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George Ower
Elizabeth Couper
They were married November 30, 1749 in Perth. Their children were:
John Ower. See next.
William Ower Weaver, married Grizel Scott, 6 December 1776 in Perth. Children: John (1778), David (1780), Alexander (1782), James (1784) all Perth
John Ower
Weaver.
Cecil Wright
Born 1756 in Perth daughter of Robert Wright and Margaret Mclean.
They were married April 29, 1777 in Perth. Their children were:
Robert Ower b. December 22, 1777, Perth. Weaver. He married Ann (Agnes) Pettigrew May 15, 1796 in Barony, Lanark. Living at 39 Annfield Road, Dundee in 1841. Children all born Perth: John (1797), Cecilia (1799), Ann (1800), Betty (1802), James(1804), John Kiell (1806), Jean (1808), Isobell (1811), Margaret Coupar (1813), Robert (1816), Alexander (1818). Robert died May 08, 1844, Perth.
Margaret Ower b. January 24, 1780, Perth. Married John Keill 1805 in Perth.
Children all born Dundee: John Ower (1810), Christian (1811), Lecelia (1816), William (1821), Hannah (1822)
John Ower b. November 02, 1781, Perth. Weaver. He married Margaret Hay 1803 in Dundee. Children born Dundee except first: James Hay (1804, Perth), Robert (1805), Elizabeth (1806), William (1809), John (1811),
Bathia (1813), Hay (1814). John died May 26, 1831, New York, USA.
Jean Ower b. July 10, 1783, Perth.
Janet Ower b. September 07, 1785, Perth
May Ower b. March 01, 1787, Perth
Cicil Ower b. July 26, 1789, Perth. Married Archibald Dewar, 1807 in Perth. Children all born Perth: Janet (1809), Peter (1811), Alexander (1819), Glenorchy (1822), David (1824), James (1826), Margaret (1828)
William Ower b. February 01, 1791, Perth. See next
David Ower b. August 27, 1798, Perth. He married Jannet Burns 1829 in Dundee. Children: Bertha (1831), Elizabeth (1834), Agnes (1836), Mary (1837). David died. July 06, 1881, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey
William Ower (1791 - 1865)
Born. 1st February 1791, Perth. Weaver. Died November 1865, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey.
Christine Simpson (17?? - 1855) or Christian
Born in Scotland, and died November 08, 1855 in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey.
Their children were:
William Ower b. 1812, Perth. See next.
Mary Ower b. 1815, Perth
James/John Ower b. abt. 1818. Mar. Eliza Duyer at Paterson, Passaic, 24 Dec 1848.
James/John died soon after this.
Peter Ower b. 1823, Perth. Married Ann Bell, 6 Oct. 1848, Manchester Twp., Passaic County, New Jersey. Grocer. No issue. Died January 02, 1892, Genoa, Italy; Peter's gravestone in Cedar Lawn, Paterson, NJ is a 10 foot high obelisk with an engraving of his face.
Cicilia Ower b. April 12, 1825, Scotland; m. James Wyness; d. March 06, 1904, Passaic City, Passaic County, New Jersey
Hay Ower b. May 1832, in Perth. Tinsmith and plumber. Married (1) Anna Hamilton, children: Johanna, Christina (abt. 1861) and James Wyness (1862). and (2) Catherine Reid, Paterson 1867, one child: Cecilia (1875). Hay died 29 Sept.1920.
William Ower (1812 - 1883)
Bap. March 29 1812 in Perth. Weaver. Grocer & spirit dealer, Mid Street, Lochee 1865/67. Also grocer in USA. He married (1) Johanna Crawford, daughter of William and Johanna Crawford, who died without issue 17 Oct 1857; and (2) Margaret Crawford, daughter of Mathew and Anna Crawford. William died 21 October 1883 in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey. Margaret died there 2 January 1889.
Ann Eggo (1809 - 1877 ) daughter of Peter Eggo, market gardener, and Mary Rennie.
Born 1809 in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire. Died 17 Feb 1877 at 9 Heron's Lane, Lochee.
One child by Ann Eggo (illegitimate):
William Ower b. 19 April 1837, Lochee, Dundee. See next
Two children by Margaret Crawford:
Mary Ower b. Abt. 1859, New Jersey; m (1). John Peel, one child, James E (1882), and (2) Dr. James Crooks, 1889 Paterson, New Jersey, one child,
Porter K (1892)
Peter Ower b 15 Jan. 1861, New Jersey. Grocer. Married (1) Sarah Elizabeth Wike, 25 Sept. 1881 in Paterson, children: William (1882), Charles E. (1886), Herbert R. (1892) and Mary Pollitt (1892, died aged 18 days). Sarah died 27 November 1893; and (2) Emma Stumpf. Peter died 9 March 1942 Dumont, Bergen Co, NJ
William Ower (1837 - 1890)
Born Lochee 19 April 1837. Yarn warper and carpet warper.
Margaret Munro (1840? - 1887 )
Born Lochee about 1840. Winder.
They were married 29 January 1858 at Lochee. Living at Donald's Land in 1858,
Johnstone Land in 1861, 9 Herons Lane in 1877, 1881 and 8 Herons Lane in 1889,
all Lochee (at that time Lochee was in the parish of Liff and Benvie, Forfarshire
- now part of Dundee). Margaret died 4 may 1887, aged 46. William died at Balgray,
Tealing, 11 June 1890, aged 54, just two years to soon to benefit from his
Uncle Peter's will.
Their children were:
Ann Ower b. 16th May 1858. Married James McFarlane.
William Ower b. 1860. Jute mill worker, later overseer, died 1947. Mar. Elizabeth Culross, 1887. Children: Jessie, Daisy, Susanna, Christina Culross (1897), William and Margaret.
James Ower b. 4 May 1862. Jute mill worker. Married Margaret … Children: William (c1885), Eliza (c1887), Margaret (c1889), Alexander (c1891), Christina (c1895), George (c1898) and John (c1900).
George Hay Ower b. 7 June 1864. Jute mill worker. Married Catherine McEwan, Lochee 1887.
A son, George (1892), died aged 9 months.
Alexander Ower b. 10 June 1866. Jute mill worker
Peter Ower b. 26 Nov 1868
Helen Ower b. 24 Sept 1871
Margaret Ower b. 1876, had an illegitimate daughter, Maggie, b. 1897 in Lochee, died aged 4 months.
Jessie Ower b. May 1877. Died aged 2 weeks
Robert Ower b. Jan 1880. Died aged 6 weeks
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