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1893 - 1974 (80 years)
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Name |
Howie, William |
Born |
10 Dec 1893 |
Insch |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
2 Feb 1974 |
Arcadia Calif USA |
Person ID |
I189 |
My Genealogy |
Last Modified |
14 Dec 2003 |
Father |
Howie, William, b. 28 Jan 1866, Bonnyton Rayne , d. 28 Jan 1954, Falher Alberta (Age 88 years) |
Mother |
Jaffray, Christian, b. 4 Apr 1859, Hatton of Ardoyne , d. 12 Dec 1922, Falher Alberta (Age 63 years) |
Married |
24 Nov 1885 |
Oyne |
Photos |
 | Rin 182 - 100 HOWIE_SENIOR
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 | Howie Girls L to R
Mary Ann Glennie Howie
Jessie Glennie Howie
Isabella "Tibbie"Wilson Howie
Barbara Allan Howie
Jean (Joanie) Smith Howie
The names are written on the reverse of the photo in an unknown hand however the order appears incorrect. The order above is taken from a copy in my fathers collection. |
Family ID |
F32 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Notes |
- William (Bill) Howie was born at Dunnydeer Insch in 1893 He attended school in Scotland
In 1910 at the age of 17 he emigrated to Canada to join his brother David who went the year before They met at Estevan SK where they were both employed in the brickyards After a while Bill worked his way to Vancouver and then down the Western coast to California
During WW1 Bill spent time in the American Army
He settled in the Los Angeles area working at various trades and occupations before he met and married Mary Quinn She died in 1956
In 1857 Bill remarried a girl called Helen She died in Arcadia in 1966 He married a third time in 1966
Charlotte and Bill lived in Arcadia until he died in in 1974 Although married three times Bill had no children
Many of his neices and nephews remember Bill and Mary when they visited Falher in 1949
Bill also returned for a few days in July 1965 when his sister Isabella Pelletier was under going medical treatment
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