JEAN
THOMSON HARRIS, 1881- 1963 Ref T-2
Jean (born Jane) Harris (nee Thomson) was
born at 9 Cumberland Street,
District of St. Andrews, Edinburgh, Scotland
on 8th November 1881 to
John Thomson and Anne Thomson (nee Youngson).
DESCENDANTS’ FAMILY
TREE-GENERATIONS ONE TO FIVE
PATERNAL LINE - DESCENDANTS OF JOHN THOMSON
1. John Thomson - before 1889
+ Jane Moir - before 1889
2. Jean Thomson about 1804- after
1880
+ ? Smith – before 1862
2. David Thomson about 1813-1888
+ Mary Ferguson 1812-1858
3. John Thomson
1845-1938
+ Anne
Youngson 1851-1944
4. Ann
Moir Thomson 1874-after 1905
4. David
Thomson 1875 – 1880
4. John
Youngson Thomson 1877-1966
4.
Alexander Thomson 1879-after1908
4.
Jane Thomson 1881-1963
+
Paul Percy Harris 1868-1947
4. James
Hay Thomson 1883-1970
4. Mary
Ferguson Thomson 1886-1977
+
John Howe 1892-1974
5. Andrew
Youngson Howe 1928-2004
+ Dorothy Allison
Thomson 1933-1988
5. John Ramsay
Thomson Howe 1930-1956
3. Ann Thomson
1850-after 1870
MATERNAL LINE - DESCENDANTS OF ALEXANDER
MOIR
1.Alexander Moir – between 1845-1882
+ Ann Lawrence –before 1882
+ John Youngson about
1817-1890
3. Jane Lawrence
Youngson 1847-1911
+ David Rintoul
Bain, about 1842-1938
4. Jane
Lawrence Bain 1868-1931
4. James
Bain 1870-after 1899
+
Margaret McNaught 1873-after 1899
5. Margaret
Esther Lawrence Bain, 1898-
5. Elizabeth
McNaught Bain 1900-
4. John
Youngson Bain 1871-after1937
+
Agnes Tait Falconer about 1870
4. David Bain 1874-1912
+ Wilhemina Scott about 1875
4.
Isabella Catherine Bain 1877-
4. George
Sturrock Bain 1878-1957
+
Mary Bannerman McKenzie McLean 1880- after 1909
5. Dudley
Sturrock Bain 1918-
4.
Christina Youngson Bain 1880-1952
+ Leopold William James Clement about
1884-1950
5. James Abercromby Clement about
1914-1996
+ Joan Francis Offord
5. Douglas Clement 1926-1979
+ Grace Kirkland Morrison
4. Agnes
Bain 1881-1944
4.
Catherine Youngson Bain 1883-1908
4. Ethel
Moir Bain 1887-1953
3. Isabella Whyte
Youngson 1848-1890
+ James Wood,
about 1851-after 1900
4. Ann
Moir Jane Wood, about 1881-
4. Jean
Wood, about 1887-
4, James
Wood, about 1888-
3. Alexander
Youngson, about 1849-after1860
3. Anne Youngson
1851-1944
+ John Thomson
1845-1938
4. Ann
Moir Thomson 1874-after 1905
4. David
Thomson 1875-1880
4. John
Youngson Thomson 1877-1966
4.
Alexander Thomson 1879-after 1908
4.
Jane Thomson 1881-1963
+
Paul Percy Harris 1868-1947
4. James
Hay Thomson 1883-1970
4. Mary
Ferguson Thomson 1886-1977
4. Joanna
Lawrence Thomson 1891-1971
+
John Howe 1892-1974
5. Andrew
Youngson Howe 1928-2004
+ Dorothy
Allison Thomson 1933-1988
5. John Ramsay
Thomson Howe 1930-1956
3. Catherine Kemlo
Youngson 1852-1859
3. John Youngson
about 1855-1930
+ Mary Ann Borrie
about 1854-1948
4. Anne Moir Youngson 1881-1965
4. Jessie Borrie Youngson 1883-1977
+ Alexander Cuthbert Moffat about 1879
5. Robert Cuthbert Easton Moffat
1918-2000
+ Margaret Tannahill Welsh
about 1918 – after 1999
4.
Clementina McLachlan Youngson 1887-1972
4.
Katherine Leighton Youngson 1891-1959
3. Margaret Christian Hay Youngson 1857-1913
+ Robert Winter
about 1861-after 1915
4. Ann M
Winter about 1890-
4. Sarah
H Winter about 1891-
4. John E
Winter about 1892-
4. Robert
P Winter about 1893-
4.
Elizabeth M Winter about 1895-
2. James Moir about 1820-1881
+ Catherine Kemlo about
1828-1903
3. Mary Kemlo Moir
1847-between 1900 and 1905
+ George
Cruickshank about 1842-1912
4.
Alexander Brown Cruickshank 1869-before 1857
+
Elizabeth Park 1876-1956
4. James
Cruickshank 1871-1890
4. George
Cruickshank 1873-after 1911
4. John
Moir Cruickshank 1877-1961
+
Mary Jane Crawford about 1877-between 1907-1961
5. George John
Cruickshank 1907-
3. James Moir 1848-
3. Ann Moir 1850-1926
+ Alexander
Fullerton 1851-1921
4. Mary
Fowler Fullerton 1886-1886
3. Catherine Kinlock
Moir 1852-1906
+ James Morgan
3. Christian Webster
Moir 1856-1931
+ James Smith
about 1857-before 1932
4. James
Smith about 1884-
4. Albert
Argo Smith 1890-
3. John McKay Moir
1861-1935
+ Annie Sophia
Allardyce 1865-1930
4.
Catherine Kemlo Moir 1890-
4. Annie
Moir about 1891-
4. James
Moir about 1896-
4.
Margaret Gage Moir 1899-
3. Rachel Jackson
Moir 1866-1959
+ William Wade
Gordon Gorrod 1866-1940
4.
William Gordon Gorrod 1891-
+
Lilias Alda Aytoun Young about 1886-
4 Mary
Kemlo Cruickshank Gorrod 1893-1956
+
James Hay Petrie 1891-1971
5. Mary Patricia
Petrie 1923-
+ Douglas
Stewart Brown about 1908
2. Alexander Moir about 1821-
PATERNAL LINE – GENERATION 1
Paternal Great
Grandparents of Jean Harris (nee Thomson)
Her father John’s ancestors can be traced
back to his grandparents (being Jean’s paternal great
grandparents) John Thomson (P1) and Jane Moir (P1).
Their dates and places of birth, marriage and
death have not yet been traced.
They were probably married about 1800 in the
Parish of Inverkeillor, Forfarshire (which later became the
County of Angus).
They had two known children,
Jean Thomson (P2), born about 1804, and David Thomson
(P2), born about 1813, both of whom were born in the Parish
of Inverkeillor, Forfarshire. Documentation recording their
births has not been traced.
PATERNAL LINE –
GENERATION 2
Children of
Paternal Great Grandparents
of Jean Harris (nee Thomson)
(Child 1 of 2) Jean Thomson (P2)
(the great aunt of Jean Harris).
She was married to a male called
(William?) Smith (P2), who was probably a
Grocer and who possibly died on 1st July 1864 in
Auchinblae, Parish of Fordoun, Kincardineshire (both items not
yet proved).
Documentation relative to their marriage has
not yet been proved.
It is not known where Jean Thomson and her
husband resided prior to 3rd April1871 but sometime between 7th
April 1861 and 3rd April 1871 she went to live with
her
brother David, as his housekeeper, at 50
Inverury Street in the Village of Auchinblae, Parish of Fordoun,
Kincardineshire (Notes 3 and 4) (probably indicating that her
husband had died by that time). Jean still lived with her
brother on 4th April 1881.
It is not known, at present, when or where
Jean died but it was possibly between 1881 and 1891. It is not
known whether she had any children although it seems unlikely.
Paternal
Grandparents of Jean Harris (nee Thomson)
(Child 2 of 2) David Thomson (P2)
(the grandfather of Jean Harris)
He was married to Mary Ferguson (P2),
who was born in Logie Pert, Forfarshire (Note 5) about 28th
June 1812. Mary’s parents were William Ferguson and Helen
Stewart.
David and Mary were married at the Village of
Logie Pert, Forfarshire on 10th December 1842.
Mary died at Craigo Works, Logie Pert,
Forfarshire (Note 5) on 31st October 1858 and is
buried in the Churchyard at Marykirk, Logie Pert, Forfarshire
(now Angus).
David died at 15 Cumberland Street, District
of St Andrew, Edinburgh on 21st January 1888.
Paternal
Grandfather of Jean Harris (nee Thomson)
David Thomson (P2)
David (Child 2 of 2 above) lived at Craigo
Works, Logie Pert, Forfarshire on 13th October 1843, 13th
June 1845, 2nd May 1850 and 30th March 1851 at which
later time he was referred to as a Linen Yarn Bleacher. David
was referred to as a Bleachfield Labourer on the Death
Certificate of his wife Mary on 31st October 1858.
He was referred to as a Grocer living at
Barnside of Balmullo, Parish of Dun, County of Fife on 7th
April 1861 and was a widower at that time .His housekeeper Ann
Ferries resided with him at that time.
He was also referred to as a Grocer, residing
at the Village of Auchinblae, Parish of Fordoun, Kincardineshire
on 2nd April 1871. His sister Jean Smith (nee Thomson) (P2),
who was his housekeeper, resided with him.
He was referred to as a Grocer (Master) on 20th
June 1873, as a General Merchant on 28th June 1875
and as a Merchant on 4th April 1881, on all three
dates residing at the Village of Auchinblae, Parish of Fordoun,
Kincardineshire. His sister Jean (aka Jane) was still residing
with him as his housekeeper on 4th April 1881.
He died on 21st January 1888 at 15
Cumberland Street, St Andrew, Edinburgh.
Paternal Grandmother of Jean Harris (nee
Thomson)
Mary Ferguson (P2)
Mary Ferguson was born in Logie Pert (Note
5), Forfarshire about 28th June 1812.
Her residences prior to her marriage on 10th
December 1842 have not yet been established but are likely to
have been in or near of Logie Pert, Forfarshire.
From 10th December 1842 until her
death on 31st October 1858 she resided at Craigo
Works, Logie Pert, Forfarshire. She is buried in the Churchyard
at Marykirk, Logie Pert, Forfarshire.
PATERNAL LINE –
GENERATION 3
Children of Jean Harris’ Paternal
Grandparents David Thomson and Mary Ferguson.
That is, John, the father of Jean Harris (nee Thomson) and his
brothers and sisters
(Jean Harris’ uncles and aunts)
Three children
are known, as follows:
Child No. 1 of 3 - David Thomson (P3)
Born 13th October 1843 at Craigo
Works Logie Pert, Angus.
He still resided there on 31st
March 1851 at which time he was a Scholar.
On 7th April 1861 he was a boarder
(lodger) residing at Boat Row, Logie Pert, Angus and was
referred to as a Linen Bleacher.
On 2nd April 1871 he was unemployed and
residing at the Village of Auchinblae, Fordoun, Kincardineshire.
He died at Railway Cottages, Dun, Forfarshire
on 28th June 1875 at which time he
was a Railway Porter. He was unmarried.
Child No. 3 of 3 - Ann Thomson (P3)
Born 2nd May 1850 at Craigo Works,
Logie Pert, Angus.
She still resided there on 31st
March 1851.
She was not located on the Census for 1861 (7th
April 1861), which may indicate that she was in service or
employment away from home at that time.
On 2nd April 1871 she was resident in the
Village of Auchinblae, Fordoun, Kincardineshire at which time
she was referred to as a Worker at a Flax Mill. She was
unmarried at that time.
The date and place of her death have not yet
been found.
It is believed that she was unmarried and had
no children.
And
Child No. 2 of 3 - John Thomson (P3)
(the Father of
Jean Harris (nee Thomson)).
Born 13th June 1845 at Craigo
Works, Logie Pert, Angus
On 31st March 1851 he was still residing at
Craigo Works, Logie Pert, Angus at which time he was referred to
as a Scholar, probably at Craigo School.
On 7th April 1861 he may have been
a Cattleman (Servant) residing at Mill Road, Logie Pert, Angus
(but this has not been absolutely confirmed).
He was not located on the 1871 Census (2nd
April 1871).
On 20th June 1873, he married
Anne Youngson (P3) at 26 Blackfriars Street, St Nicholas,
Aberdeen at which time he as referred to as a Railway Pointsman,
residing at 10 Prospect Terrace, Aberdeen. They were married
according to the Forms of the Original Secession Church.
On 10th April 1874 he was referred
to as a Railway Pointsman for the Caledonian Railway, residing
at 9 Bank Street, Ferryhill, Aberdeen.
On 25th September 1875 he was
referred to as a Railway Signalman, residing at 76 Holborn
Street, Aberdeen.
On 29th July 1877 he was referred
to as a Furniture Warehouseman, residing at 121 Rose Street,
District of St Andrew, Edinburgh.
On various dates between 23rd
September 1879 and 8th November 1881 he was variously
referred to as an Upholsterer’s Porter, a Furniture Warehouseman
and a Furniture Packer, residing at 9 Cumberland Street,
District of St Andrew, Edinburgh.
On various dates between 29th
April 1883 and 3rd April 1886 he was referred to as a
Furniture Packer, residing at 15 Cumberland Street, District of
St Andrew, Edinburgh.
On 5th April 1891 and 28th
April 1891 he was referred to as a Furniture Packer, residing at
33 Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh.
On 31st March 1901 he was referred
to as a Packer or Warehouseman, residing at 41 Comely Bank
Avenue, St Bernards, Edinburgh.
He travelled to the United States with his
wife Annie (born Anne) and his daughter Joanna (P4) (aka
Joey) on the Anchor Line ship SS California sailing to New York,
USA from Glasgow, Scotland on 28th May 1910, with an
ultimate destination of his son Alexander at 414 West 60th
Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA, presumably to attend the
marriage of his daughter Jean (aka Jane) to Paul Harris on 2nd
July 1910. He is described as a Warehouseman on the Ship’s
Passenger Manifest.
Paul and Jean Harris acquired their home at
10856 Longwood Drive, Morgan Park, Beverly Hills District of
Chicago, USA, in 1912. Jean’s father, mother, brother James and
sister Joanna lived only five blocks away from Jean and Paul.
John returned to Scotland where he died on 26th
April 1938 at The Manse, Annbank, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, which was
the home of his son John Youngson Thomson.
The Mother of Jean Harris (nee Thomson)
was
Anne Youngson (P3)
Born 18th May 1851.in Peterhead,
Aberdeenshire.
Referred to as a Scholar residing at 48 Skene
Square, Old Machar, Aberdeen on 7th April 1861.
On 2nd April 1871 she was probably
residing at 167 Union Street, Holborn, Old Machar, Aberdeen,
where she was referred to as a Parlour Maid. This was a large
house with seven servants.
Referred to as a Domestic Servant residing at
26 Blackfriars Street, District of St Nicholas, Aberdeen on 20th
June 1873.
She married John Thomson (P3)
at that address on the same day. They were married according to
the Rites of the Original Secession Church.
After that time she resided with her husband
John Thomson at various addresses as shown under John Thomson
above and also travelled with him to USA on 28th May
1910 where she also resided with him.
She returned to Scotland and died on 28th
February 1944 at The Old Manse, Annbank, Tarbolton, Ayrshire,
the home of her son John Youngson Thomson.
PATERNAL LINE –
GENERATION 4 (Section 1)
(Jean Harris (nee Thomson) and her brothers
and sisters)
There were eight children of John
Thomson and Anne Youngson (Parents of Jean Harris (nee Thomson)
as follows:
(1 of 8) Ann Moir Thomson (M4/P4)
Born 10th
April 1874
at 9 Bank Street,
Ferryhill, Aberdeen.
On 4th April 1881 she was referred
to as a Scholar, residing at 9 Cumberland Street, District of St
Andrew, Edinburgh.
On 5th April 1891 she was referred
to as a Dressmaker, residing at 33 Cumberland Street, District
of St Andrew, Edinburgh.
On 31st March 1901 she was
referred to as a Dressmaker residing at 44 Comely Bank Avenue,
St Bernards, Edinburgh.
She travelled to Canada at the same time as
her brother James Hay Thomson on the Allan Line Royal Steamers
and State Line ship SS Corinthian bound for Montreal, Canada.
They sailed from Glasgow, Scotland on 27th October
1906. Her destination is listed on the Ship’s Passenger Manifest
as Montreal, Canada. No occupation is stated on the Manifest.
She probably died in either Canada or USA. It
is likely that she was unmarried.
(2 of 8) David Thomson (M4/P4)
Born 25th September 1875 at 76
Holborn Street, Old Machar, Aberdeen
Died of scarletina (scarlet fever) on 6th
November 1880 at 9 Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew,
Edinburgh
(3 of 8) John Youngson Thomson (M4/P4)
Born 29th July 1877 at 121 Rose
Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh
On 4th April 1881 he resided at 9
Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh.
His early schooling was at Canonmills Primary
School, Rodney Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian.
On 20th September 1887 he resided
at 15 Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh.
He attended James Gillespies School,
Gillespie Crescent, Edinburgh from 20th September
1887 until 11th July 1890. This was a fee-paying
school for boys and girls and was managed by Edinburgh School
Board.
It is interesting to note that the eminent
authoress Dame Muriel Spark later attended James Gillespies High
School for Girls. In her most famous novel “The Prime of Miss
Jean Brodie”, she used the School as the model for the Marcia
Blaine School of the novel and one of the teachers Miss
Christina Kay was the inspiration for Miss Jean Brodie. Dame
Muriel died in April 2006.
On 5th April 1891 John was
referred to as an Apprentice Clothier, resident at 33 Cumberland
Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh.
On 31st March 1901 he was referred
to as a Law Clerk, resident at 41 Comely Bank Avenue, St
Bernards, Edinburgh.
He was further educated at the University of
Edinburgh and qualified as a Solicitor in October 1905.
He travelled to Canada at the same time as
his brother Alexander Thomson on the Allan Line Steamship Co’
ship SS Grampian bound for Montreal, Canada. They sailed from
Glasgow, Scotland on 17th September 1909. His
destination is listed on the Ship’s Passenger Manifest as
Montreal, Canada. His occupation is shown thereon
as a Solicitor.
He moved to Chicago, USA and studied at
McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, USA, from 1910 to 1913.
He was Licensed by The Presbytery of Chicago
on 21st April 1913 and was Ordained as a Minister of the
Presbyterian Church of America on 30th April 1913.
He was admitted as Minister of Elder Memorial
Presbyterian Church, Leith, Scotland,
on 19th February 1914.
He then transferred to Greenock (South)
Church, Scotland on 22nd June 1920
and then to Annbank Old Church, Tarbolton,
Ayrshire on 3rd May 1931.
He acted as Chaplain to the Lord High
Commissioner at the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
held in Edinburgh in May 1931.
The Lord High Commissioner was the former
well known Member of Parliament, James Brown, who was born and
lived in Tarbolton, Ayrshire, where John Youngson Thomson had
his Ministry at Annbank Parish Church.
On his visit to Scotland in 1934, Paul
Harris (who was the brother in law of John Youngson Thomson)
whilst visiting John took dinner with “that very unusual
character, Honourable James Brown, M.P.” Paul was very impressed
with Mr Brown and appears to have been presented with a
photograph of “Their Graces House Party and Suite” taken at the
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1931, the
photograph being still displayed at Rotary International
Headquarters in Evanston, Chicago, USA.
From 3rd May 1931, John resided at
The Manse, Annbank, Tarbolton, Ayrshire.
He retired on 1st April 1957 and died on 26th
December 1966 at 1 Glen Lochart Road, Edinburgh (A Nursing
Home). His usual residence at that time was 6 Comely Bank Road,
Edinburgh where he had resided with his brother James Hay
Thomson and his sister Jean.
He was unmarried.
(4 of 8) Alexander Thomson (M4/P4)
Born 23rd September 1879 at
9 Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh.
Resided at 9 Cumberland Street, District of
St Andrew, Edinburgh on 4th April 1881.
Referred to as a Scholar, resident at 33
Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh on 5th
April 1891. He was not located on the 1901 Census
He travelled to Canada at the same time as
his brother John Youngson Thomson on the Allan Line Steamship
Co’ ship SS Grampian bound for Montreal, Canada. They sailed
from Glasgow, Scotland on 17th September 1909. His
destination is listed on the Ship’s Passenger Manifest as
Montreal, Canada. His occupation is shown thereon
as a Salesman. He is recorded as being
unmarried at that time.
On 28th May 1910 he resided at 414
West 60th St. Chicago, Illinois, USA.
He probably died in USA or Canada and was
probably still unmarried.
(6 of 8) James Hay Thomson (M4/P4)
Born 29th April 1883 at 15
Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh.
Referred to as a Scholar, resident at 33
Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh on 5th
April 1891.
Referred to as an Apprentice Upholsterer,
resident at 41 Comely Bank Avenue, St Bernards, Edinburgh on 31st
March 1901.
He travelled to Canada at the same time as
his sister Ann (aka Annie) MoirThomson on the Allan Line Royal
Mail Steamers and State Line ship SS Corinithian bound for
Montreal, Canada. They sailed from Glasgow, Scotland on 27th
October 1906. His destination is listed on the Ship’s Passenger
Manifest as Montreal, Canada and his occupation is shown thereon
as an Upholsterer.
It has been reported by a family member that
James (Jim), who was a qualified engineer, joined the Ford Motor
Company when he moved to USA, probably from Canada and that he
stayed with Ford until his retirement. This has not been
confirmed.
During a period in Chicago James, his sister
Joanna and his mother and father lived about five blocks from
his sister Jean and her husband Paul Harris, who, from about
1912 resided at “Comely Bank”, 10856 Longwood Drive, Morgan
Park, Beverly Hills District of Chicago.
He is believed to have returned to Scotland
with his sister Jane (aka Jean) Harris in 1955.
Referred to as being of Independent Means on
his Death Certificate on 27th June 1970. His usual residence was
6 Comely Bank Road, St Bernards, Edinburgh where he had resided
with his brother John Youngson Thomson.
He was unmarried and is buried with his
sister Jean in Newington Cemetery, Edinburgh.
(7 of 8) Mary Ferguson Thomson (M4/P4)
Born 3rd
April 1886 at 15 Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew,
Edinburgh.
Referred to as a Scholar on 5th April 1891
resident at 33 Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew,
Edinburgh.
Referred to as an Apprentice Dressmaker on
31st March 1901 resident at 41 Comely Bank Avenue, St Bernards,
Edinburgh.
She may never have had a career and was
probably “the daughter at home helping her mother.”
She travelled to Canada at the same time as
her sister Jane (aka Jean) Thomson on the Allan Line Royal Mail
Steamers and State Line ship SS Corinithian bound for Montreal,
Canada. They sailed from Glasgow, Scotland on 29th
June 1907. Her destination is listed on the Ship’s Passenger
Manifest as Montreal, Canada. Her occupation is shown thereon as
a Housekeeper. She was shown as being unmarried at that time.
She is believed to have moved to Canada and
then to USA and later returned to Scotland.
She is mentioned as having been with sister
Jean on the Beverly Hills Ramble with the Chicago Prairie Club
(when Paul tore the sleeve of his Tweed Jacket) in 1910.
On the retirement of her brother James Hay
Thomson, he and Mary set up house together in Edinburgh.
On her death in Edinburgh on 1st April 1977
she was unmarried.
(8 of 8) Joanna Lawrence Thomson (M4/P4)
Born 28th April 1891 at 33
Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh
Referred to as a Scholar on 31st March 1901,
resident at 41 Comely Bank Avenue, St Bernards, Edinburgh.
She travelled to the USA on 28th May1910
along with her father John and mother Annie, probably to attend
the wedding of her sister Jean to Paul Harris in Chicago,
Illinois, USA on 2nd July 1910. They travelled on the Anchor
Line ship SS California headed for the destination Port of New
York. They left Glasgow, Scotland on 28th May 1910.
Her final destination is shown as Chicago, USA and it is stated
that she was going to her brother Alexander at 414 West 60th
Street, Chicago, Illinois. She is referred to as Joy (probably
due to bad handwriting) on the Passenger Manifest and her
occupation is shown as a Stenographer.
Joanna’s sister Jean and her husband Paul
Harris resided at “Comely Bank”, 10856 Longwood Drive, Morgan
Park, Beverly Hills District of Chicago, USA from about 1912
until Paul’s death on 27th January 1947. Joanna, her
father and mother and brother James lived only five blocks away
from Jean and Paul.
Joanna returned to Scotland and was referred
to as a Bank Teller on her marriage on 24th September
1925 to Rev John Howe (P4) of Coronary Manse,
Baillieborough, County Gavan, Ulster, Ireland. John was a
Minister of the Original Secession Church of Scotland.
John was born in Paisley, near Glasgow, on 31st
October 1891 and educated at Camphill School, Paisley (so called
as it had been built on the site of an ancient Roman Camp) from
1897 to 1907 and at Glasgow University - MA 1913-1915 and
1919-1921
He saw war service with the Seaforth
Highlanders in France 1915-1918.
He was Licensed by Glasgow United Original
Secession Presbytery in 1921 and
Ordained and Inducted to Coronary, County
Cavan, Ulster, Northern Ireland
(United Original Secession Presbytery of Ayr)
on 24th February 1921.
He was transferred to Dundee Euclid Crescent
United Original Secession Church on 21st October 1926.
On their trip to Scotland in 1934, Paul and
Jean Harris met Joanna and John on several occasions. Paul seems
to have had a high regard for them.
John retired on 31st October 1967 and died on
29th December 1974.
Joanna and John married at the Maitland
Hotel, Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, when. her usual place of
residence was The Neuk, 46 Denholm Street, Greenock.
At the time of Joanna’s death in Dundee on 24th
April 1971, John and Joanna resided at 3 Adelaide Terrace,
Dundee
John died at Alness, County of Ross and
Cromarty on 29th December 1974.
PATERNAL LINE –
GENERATIONS 5 (Section 1), 6 and 7
Joanna and John had two children
(nephews of Jean Harris (nee Thomson)) as follows:
(Child 1 of 2) Andrew Youngson Howe (P5)
Born on 4th March 1928 at 3
Adelaide Terrace, Dundee.
He was educated at Dundee 1933-1944 and at St
Andrews University 1956-1957.
He saw war service in Palestine attaining the
rank of Staff Sergeant in the Royal Ordinance Corps.
He was a Student Assistant at Dundee St
Davids 1955-1956.
He was Licensed by the Presbytery of Dundee
on 9th April 1957 and Ordained and Inducted to the
charge of Farr, Bettyhill, By Thurso, Sutherland on 11th
September 1957. He became Minister of a united charge combined
with Altnaharra, Sutherland on 27th January 1969 and
was transferred to Rosskeen, Alness, County of Ross & Cromarty
on 23rd April 1969.
He married Dorothy Allison Thomson (P5)
(Born on 10th October 1933 of parents John
Malcolm Thomson and Sarah Mary Bell) of 9 Nesbitt Street, Dundee
on 27th August 1957 at Ward Road Baptist Church,
Dundee, according to the Forms of the Baptist Church. At that
date he was still residing at 3 Adelaide Terrace, Dundee.
Andrew and Dorothy resided at the Manse of
Farr, Bettyhill, By Thurso, Sutherland on 4th October
1964 and on 25th February 1967. They resided at Rosskeen Manse,
Alness on 16th April 1970, 29th December
1974 and 7th September 1988.
Dorothy died on 9th September 1988
at Rosskeen Manse, Alness, County of
Ross & Cromarty.
Andrew died in Hospital at Inverness on 15th
June 2004 his usual residence at the time being Bredon Cottage,
2 Springfield Terrace, Alness, County of Ross & Cromarty. He had
retired from the Ministry on 31st December 1989 on
the ground of ill health.
Andrew and Dorothy had three children,
who in turn had at least four children (grandchildren of
Andrew and Dorothy) and (Two grandnieces and a grandnephew of
Jean (aka Jane) Thomson Harris).
(Generations 6 and 7 Out-take No 1).
PATERNAL LINE -
GENERATION 5 (Section 2)
(Child 2 of 2) John Ramsay Thomson
Howe (P5)
Born on 8th August 1930 at 3
Adelaide Terrace, Dundee.
Died in Royal Infirmary, Dundee (Usual
residence 3 Adelaide Terrace, Dundee) on 12th July
1956.
He was unmarried.
And
PATERNAL LINE – GENERATION 4 (Section 2)
Child (5 of 8) Jane Thomson (M4/P4)
Usually known as Jean and who, on marriage,
became Jean Harris, or, in accordance
with American practice, Jean Thomson Harris.
Born 8th November 1881 at 9
Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh.
Referred to as a Scholar resident at 33
Cumberland Street, District of St Andrew, Edinburgh on 5th
April 1891.
Referred to as a Dressmaker resident at 41
Comely Bank Avenue, St Bernards, Edinburgh on 31st
March 1901.
Looking up Comely Bank
Avenue towards Dean Park Crescent
View taken from close to Junction Bridge.
Early 1900’s
(Reproduced by kind
permission of Peter Stubbs)
She travelled to Canada at the same time as
her sister Mary Ferguson Thomson on the Allan Line Royal Mail
Steamers and State Line ship SS Corinithian bound for Montreal,
Canada. They sailed from Glasgow, Scotland on 29th
June 1907. Her destination is listed on the Ship’s Passenger
Manifest as Montreal, Canada and onward to Glencoe, Toronto,
Canada. Her occupation is shown thereon as a Housekeeper and she
was she was shown as being unmarried at that time. She was
referred to on the Manifest as Jane.
A relative has reported that she was a
Primary School Teacher although this has not been firmly
established.
She married Paul Percy Harris (P4) in
Chicago, Illinois, USA on 2nd July 1910.
They had no children.
From 1912 Jean and Paul resided at 10856
Longwood Drive, Morgan Park, Beverly Hills District of Chicago,
USA, affectionately called “Comely Bank” after the area of
Edinburgh where Jean spent some of the days of her childhood and
youth. In Chicago, her father, mother, brother James and sister
Joanna lived only five blocks away.
She entered a nursing home at 19 Great King
Street, Edinburgh in October 1963 where she died on 9th
November 1963. Her usual place of residence was 28
Mansfield Gardens, Edinburgh.
She is buried in Newington Cemetery,
Edinburgh.
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MATERNAL LINE – GENERATION 1
Maternal Great
Grandparents and their descendants
The Maternal Great Grandparents were
Alexander Moir (M1) and Ann Lawrence (M1) whose
places and dates or birth and death are not at present known.
They were married at Brechin, Angus on 7th
December 1814.
Alexander was referred to as an Overseer at
Rubislaw Bleachfield, Aberdeen on 5th December 1845,
as a Woolens’ Manufacturer on the Death Certificate of his son
James on 20th April 1881 and as a Bleacher (deceased)
on the Death Certificate of his daughter Ann on 29th
December 1888.
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