William Barras Downie and Agnes Hooks

William Barris Downie
Blacksmith
b 6 Aug 1860
Ratho, Midlothian
d 17 December 1953
Johnstone, Renfrewshire

Jane Gilchrist

b 30 April 1865
Anderston, Glasgow
d 25 April 1932
Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire

Walter Hooks
Pattern Maker
b ca 1846
Saltcoats, Adrossan, Ayrshire
d 1915
Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire

Margaret McCandlish

b ca 1846
Saltcoats, Ardrossan, Ayrshire
d

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m 6 January 1885 Govan, Lanarkshire

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William Barras Downie B.E.M.
Chief Inspector Carpet Works
b 23 April 1892 Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire
d 2 January 1965 Paisley, Renfrewshire

m 12 July 1872 Adrossan, Ayrshire
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Agnes Hooks

b 1890 Johnstone, Renfrewshire
d 1925 Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire

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m 16 April 1915 Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire

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William Barras Downie
Gardener
b 24 July 1918
Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire
d 25 March 1989
Paisley, Renfrewshire

Walter Hooks Downie

b 1920
Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire
d 1967
Johnstone, Renfrewshire


William Barras Downie and Marion Haddow McFie

William Barris Downie
Blacksmith
b 6 Aug 1860
Ratho, Midlothian
d 17 December 1953
Johnstone, Renfrewshire

Jane Gilchrist

b 30 April 1865
Anderston, Glasgow
d 25 April 1932
Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire

Robert McFie
Steam Craneman
b ca 1864

d

Euphemia Morris

b ca 1864

d 1941
Govan, Glasgow

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m 6 January 1885 Govan, Lanarkshire

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William Barras Downie B.E.M.
Chief Inspector Carpet Works
b 23 April 1892 Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire
d 2 January 1965 Paisley, Renfrewshire

m 1893 Dennistoun, Glasgow
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Marion Haddow Morris or McFie
Drapery Saleswoman
b 1891 Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire
d 1972 Johnstone, Renfrewshire

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m 2 July 1926 Cardonald, Glasgow

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Robert McFie Downie

b 3 January 1928
Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire
d 1929
Johnstone & Elderslie, Renfrewshire


Following the death of his first wife, Agnes Hooks, William Barras Downie married Marion Haddow McFie and they had a child Robert McFie Downie who died at the age of 1. He was awarded the British Empire Medal in Queen Elizabeth II's first Birthday Honours List in June 1952.