Margaret, daughter of Robert Bowness and Elizabeth Farish, was baptised at Dumfries on 20 May 1824. [1] Her tombstone gives her birthday as 16 May 1824. [2]
Sources
↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT11-CXZ : 2 January 2015), Margaret Bowness, ; citing Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland, reference 2:161KN7R; FHL microfilm 1,067,961.
↑ Tombstone Inscription, Robert Bowness, Mary Kellick and Margaret Bowness, Margate United Church Cemetery, Margate, PE, Canada.
See also:
The Descendants of William Bowness of Kirkton, Scotland by Kyler C. Bowness, hereinafter known as "Bowness Genealogy", 1997, 261 page spiral bound book, includes many photos, is very well done, p. 14.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Margaret: