Comments: 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
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Jessie DOWNIE
Sex: F
Event(s):
Birth: 21 Mar 1858
New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
Parents:
Father: William DOWNIE
Mother: Jessie WINNING
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Elisabeth DOWNEY
Sex: F
Event(s):
Birth: 9 Jun 1869
New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
Parents:
Father: William DOWNEY
Mother: Jessie WINNING
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William John DOWNIE
Sex: M
Event(s):
Birth: 10 May 1860
New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
Parents:
Father: William DOWNIE
Mother: Jess_ WINNING
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Henry DOWNIE
Sex: M
Event(s):
Birth: 17 May 1863
New Monkland, Lanark, Scotland
Parents:
Father: William DOWNIE
Mother: Jessie WINNING
Spouse: Janet (Jessie) Winning married Dec-1852
Children: Samuel Downie, Jessie Downie, William John Downie, Henry Alexander Downie, Elizabeth Downey, Margaret Downie
William James's Heritage
Parents: Samuel Downie, Elizabeth Johnston
Siblings: