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John Cowan 1792 – 1876 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1792

Birth Location: Ireland

Death Date: 28 Mar 1876

Death Location: Watford, Brook, Lambton, Ontario, Canada

Father: William Cowan

Mother: Margaret Watt

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Children(s):

According to available records, John Cowan was born in 1792 in Ireland, the child of William Andrews Cowan and Margaret Watt. In the later years of life, John Cowan died in 1876 in Watford, Brook, Lambton, Ontario, Canada.

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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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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1792
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, 1871 Census of Canada, Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1040-1041, Year: 1871; Census Place: Brooke, Lambton, Ontario; Roll: C-9895; Page: 35; Family No: 115

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: Brooke, Lambton, Canada West, Canada
    Record Source: 1861 Census of Canada, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1040-1041

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1871
    Event Place: Brooke, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871, Year: 1871; Census Place: Brooke, Lambton, Ontario; Roll: C-9895; Page: 35; Family No: 115

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Lambton
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada Census Index, 1871

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 28 Mar 1876
    Event Place: Watford, Brook, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St James Cemetery , Brooke
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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