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Hi, how did you come upon her name in connection with your family? She is the generation before, but could easily have given birth to your grandfather or grandmother. Where did you see her name?
Lyn.

Hi, I don't know how far you have got with Anna Maria Johanna Fourie, but there is plenty of info on her line on thei net. She was born 31st May 1889 in Brandfort in the Orange Free State. Her father was Coenraad Fredrick Fourie and her mother Anna Catherina Marx. This was one of the Vootrekker families who left Graaf Reniet in the Eastern Cape to trek north to escape the rule of the British.
The line began with the immigrant brothers Petrus and David, sons of Louis Fourie and Anna Jordaan, who came to the Cape. They each have their own well documented lines.
My grandmother was also of this line. Also a Fourie, her second name was also Johanna. I was brought up in East London, South Africa.
I have more on this family but there will be plenty if you put her family into Wiki.
Good luck. Lyn.

Hello Gavvyn,
Delighted to hear from you.  At last someone who still lives in Scotland who has not emigrated! Your ancestor is a new link in the chain. I am trying to find out about the origins of Allan and Agnes Craig. I now live in England so have some access to records but not as much as you have up there. Where was the property Allan Buie owned? I simply cant find out where they went, or how many children they had, or where they died. The only further info I have is Eaglesham.  A lot of Bowies born in Johnstone were also registered as born in Eaglesham. Was this included in the Johnstone area?

I have found connections on the female side through Buchanan to Jane /Jean Thomson who married (Allans son) John( my ancestor)to George and Ludovic Houston. The name George Houston Bowie appears in a number of lines.
I think details of the Monumental Inscriptions for Abbey are available from the Renfrewshire F.H.S.
They offer a number of booklets.    Lyn.

Liz,
I took the info from John Bowie's death reg on Scotlandspeople. It said Johnstone churchyard for burial place. There is also a boook of MIs for Johnstone which gives names and inscriptions and stone no. I think it was no.90, I will have to check. perhaps they used to refer to the Elderslie cemetary as Johnstone churchyard. I know all these Bowies OPRs were from Paisley Low.