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She married Gerald Essex Trevor at St Mary in Acton, Ealing, Middlesex, on 25 September 1927.^1,2

Kathleen Mary Lawrence Houghton was born in New Zealand in 1891.²

She married Gerard Henry Nicholls in New Zealand in 1914.¹

Kathleen died on 27 December 1925 in New Zealand possibly dying in childbirth, as the NZ BDM indexes show a stillbirth in 1925.³

James How was born at Saltcoats, Stevenston-side in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, on 24 August 1743. His father was a sailor and not present for the baptism.¹ He was baptised at Saltcoats in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, on 28 August 1743.¹

Marriage banns for James and Margaret Hunter were published on 2 December 1775 in Stevenston, Ayrshire.²

He married Margaret Hunter, daughter of Joseph Hunter and Margaret McGowan, in Irvine, Ayrshire, on 4 December 1775. If the How(ie)/Hunter relationships have been recorded correctly, James and Margaret would be first cousins.³

He was widowed at age 52 on the death of his wife Margaret on 16 April 1796.⁴

James died on 2 June 1798 in Irvine, Ayrshire, at age 54.⁴ He was buried at the Old Parish Churchyard in Irvine.⁴

He married Janet Hunter, daughter of Robert Hunter and Mary Boyd, in Stevenston, Ayrshire, in January 1742.²

Alexander Guthrie Howat was born in Hutchesontown, Lanarkshire, in 1884.¹

He married Margaret Houston McPhee in Cathcart, Lanarkshire, on 25 August 1905. He gave his occupation as 'brass finisher.^2,3'

Alexander died in 1946 in Stevenston, Ayrshire.⁴

John Taylor (Iain) Howat was born in Tradeston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 30 July 1938.¹

He was the informant of Alexander Ferguson's death at Western Infirmary in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 7 January 1966.²

John died on 12 October 1987 in Johnstone, Renfrewshire, at age 49.³ He was cremated in Paisley on 15 October 1987.

John Taylor (Jack) Howat was born at 7 Holmhead Park in Cathcart, Renfrewshire, on 19 November 1907.¹

He married Christina McInnes Ferguson, daughter of Alexander Ferguson and Catherine Sinclair (Kate) McInnes, at the Grand Hotel in Kelvingrove, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, on 12 February 1938. He was a marine engineer and she was a typist.²

He served on the SS Zena as Second Engineering Officer during the Second World War. The Zena was a 1416 gross ton steamer, built in 1911 and requisitioned by the Admiralty in WWI as an ammunition carrier, then acquired in 1928 by Clydesdale Shipowners Co. Ltd. During WWII she mainly sailed in convoys on the UK-Gibralter and UK-Methil runs; after the war she had other owners before being scrapped in 1960.^3,4

John died on 25 June 1947 at 35 Garry St in Cathcart, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, at age 39 of pulmonary TB, haemoptysis. The informant was his sister May.^5,6 He was buried at the Cathcart Cemetery, 160 Brenfield Rd in East Renfrew.⁷

Hector George Howe was born in New Zealand on 8 June 1910.²

He married Cecilia Eileen England in New Zealand in 1932.¹

Hector was divorced from Cecilia Eileen England at Auckland in 1941.³

Hector died on 10 June 1987 in Thames, Coromandel, at age 77.^4,5 He was buried on 12 June 1987 at the Totara Memorial Park Cemetery, 110 Te Arapipi Rd in Totara.⁴

James Howe was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, on 5 March 1782.¹ and was baptised on 11 March 1782 in Irvine.¹

Janet Howe was born in Irvine, Ayrshire, on 2 January 1784.¹ and was baptised on 9 January 1784 in Irvine² and was baptised on 9 January 1784 in Irvine.¹

Janet died on 11 December 1823 in Irvine, Ayrshire, at age 39.^3,4 She was buried at the Old Parish Churchyard in Irvine.⁴