Tim Rowantreebank, which still exists, is an old house on Main street, Alexandria. It is now sandwiched between a younger house and a late Victorian red sandstone tenement which forms a corner into Upper Bridge Street. This latter building has "stolen" the name "Rowantreebank", which seems to apply to the above-mentioned stretch of buildings now - though their official addresses nowadays will be street numbers. Rowantreebank is not next to the River Leven - about a third of a mile away. The "bank" would be sloping land on which, presumably, there was at one time (about 1800?) a rowan tree. Hope this is a help. Arthur afjones@mailhost.sol.co.uk At 14:19 30/03/1999 -0500, you wrote: >Greetings, > >Might anyone know anything about this location? > >My greataunt kept a diary in 1884 while visiting cousins in America and >on 6 March 1884 wrote that she had received word from home (Pollokshaws, >Eastwood, RFW) about the death of a dear friend June McOWAL. Several >days later she wrote a letter to a Johanna McOWAL, presumably a letter >of sympathy. > >The diary read that the death occurred at "Rowan Tree Bank Alexandria" >and I checked maps to find Alexandria is in Bonhill parish. The current >Glasgow street atlas doesn't show that street as still in existance, but >there are others in the West of Scotland general area called Rowantree >Road, etc. So I'm assuming that Rowantree Bank was right next to the >river in the center of Alexandria - possibly where "Bank Street" is now. > >If I can confirm the location, I will ask my researcher to pull the >death certificate data for me as I believe Kate might have been >referring to a cousin actually spelled McHOUL, or McHOWL. > >Can anyone help with either the street location or the family name? > >Thanks for any assistance! > >Tim Millar >Cape Cod, Mass. >MILLAR - RFW >CRAIG - AYR, RFW >RANKIN - AYR > > >==== DUNBARTONSHIRE-GENWEB Mailing List ==== >Arrochar * Bonhill * Cardross * Cumbernauld * Dumbarton * Kilmaronock * Kirkintilloch * Luss * New Kilpatrick * Old Kilpatrick * Rhu (or Rho) * Roseneath > > >