James Downie and Margaret Mossman

m 29 July 1794 St. Cuthbert's Edinburgh

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James Downie
Gardener
b 25 October 1806 Currie, Midlothian
d 28 August 1875 South Leith, Midlothian

m 6 December 1805 St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh
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Margaret Mossman

b 14 September 1811 St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh
d 24 January 1871 Currie Station, Midlothian
killed by train

m 29 June 1829 Colinton, Midlothian

David Downie
Drayman
b 25 January 1830
Currie, Midlothian
d 30 October 1886
Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Alexander Downie
Paper Mill Worker
b 13 May 1832
Currie, Midlothian
d

James Downie
Paper Mill Worker
b 20 July 1834
Currie, Midlothian
d 10 February 1876
Norwich, Connecticut, USA

William Downie
Paper Mill Worker
b 11 September 1836
Currie, Midlothian
d 5 January 1913 
Indianapolis, USA

All the sons of James Downie and Margaret Mossman with the exception of Thomas, who may have been disabled and who died in Currie in 1868 from a spinal complaint, emigrated to the United States. James's death certificate in 1875, informant his son in law James Nivison, does not identify his parents but there is a baptism record in 1806 in Curriefor James Downie, son of David Downie and Marion Carr. Further proof has come to light through Y-DNA testing. In late 2023, Bryan Downie, a direct descendant of James Downie, took a Y-DNA 37 marker test which proved to be an exact match with the 37 marker results for Ian Downie, a direct descendant of George Downie. This result goes a very long way towards providing that George and James were brothers, and sons of David Downie and Mary Kerr, in the absence of direct, documentary proof.

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