Jessie McDowell

1860 - 1939  (78 years)

• Name	Jessie McDowell
  Birth	13 Jan 1860	London, Middlesex, ONT
  Gender	Female
  Census	1861	London, Middlesex, ONT ; age 2, born CAN, living with parents
  Census	1871	London, Middlesex, ONT ; age 11, born ONT, living with parents
  Census	1881	London, Middlesex, ONT ; age 22, born ONT
  Census	16 Feb 1920	Balsam Lake, Polk, WI ; age 59, born CAN, parents born SCOT/SCOT
  Census	4 Apr 1930	Glendale, Los Angeles, CA ; age 70, born CAN, parents born SCOT/SCOT
  Death	9 Jan 1939	Glendale, CA
  Person ID	I476	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	16 May 2015

  
  

  Father	James McDowell,   b. 1807, Ayr, Scotland d. 30 Jun 1872, London, Middlesex, ONT (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Isabella McLeod,   b. 1823, Inverness, Scotland d. 22 May 1880, London, Middlesex, ONT (Age 57 years)
  Family ID	F67	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Nicklos,   b. 5 Nov 1853, Rochester, Monroe, NY d. 21 Jan 1939, Glendale, Los Angeles, CA (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	20 Nov 1879	London, Middlesex, ONT
  Notes	from "Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928" (ancestry.com) On 20 Nov 1879 at 356 Queens Ave, Middlesex Co, ONT, Charles Nicolas, 26, Presbyterian, an oil refiner, residing London East, b. US to Ernst & ___ Nicolas, married Jessie McDowell, 20, Presbyterian, residing London, b. London to James & Isabella McDowell. Witnesses James Allen and Catherine McKitock
  Children	+ 1. Ernest James Nicklos,   b. 29 Aug 1880, London, Middlesex, ONT d. 7 Apr 1956, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 75 years) + 2. Gertrude May Nicklos,   b. 13 Sep 1882, London, Middlesex, ONT d. 7 Aug 1942, Fresno, Fresno, CA (Age 59 years) 3. Charles Fredrick “Fred” Nicklos,   b. 2 Sep 1884, Petrolia, Lambton, ONT d. 16 Feb 1971, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, NM (Age 86 years)   4. John Chester Nicklos,   b. 18 Aug 1886, Petrolia, Lambton, ONT d. 16 Jul 1954, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 67 years)   5. Jessie Isabella Nicklos,   b. 11 Aug 1889, Austria d. 1891 (Age 1 year)   6. Kathleen Blanche Nicklos,   b. 20 Oct 1891, Austria d. 15 Oct 1964, Los Angeles Co, CA (Age 72 years)   7. Percy Fraser Nicklos,   b. 9 Sep 1895, Ropica, Poland d. 23 Aug 1909, Krosno, Poland (Age 13 years)   8. Edith Alberta Nicklos,   b. 28 May 1898, Bobrka, POL d. 24 Sep 1982, Aliso Vieho, CA (Age 84 years)   9. Lillian Nicklos,   b. 25 May 1903
  Photos		Charles and Jessie Nicklos
  Family ID	F44	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2017

  
  

• Photos

  Jessie (McDowell) Nicklos

  
  

  Headstones

  Jessie Nicklos Grave Site Plot: Holly Terrace, Great Mausoleum, Sanctury of Adoration, Wall Crypt 8622

  
  

• Notes

  Jessie McDowell Bio Jessie McDowell born on January 13, 1861 in London, Ontario, Canada. Daughter of James and Isabella McDowell. Her mother, an orphan, was brought at the age of 18 years from Inverness, Scotland by her Uncle William MacKenzie to Canada, her maiden name being Isabella McCloud. Her grandparents name was McKay and he was a sea captain. All came from Inverness or the Highlands. Isabella McCloud married James McDowell in London, Ontario. He too came from Scotland, but from Glasgow. When he married he owned a small hotel in London, Ontario. Isabella McDowell had five children - James, Samuel, Jessie, John and Sarah. Sarah married John Brown who had one son, Claire. John married, lived in St. Paul, Minnesota, had one son, Jack McDowell. Son never married. Jessie McDowell married Charles Nicklos in London, Ontario. They had nine children. Charles Nicklos’ father came from Saxe Coburg, Germany and settled in Rochester, New York. He married Elenora Brown. They had two children, Fredrick and Charles. Fredrick was seven years older than Charles. Their mother died when Charles was only a few years old, his father remarried, and when the war of States was on Fredrick enlisted as a drummer boy and was never heard from again. In the meantime, the father died and the step-mother remarried. Conditions were very bad during the war years so they moved to Canada. When Charles was older he worked in the refinery in Petrolia. That is where he lived after he married. After several years of working in the refinery, Mr. McGarvey offered him a position to go to Galicia, Austria to be in charge of building the first refinery in that part of the world. He went over for two years and remained for twenty-five years. Jessie and Charles Nicklos had four children born in Canada and five children born in Galicia, Austria. Percy was drowned at the age of 16. Jessie died at the age of 2, and Lilly died in infancy. The other children were Ernest, Fred, Gertrude, Kathleen, John and Edith.