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Isabella Purdon Towers

sourced from Walter Towers Jane Kerr and family.

Walter Towers Jane Kerr and family

Isabella was born on January 18th, 1877 in Paisley.¹²

Birth Notes
- 4 in 1881, so born between 4-Apr-1876 and 4-Apr-1877, in Paisley
  
  Isabella Purdon Towers 1877 Jan 18th 7 Mossvale St., Paisley, Walter Towers, iron moulder
  
  See scotlandspeople: 1877 TOWERS ISABELLA PURDON F PAISLEY BURGH PARISHES RENFREW 573/00 0102

Isabella's father was Walter Colquhoun Towers and her mother was Jane (Jean, Jeanie) Kerr. Her paternal grandparents were William Tours and Margaret Colquhoun; her maternal grandparents were Archibald Kerr and Isabella (Bella) Purdon. She had seven brothers and a sister, named Walter, William, Archibald, John, Alexander, James, Elmer and Margaret. She was the oldest of the nine children. She died at the age of 87 in 1964 in USA.³⁴

Occupation Details
- From 1900 Isabella's occupation was stenographer.⁵

Whereabouts
- Isabella lived in New Jersey.⁶

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Michaill Towrs
  
  William Tours
  - b.09 Oct 1767 in Paisley d.12 Sep 1844 in Paisley
  
  Agnes Stewart
  - b. in Paisley
  
  William Tours
  - b.14 Feb 1808 in Paisley d.03 Feb 1883 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
  
  Walter Colquhoun Towers
  - b.Apr 1850 in Paisley d.1924 in New Jersey
  
  Margaret Colquhoun
  - b.1812 in Paisley d.17 Apr 1854 in Paisley
  
  Isabella Purdon Towers
  - b.18 Jan 1877 in Paisley d.1964 in USA
  
  Hugh Kerr
  - b.1780 in Renfrewshire d.< 1851
  
  Archibald Kerr
  - b.1820 in Saltcoats d.03 Dec 1867 in Paisley
  
  Margaret Anderson
  - b.1795 in Saltcoats d.< 1867
  
  Jane (Jean, Jeanie) Kerr
  - b.1852 in Paisley d.1923 in California
  
  Isabella (Bella) Purdon
  - b.1821 in Barony parish d.25 Jan 1907 in Paisley

Personal Timeline

Individual Additional Information

Details of Isabella's family with Frank Ernest Goode

¹ Walter Towers 1881
² Towers family immigration 1888
³ Guipe family free
⁴ Franke Goode obituary
⁵ Colquhoun Towers 1900
⁶ Goode Towers 1930
Further sources/citations:
Jane Towers and family emigration, Towers 1895, Goode 1920, Colquhoun Towers family story, Goode 1940

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