| 1. | Jesse Taylor was born in in Perth, Scotland (daughter of James Taylor and Margaret McWilliams); died in in Maynard, Iowa; was buried in 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
Jesse married John Strawn McLeish on 18 Aug 1893. John (son of Andrew McLeish and Katherine Strawn) was born on 20 Sep 1869 in Jefferson Township, 2 1/2 miles South Maynard, Iowa; died on 3 Sep 1958 in Colorado Springs, Colorado; was buried on 8 Sep 1958 in Long Grove Cem., Maynard, IA (funeral in Oelwein). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Gordon McLeish was born in May 1894; died in Jan 1973 in California.
- James McLeish was born on 8 Nov 1895; died in 1977 in Baker, Oregon.
- Marjorie Alice McLeish was born on 9 Feb 1898 in Maynard, Iowa; died on 4 Sep 1987 in Maynard, Iowa; was buried in Long Grove Cem., Maynard, IA.
- Eva McLeish was born in 1899; died in 1899.
- Nell Della Emma McLeish was born on 11 Nov 1901; died in in Oelwein, Iowa.
- Kathryn McLeish was born on 27 Jan 1904; died in in Webster City, Iowa.
- John McLeish was born in 1907; died in 1907.
- Robert McLeish was born on 8 Aug 1909 in Oklahoma; died in 1995 in Littleton, Iowa.
- Ruth Dorothy McLeish was born on 19 Jul 1915 in Strawberry Piont, Iowa; died in May 1964; was buried in Woodland Memorial Cemetery, San Francisco, CA.
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