Isabella Chalmers from Scotland to Canada in 1916

[dbree]

Hi Sage,

From Find A Grave, a possible for Eugene R. Lapreese b. 1929 Detroit, d. 1954 Korea,
Second Lieut. US Marine Corps.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=89855068&ref=acom

Cheers,
DB

[sage]

Thanks Rosie and Dbreez,
I've been unravelling that information in the past few days...Mary Roy, youngest daughter of Isabella teamed with Eugene Lapreese and had Eugene jnr per the 1930 census only to die in December of the same year.  Her sister, Isabella Crullo and husband, Mike raised Eugene and he was later killed in a fighter plane in 1954.
In the meantime Isabella's daughter, Gloria Crullo had a baby McGlynn before she married Robt Hoey whom she divorced. Then she married Franklin Johnson jnr (son of Franklin Johnson Snr and former wife) before he married Christina Roy and they were both killed in a car accident. 
This family experienced some terrible heartbreak.   
I think the use of the name McEwan for Isabella snr is a mistake used once and then perpetuated thereafter.  We have pinpointed her in 1922 and then not found her in the U.S. in 1930...I hope something comes to light eventually. 

[rosie17]

Hi sage do you have an exact date of birth for Isabella Patterson and place she was born on one of the crossing it says New Mains ? ....I think with all these different surnames she is not making it easy for us 

[sage]

Hi Rosie,

I don't have an actual date for Isabella Paterson but I can get some credits on the weekend and grab that certificate.  She's aged 1 born Holytown in 1871 and aged 11 born Wishaw in 1881.  In 1911 it says Cambusnethan.  Newmains is in the vicinity of the last two and all her children are born in the same area.  I'll get back to you on the weekend with more detail. 

[sage]

Hi Rosie,

I have downloaded the birth cert of Isabella Paterson:

Born 03 December 1869 (illegitimate) at 58 Clydesdale Rows, Nethertown
Mother Agnes Paterson (Tambourer)
Signed by Agnes Paterson (mother)
The Parish is Cambusnethan

[rosie17]

Hi Sage thought she might have been on the USA Social Security index if we had her birth date but no luck 

[sage]

Thanks Rosie but I have a feeling she died much earlier than that.  I've been looking at the places family members died and checking out the cemeteries in those locations.  An online tree has Michael Crullo buried at Rock Falls Cemetery and then his wife Isabella died in Lincoln Park, MI.  Its a bit like looking for a needle in a haystack but I'll keep searching.

Thanks again...everyone has been so helpful. 

[rosie17]

Yes I tried to trace her with some of the family but no luck searched deaths in Canada also but nothing I'm afraid 

[Brooksy67]

Hi Heather, I read a thread of yours in regard to Malcolm McNeil and Catherine Ferguson. They are my Great Great Great Grandparents and Malcolm McNeil and Jeanie Reid are my Great Great Grandparents. I read through your posts and noticed you have a PDF file of family history. I would be very interested in seeing it, I’m in Australia and appreciate any help in tracing my Scottish ancestry.