William James Downie and Janet (Jessie) Winning

Married Dec-1852
Husband:   William James Downie

Born: 1831
Died: 9-Jan-1892
Father: Samuel Downie
Mother: Elizabeth Johnston


William came to Scotland, from the village of Dunloy, near Ballymena, Co. Antrim. William Downie stated his family went to N. Ireland from Linlithgow, Scotland. William came from Dunloy to live in Coatdyke, Airdrie Scotland, around 1845.
This residence in Lanarkshire and the date is determined by his employment as a waggoner. He transported materials by horse and cart to build the first railway in Scotland, from Glasgow to the Coatbridge Iron Works and on through to Edinburgh. William Downie's wife's maiden name was Jessie Winning. They married in New Monklands in the parish of Shotts in December 1852. The cost of registration was 3/6d.

What is certain is that he was in Scotland for the Census of 1851 and lodged at the home of his future bride, Jessie Winning, at Colliertree Brick Rows, Clarkston.  All certificates show that he, his bride and her parents were Irish, though then living in Scotland.  He and she were illiterate and witnessed their children's births with an X mark, and on one occasion (daughter Elizabeth's birth in 1869) registered under the name Downey, the registrar no doubt writing down what he heard.  The Downey spelling is a totally different Southern Irish clan, and invariably Catholic!

William and Jessie (Winning) Downie are interred in Wellwynd Churchyard, Airdrie.

William DOWNIE  
Sex:  M 

Marriage(s):
Spouse:  Jessie WINNING 
Marriage:  Dec 1852 
New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland 


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Source Information:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Batch number:  Dates  Source Call No.  Type  Printout Call No.  Type 
M116516  1820-1854  1066601 , 0102960   Film  6901142   Film


Individual Record FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v4.02
British Isles

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jessie DOWNIE  
Sex:  F 

Event(s):
Birth:  21 Mar 1858 
  New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland 

Parents:
Father:  William DOWNIE  
Mother:  Jessie WINNING  


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Source Information:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
  Batch number:  Dates  Source Call No.  Type  Printout Call No.  Type 
C116511  1855-1875  6035516 REGISTER   Film  NONE 

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Elisabeth DOWNEY  
Sex:  F 

Event(s):
Birth:  9 Jun 1869 
  New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland 

Parents:
Father:  William DOWNEY  
Mother:  Jessie WINNING  

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Source Information:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Batch number:  Dates  Source Call No.  Type  Printout Call No.  Type 
C116511  1855-1875  6035516 REGISTER   Film  NONE 

Individual Record FamilySearch International Genealogical Index v4.02
British Isles


-----------------------------------------------------------------------
William John DOWNIE  
Sex:  M 

Event(s):
Birth:  10 May 1860 
  New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland 

Parents:
Father:  William DOWNIE  
Mother:  Jess_ WINNING  


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

Source Information:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------


Batch number:  Dates  Source Call No.  Type  Printout Call No.  Type 
C116511  1855-1875  6035516 REGISTER   Film  NONE 

Henry DOWNIE  
Sex:  M 

Event(s):
Birth:  17 May 1863 
  New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland 

Parents:
Father:  William DOWNIE  
Mother:  Jessie WINNING  

Wife:   Janet (Jessie) Winning

Died: 6-Jan-1875
Father: William Winning
Mother: Jean Richmond


 

Male  Child 1:   Samuel Downie

Born: 1-Dec-1853
Died: 12-Jul-1918
Spouse: Mary Miller
Children: Margaret Morrison Downie, Jessie Downie, Hannah Downie, William Downie, Joseph Miller Downie, Elizabeth (Lizzie) Downie, Samuel Downie, John Miller Downie, Henry Downie, Charles Miller Downie


Samuel Downie was born on January 1st. 1854, and he died on 12th July 1918, in Dunrobin Place Airdrie. (Dunrobin Place was part of Dunrobin Road.) His death certificate states he was a railway gatekeeper. He did this when he retired from the pit. Samuel settled in Gartness, near Airdrie, then in Kirk O' Shotts parish. he later moved into Clarkston, Airdrie. He married Mary Miller on 13th October 1876, and after moving from Gartness, they lived in Dunrobin Road, Clarkston. Samuel was a colliery overseer in Dunsyston Colliery, near Airdrie. He was also Chairman of the Chapelhall Co-operative Society. Members of Airdrie churches say that Samuel was a wise and just man.
Samuel Downie and Mary Miller are interred in Clarkston Parish Churchyard, Airdrie, to the left of the entry path.

Female  Child 2:   Jessie Downie

Born: 21-Mar-1858
Died: 1935
Spouse: James Ross
Children: Robert Ross, William Ross, Alexander Ross, Thomas Ross, Maggie Ross, Annie Ross, Lizzie Ross


 

Male  Child 3:   William John Downie

Born: 10-May-1860
Died:  
Spouse: Margaret (Maggie) Woodhead
Children: William Downie, Jessie Winning Downie, Henry Woodhead Downie



1  _UID FDCB22A064D6A44D9DA44FD955D737A10000

Sensitive:0

Male  Child 4:   Henry Alexander Downie

Born: 17-May-1863
Died: 29-Oct-1932
Spouse: Martha Colquhoun, Christina P Newton
Children: William Newton Downie, Elizabeth Downie, John Hope Newton Downie


During 1891 Henry boarded with a family called Colquhoun. He later married Martha Colquhoun, possibly his landlords sister? No record of any children appears except that his sister Elizabeth had her niece Jessie staying during the 1901 Census. Who was this niece? Could it have been her brother Henry's daughter?  Henry remarried Christina Newton and settled in Broxburn, West Lothian. He was an undermanager at Duddingston shale mine.

Female  Child 5:   Elizabeth Downey

Born: 9-Jun-1869
Died:  
Spouse: Charles Miller
Children: Jessie Miller, Joseph Miller, Maggie Miller, William Miller, Charles Miller


 

Female  Child 6:   Margaret Downie

Spouse: John Kelly
Children: