Person:Francis McDowall (1)

Francis was born in Slateford, Maybole, Scotland in 1898, and emigrated to the US. His parent were Isabella Crawford and James McDowall, not married at the time, but they married in 1900.

In the 1930 census Frank is registered as living as a boarder (no family) and being divorced.

About Maybole on Wikipedia or the town Homepage.

Records from Ellis Island show:

James and Isabella M'Dowall from Maryhill, Scotland and their six children emigrated on 7 May 1910 on the Furnessia, from Glasgow Scotland. Arrival 16 May. They were going to stay with Isabella's brother Frank Crawford in 89 Grove Street, Montclair, NJ.

Children: Frank 11, David 9, Annie 7, James 5, Robert 3, and Margaret 10 mths. All family members are described as having dark complexion, dark hair and gray eyes.

Nearest relative in home country: father David McDowall in Croft Cottage, Maryhill.

http://www.ellisisland.org/search/matchMore.asp?LNM=MCDOWALL&PLNM=MCDOWALL&first_kind=1&last_kind=0&RF=200&kind=exact&offset=50&dwpdone=1

Gardener (1930)

A Frank McDowall with identical birth date is registered buried March 1950 in NJ at Find-a-Grave.

Canadian military 1917

1930 census

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Pine Brook Cemetery, Morris Co, NJ, in Find A Grave.

   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McDowall&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GSsr=41&GRid=9321826&

2. ↑ Birth