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Alexander Cowan 1787 – 1872 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: bef 1787

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 1872

Death Location: Monaghan, Ireland

Father: William Cowan

Mother: Margaret Watt

Spouse(s): Jane Strachan

Children(s): John Cowan, Margaret Cowan, Isaac Cowan, Nancy Cowan, William Cowan

Alexander Cowan was born in Ireland in 1787, to William Andrews Cowan and Margaret Watt. Later in life, Alexander Cowan married Jane Strachan; among their children were John Cowan, Margaret Cowan, Isaac Cowan, Nancy Cowan and William Cowan. Alexander Cowan died in Monaghan, Ireland, 1872.

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Parents

William Cowan
1751 – 1835
Birth Location: Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Margaret Watt
1765 –
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Jane Strachan
1792 –
Birth Location: Ireland
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Children(s)

John Cowan
1800 – 1866
Birth Location: Armagh Ireland
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Margaret Cowan
1802 –
Birth Location: –
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Isaac Cowan
1802 –
Birth Location: Ireland
IC
Nancy Cowan
1802 –
Birth Location: –
NC
William Cowan
1809 – 1869
Birth Location: County Armagh, Ireland
WC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: bef 1787
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: Clontibret, Monaghan, Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Griffith’s Valuation, 1848-1864

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1872
    Event Place: Monaghan, Ireland
    Record Source: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
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