Person:Isabella Crawford (3)

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Isabella Crawford
b.21 Feb 1873 Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotland
d.15 Nov 1949 Pine Brook, NJ, USA
Parents and Siblings
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m. 23 May 1852
  1. Frank Crawford
  2. Isabella Crawford1873 - 1949
Spouse and Children
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m. 22 Mar 1900
  1. Francis Crawford McDowall1898 - 1950
  2. David McDowallAbt 1901 -
  3. Annie McDowallAbt 1903 -
  4. James McDowall1905 - 1934
  5. Robert Drysdale McDowall1907 - 1975
  6. Margaret McDowallAbt 1909 -
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Facts and Events
Name Isabella Crawford
Gender Female
Birth? 21 Feb 1873 Maybole, South Ayrshire, Scotlandn/a Maybole, South Ayrshire Scotland
Marriage 22 Mar 1900 Maybole, Ayrshire, ScotlandLaigh Grange
to James McDowall
Death? 15 Nov 1949 Pine Brook, NJ, USAn/a Pine Brook, NJ USA
Burial? Abt Nov 1949 Pine Brook Cemetery, Pine Brook, NJ, USAn/a Pine Brook Cemetery, Pine Brook, NJ USA

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Isabella Crawford and James McDowell had son Francis McDowall outside of marriage in 1898. They married two years later, both 27 years old at the time. Address at date of marriage: Slateford, Maybole.

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

Birth and date dates from registered grave, New Jersey:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSln=McDowall&GScty=96164&

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Topic: James W. McDowall

by Barbara Harvey Posted: 10 May 2000 8:34PM

"My ggfather was James William McDowall (McDowell) b. Scotland m. Isabella Crawford,7 children. Came to northern NJ 1910."

http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.mcdowall/6.7/mb.ashx

Height: 5 feet, 8 inches

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