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Euphemia Towers

Euphemia was born in 1836 in Paisley.¹²

Birth Notes
- Born, according to 1841, 51 census between 7-jun-1836 and 30-Mar-1837
  26 at wedding, suggesting born between 25-Nov-1838 and 24-Nov-1839
  57 in 1891 census, suggesting born between 1833 and 1834
  23 in 1861, suggesting born around 1838.
  
  Died in 1911, in Paisley, aged 73, again suggesting born around 1838.

Euphemia's father was Michael Towers and her mother was Janet Mathie. Her paternal grandparents were William Tours and Janet Fulton; her maternal grandparents were James Mathie and Euphan Cameron. She had a brother and five sisters, named William, Janet, Agnes, Ann, Maggie and <Unknown>. She died due to a medical problem, gastroenteritis, at the age of 75 on July 9th, 1911 in Paisley.³

Death Notes

Education Details
- Euphemia attended on a literacy program.
  - Education Notes
    - Illiterate: marked X on marriage certificate, also on husband's death cert.

Occupation Details
- From 1861 Euphemia's occupation was threadmill worker in manufacturing.²
  - Occupation Notes
    - 1861: thread polisher

Whereabouts
- Euphemia lived in Paisley.⁴
  - Occupancy/Contact Notes
    - Before wedding: 12 Seedhill, Paisley, Scotland
      
      1891 census - a widow, living at 22 Incle St., Paisley.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Michaill Towrs
  
  William Tours
  - b.09 Oct 1767 in Paisley d.12 Sep 1844 in Paisley
  
  Agnes Stewart
  - b. in Paisley
  
  Michael Towers
  - b.24 Nov 1805 in Paisley d.01 Oct 1879 in Paisley
  
  William Fulton
  
  Janet Fulton
  - b.27 Aug 1770 in Paisley d.1840 in Paisley
  
  Robert Urie
  
  Jean Urie
  - b.02 Jan 1741 in Paisley
  
  Katherine Finlay
  
  Euphemia Towers
  - b.1836 in Paisley d.09 Jul 1911 in Paisley
  
  John Mathie
  - b.1750 in Paisley d.1793
  
  James Mathie
  - b.11 Apr 1785 in Paisley d.24 Nov 1857 in Paisley Abbey parish
  
  Mary Brown
  - b.1755 in Paisley d.1793
  
  Janet Mathie
  - b.05 Mar 1806 in Paisley Abbey parish d.28 Jul 1884 in Paisley
  
  James Cameron
  - b. in Glasgow
  
  Euphan Cameron
  - b.31 Oct 1785 in Glasgow d.22 Nov 1851 in Paisley
  
  Daniel Morison
  
  Sarah Morison
  - b.18 Oct 1760 in Glasgow
  
  Euphan Beatson

Personal Timeline

Individual Additional Information

Details of Euphemia's family with Archibald Kerr

¹ Euphemia Towers Archibald Kerr marriage
² Michael Towers 1861
³ Euphemia Towers death
⁴ Archibald Kerr 1881
Further sources/citations:
Archibald Kerr 1871, Euphemia Kerr 1891, Euphemia Kerr 1901, Euphemia Kerr 1911

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