Hannah Malcolm - Gone to America

Billmalc · Post by **Billmalc** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:26 pm

Hi All

Would there be any chance that someone with access to Ancestry could help me

Hannah Malcolm b1873 in Perth, Scotland emigrated to the USA in 1909. According to Ellis Island records, she left Glasgow on 12 June 1909 on the 'Caledonia' arriving in New York on 21 June 1909. Her final destination was Corbin? Jefferson County, Montana. She was going to stay with John Swan? who may have been an uncle or cousin (her parents being David Malcolm and Mary swan).

I have tried the searching the 1910 census during free periods on Ancestry without success. I have also tried Scottish mattiage and death records just in case she returned home, but again no success

I was hoping that someone who knows what thet are doing with the USA records might be able to help, either to find Hannah or possibly John Swan, or both.

My search for Hannah has lasted for about 18 months up to now and I feel that I am hitting my head off a brick wall

Up to now and to my knowledge, Hannah is my only ancestor to have ventured abroad, so it would be great to find out what happened to her.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Bill

Post by **SarahND** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:45 pm

Hi Bill,
It appears that Hannah went out there to marry her uncle or cousin

Here's the record:

1910
Township 7, Jefferson County, Montana
Swan, John, Head, 57, born in Scotland, came to U.S. in 1870, Engineer?
___ Hannah, Wife, 37, born in Scotland, came to U.S. in 1909

The image is terrible, so no wonder you didn't find it...

Regards,
Sarah

Post by **SarahND** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:53 pm

In 1920 we have a clearer image

and two daughers

Clancy School District Jefferson County, Montana
Swan, John, Head, 62, born in Scotland, Engineer stationary
___ Hannah, Wife, 46, born in Scotland
___ Mary, Daughter, 9, born in Montana
___ Elizabeth, Daughter, 8, born in Montana

Billmalc · Post by **Billmalc** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:54 pm

Hi Sarah

Thanks ever so much for your help, and such a prompt reply too

Looks like a bit of gossip for the family history as well

Will have to find out more about John and see if he is actually her uncle....surely not

Thanks again Sarah....you're a star

Regards

Bill

Billmalc · Post by **Billmalc** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 11:59 pm

Jings

Kids as well

I can see another sleepless night coming up LOL

Can't wait till we get a couple of free days on Ancestry and I can do some more digging

Cheers

Bill

Post by **SarahND** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:03 am

By 1930 she is a widow and is living in Riverside, California as a servant in a private family

The girls are not with her, hmmm

k I'll keep looking...

All the best,
Sarah

Billmalc · Post by **Billmalc** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:07 am

Gosh! I'm already suffering from information overload!

Can't believe you've found out so much, and I spent 18 months finding nothing

Bill

Post by **SarahND** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:11 am

I hope you're sitting down...
Elizabeth is in Los Angeles in 1930, a waitress in a cafe and already married and divorced by age 18

I think you're getting your share of family gossip here

Her married name seems to have been Downs, but she uses Swan also.

Don't feel bad about not finding anything. I have been practically living in the U.S. census ever since it came online and I sometimes forget what year it is supposed to be outside my computer

Billmalc · Post by **Billmalc** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:16 am

Jings!

This is more gossip than the rest of the family put together. At long last

I can't believe you've found so much in such a short time. You really must be on a roll

Bill

Post by **SarahND** » Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:19 am

Hannah died in 1940:

California Death Index 1940-1997
Name: Hannah M Swan
[Hannah M Malcolm]
Social Security #: 0
Sex: FEMALE
Birth Date: 29 Jan 1873
Birthplace: Other Country
Death Date: 19 May 1940
Death Place: Los Angeles
Father's Surname: Malcolm