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Hi all,

This was the first time of posting on this site and cannot believe the help you have all given. Thank you very much.

Sara

you would need Scotlands People for his parents marriage and his birth cert

his family
1911 census
MCGOWN, James Head Married
14 years M 40 1871 Insurance Manager Lanarkshire Carlisle VIEW
MCGOWN, Margaret W Wife Married F 38 1873 Lanarkshire Carlisle VIEW
MCGOWN, James Son M 13 1898 Lanarkshire Coatbridge VIEW
MCGOWN, Minnie W Daughter F 11 1900 Lanarkshire Coatbridge VIEW
MCGOWN, Robt W Son M 10 1901 Lanarkshire Coatbridge VIEW
MCGOWN, Alex Son M 9 1902 Lanarkshire Coatbridge VIEW
MCGOWN, William W Son M 7 1904 Glasgow Queens Park VIEW
MCGOWN, Isabella H Daughter F 5 1906 Glasgow Queens Park VIEW
MCGOWN, Margaret W Daughter F 2 1909 Lancashire Eccles VIEW
MORETON, Carolina Servant Single F 19 1892 General Servant Domestic Lancashire Weaste VIEW

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RG number:
RG14 Piece:
23584 Reference:
RG14PN23584 RG78PN1375 RD463 SD2 ED1 SN245

Registration District:
Barton upon Irwell Sub District:
Barton Enumeration District:
1 Parish:
Eccles

Address:
29 Albert Road Eccles County:


7 children all living

1901 Scotland Census
about James Mcgown Name: James Mcgown
Age: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relationship: Head
Spouse's name : Maggie W Mcgown
Gender: Male
Where born: Carluke, Lanarkshire
Registration Number: 652/2
Registration district: Coatbridge
Civil parish: Old Monkland
County: Lanarkshire
Address: Rankinvilla Laird St
Occupation: Grocer
ED: 18
Household schedule number: 102
Line: 10
Roll: CSSCT1901_347
Household Members: Name Age
James Mcgown 30
Maggie W Mcgown 27
James Mcgown 5
Minnie W Mcgown 2
Robert W Mcgown 4 Mos
Christina Ellis 18


This is also from the same source.

From another tree........ needs checking though;

Name: William Watson Mcgown
Birth: 9 Jun 1904 - Coatbridge, Scotland
Death: Apr-May-Jun 1969 (Apr 1969)
Parents: James McGown, Margaret Arnott Brown Watson

Dee lol :-D

His sister??

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
about Margaret Watson McGown Name: Margaret Watson McGown
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1908
Registration district: Barton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 681

died the year after his wife!
Name: William Watson Mcgown >>>>
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1904 >>>>>>>
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1969
Age at Death: 65
Registration district: Worthing
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 5h
Page: 1935

both items marked >>> should help you locate his birth

Hi Shirley,

you beat me. tee hee.

Dee x

Hi,

His name was McGown, with middle intial W.

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about William Watson Mcgown Name: William Watson Mcgown
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1904
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun 1969
Age at Death: 65
Registration district: Worthing
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 5h
Page: 1935


His wifes death;

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005
about Phyllis M Mcgown Name: Phyllis M Mcgown
Birth Date: abt 1908
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1968
Age at Death: 60
Registration district: Worthing
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 5h
Page: 785


Dee x

This will tell you if she was wife or widow of William so you will know if he was still alive then
Name: Phyllis M Mcgown
Birth Date: abt 1908
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1968
Age at Death: 60
Registration district: Worthing
Inferred County: Sussex
Volume: 5h
Page: 785

his surmane is given a Mcgown not Mcgowan


Name: Phyllis M Chivers
Spouse Surname: Mcgown
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1930
Registration district: Brentford
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume Number: 3a
Page Number: 565
Find Spouse: William W Mcgown

If you bought the marriage cert it will give his age on marriage and his fathers name .if known, This will help you go back on his tree

Try Search Trees to see if anyone is researching his ancestry

Hi Anyone have a William McGowan who married a Phyllis Margaret Chivers Jul Aug Sept 1930. I have no details on him but Phyllis was born 1908 in Wales.
Cheers
Sara