
cen.1 June 1900Filer, Manistee, Michigan, USAB,G,14
cen.25 April 1910Ward 4, West Allis, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USAB,G,15
res.1923Ensley, Jefferson, Alabama, USAB,G, according to John's death certificate3

Children of John McGowan and Julia Ann Hoffman

Last Edited=24 Aug 2021

Citations

  1. [S1] Louise Andrews and Jean Hoefling DeLeon, Hoefling Family Tree.
  2. [S62] Scotland. Lanark. Airdrie., Old Parish Register Births 1834: 651/1 416 John McGown, 1865.
  3. [S61] John M. McGowan, John M. McGowan death certificate.
  4. [S62] Scotland. Lanark. Airdrie., Old Parish Register Births 1834: 651/1 416 John McGown, 1865: John McDougal, GROS 651/01 0416.
  5. [S63] Scotland. Lanark. Airdrie, Record of marriage of Jane McGown and William Forrester, 31 Dec 1867.
  6. [S214] 1871 Scotland Census, Lanark. Airdrie; GRO Census 1871 651/; 009/01 025, John McGown, schedule 126.
  7. [S220] 1881 Scotland Census, Lanark. Airdrie, New Monkland; GRO Census 1881 651/; 01 ED 09 p. 20, William Forrester, Ref. no. 649554.
  8. [S169] McGowan-Hoffman marriage, 1886: vol. 2, p. 306.
  9. [S96] 1910 US Federal Census (WI, Milwaukee), Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, pop. sch., John McGowan, 6121 National Ave., Greenfield Twp., 4th ward West Allis, 285, 9B (260) (image 18/25), 164, 185.
  10. [S370] State of Alabama Center for Health Statistics, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-59". URL http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=5188, John M. McGowan, Jan. 1927, Jefferson Co., vol. 2, roll 2, p. 978, viewed 20 Dec 2014.
  11. [S61] John M. McGowan, John M. McGowan death certificate, The date is almost certainly incorrect, and the typing on the certificate is somewhat fuzzy.
  12. [S343] "Findagrave", database, John M. McGowan, Oak Grove Cemetery section E-1, Manistee, MI; Find-a-Grave Memorial# 90058901, tombstone picture attests to year only; viewed 20 Dec 2014.
  13. [S220] 1881 Scotland Census, Lanark. Airdrie, New Monkland; GRO Census 1881 651/; 01 ED 09 p. 20, schedule 113, John McGown, Ref. no. 649554, viewed 10 Sep 2015 (note that Wm. Forrester is misidentified as John's grandchild).
  14. [S437] "1900 United States Federal Census", Database and images, Ancestry.com Operations, Michigan > Manistee > Filer > District 0030; John McGown household (indexed as McGarry), ED 30, sheet 1A (stamped 48) (image 1/48), dwelling 8, family 8, accessed 24 Aug 2021.
  15. [S96] 1910 US Federal Census (WI, Milwaukee), Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin, pop. sch., John McGowan, 6121 National Ave., Greenfield Twp., 4th ward West Allis, 285, 9B (260) (image 18/25), 164, 185, rvw. 20 Dec 2014.
  16. [S404] "Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973", Database and images, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Mr Frank Joseph Sullivan-Miss Elizabeth Francie MacGowan, 1926-1951 > Reel 105 Marriage Records 1940 Apr - 1940 Aug, p. 530, license no. A71646, image 532/1202, viewed 26 Mar 2019.