John Guthrie Bowman and Margaret Jane Kinnear

John Guthrie Bowman and Margaret Jane Kinnear

John Guthrie Bowman, (1870-1951) the 3rd born child of John Guthrie Bowman and Mary Ann Hogg, a merchant and spirit dealer, married Margaret Jane Kinnear (1874-1951), in 1900 in Dundee.

John G. Bowman and Margaret Jane Kinnear had four children - three girls and one boy all born in Dundee, Scotland. Isabella Hogg Bowman (1901-1970), John Guthrie Bowman (1902-1923), Gladys Margaret Jane Bowman (1904-1988) and Agnes Bowman (living).

Standing: Mrs. Isabella Orrick Birrell Nicoll: Seated: mother Mrs. Isabella Orrock Kinnear. ca. 1909

Margaret Jane Kinnear, was born in 1874,
in Forfar, Scotland to James Kinnear and
Isabella Orrock Birrell.

Mother Isabella Orrock, was born 4th
January 1837 and died in 1910. Isabella
first married David Birrell 20th June 1862
in Inverarity and Methy and had Isabella
Orrick Birrell, twins, David and James Birrell,
who died in infancy, and Charles Orrock Birrell.

David Birrell died in 1866. Isabella Orrock,
secondly married James Kinnear 19th August 1871
and had children:
William Hill Kinnear
&
Margaret Jane Kinnear.

Margaret Jane Kinnear and
John Guthrie Bowman, 1948,
Kansas City, Missouri.

FAMILY HOME - DUNDEE, SCOTLAND

To see original building costs of 9 Elgin Street and contractors who worked on house 9 Elgin Street click here.

November 2002

photo by Dennis Sweet

August 1980

photo by Barbara Lewellen

9 Elgin Street, Dundee, Scotland, last residence of
John Guthrie Bowman and Margaret Jane Kinnear.

BOWMAN GROCERY STORE, DUNDEE, SCOTLAND

John owned a grocery store listed
in the 1899/1900 Dundee Directory
at 89 Strathmartine Road.

History of Bowman Grocery Store

John became bankrupt at the beginning of World War I due to
his generous nature. He extended credit to many of his customers
who were unable to repay their debt.

89 Strathmartine is now 117 Strathmartine Road
and the current occupants of the
building is Frew's Public House

Right: Present day, Frew's Public House.
Photo by Dennis Sweet, November 2002.

IMMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES

Husband, John Guthrie Bowman arrived
from Liverpool in the United States in
1916.

John established a new home in
Kansas City,
Missouri and then sent for
his wife
and children in 1919.

Margaret and her four children
departed
from the Port of Glasgow
on the steamship
S. S. Columbia bound for America.
They arrived in New York City.

Seated: Gladys, Agnes, and mother Margaret Jane Bowman.
Standing: Isabella and John Guthrie Bowman Jr.
August 20, 1919

Gladys, John, & Isabella
ca. 1909.

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