Isabella (Ludlow) McDowall (1849 - 1938)

Born 1849 in Waikouaiti, Otago, New Zealand

Ancestors

Wife of James McDowall — married 1869 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1938 at about age 89 in Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand

Biography

Isabella was born about 1849. She may have been the daughter of Frederick Ludlow and Alison Rodger.

She was a native of Waikouaiti , and claimed to be the first while child raised in the district. ^[1]

She was raised in the Clutha district; and there in 1869 she married Captain James McDowall. ^[1]

The family moved to the Oamaru district in 1891. ^[1]

She passed away 2 March 1938 age 88 at Oamaru. She was buried at Queenstown Cemetery. Of the 13 children, six survived at this time: ^{[1] [2]}

• Mr. George McDowall (Port Chalmers)
• Mr. Edward McDowall (Gore)
• Mr. Robert McDowall (Queenstown)
• Mr. Alex. McDowall (Otahuhu, NI)
• Mrs T. Ure (Oamaru)
• Mrs J. N. Thompson (Winton).

Research Notes

Ancestry Profile cites a baptism 9 Dec 1849 in the name "Isabel Ludlow" -- although doesn't give any details such as parents' names, or name of church.

Parents supported by an AncestryDNA match 22cM/2 of her great-great-granddaughter, to tentative great-grandson of Isabella's sister Esther (Ludlow) Fraser (bef.1851-1924)  ; tree relationship 3C1R; observed by McNabb-412, 18 Sep 2023.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 1938 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 4355, 8 March 1938, Page 4
   Papers Past Article (accessed 18 September 2023)
2. ↑ 1938 Newspaper: "Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
   Otago Daily Times, Issue 23441, 4 March 1938, Page 8
   "Deaths" (accessed 18 September 2023)
   • "widow of Captain James McDowall of Port Molyneux and Queenstown"

• Ancestry Profile