Individual Details
William FOWLER
(7 Apr 1845 - 1 Dec 1906)
Events
| Birth | 7 Apr 1845 | Ireland | |||
| Birth | 1850 | ||||
| Birth | Abt 1853 |  | |||
| Marriage | 7 Apr 1871 | Parish of Lesmahagow, Lanark, Scotland - Christina GILBERT | | ||
| Immigration | 23 Aug 1880 | Castle Garden, Manhattan, New York City, New York |  | | |
| Naturalization | 25 Sep 1886 | Fayette County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 1 Dec 1906 | |
Families
| Spouse | Christina GILBERT (1847 - 1910) |
| Child | Thomas FOWLER (1870 - 1947) |
| Child | Andrew Gilbert FOWLER (1872 - 1950) |
| Child | John FOWLER (1873 - 1928) |
| Child | William FOWLER (1875 - 1944) |
| Child | James FOWLER (1878 - 1948) |
| Child | Matthew FOWLER (1880 - 1885) |
| Child | Madison FOWLER (1881 - 1949) |
| Child | Martha FOWLER (1884 - 1951) |
| Child | Alexander Gilbert FOWLER (1885 - 1957) |
| Child | Christina FOWLER (1888 - 1975) |
| Father | John FOWLER ( - ) |
| Mother | Christina ELLIOT (1797 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Thomas FOWLER (1836 - 1878) |
Notes
Immigration
William Fowler immigrated with his wife Christina and his sons: Andrew, John, William, James, and Matthew on the ship Circassia to Castle Garden in New York City on 23 August 1880 from Glasgow, Scotland. Their older son Thomas had immigrated on the ship Ethiopia to Castle Garden in New York City with his grandparents, Andrew and Christina Gilbert, and their son James on 8 September 1879 from Glasgow, Scotland.Naturalization
He was naturalized in Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Alien Docket 2108). The index card gives his age as 36 years, his date and port of arrival as August 1880 New York, and his country of birth as Scotland. The witness was Samuel P. Claybaugh.Endnotes
1. "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 January 2018), Wm. Fowler, arrival date 23 August 1880; citing National Archives, Washington, D.C.; from NARA microfilm M237, roll 429.
2. "Statutory Register of Marriages," database, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov : accessed 8 February 2018), William Fowler and Christinea Gilbert, 7 April 1871; citing Register of Marriages for the Parish of Lesmahagow in the County of Lanark; No. 17.
3. "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 January 2018), Wm. Fowler, arrival date 23 August 1880; citing National Archives, Washington, D.C.; from NARA microfilm M237, roll 429.
4. "Well Known Miner Instantly Killed," News Item, The Daily Republican, 1 December 1906, "William Fowler, Checkweighman at the Dilworth Coal Co., of this place, fell between two freight cars here this morning and was crushed to death."; Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 22 January 2018).