Introduction. The Internet and Genealogy Research | Telling how the internet was used to complete the Bowie story after ten years of stalemate. |  |
Chapter 1. The Town of Stirling | The history of the town. The setting for the Bowie Story |  |
Chapter 2. Alexander Bowie's Ancestry | The fascinating search of the Scottish Records to establish Bowie's birthplace. |  |
Chapter 3. Bowie moves to Stirling | Bowie establishes himself as a builder in the early 19th century. |  |
Chapter 4. The Bowie family | Bowie's marriage to Margaret Hill produced ten children between 1808 and 1825. |  |
Chapter 5. Bowie the builder. | Text and pictures record the contribution that Bowie made to the Georgian architecture of Stirling. |  |
Chapter 6. Helen Bowie and David Philp | How Helen, the last surviving child of the Bowies, met and married David in 1856. |  |
Chapter 7. David, Helen and family emigrate to new Zealand. | Gives considerable detail of the voyage, in 1863, on the Queen of Beauty. Includes a link to the complete passenger list. |  |
Chapter 8. New Zealand----The early days | The Philps settle down in their new country. But it was not at all easy going. |  |
Chapter 9. New Zealand----The Philp children grow up. | This chapter starts in Shortland in 1867 and ends with a move, of some family, to Australia in 1888. |  |
Chapter 10 The Bowie/Philp family in Australia | Basically the story of James Alexander Philp from 1888 to the present time. |  |
Chapter 11. The Bowie/Philp descendants in New Zealand | Essentially the story of Margaret Philp and Harry Carse, (the noted botanist) whose descendants remained in New Zealand except for the Johnson family who returned to Scotland. |  |
Chapter 12. The Bowie/Philp descendants in Canada. | The story of Daughter Helen's move from New Zealand to Canada via Australia. |  |
APPENDIX 1. The William Bowie Story | The Bowie's eldest son. This is the sad tale of William's short life. It tells his story from detailed family letters dated 1827-1828 between William and his father. |  |