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William Tours & Margaret Colquhoun

‌William and Margaret were married in a religious ceremony on June 28th, 1832 in Paisley Abbey parish by Reverend John Macnaughtan.¹

Marriage/Union Notes
- 10/06/1832 TOWERS WILLIAM MARGARET COLQUHOUN/FR779 (FR779) M PAISLEY HIGH CHURCH /RENFREW 573/01 0040 0117
  28/06/1832 TOWERS WILLIAM MARGARET COLQUHOUN/FR2775 (FR2775) M ABBEY /RENFREW 559/00 0080 0269

They had three sons and six daughters, named William, John, Walter, Margaret, Janet, Isabella, Cecillia, Elisabeth and Christina.

Family Notes
- Banns called 10th June

Personal Details
- William Tours
  William was born on February 14th, 1808 in Paisley and his baptism took place on February 21st, 1808 at High Church, Paisley.²³
  - Birth Notes
    - 21/02/1808 TOWRS WILLIAM WILLIAM TOWRS/JANET FULTON FR1160 M Abbey /RENFREW 559/ 0030 0379
      
      Name: William Towrs
      Event Type: Christening
      Event Date: 21 Feb 1808
      Event Place: Abbey, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
      Event Place (Original): Abbey Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland
      Gender: Male
      Father's Name: William Towrs
      Mother's Name: Janet Fulton
      
      GS Film Number: 1041088
      Digital Folder Number: 7
      
      Citing this Record
      "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQWL-Q3R : 11 February 2020), Janet Fulton in entry for William Towrs, 1808.
  He died due to natural causes or old age, General debility, 3 months, paralysis of bladder, at the age of 74 on February 3rd, 1883 in Paisley.⁴
  - Death Notes
    - Reported death of sister Cecilia
      
      death reported by son Walter
      
      .
  Margaret Colquhoun
  Margaret was born in 1812 in Paisley.⁵ She died due to a medical problem, Fever, at the age of 42 on April 17th, 1854 in Paisley.⁵

Children
- Margaret Towers
  Margaret was born on August 17th, 1832 in Paisley and her baptism.⁶⁷
  - Birth Notes
    
    17/08/1832 TOWERS MARGARET WILLIAM TOWERS/MARGARET COLQUHOUN FR583 (FR583) F PAISLEY HIGH CHURCH /RENFREW 573/01 0030 0123
    
    Name:     Margaret Towers
    Gender:     Female
    Christening Place:     HIGH CHURCH, PAISLEY, RENFREW, SCOTLAND
    Birth Date:     17 Aug 1832
    Birthplace:     High Church, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland
    Father's Name:     William Towers
    Mother's Name:     Margaret Colquhoun
    Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C11573-6 , System Origin: Scotland-VR , GS Film number: 1041283 , Reference ID: - 2:17FZVHF
    
    Citing this Record
    
    "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTJR-G3T : accessed 13 Aug 2014), Margaret Towers, 17 Aug 1832; citing High Church, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland, reference - 2:17FZVHF; FHL microfilm 1041283.
  She died at the age of 73 on August 27th, 1905 in Bute. She was buried in Paisley.⁸⁸
  - Death Notes
    
    GALT other surname TOWERS
    MARGARET
    73
    1905
    553/2 14
    Kilbride (Bute)
  Janet Towers
  Janet was born on January 10th, 1835 in Paisley and her baptism took place there on May 17th, 1835.
  - Birth Notes
    
    17/05/1835 TOWERS JANET WILLIAM TOWERS/MARGARET COLQUHOUN FR593 (FR593) F PAISLEY HIGH CHURCH /RENFREW 573/01 0030 0143
    
    Name     Janet Towers
    Gender     Female
    Christening Date     17 May 1835
    Christening Place     HIGH CHURCH, PAISLEY, RENFREW, SCOTLAND
    Birth Date     10 Jan 1835
    Father's Name     William Towers
    Mother's Name     Margaret Colquhoun
    Citing this Record
    
    "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTJR-7YN : accessed 22 May 2016), William Towers in entry for Janet Towers, 10 Jan 1835; citing , reference - 2:17G044G; FHL microfilm 1,041,283.
  She died before 1841.⁶
  - Death Notes
    
    not on 1841 census
  William Towers
  William was born on January 17th, 1838 in Paisley Abbey parish.⁶⁹
  - Birth Notes
    
    Name:     William Towers
    Gender:     Male
    Birth Date:     17 Jan 1838
    Birth Place:     , Abbey Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland
    Father:     William Towers
    Mother:     Margaret Colquhoun
    FHL Film Number:     1041090, 0889472
  He died due to kidney failure, Nephritis, 6 weeeks, at the age of 80 on February 26th, 1918 in Toronto. He was buried in Toronto.¹⁰¹¹
  Isabella Towers
  Isabella was born on July 22nd, 1840 in Paisley and her baptism took place there on September 6th, 1840.⁶
  - Birth Notes
    
    06/09/1840 TOWERS ISABELLA WILLIAM TOWERS/MARGARET COLQUHOUN FR610 (FR610) F PAISLEY HIGH CHURCH /RENFREW 573/01 0030 0176
    
    Name     Isabella Towers
    Gender     Female
    Christening Date     06 Sep 1840
    Christening Place     HIGH CHURCH, PAISLEY, RENFREW, SCOTLAND
    Birth Date     22 Jul 1840
    Father's Name     William Towers
    Mother's Name     Margaret Colquhoun
    Citing this Record
    
    "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY3B-S57 : accessed 28 February 2016), Isabella Towers, 22 Jul 1840; citing , reference - 2:17G0JJ1; FHL microfilm 1,041,283.
  Cecillia Towers
  Cecillia was born in 1844 in Paisley.³¹² She died at the age of 53 in November 1897 in Lancashire.¹³
  - Death Notes
    
    Deaths Dec 1897 (>99%)
    Drennan Cecilia 53 Barton I. 8c 422a
  Elisabeth Towers
  Elisabeth was born in March 1846 in Paisley Abbey parish.¹⁴ She died due to a medical problem, smallpox, at 3 months old on June 1st, 1846 in Paisley Abbey parish.¹⁴
  
  John Towers
  John was born in 1847 in Paisley.³¹⁵ He died from cancer, Carcinoma of larynx, 5 years, asphyxia, at the age of 74 on June 24th, 1921 in Paisley.¹⁶
  Walter Colquhoun Towers
  
  Walter Colquhoun Towers
  
  Walter was born in April 1850 in Paisley.¹⁷¹⁸
  - Birth Notes
    
    29 in 1881, 24 at marriage, so born between 4-Apr-1851 and 25-Feb-1852, in Paisley
  He died at the age of 74 in 1924 in New Jersey. He was buried in New Jersey.¹⁹²⁰
  - Death Notes
    
    Vailsburg, Essex, New Jersey, USA
  Christina Towers
  Christina was born in 1854 in Paisley.²¹²²
  - Birth Notes
    
    24 at wedding, so born between 6-Nov-1853 and 5-Nov-1854
  She died due to a medical problem, Cerebral haemmhorage, at the age of 85 on January 4th, 1939 in Paisley.²³
  - Death Notes

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