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Margaret Cowan 1688 – 1791 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 July 1688

Birth Location: Bonness, West Lothian, Scotland

Death Date: 29 May 1791

Death Location: Stirlingshire, Scotland

Father: James Cowen

Mother: Margaret Laurie

Spouse(s): Robert Laird

Children(s): Robert Laird

It was in 1688 that Margaret Cowan was born in Bonness, West Lothian, Scotland, a child of James Cowen and Margaret Loury Laurie. Margaret Cowan went on to marry Robert Murdoch Laird and had children such as Robert Laird. Margaret Cowan was deceased by 1791 in Stirlingshire, Scotland.

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Parents

James Cowen
1667 – 1715
Birth Location: Saint Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
JC
Margaret Laurie
1670 – 1772
Birth Location: Stirling, Stirlingshire, , Scotland
ML

Spouses(s)

Robert Laird
1687 – 1727
Birth Location: St Ninians, Stirlingshire, Scotland
RL

Children(s)

Robert Laird
1727 – 1772
Birth Location: Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland
RL

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 19 July 1688
    Event Place: Bonness, West Lothian, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 29 May 1791
    Event Place: Stirlingshire, Scotland
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