This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: MEIKLEJOHN, McGOWAN, GOWAN Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/VNB.2ACE/516 Message Board Post: I am looking for details of my ancestor, David Forbes MEIKLEJOHN, who was born in Culross, Perth, Scotland in March 1813, immigrated to the USA in 1855 with his second wife (Ann McGOWAN or GOWAN) and children. He had several children: Elizabeth, Mary Catherine, David, Jane, Anna, George, Margaret, Isabelle, Elmyra, Alice, Ellen, and William. He died, and was buried, in Butte in December 1888. I have no idea when he arrived in Butte, but I've heard he was a Sheriff (or some type of peace officer) for part of the time he was in Butte. I know that not all of his children stayed in or lived in Butte. If anyone has, or can find, any information on this family I would greatly appreciate it.