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Joseph Martin Cowan 1926 – 2015 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1926

Birth Location: Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA

Death Date: 08-12-2015

Death Location: Yelm, Thurston, Washington, USA

Father: John Cowan

Mother: Merretta Vorhies

Spouse(s): Patricia Ross

Children(s): Patricia Cowan

In 1926, Joseph Martin Cowan entered the world in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA, born to John Alexander Cowan and Merretta Myrtle Vorhies. Years later, Joseph Martin Cowan married Patricia Ann Ross, and the couple became parents to Patricia Cowan. Joseph Martin Cowan died in 2015 in Yelm, Thurston, Washington, USA.

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Parents

John Cowan
1900 – 1962
Birth Location: Washington, USA
JC
Merretta Vorhies
1908 – 1993
Birth Location: Chehalis, Washington
MV

Spouses(s)

Patricia Ross
1929 – 2010
Birth Location: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, USA
PR

Children(s)

Patricia Cowan
Birth Location: –
PC

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1926
    Event Place: Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Washington, Marriage Records, 1865-2004, Washington State Archives; Olympia, Washington; Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013; Reference Number: kingcoarchmc189268

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 08-12-2015
    Event Place: Yelm, Thurston, Washington, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Kent, King County, Washington, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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