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Helen <I>Gowanlock</I> McGillivray Nisbet

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Helen Gowanlock McGillivray Nisbet

Birth
Hobkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Death
13 May 1906 (aged 78)
Meaford, Grey County, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Port Elgin, Bruce County, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 44.4354925, Longitude: -81.3764912
Plot
Section J
Memorial ID
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Wife of Archibald McGillivray, aged 78 years, 11 months.
From The Gowanlock Family Tree 1722 - 1999 (p. 161, 207):
Helen Gowanlock, daughter of William Gowanlock & Christian Laidlaw, born Aug. 13, 1827 in Hobkirk (Rulewater), Roxburgh, Scotland, christened Aug. 13, 1827 in Hobkirk, Roxburghshire, Scotland. She sailed with her parents and siblings for America on April 6, 1842. Helen married Archibald McGilvray, then George Nisbet in 1868, Bruce County. The funeral notice found in Stratford Perth Archives says she passed away on May 13, 1906 at age 79 on Lombard St. in Meaford, Ontario with the funeral service taking place at 7 A.M. on May 15, 1906. Interment to follow in Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin. Both her husbands are also buried there.
Helen & Archibald had one child, Christina Laidlaw McGilvray, born 1857 in Dunblane, Bruce County, died Feb. 14, 1942, Meaford Nursing Home.

According to Scotland Select Births and Baptisms, Helen was born 25 Jun 1827 and was baptised 13 Aug 1827.
Wife of Archibald McGillivray, aged 78 years, 11 months.
From The Gowanlock Family Tree 1722 - 1999 (p. 161, 207):
Helen Gowanlock, daughter of William Gowanlock & Christian Laidlaw, born Aug. 13, 1827 in Hobkirk (Rulewater), Roxburgh, Scotland, christened Aug. 13, 1827 in Hobkirk, Roxburghshire, Scotland. She sailed with her parents and siblings for America on April 6, 1842. Helen married Archibald McGilvray, then George Nisbet in 1868, Bruce County. The funeral notice found in Stratford Perth Archives says she passed away on May 13, 1906 at age 79 on Lombard St. in Meaford, Ontario with the funeral service taking place at 7 A.M. on May 15, 1906. Interment to follow in Sanctuary Park Cemetery, Port Elgin. Both her husbands are also buried there.
Helen & Archibald had one child, Christina Laidlaw McGilvray, born 1857 in Dunblane, Bruce County, died Feb. 14, 1942, Meaford Nursing Home.

According to Scotland Select Births and Baptisms, Helen was born 25 Jun 1827 and was baptised 13 Aug 1827.

Inscription

In Loving Remembrance of
Helen Gowanlock
Died / May 13, 1906
Aged 78 Y'rs. / 11 Mo's.



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