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Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 22:40:07 +1200


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Sharon Stewart - 027 243 1685

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This is from an obituary 1907 - My family has had this Obituary all that time. Uncle Clarry Howie who is close to 100 years of age has many letters photo's etc. He also has a very old book by John Howie Scots Worthies.

The following account of the death of Mrs Howie one of whose sons (Mr Robert Howie) is a storekeeper at Hikurangi, is taken from the "South Durham and Auckland Chronicle England"
Margaret Howie, familiarly known as Mrs Howie (or Granny) was born at Kilwinning Ayrshire, Scotland in January 1814. Her progenitors were farmers, and the old farm had been occupied by her ancestry for generations. Her early days were spend under the influence of good and pious parents in the same district. Th Howie family occupied the Lochgoin Farm, near Kilmarnock.

The Howies were noted for their desire for religious freedom and liberty of conscience, and the family played a conspicuous part in the struggle for religious liberty in the days of the Scottish Covenanters, the old farmstead becoming a famous shelter fro those brave Christian warriors. It was in this district Mr and Mrs Howie were united in marriage in 1835.

After their marriage they migrated to Barnard Castle, where they remained but for a short period, removing into the Bishop Auckland district over fifty year ago, residing at Hunwick and Toronto.

It was when Mr Howie was at the latter place that the old spirit of love and justice, which was so characteristic of his ancestry, asserted itself, and Mr Howie became a re-formed man and a reformer whose name has become historic in connection with the Northumberland and Durham Labour champions as Messrs J. Wilson M.P., J. Leithead, J. Parkinson, and the late Mr Blythe and Mr W. Steel.

Mrs Howie was a true helpmate to her husband, and was as true a reformer as her husband and Mr Howie owed much to the devout life, fervent zeal, undaunted courage, and untold sacrifice of his wife in his work of helping to lay the foundation of the great fund referred to, which has been of untold blessing to thousands.

At the commencement of the Permanent Relief fund, Mr and Mrs Howie removed to Newcastle, where he took up the duties of Chairman of that fund. While there his life was a busy one, travelling constantly to different parts of the counties in his endeavors in helping to make the lot of the miner a happier one.

A remarkable instance is told to show his fidelity to the case he had at heart. When Mr. Howie and Mr J Parkinson of Sherburn made the journey to Darlington and Hartlepool in one day the collected 600 pounds for their fund.

Temperance Advocate
While at Newcastle Mr Howie was Secretary of the United Kingdom Alliance, a member of the North of England Temperance League, a noted Good Templar, and there is tod-day more than one lodge named after John Howie.
Mrs Howie, in all these things was like minded to her husband, and their homes was thrown open and became a meeting place for many of our great temperance reformers.

After an arduous life of incessant toil for the good of his fellows, Mr Howie passed away at Newcastle at the age of sixty eight years, and was interred at Hunwick. Mrs Howie had survived him by twenty-two years, and had resided with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Thompson, of Constantine Farm, Hunwick. She lived a quiet and serene life during her widowhood, and retained her hale an hearty spirt to the last.
Mrs Howie was a pattern of devotion to the service of God. She passed peacefully away in the early hours of March 9, at the ripe age of ninety three years.
The funeral
The funeral took place on Tuesday March 9, in the presence of many relatives and friends. The coffin was of polished oak with brass mounts, and was simply inscribed with the words "Margaret Howie died March 9, aged 93 years. The Rev. J. Ryles officiated, and read the committal service at the grave side.

Sharon Stewart - 027 243 1685



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