John Arnott Sr.

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John Arnott Sr.

Birth
Partick, Glasgow City, Scotland
Death
6 Aug 1935 (aged 81)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section C, Lot 15, Harding Avenue Range I, Grave 2
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Born the 4th of 5 children to:
Thomas Arnott [son of Thomas & Isabella (Dunlop) Arnott]
B: 25May1818 Airdrie, Scotland
D: 16Apr1882 Partick, Scotland
and
Isabella (Carmichael) Arnott [daughter of John & Isabella (Tweedle/Tweadale) Carmichael
B: abt 1818 Kirkfieldbank, Scotland
D: 1874 Dumbarton Rd Glasgow, Scotland
(Thomas & Isabella Carmichael married: 26Jun1841 New Monkland, Scotland)

John was a Watchmaker/Jeweler by profession and eventually owned his own stores.

John married 1st on
30 Mar 1877 in Beith, Scotland
to:
Annie Weir
They had 8 children

1) Annie Weir Arnott (no FaG memorial page)
B: 06 Feb 1878 Partick, Scotland
D: 23 Nov 1878 Partick, Scotland

By June 1879 wife Annie was pregnant again,
husband John travelled to America on 13 Oct 1879 via New York in preparation to move.
No record of him returning before the birth of Isabella.

2)Isabella Dunlop (Arnott) Chase
(Isabella was named after John's Paternal grandmother)
B: 02 Apr 1880 Partick, Scotland
(married Alexander F. Chase)

They immigrated to America (date under research)

3) THOMAS ARNOTT (link below)
B: 24Feb1882 Thomaston, CT
(married Mary Thorne)

4) Annie Arnott
B & D: 11 Nov 1883 (no records but found on other Ancestry trees; was this in a family Bible?)

5) John Arnott Jr. (link below)
B: 10 Sep 1885 Cheshire, CT
(married Hazel D. Barrett)

6) Anna Arnott (link below)
B: 5 or 10 April 1888 Trenton, NJ
(She married Virgil Pratt)

7) Mary Carmichael (Arnott) Johnstone
(middle name from Paternal grandmother's maiden name)
B: 30 Nov 1890 Waltham, MA
(married: Robert Johnstone *he was killed during WWII, she never remarried)

8) Elizabeth Arnott (never married & no FaG memorial page)
B: 11 Oct 1895 Waltham, Ma
D: 15 Oct 1992 Honolulu, HI *no records or obit found, this info is from an online family tree
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John married 2nd: 10 May 1899, Waltham, Massachusetts
to a widow, Annie (Gardner) Stewart [daughter of Mark & Hattie (Cook) Gardner]
She helped raise his girls still at home;
Annie, Mary & Elizabeth
(As of Nov2020, there's no record of her or her parents online)
In 1903 they moved to Los Angeles - until her death in 1908

The widower John married a 3rd time on:
25 August 1909 Los Angeles, CA
to Divorce' Drusilla Jane (Barber) Givens [daughter of Franklin F & Jane M (Erskins) Barber]
(see photo of Newspaper marriage notification)
B: 28Nov1860 Cherry Vale or Cherry Point, IL
D: 05 Jan 1943 Los Angeles, CA
(no obit online and there's no FaG mem page for her)
She had children by her first marriage, but they had no children together.
By the 1920 census, John & Dursilla divorced, by the 1930 census they were living together again.
Born the 4th of 5 children to:
Thomas Arnott [son of Thomas & Isabella (Dunlop) Arnott]
B: 25May1818 Airdrie, Scotland
D: 16Apr1882 Partick, Scotland
and
Isabella (Carmichael) Arnott [daughter of John & Isabella (Tweedle/Tweadale) Carmichael
B: abt 1818 Kirkfieldbank, Scotland
D: 1874 Dumbarton Rd Glasgow, Scotland
(Thomas & Isabella Carmichael married: 26Jun1841 New Monkland, Scotland)

John was a Watchmaker/Jeweler by profession and eventually owned his own stores.

John married 1st on
30 Mar 1877 in Beith, Scotland
to:
Annie Weir
They had 8 children

1) Annie Weir Arnott (no FaG memorial page)
B: 06 Feb 1878 Partick, Scotland
D: 23 Nov 1878 Partick, Scotland

By June 1879 wife Annie was pregnant again,
husband John travelled to America on 13 Oct 1879 via New York in preparation to move.
No record of him returning before the birth of Isabella.

2)Isabella Dunlop (Arnott) Chase
(Isabella was named after John's Paternal grandmother)
B: 02 Apr 1880 Partick, Scotland
(married Alexander F. Chase)

They immigrated to America (date under research)

3) THOMAS ARNOTT (link below)
B: 24Feb1882 Thomaston, CT
(married Mary Thorne)

4) Annie Arnott
B & D: 11 Nov 1883 (no records but found on other Ancestry trees; was this in a family Bible?)

5) John Arnott Jr. (link below)
B: 10 Sep 1885 Cheshire, CT
(married Hazel D. Barrett)

6) Anna Arnott (link below)
B: 5 or 10 April 1888 Trenton, NJ
(She married Virgil Pratt)

7) Mary Carmichael (Arnott) Johnstone
(middle name from Paternal grandmother's maiden name)
B: 30 Nov 1890 Waltham, MA
(married: Robert Johnstone *he was killed during WWII, she never remarried)

8) Elizabeth Arnott (never married & no FaG memorial page)
B: 11 Oct 1895 Waltham, Ma
D: 15 Oct 1992 Honolulu, HI *no records or obit found, this info is from an online family tree
______________________________

John married 2nd: 10 May 1899, Waltham, Massachusetts
to a widow, Annie (Gardner) Stewart [daughter of Mark & Hattie (Cook) Gardner]
She helped raise his girls still at home;
Annie, Mary & Elizabeth
(As of Nov2020, there's no record of her or her parents online)
In 1903 they moved to Los Angeles - until her death in 1908

The widower John married a 3rd time on:
25 August 1909 Los Angeles, CA
to Divorce' Drusilla Jane (Barber) Givens [daughter of Franklin F & Jane M (Erskins) Barber]
(see photo of Newspaper marriage notification)
B: 28Nov1860 Cherry Vale or Cherry Point, IL
D: 05 Jan 1943 Los Angeles, CA
(no obit online and there's no FaG mem page for her)
She had children by her first marriage, but they had no children together.
By the 1920 census, John & Dursilla divorced, by the 1930 census they were living together again.