The Neilston Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland, records have the marriage of Margaret Adam to John Howie (8 Nov 1838) and the birth of their son James (10 Nov 1838). They immigrated in 1841. From an Ancestry.com filing, John Howie died 20 Jul 1863.
James Howie died 9 March 1883. He had LOTS of kids.
Margaret is key in connecting her father to her brother James. In her father's will she is Margaret Howie. In her brother's will she is Margaret Scully. A second marriage has not been found. Below is her obit which gives the connection.
The obit also says she was buried in a Douglas burying ground near the Union School House. This land was owned by Lot Douglas. A cousin looked decades ago for a marker for her but did not find one.
From Thursday, March 8, 1906, Chester Tribune, Chester, IL, Randolph County.
Mrs. Margaret Scully. We failed last week to make mention of the death of Mrs. Scully who died at the County Farm last Friday a week ago. [note - is this Feb 23, 1906 or March 2, 1906?] The funeral was conducted from the County Farm on Sunday. Rev. M. H. Kerr officiated at the services. The remains were buried in the Douglas burying ground near the Union School House and a number of old friends and distant relatives followed the remains to the grave, having provided for her an interment in keeping with the great good she had done in this life of nearly a century.
Mrs. Scully was born in Scotland 94 years ago and came to America in 1841, being a passenger on the same ship with the late Robert Adams. She settled in the Scotch settlement North of this city. Soon afterwards she married John Howie [sic - married in 1838 in Neilston parish, Scotland], who died 25 years ago, or more, and she was afterwards married to a man by the name of Scully. However, she was better known as Mrs. Howie. She has 8 grandchildren living in the County and a great many distant relatives. She was an inmate of the County Farm owing to a peculiar mental affection taking the form of aversion to relatives - the assistance of some of whom she could accept. She was a hard working, honest and kindly woman affectionable and prolific of good deeds.
James Howie died 9 March 1883. He had LOTS of kids.
Margaret is key in connecting her father to her brother James. In her father's will she is Margaret Howie. In her brother's will she is Margaret Scully. A second marriage has not been found. Below is her obit which gives the connection.
The obit also says she was buried in a Douglas burying ground near the Union School House. This land was owned by Lot Douglas. A cousin looked decades ago for a marker for her but did not find one.
From Thursday, March 8, 1906, Chester Tribune, Chester, IL, Randolph County.
Mrs. Margaret Scully. We failed last week to make mention of the death of Mrs. Scully who died at the County Farm last Friday a week ago. [note - is this Feb 23, 1906 or March 2, 1906?] The funeral was conducted from the County Farm on Sunday. Rev. M. H. Kerr officiated at the services. The remains were buried in the Douglas burying ground near the Union School House and a number of old friends and distant relatives followed the remains to the grave, having provided for her an interment in keeping with the great good she had done in this life of nearly a century.
Mrs. Scully was born in Scotland 94 years ago and came to America in 1841, being a passenger on the same ship with the late Robert Adams. She settled in the Scotch settlement North of this city. Soon afterwards she married John Howie [sic - married in 1838 in Neilston parish, Scotland], who died 25 years ago, or more, and she was afterwards married to a man by the name of Scully. However, she was better known as Mrs. Howie. She has 8 grandchildren living in the County and a great many distant relatives. She was an inmate of the County Farm owing to a peculiar mental affection taking the form of aversion to relatives - the assistance of some of whom she could accept. She was a hard working, honest and kindly woman affectionable and prolific of good deeds.
The Neilston Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland, records have the marriage of Margaret Adam to John Howie (8 Nov 1838) and the birth of their son James (10 Nov 1838). They immigrated in 1841. From an Ancestry.com filing, John Howie died 20 Jul 1863.
James Howie died 9 March 1883. He had LOTS of kids.
Margaret is key in connecting her father to her brother James. In her father's will she is Margaret Howie. In her brother's will she is Margaret Scully. A second marriage has not been found. Below is her obit which gives the connection.
The obit also says she was buried in a Douglas burying ground near the Union School House. This land was owned by Lot Douglas. A cousin looked decades ago for a marker for her but did not find one.
From Thursday, March 8, 1906, Chester Tribune, Chester, IL, Randolph County.
Mrs. Margaret Scully. We failed last week to make mention of the death of Mrs. Scully who died at the County Farm last Friday a week ago. [note - is this Feb 23, 1906 or March 2, 1906?] The funeral was conducted from the County Farm on Sunday. Rev. M. H. Kerr officiated at the services. The remains were buried in the Douglas burying ground near the Union School House and a number of old friends and distant relatives followed the remains to the grave, having provided for her an interment in keeping with the great good she had done in this life of nearly a century.
Mrs. Scully was born in Scotland 94 years ago and came to America in 1841, being a passenger on the same ship with the late Robert Adams. She settled in the Scotch settlement North of this city. Soon afterwards she married John Howie [sic - married in 1838 in Neilston parish, Scotland], who died 25 years ago, or more, and she was afterwards married to a man by the name of Scully. However, she was better known as Mrs. Howie. She has 8 grandchildren living in the County and a great many distant relatives. She was an inmate of the County Farm owing to a peculiar mental affection taking the form of aversion to relatives - the assistance of some of whom she could accept. She was a hard working, honest and kindly woman affectionable and prolific of good deeds.
James Howie died 9 March 1883. He had LOTS of kids.
Margaret is key in connecting her father to her brother James. In her father's will she is Margaret Howie. In her brother's will she is Margaret Scully. A second marriage has not been found. Below is her obit which gives the connection.
The obit also says she was buried in a Douglas burying ground near the Union School House. This land was owned by Lot Douglas. A cousin looked decades ago for a marker for her but did not find one.
From Thursday, March 8, 1906, Chester Tribune, Chester, IL, Randolph County.
Mrs. Margaret Scully. We failed last week to make mention of the death of Mrs. Scully who died at the County Farm last Friday a week ago. [note - is this Feb 23, 1906 or March 2, 1906?] The funeral was conducted from the County Farm on Sunday. Rev. M. H. Kerr officiated at the services. The remains were buried in the Douglas burying ground near the Union School House and a number of old friends and distant relatives followed the remains to the grave, having provided for her an interment in keeping with the great good she had done in this life of nearly a century.
Mrs. Scully was born in Scotland 94 years ago and came to America in 1841, being a passenger on the same ship with the late Robert Adams. She settled in the Scotch settlement North of this city. Soon afterwards she married John Howie [sic - married in 1838 in Neilston parish, Scotland], who died 25 years ago, or more, and she was afterwards married to a man by the name of Scully. However, she was better known as Mrs. Howie. She has 8 grandchildren living in the County and a great many distant relatives. She was an inmate of the County Farm owing to a peculiar mental affection taking the form of aversion to relatives - the assistance of some of whom she could accept. She was a hard working, honest and kindly woman affectionable and prolific of good deeds.
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