Our great-grandfather Alexander McNab died on the 21st March 1909 in London.
He left £337 (£51,000 in today's money)
Details from the 1911 Census:
The family were living at 39 Cranwich Road, Stamford Hill
Jemima – Head
of household (48). Widowed. She died later that year.
The six children were aged Annie (21),
Andrew (20), Lena (18), James (16), Elizabeth (12), Alastair (2)
Annie worked
as a typewriting clerk while Andrew and James worked as billposting clerks, all three in advertising.
Elizabeth
was at school and they had a lodger – Percy Jackson (27) a music student.
Of the six siblings I have discovered the following...
Annie
Bruce McNab
Annie married an American named Charles Ellery on the 18th April 1913
Charles was from Isle of Wight, Virginia, USA
The 1891 census shows him living in Ryde, Hampshire and in 1901 &1911 living in Beckenham, Kent. Charles did military service from 1914 to 1920
Their
daughter Joan Ellery was born on the 25th August 1920
Annie died in 1947 aged 58
Joan was a professional dancer and was married twice, firstly to Richard Morgan in 1940 and then in 1953 - husband unknown
Joan died on the 3rd August 1970
Andrew
McNab
Born on the 12th January 1891 in the Plantation district of Glasgow, Lanarkshire
1891 census
shows the family address as 100 Paisley Road, Govan
Andrew died on the 6th March 1913 in London aged 22
Lena
McNab
Lena married Walter Hunter Thorburn in January 1918
Uncle Hunter was born on the 7th October 1884 at Innerleithen
A club
cricketer for Peebleshire, he made his debut in first-class cricket for
Scotland against Ireland at Perth in 1909. He played first-class cricket for
Scotland until 1912, making a further three appearances against Ireland and one
against the touring Indians.
Daughter
Eileen was born on the 1st April 1919 in Peebles and died in 2000
Son Alistair was born in 1926 and died in 1989
Hunter died on the 27th March 1957 in Peebles
Lena died on
the 22nd August 1941
James
Miller McNab
James emigrated to Canada on the 28 May 1913 aged 18 arriving in Quebec, with his final
destination being Winnipeg. Occupation: clerk.
He married
Agnes Chisholm Blackwood on 18 May 1916 in Winnipeg
Daughter
Muriel Agnes (known as Mollie) born 12 December 1920
Daughter
Leanna Bernice born on the 10th August 1930 in Vancouver
James died on the 20th March 1978 in Vancouver, Canada
Mollie
married George Russell Brealey on the 18th April 1944
Mollie died on the 6th February 1990 in Vancouver
Leanna
married George James Allin 1930-2019. Records on Ancestry show 4 children but their names are hidden. These are the only possible second cousins I have come across so far.
Leanna died 16 Dec 1997 at Creston, British Columbia
Elizabeth
McNab
Born in 1899 in Glasgow
Married James Bertram on the 6th October 1926 in Peebles.
She died on the 10th May
1972 in Edinburgh
Alastair
Miller McNab
Born 1909
Stamford Hill, London
Possible
marriage in Oct 1959 to Audrey E Jones
Audrey E
McNab is on the 1963 Electoral Register for Twickenham.
