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Margaret "Maggie" Cowan 1856 – 1912 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 Jun 1856

Birth Location: Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, United States

Death Date: 1 May 1912

Death Location: Rochester, New York, USA

Father: Francis Cowan

Mother: Ann McCormack

Spouse(s): John Menneiley

Children(s):

According to available records, Margaret "Maggie" Cowan was born in 1856 in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, United States, the child of Francis Cowan and Ann McCormack. Following those early years, Margaret "Maggie" Cowan married John J. A. Menneiley. In the later years of life, Margaret "Maggie" Cowan died in 1912 in Rochester, New York, USA.

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Parents

Francis Cowan
1823 – 1899
Birth Location: Drumhillery, Tynan, Co. Armagh, Ireland
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Ann McCormack
1829 – 1899
Birth Location: Doogary, Tynan Parish, Armagh, Northern Ireland
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Spouses(s)

John Menneiley
1858 – 1938
Birth Location: Rochester, New York, USA
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Children(s)

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 23 Jun 1856
    Event Place: Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, United States
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931, New Jersey, Marriage Records, 1670-1965, New York, U.S., State Census, 1905, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Year: 1880; Census Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York; Roll: T9_863; Family History Film: 1254863; Page: 190.2000; Enumeration District: 81; Image: 0078., New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: E.D. 01; City: Rochester Ward 06; County: Monroe; Page: 2, Year: 1900; Census Place: Rochester Ward 6, Monroe, New York; Roll: T623_1074; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50., Year: 1860; Census Place: Plainfield, Union, New Jersey; Roll: ; Page: ; Image: ., Year: 1910; Census Place: Rochester Ward 6, Monroe, New York; Roll: T624_990; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 70; Image: 23.

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Place: New Jersey, United States
    Record Source: New Jersey, Births and Christenings Index, 1660-1931

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, United States
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Plainfield, Union, New Jersey; Roll: ; Page: ; Image: .

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Rochester, Monroe, New York; Roll: T9_863; Family History Film: 1254863; Page: 190.2000; Enumeration District: 81; Image: 0078.

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Rochester Ward 6, Monroe, New York
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Rochester Ward 6, Monroe, New York; Roll: T623_1074; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50.

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1905
    Event Place: Rochester Ward 06, Monroe, New York, USA
    Record Source: New York, U.S., State Census, 1905, New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: E.D. 01; City: Rochester Ward 06; County: Monroe; Page: 2

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Rochester Ward 6, Monroe, New York
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Rochester Ward 6, Monroe, New York; Roll: T624_990; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 70; Image: 23.

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 2 May 1912
    Event Place: Rochester, New York
    Record Source: Newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle - 2 May 1912 - Page 19, Obituary for HARGARETCOWAN HENNEILEY 2 May 1912

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1 May 1912
    Event Place: Rochester, New York, USA
    Record Source: Beta: Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Democrat and Chronicle; Publication Date: 2/ May/ 1912; Publication Place: Rochester, New York, United States of America; ,0.34567264,0.284

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rochester, Monroe County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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