McNab Family History

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.