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« on: Thursday 06 July 17 05:35 BST (UK) »
Hi Ian, I wanted to make contact with you and assure you that William Wallace Downie does have descendants.
I am an Australian descendant of William Downie b.1797 Scotland d.29/06/1886 Traquair, and Ann Fraser/Frazer b.1797 Kirkmichael d.09/05/1885 Traquair- they were my 3rd Great Grandparents. William was Master Gardener & Factor at Traquair House, Traquair. They were married in November 1820 at South Leith and had 3 children. I have a copy Williams' Will & Probate information. Do you know that William also owned quite a bit of property in Innerleithen?
(1) James Duncan Downie b.11/01/1822 Edinburgh d.28/07/1883 Brisbane, Australia married Catherine Park 11/01/1841 at Traquair. Catherine b.09/12/1819 Peebles d.27/09/1874 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, they were my 2nd Great Grandparents, they had 4 sons & 4 daughters and all immigrated to Australia. In Australia James D Downie's Employment was originally as a Prison Officer then Customs Officer.
(2) William Wallace Downie b.05/06/1825 Traquair d.20/02/1906 at New Abbey, Dumfries - he was my 3rd Great Uncle, who became a priest in the Church of Scotland, he studied for the priesthood at Blairs College, Aberdeenshire then Scots College, Rome, ordained in Rome in 1851 aged 26 years and not long after returned to Scotland to continue his ministry. I have his Obituary which was kindly forwarded to me by the Archivist of Scotland Scottish Catholic Archives.
(3) Margaret Downie b.1828 Traquair d.13/05/1883 Traquair. Margaret lived with her parents all her life, she never married, she was my 3rd Great Aunt.
Thankfully James & Catherine bred well so that line of the family has extended greatly over the years.
I know that Williams' father was also named William Downie, information from William and Ann's Scotland Marriage records but no mention of his mothers' name, can you please tell me if you have any information about William Downie Snr?
I also wanted to ask you if you could please give me contact details of the lady who sent you a message about a book which had belonged to William Wallace Downie as I would love to ask if she could either send me photographs of it or if perhaps I could purchase it from her, it would be wonderful to be able to pass it down through the family.
Michelle Pearce nee Downie
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