Researching James Clow
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 905 people with the Clow surname? In that year Clow was ranked number 2680 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Clow on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Clow and the Clow Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 1023 people with the Clow surname in the UK? Clow is now ranked number 3083 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called James Clow
James Clow
James M. Clow (1790 in Scotland – 1861) was a Presbyterian minister, and the first white settler in the area which now consists of the outer-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia.
Clow joined the ministry of the Presbyterian Church in 1813. In 1815 he was appointed as a chaplain for the East India Company. He returned to Scotland in 1833 and then headed to Hobart, Australia, in 1837. On Christmas Day 1837, he and his large family arrived in Melbourne. He conducted the first Church of Scotland service in the Port Phillip District on 31 December. In Melbourne he purchased of land on Swanston Street. The family initially lived in tents till he could have erected on the land a pre-fabricated house he brought with him from Hobart.
In August 1838 he leased the Corhanwarrabul run, an area which covered approximately, on which he built a settlement called 'Tirhartruan', and an out-station called 'Glen Fern'. The Aboriginals often visited he and his family at their homestead.
He sold the lease to John Wood Beilby in 1850. Tirhartruan was located on the north side of Wellington Road, just east of Dandenong Creek, and was the subject of an archaeological dig in the 1970s. The electoral ward of Tirhartruan in the City of Knox is named after Clow's homestead.
Source: James Clow, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJames Clow (politician)
James Clow (1837 – April 1, 1901) was a merchant, farmer and political figure on Prince Edward Island. He represented 4th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1890 to 1893 as a Conservative.
He was born in Murray Harbour North, Prince Edward Island, the son of Benjamin Clow; his mother was a native of Scotland. He owned a general store there and was also a justice of the peace. Clow married Lucy Graham in 1857. He represented 2nd Kings in the Legislative Council of Prince Edward Island from 1882 to 1890. Clow was defeated when he ran for reelection in 1893. He died in Murray Harbour North.
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