A 4x Great Grandfather Clock

I wrote about my husband's ancestor James the Clock several years ago and told part of the story of our search for a grandfather clock made by this Scottish watch and clock maker who worked in Linton and Galashiels.

It took Mr GeniAus eight years from when he started searching for a Gowans clock for our home until we found one, had it transported to our home and set up in our living room. Mr GeniAus is a man who doesn't give up and has been hunting for more clocks ever since that first purchase around four years ago.

To date we have identified a few Gowans clocks:

• The first one we sighted was on a UK clocks website and appeared to be in a private home.
• The second was in a distant cousin's possession in the UK, we have visited and viewed the clock.
• The third one is in the collection of  Museum Victoria in Australia. We have also visited the Museum and viewed this clock.
• The fourth is standing in our living room.
• The fifth was auctioned online last month (and guess who bought it?).

Auctioneer's photo - Clock 5

Auctioneer's photo - Clock 5

It seems as though Mr GeniAus is on a mission to locate more clocks made by James the Clock and bring them into the family fold. To that end we have listed our interests with several clock dealers and have a few Google alerts set up.

As it happens one of our children was celebrating a significant birthday this week so I suggested that we give this latest clock to him as a birthday present. By the look on their faces when they read our present IOU I think he and his wife were quite pleased with the gift that was made by his 4x Great Grandfather.

What do you think?

The birthday boy reads about his gift

I wonder how long it will be before we find our next clock.