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Margaret Joannah Cowan 1862 – 1921 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Feb 1862

Birth Location: Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 10 SEP 1921

Death Location: Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada

Father: Edward Cowan

Mother: Elizabeth Whitcraft

Spouse(s): George Mitchell

Children(s): Alfreda Mitchell, Edward Mitchell

It was in 1862 that Margaret Joannah Cowan was born in Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, a child of Edward Cowan and Elizabeth Whitcraft. Margaret Joannah Cowan went on to marry George Wesley Mitchell and had children such as Alfreda Cowan Mitchell and Edward George Kenton Mitchell. Margaret Joannah Cowan was deceased by 1921 in Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.

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MC

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Parents

Edward Cowan
1829 – 1904
Birth Location: Clontibret, Monaghan, Ireland
EC
Elizabeth Whitcraft
1836 – 1916
Birth Location: Brooke Twp, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
EW

Spouses(s)

George Mitchell
1866 – 1946
Birth Location: Watford, Ontario, Canada
GM

Children(s)

Alfreda Mitchell
1899 – 1994
Birth Location: Brooke, California, USA
AM
Edward Mitchell
1902 – 1963
Birth Location: Warwick, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
EM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 Feb 1862
    Event Place: Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada, 1891 Census of Canada, 1911 Census of Canada, 1921 Census of Canada, Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Roll: ., Year: 1911; Census Place: Warwick, Lambton East, Ontario; Page: 7; Family No: 77, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 67; Census Place: Warwick (Township), Lambton East, Ontario; Page Number: 1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 Feb 1862
    Event Place: Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: One World Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 26 Sep 1895
    Event Place: Lambton County, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1881
    Event Place: Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1891
    Event Place: Lambton East, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1911
    Event Place: Lambton East, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1911 Census of Canada, Year: 1911; Census Place: Warwick, Lambton East, Ontario; Page: 7; Family No: 77

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1 Jun 1921
    Event Place: Township of Warwick, Lambton East, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 67; Census Place: Warwick (Township), Lambton East, Ontario; Page Number: 1

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Roll: .

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 Sep 1921
    Event Place: Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934, Roll: .

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 Sep 1921
    Event Place: Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: One World Tree

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 10 SEP 1921

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: St. James Cemetery , Brooke, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
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