Margaret Jane COWIE
(1849 - 1944)

Margaret Jane COWIE, Scotland, Abt. 1874

b: 29 Jan 1849 at 2 Henry Street, (District and Sub District - Duddeston Nechells), *
Aston, Warwickshire, England (Map),
daughter of William COWIE, Shoemaker, & Margaret CHALMERS (a.k.a. CHAMBERS),
sister of Isabella "Bella" COWIE;
m: John Duncan GALL 02 Jan 1874
Free Church of Scotland, Cambusbarron, St. Ninian's, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Map), **
witnesses: C. COWIE & Robert H. (?) GALL;
d: 06 May 1944 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Map),
George GALL, informant, cousin-in-law, residence Edinburgh
(who had a connection with Glenmorangie as late as 1950 - what was the connection?)

Occupation:
1874 - Domestic Servant, St. Ninians, Stirlingshire (Map);
1891 - Landlady, Morningside, 25 Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh,
John S. GALL, Son, Unmar., 16, Scholar living with her. (Map)

Residence:
1849 - 2 Henry Street, (District and Sub District - Duddeston Nechells), *
Aston, Warwickshire, England (Map);
1874 - Cambusbarron, St. Ninian's, Stirlingshire, Scotland (Map); **
1875 - 39 Maryfield Pl., Dist. St. Andrews, Edinburgh (Map);
1881 - 7 Maxwell Street, St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh (Map);
1891 - 25 Gillespie Crescent, Morningside, St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh (Map);
1944 - 19 Gillespie Crescent, Morningside, St. Cuthberts, Edinburgh (Map)

* About Henry Street, Aston:
"There was a cavalry barracks in George Henry Street also in Aston . .
Henry Street ran off Great Lister Street to Great Brook Street in Duddeston
(Nechells is just north of Duddeston) . .
They did take out Henry, Willis, Godwin, Francis & Bloomsbury Streets
to make way for redevelopment & the motorway.
Henry Street in the late 1950's was unchanged
from the time they were built about early 1830's.
They were terraced houses on that street with some back houses,
with entries for access to gardens and houses in rear."
(Thanks to those from "Brum" who supplied this information!)

** About Cambusbarron, Stirlingshire:
There is a town named COWIE southeast of Bannockburn, near Cambusbarron.
Old notes tell of a family connection to the property at Bannockburn,
which is now a National Trust for Scotland property:
"My [John Stewart Smith GALL] earliest recollections of my grandmother
were of going with her on the steamer up the windings of the Forth to Stirling
where she went to see her Factor (agent to you) & collect her rents.
Her property there comprised the historic field of Bannockburn
on the edge of which was the village of Cambusbarn (sic) from which the rents were derived.
About [1930], at the request of my mother
[Margaret Jane GALL, Maiden Surname COWIE],
I signed a deed, alienating all my rights as a possible heir,
to the field of Bannockburn to some National Institution."
What is the COWIE (or GALL or DUNCAN or other) family connection to these areas?
(St. Ninians, Stirlingshire Area Map)

Family friends included the following:
Daisy BADGER;
Professor Peter Hume BROWN, author of "History of Scotland" & other books;
Christina TURNER (Companion)

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Links to:
Aston, Warwickshire, England;
Bannockburn, National Trust for Scotland;
St. Ninian's, Stirlingshire, Scotland

Maps:
Aston, Warwickshire, England Map;
Cambusbarron, St. Ninian's, Stirlingshire, Scotland Map ;
Edinburgh, 39 Maryfield Pl., Dist. St. Andrews Map;
Edinburgh, 7 Maxwell Street, St. Cuthberts Map;
Edinburgh, Scotland, Morningside Drive Map;
Edinburgh, 19 & 25 Gillespie Crescent, Morningside, St. Cuthberts Map;
St. Ninians, Stirlingshire Area Map

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