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| Name |
Jesse Taylor |
| Born |
Perth, Scotland  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
Maynard, Iowa |
| Buried |
Long Grove Cem., Maynard, IA |
| Notes |
- Jessie attended school in Ecclesmachen, Scotland, 1 1/2 miles from Uphall. In 1885 her father died and she moved with her mother to Brechin, Scotland. In 1890, she came to America with her family. She was 18 years old. They left in April and
the family was very homesick but Jessie made friends on the ship and had a nice time coming over. They rode by train to Postville, Iowa where her grandfather, Nathaniel McWilliams, and her aunt and uncle, Eliza and Evan Swenson, lived. The
climate was hard on the family - too cold in winter and too hot in the summer but as time went by they adjusted.
- Jesse went to Normal school and earned a certificate to teach which was not an easy task as their history and geography were different. She taught at the McLeish School.
- William Durne Milne (who married Jesse's sister, Eliza) and John McLeish had gone to the same school. So William brought John with him when he came to visit his Uncle at Christmas time. His Uncle lived across the street from the McWilliams.
This is how Eliza met William and her sister, Jesse, met John McLeish. Jesse and John were married that same year.
- The year John and Jessie were married, 1893, was the same year as the year the World's Fair was held in Chicago. Andrew McLeish, John's father, suggested that that John and Jesse keep house for John's siblings while Andrew and Katherine went to
the World's Fair. But John and Jesse went on their honeymoon instead so Eliza went to the Andrew McLeish home and helped John's sister, Maggie, who was only 13 and very pretty.
- Jesse was a teacher.
- Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemmorhage
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| Person ID |
I14513 |
Windemuth Descendents |
| Last Modified |
7 Jun 1998 |
| Family |
John Strawn McLeish, b. 20 Sep 1869, Jefferson Township, 2 1/2 miles South Maynard, Iowa , d. 3 Sep 1958, Colorado Springs, Colorado (Age 88 years) |
| Married |
18 Aug 1893 |
| Children |
| | 1. Gordon McLeish, b. May 1894, d. Jan 1973, California (Age ~ 78 years) |
| | 2. James McLeish, b. 8 Nov 1895, d. 1977, Baker, Oregon (Age 81 years) |
| | 3. Marjorie Alice McLeish, b. 9 Feb 1898, Maynard, Iowa , d. 4 Sep 1987, Maynard, Iowa (Age 89 years) |
| | 4. Eva McLeish, b. 1899, d. 1899 (Age 0 years) |
| | 5. Nell Della Emma McLeish, b. 11 Nov 1901, d. Oelwein, Iowa |
| | 6. Kathryn McLeish, b. 27 Jan 1904, d. Webster City, Iowa |
| | 7. John McLeish, b. 1907, d. 1907 (Age 0 years) |
| | 8. Robert McLeish, b. 8 Aug 1909, Oklahoma , d. 1995, Littleton, Iowa (Age 85 years) |
| | 9. Ruth Dorothy McLeish, b. 19 Jul 1915, Strawberry Piont, Iowa , d. May 1964 (Age 48 years) |
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| Family ID |
F10365 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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