Mary Gowans
ID # 8966, (1800-)
| Birth | Mary Gowans was born in 1800 at Scotland. |
| Marriage | She married John Stewart on 24 October 1824 at West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland. See Ancestry for following database: Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 John Stewart and Mary Gowans Marriage date and place 24 Oct, 1824. FHL film nbr.1067793 The above is transcription only. Image not available. |
| Marriage | She married James Nisbet on 11 May 1834 at West Calder, Midlothian. The following is arguable, but an argument willl be made: From database Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 James Nisbet and Mary Nisbet were married 11 May, 1834, at West Calder, Midlothian, Scotland. FHL Film nbr. 1067793 The bride's name must surely represent an errored entry. Who so? West Calder was the home of Mary Gowans Stewart. The Beers biography for George Stewart, on page 129 tells that John Stewart died in 1928. It states that a few years later, Mary married James Nisbet and they 'he immeditaly started with his wife and step-children for Canada.' The biography goes on to say that they embarked from Leith on the Margaret Bogle which eight weeks later reached Quebec. A voyage of twelve weeks is probably closer to the truth. See http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/Arrivals/1834c.shtml This tells that the Margaret Bogle left Leith on May 17, 1834, with 41 passengers. It arrived at Quebec on August 5, 1834. The above marriage record should tell that James Nisbet married Mary Stewart, Stewart being her surname from her first marriage. As said, this is subject to correction, but the above is probably correct. |
| Burial | She was buried at Moore Union Cemetery, Mooretown, Lambton Co.. |
| Note | The names of the children of James Nisbet and Mary Gowans Stewart Nisbet are taken from the 1861 census page in Moore Township where James and Mary reside. For the moment, the 1861 census is the last direct record so far found for Mary. Mary and James had a daughter Mary, age 21 per the 1861 census. This would place her year of birth to 1840. Mary's first daughter, Mary Stewart, cannot long have survived the trip to Canada, for according to the Beers biography of 1906 Mary Stewart died in Moore Township. The Beers bio tells that Mary Gowans Stewart Nisbet is buried in Moore Town as is her second husband, James Nisbet. His gravestone has been recorded. Mary's has not been found. The 1861 census for Moore Township shows James and Mary Nisbet and with them are four Nisbet children: Janet, born about 1838 Mary, born about 1840 James, born about 1843 and John, born about 1845. The biography for George Stewart, as it appears in the 1906 Beers' Biographies of Lambton County, lists, first, a son Alexander. It only tells us that he is deceased. Nothing is said of when he died or where he is buried. The best that may be said is that the transcriptions of Bear Creek Cemetery and Moore Union Cemetery do not show him in their burials. The 1861 census is the earliest census available to us that lists the Nisbets. The 1851 census for Moore Township, indeed most of Lambton County, has not survived. See note under Mary's husband, James Nisbet, for a brief discussion of a probable brother to James, William Nisbet. |
Children of Mary Gowans and John Stewart |
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Children of Mary Gowans and James Nisbet |
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| Last Edited | 19 Dec 2021 |