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Alexander Cowan 1543–1565 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1543

Birth Location: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 1565

Death Location: Fife, Scotland

Father: John Cowan

Mother: Jane Black

Spouse(s): Ellen Carlilse

Children(s):

In 1543, Alexander Cowan entered the world in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, born to John Mac A Chobhainn Cowan And Jane Black. Alexander Cowan married Ellen Jane Carlilse. Alexander Cowan passed away in 1565 in Fife, Scotland.

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Biography

  • In 1543, Alexander Cowan entered the world in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, born to John Mac A Chobhainn Cowan And Jane Black.
  • Alexander Cowan married Ellen Jane Carlilse.
  • Alexander Cowan passed away in 1565 in Fife, Scotland.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Alexander Cowan's Ancestors

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Alexander Cowan
1543–1565
Birth Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Mac a'Chobhainn Cowan
1520–
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Jane Black
1524–1573
Fife ,Scotland
Grandparents
Lord (James Mac a) Chobhainn-cowan
1495–
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Mary Bell
1500–
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Sir (John) Hamilton
1502–1556
Isle of Arran, North Ayshire, Scotland
Lady (Janet) Beaton
1504–1529
Isle of Arran, North Ayshire, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Jacobus Schotland
1473–1513
Barbara Scotland
1477–1559
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Alexander Cowan's Timeline

2 Records

1543
1543
Birth of Alexander Cowan in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
1565
1565
Age 22
Death of Alexander Cowan in Fife, Scotland
Fife, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1543
    Event Place: Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Utah, USA
    Record Source: Utah Pioneers and Prominent Men, Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah; Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah—1850; Fourteenth Ten; Privates

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1565
    Event Place: Fife, Scotland

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