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Lewis Towers and Jean Watson were married in Falkirk Scotland in 1818 .
I have found them in census until 1851 in Falkirk with their family after this there is no trace.
On family search I found the marriage of their daughter Agnes and the death of their
son William both in Canada
Did Lewis and Jean go to Canada with their family I can find no deaths for them in Scotland.
suzilad
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Anc tree says Lewis passed away 1851 Scotland but no source - Jean 1864 - Hibbert, Perth South, Ontario Canada.
Could Jean be Jane ???
This looks to be the headstone inscription. Jane wife of Lewis Towers - 16 November 1864
http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/1149623
Sandra
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Hi Sandra,
Yes christened as Jane but in census etc. as Jean couldn't find a death for either of them .
The family is still in Scotland in 1851 will have another look on SP for Lewis death
thank you
suzilad
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Canadian Passenger Lists 1865 - 1935 - not much available before that ::)
Sandra
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Can only find one death for a Lewis Towers and that is in 1997.
Thought it would be to early for Canada
suzilad
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Was Agnes born 3 May 1837 ?
Sandra
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Yes she was in Falkirk
suzilad
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Anc tree has another marriage for Agnes 15 April 1862 Exeter Hay Twp Huron Ontario - to Phillip Andrews Jnr 1837 - 1897
Agnes passed away 17 November 1905 - Lake City, Calhoun Co, Iowa.
Sandra
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FIND A GRAVE
3 May 1837 - 17 November 1905 (on the stone)
Burial: Cottonwood Cemetery Lake City Calhoun County Iowa.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=ANDR&GSpartial=1&GSbyrel=all&GSst=14&GScntry=4&GSsr=801&GRid=23647397&
Sandra
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Lake City, Calhoun, Iowa 1880 (sadly this census does not show an immigration date ::))
Philip Andrews 45 Born England.
Agness Andrews 45 Born Scotland.
Margret Andrews 12 Born Iowa.
Lewis T. Andrews 6 Born Iowa.
Agnes Andrews 2 Born Iowa.
Sandra
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This is the one I found on family search Sandra
Agnes married James Kerr on 23 March 1860 in Perth Ontario Canada born 5th May Falkirk Scotland
daughter of Lewis Towers and Jean Watson
James Kerr born c 1830 Wigton Scotland sone of James Kerr and Catherine McIntosh
suzilad
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Yes, I saw that - the birth of the first child Jane Andrew 13 December 1862 would roughly fit with the second marriage to Phillip Andrew 15 April 1862 - she died in Calhiun Iowa 1884 but I haven't come across that record - she could have been married of course.
Margaret Andrews married Fred C Struck 24 January 1888
Lewis/Louis Towers Andrews married Mattie Elva Freeman 1 May 1895
Louis Towers "L. T." Andrew - FIND A GRAVE
Burial: Tracy Community Cemetery Tracy Lyon County Minnesota.
Can follow those families if you wish ?
Sandra
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Sandra,
Could you see if you can find anything on William Towers who died around 1923 he was
born in 1830 also in Falkirk
Thank you
suzilad
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William Towers died aged 97 years and 10 months - died 5 August 1926 - retired farmer - father Lewis Towers - Scotland -
informant Mrs John Carmichael - Daughter- place of burial Staffa 7 August -
Headstone Inscription
http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/1149622
wife Janet Bell - passed away 14 January 1908 - aged 80 years.
Sandra
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William and Janet are on the 1861 census Hibbert, Perth, Canada West - all children born Upper Canada.
William 28 years - Janet 26 years - Margaret 5 years - Jane 4 years - Lewis 3 years - Jennet 2 years - Agnes 1 year
Sandra
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Very hard to read this census - 1881 Perth South Ontario -
William Towers 54 Janet Towers 54
Jennet Towers 21 Louis Towers 23
Agnes Towers 19 Aney Tower 17
Elizabeth Towers 15 Archibal Towers 16
William Towers 13 Mary Towers 11
Isabella Towers 9
Sandra
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Thank you Sandra that's super .
Your help is always appreciated .
suzilad
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1891 Hibbert Perth South
William Towers 50 Janet Towers 60
Archibald Towers 26
William Towers 24
Elizabeth Towers 22
Mary Towers 20
Isabella Towers 19
1901 Hibbert Perth Ontario
William Towers Sr 68 Born Scotland. Immigrated 1850.
Isabella Towers 71
Archibald Towers 36
William Towers 32
Elizabeth Towers 30
Sandra
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1911 Huron South Ontario - living with married daughter - this is the informant on his death certificate. Immigration date we know is incorrect.
Jennett Carmichael 50 Born Ontario. Widowed.
Nellie Carmichael 19
William Towers 80 Born Scotland. Imm 1883. Widowed.
Thomas Carmichael 6
1921 census Mill Street Hensall (Village) Huron
Janet Carmichael 64
Jessie Ellen Carmichael 27
William John Carmichael 15
William Towers 95
Jennie Helen Carmichael born 7 April 1894
Sandra
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1921 Huron Ontario
Janet Carmichael 64
Jessie Ellen Carmichael 27
William John Carmichael 15
William Towers 95 Born Scotland. Immigrated 1849.
There is a marriage William Towers to Janet bell 22 January 1854 Falkirk,Stirling,Scotland
Sandra
Added John Carmichael passed away 10 January 1906 - Janet 16 April 1929
http://www.canadianheadstones.com/on/view.php?id=193035
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Thank you for all this information looks like some of the family were still in Falkirk in 1854
suzilad
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Janet Bell Towers - 1828 - January 1908 - aged 80 years - burial Lot 15 Con 14
farmers wife - married - husband William Towers -
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Margaret Towers Whyte (1854 - 1945) - married David Lindsay Whyte (1853–1931) 12 November 1879 Hibbert Perth Ontario.
Headstone Inscriptions
http://www.canadianheadstones.com/mb/view.php?id=4381
http://www.canadianheadstones.com/mb/view.php?id=4358
Margaret born 14 December 1853 according to 1901 Census Marquette Manitoba.
David L Whyte 47
Margaret Whyte 47
John W. Whyte 21 Janet Whyte 18
William L. Whyte 17 David Whyte Jr 15
Maggie Whyte 14 Ellen J. Whyte 12
Elizabeth A. Whyte 10 Robert Whyte 9
Agnes Whyte 8 Lewis Whyte 6
Mary I. Whyte 4
Sandra
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Jean Towers Walper - Jane married Simon Walper 21 February 1879 -
32, 9, W3, Montrose 24, Kindersley, Saskatchewan.
Simon Walper 68 Jean Walper 60
Milton Walper 30 Frank Walper 24
Albert Walper 22 Norman Walper 21
James Walper 19 Ethel Walper 16
Maggie Cole 20
FIND A GRAVE
Burial: Donavon Cemetery Donavon Battleford Census Division Saskatchewan, Canada.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=92628789&ref=acom
Sandra
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Lewis Towers married Sarah Sweet 14 January 1896 Stephen Township, Ontario.
1911 Huron South Ontario
Louis Towers 57
Sarah Towers 45
Earl Towers 14
1920 Glenila, Cavalier, North Dakota
Lewis Towers 60
Sarah Towers 54
Earl Towers 22
1930 Glenila, Cavalier, North Dakota
Louis Towers 74 Sarah Towers 64
Earl Towers 32
Beaulah P Towers 28
Florine P Towers 3
Edwin E Towers 1
North Loma, Cavalier, North Dakota
Earl Towers 42 Pearl Towers 38
Florine Towers 13 Edwin Towers 11
Violet Towers 9 Doris Towers 7
Delwyn Towers 5 Beulah Towers 3 Kenneth Towers 1
FIND A GRAVE (wonder what happened to all the children)
Earl Towers 1897 - 1950
Burial: Lebanon Cemetery Langdon Cavalier County North Dakota.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100713748&ref=acom
Pearl Weiner Towers 1901 - 1946
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=100713770&ref=acom
Sandra
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Janet Towers - married John Carmichael 6 January 1892 - Hibbert, Perth, Ontario.
FIND A GRAVE
Jane Towers Carmichael 1861 - 16 April 1929
Burial: Hensall Union Cemetery Hensall Huron County Ontario, Canada.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=82787423&ref=acom
husband - John Carmichael 1849 - 1906
daughter Georgina - Georgina Carmichael 1900 - 1902
Sandra
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Annie Towers born 27 February 1863 married Archibald McCurdy - 20 March 1889 - Hibbert Perth Ontario.
Hibbert Township, Cromarty Village Perth Ontario 1911 - under McThenry
Archibald McThenry 58
Annie McThenry 48
Wittie McThenry 21
Ethel McThenry 19
Annie McThenry 17
Mary McThenry 15
Samuell McThenry 13
William McThenry 9
1921 Hibbert Perth Ontario
Archie McCurdy 67
Annie McCurdy 57
Samuel McCurdy 23
William McCurdy 19
Nettie McCurdy 31
Mary McCurdy 25
Sandra
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Elizabeth Towers married Samuel Ross 9 March 1910 - Perth Ontario.
FIND A GRAVE
Elizabeth 1867 - 1948
Burial: Exeter Cemetery Exeter Huron County Ontario, Canada
Plot:
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18594259&ref=acom
husband Samuel - Samuel Ross 1862 - 1951
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18594256
Sandra
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Mary Towers married Charles Fitzgerald Gillard - 17 February 1897 Perth Ontario.
Charles Fitzgerald Gillard passed away 1 January 1927 Perth Ontario.
FIND A GRAVE
Charles F Gillard - Burial: Exeter Cemetery Exeter Huron County Ontario.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18085198&ref=acom
Mary Towers Gillard - 1869 - 1942
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18085204
Sandra
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Isabella Towers married Donald Mckellar Park 3 June 1896 - Perth Ontario
Headstone Inscriptions
Donald Park 1867 - 1943
Isabella Towers 1872 - 1959
http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/929282
Sandra
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1911 Huron Ontario
Donald Park 44
Isabella Park 39
Wm I Park 12
Janet B Park 8
William James Park born 1899 passed away 2 September 1937 - name of wife Elizabeth Donaldson -
informant Donald McKinnon - brother in law - burial Cromarty.
http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/929312
Sandra
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Agnes Bele Towers married James R Hocking - 20 March 1889 - Perth Ontario
Hibbert Township, Cromarty and Staffa Villages Perth Ontario 1911
James Hocking 53
Agnes Bell Hocking 50
Archibald Hocking 19
John Edwin Hocking 17
Lawrie Jenet Hocking 15
Noghlmer Hocking 11
Agnes Hocking living with her son in 1921 Hibbert Town Perth - described as widowed.
John E Hocking 26
Agnes B Hocking 61 Born Ontario. Widowed.
Roy A Hocking 21
Sandra
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Agnes Bell Hocking - [Agnes Bell Towers] born 27 August 1860 passed away 9 December 1943 -
Fullarton, Perth, Ontario - husband James Robert Hocking (deceased)
burial Roys Fullerton Perth Ontario
son Archibald Manson Hocking is also buried in this cemetery - born 22 September 1891
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hocking&GSiman=1&GScid=2191663&GRid=140842929&
wife Edna Mae Francis Hocking 1889 - 1926
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140842800
children -
Grace Hocking Miller 1919 - 1977
Hazel Kathleen Hocking 1924 - 1924
Mary Irene Hocking 1924 - 1924
Sandra
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James Towers 1822 - passed away 6 August 1881
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1871 Huron South Ontario
James Towers 49 Born Scotland.
Ann Towers 40 Born Scotland.
Lewis H Towers 14 Born Ontario.
1881 Huron Ontario
James Towers 60
Ann Towers 50
Louis Towers 24
Sandra
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Wife Ann Towers passed away 28 December 18889 Huron Ontario. Aged 65 years - Widow.
Sandra
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John Watson Towers married Margaret McEurn (probably McEwen) 17 January 1854 Brock Ontario.
John passed away 17 May 1882 Huron Ontario.
Couple didn't appear to have children.
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Oh Sandra ,
My goodness Sandra you certainly have been working hard to find all this information for me .
I am beginning to think the whole of Jean and Lewis's family went to Canada
Thank you very much
suzilad
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I may have missed someone but shout if you notice someone is missing.
Regards
Sandra
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Jeanette Towers - 1833–1905 - born 4 March 1833- Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland
passed away 23 June 1905 - Marshalstown, Iowa
married 12 Dec 1853 - Binghamtown, Bromme, New York to Ai Hewitt Newcomb born 16 February 1811 New York.
1850 Forest Lake, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
A H Newcomb 49 Born New York
Jenette Newcomb 30 Born Scotland.
Isabella Newcomb 5 Born Penn
John H Newcomb 4 B orn Penn
1860 Forest Lake,Susquehanna,Pennsylvania.
A H Newcomb 49
Jenette Newcomb 30
Isabella Newcomb 5 Born PA
John H Newcomb 4 Born PA.
1880 Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa
Jenette Newcomb 47 Born Scotland. House-cleaner. Divorced. Parents born Scotland.
Maggie Newcomb 12 Born Canada.
Sandra
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1900 Marshall Iowa
Janet Newcomb 71 Born Scotland. Immigrated 1850. Widowed. Parents born Scotland. Had 9 children 3 still living.
Sandra
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Hi Sandra,
I've sent you a PM
suzilad
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FIND A GRAVE
Jannett Towers Newcomb 3 May 1833 Scotland - passed away 24 June 1905
Burial: Riverside Cemetery Marshalltown Marshall County Iowa.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=125512818&ref=acom
son John Hewitt Newcomb 1856 - 1940
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=153231837
wife of John - Elizabeth Jessie Ranson Newcomb 1860 - 1944
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=153231985
Sandra
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Margaret Towers Whyte (1854 - 1945) - married David Lindsay Whyte (1853–1931) 12 November 1879 Hibbert Perth Ontario.
Headstone Inscriptions
http://www.canadianheadstones.com/mb/view.php?id=4381
http://www.canadianheadstones.com/mb/view.php?id=4358
Margaret born 14 December 1853 according to 1901 Census Marquette Manitoba.
David L Whyte 47
Margaret Whyte 47
John W. Whyte 21 Janet Whyte 18
William L. Whyte 17 David Whyte Jr 15
Maggie Whyte 14 Ellen J. Whyte 12
Elizabeth A. Whyte 10 Robert Whyte 9
Agnes Whyte 8 Lewis Whyte 6
Mary I. Whyte 4
Sandra
This shows the parents William Towers and Janet Bell
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Oh Sandra you have certainly helped fill out the branches on my tree.
Thank you so much for all this information once again .
Your help is very very much appreciated.
suzilad
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Excellent - nice to knock down a few brick walls
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William John Carmichael son of John and Janet Carmichael (reply 19)
Wife Helen Irene Jones - 1914 - 2008
Headstone Inscription
http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/1391811
Sandra
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1891 Hibbert Perth South
William Towers 50 Janet Towers 60
Archibald Towers 26
William Towers 24
Elizabeth Towers 22
Mary Towers 20
Isabella Towers 19
1901 Hibbert Perth Ontario
William Towers Sr 68 Born Scotland. Immigrated 1850.
Isabella Towers 71
Archibald Towers 36
William Towers 32
Elizabeth Towers 30
Sandra
Headstone Inscription - FIND A GRAVE
Archibald Towers - 1865 - 1941
William Towers - 1867 - 1942
Burial: Exeter Cemetery Exeter Huron County Ontario.
Sandra
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1911 Huron Ontario
Donald Park 44
Isabella Park 39
Wm I Park 12
Janet B Park 8
William James Park born 1899 passed away 2 September 1937 - name of wife Elizabeth
Donaldson -
informant Donald McKinnon - brother in law - burial Cromarty.
http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/929312
Sandra
Janet B Park 1903 - 1993
husband Donald E Mackinnon 1895 - 1963
http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/225108
Sandra
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more info on Archie McCurdy 6 August 1853 - 27 April 1934 and Ann Towers 27 February 1853 - 8 August 1945 (plus the children)
http://www.selves.ca/getperson.php?personID=I11584&tree=Selves
Sandra
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FIND A GRAVE
Ann Towers McCurdy
Burial: Roy's Cemetery Fullarton Perth County Ontario,.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McCurdy&GSiman=1&GSst=830&GSsr=41&GRid=16218642&
Archibald McCurdy
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McCurdy&GSiman=1&GSst=830&GSsr=81&GRid=16219146&
William James McCurdy
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=mccurdy&GSfn=william&GSiman=1&GScid=2191663&GRid=16219642&
Sandra
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Just found this extra information you have posted
Thank you once again Sandra,
suzilad
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You're very welcome - just chipping away when I have a spare 5 minutes.
John Edwin Hocking (son of James Hocking and Annie Bell Hocking) bachelor - married Hibbert Perth Ontario to
Mary Joanne Harper (spinster) - 14 June 1922 -
Sandra
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Headstone Insciption - John Hocking - 1894 - 1984 and Mary Harper Hocking 1901 - 1990 both buried Roys cemetery Perth Ontario.
http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/2008595?PHPSESSID=d8abe5550550da51cab4918470781924
Sandra
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Janet Elizabeth Lawrie Hocking married George Andrew Kerslake Perth Ontario 30 June 1920
1921 Hibbert Township Perth Ontario.
George A Kerslake 25
J Elizabeth L Kerslake 25
Francis W Harburn 16
William James Hocking married Margaret Pearl Logan 30 June 1915 Carlton Ontario.
1921 128 Fenteman Margaret Pearl Logan.
Wm J Hocking 31 Teacher.
Margaret Hocking 29
David J Hocking 4
Margaret Hocking 2
Jean Hocking 6 months.
Sandra