James was born about 1852 in most likely in Kinross.
He married Catherine Campbell in Greenock, Renfrewshire, on 25th June 1875[1] [2]
In 1881 James and Catherine were living at 25 Ardgowan St Greenock. [3]
James and Catherine emigrated to South Africa and had at least one son children there - William, born 1891 [4] who fought in the RAF in WW1.
James died in Johannesburg, South Africa at the age of 67 years and eight months on 25th February 1912.[5] The death registration states that he was the son of Alexander and Ann Dowie (both deceased), that he had been a nurseyman, and that his usual address was 38 Clare Road, Fordsburg, Johannesburg which was where he died. His spouse Kate survived him. The registration also lists his children as Alexander, John, Mary, William and Norham.
When this profile was originally created through the import of Barron Family 1st Feb 2011.GED it was raised with parents of John Dowie and Ann Stark. No sources or further information was included in the GEDCOM. His birth date was originally stated as 1884. His wife Catherine Campbell was also created through the same GEDCOM file and with a birth date of about 1888. In June 2021 changes were made to Catherine Campbell's profile such that her birth date was changed to 1854 and marriage information for 1875 was added along with information on a move to South Africa, and changes to the birth date from 1910 to 1891 for their son William (also created through the GEDCOM upload) The profile for James Dowie therefore needed to be aligned with this information. However, whilst locating the death information for James Dowie, the registration notes that his parents were Alexander and Ann. The parents created for James Dowie through the GEDCOM were John and Ann.
Whilst it seems improbable that the same set of names James Dowie, Catherine Campbell and William Dowie would also occur in a separate family 30 years later, this should be confirmed if possible before the parents of James Dowie are changed.
I cannot find baptisms for the children of Alex and Ann except for one little surprise sister Ann born in 1853. She is not recorded in any census.
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