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Margaret Gowan Irwin 1839–1919 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: abt 1839

Birth Location: Canada

Death Date: 27 Nov 1919

Death Location: Mulmur, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada

Father: William Gowan

Mother: Jane Pilsworth

Spouse(s): Richard Irwin

Children(s): Hamilton Irwin, Jane Irwin, Jennie Irwin, Charlotte Irwin, James Irwin, Thomas Irwin, Ida Irwin, Susan Irwin, Mary Irwin, Henry Irwin, John Dr, Richard Irwin, William Irwin

In 1839, Margaret Gowan Irwin entered the world in Canada, born to William Gowan And Jane Anne Pilsworth. Margaret Gowan Irwin married Richard Irwin, and had children including Charlotte Ann Irwin, Hamilton A Irwin, Henry Sibbald Irwin, Ida Margaret Irwin, James Albert Irwin, Jane Eveline Irwin, Jennie May Irwin, John Henry Irwin Dr, Mary Frances Irwin, Richard Edmund Irwin, Susan Mabel Irwin, Sybils Irwin, Thomas Pillsworth Irwin, William Gowan Irwin. Margaret Gowan Irwin passed away in 1919 in Mulmur, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • In 1839, Margaret Gowan Irwin entered the world in Canada, born to William Gowan And Jane Anne Pilsworth.
  • Margaret Gowan Irwin married Richard Irwin, and had children including Charlotte Ann Irwin, Hamilton A Irwin, Henry Sibbald Irwin, Ida Margaret Irwin, James Albert Irwin, Jane Eveline Irwin, Jennie May Irwin, John Henry Irwin Dr, Mary Frances Irwin, Richard Edmund Irwin, Susan Mabel Irwin, Sybils Irwin, Thomas Pillsworth Irwin, William Gowan Irwin.
  • Margaret Gowan Irwin passed away in 1919 in Mulmur, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Gowan
1797–1846
Birth Location: Nock Bond, Market Town, Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
WG
Jane Pilsworth
1799–1874
Birth Location: Nock Bond, Market Town, Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
JP

Spouses(s)

Richard Irwin
1835–1925
Birth Location: Tullamore, Chinguacousy Township, Peel Co, Ontario, Canada
RI

Children(s)

Hamilton Irwin
1880–1963
Birth Location: Mulmur Township, Dufferin County, Ontario
HI
Jane Irwin
1862–1871
Birth Location: Mulmur, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada
JI
Jennie Irwin
1873–1897
Birth Location: Essex, Ontario, Canada
JI
Charlotte Irwin
1862–1955
Birth Location: Mulmur, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
CI
James Irwin
1872–
Birth Location: Proton, Grey, Ontario, Canada
JI
Thomas Irwin
1875–1946
Birth Location: Mulmur, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
TI
Ida Irwin
1867–1905
Birth Location: Mulmur, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
II
Susan Irwin
1877–1962
Birth Location: Mulmur, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
SI
Mary Irwin
1865–1944
Birth Location: Mulmur Township, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
MI
Henry Irwin
1882–1962
Birth Location: Mulmur, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
HI
John Dr
1869–1949
Birth Location: Violet Hill, Dufferin, Ontario, Canada
JD
Richard Irwin
1872–1954
Birth Location: Ordensville, Ontario, Canada
RI
William Irwin
1871–1955
Birth Location: Dufferin, Ontario, Canada
WI

Margaret Irwin's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Irwin
1839–1919
Birth Place: Canada
Parents
William Gowan
1797–1846
Nock Bond, Market Town, Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
Jane (Anne) Pilsworth
1799–1874
Nock Bond, Market Town, Maryborough, Queen's County, Ireland
Grandparents
Samuel Gowan
1746–1829
Maryland, Queen's Co., Ireland
Jane Colclough
1752–1840
Maryborough, Portlaoise,Laois, Ireland
Margaret (Mary) WESTMAN
1769–1834
Rosenalis, Mountmellick, Laoghis, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Gowan
1705–
Thomas Gowan
1705–1749
Henry Match)
1709–1759
Margaret Beauchamp
1709–1766
John Westman
1735–1805
Mary Cameron
1739–1809
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Gowan
1668–1756
Dudley Col
1660–1712
Mary Barnewall
1670–1725
John Carlow
1670–1745
Katherine Vigors
1675–1721
James (Kyland)
1703–1752
Mary (Westman)
1705–1747
Donald Cameron
1710–1800
Helen Kelly
1708–

Margaret Irwin's Descendants

1.
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Margaret (Gowan) Irwin (abt 1839–27 Nov 1919) m. Richard Irwin (31 May 1835–20 August 1925)
  1. 1. Hamilton (A.) Irwin 1880–1963 m. Stella (Toyson) Gavin 1885–1961
    1. 1. Laura (Grace) Irwin 1914–2007 m. Alexander (Mcbeth) Adams 1912–1985
      1. 1. Jean Adams 1947–2024
      2. 2. Alexander (David) Adams 1942–2009 m. Jacquie Skage 1946–2025
    2. 2. William (Gavin) Irwin 1913–1967 m. Jemima (Isabel) McClinton 1913–2003
  2. 2. Jane (Eveline) Irwin 1862–1871
  3. 3. Jennie (May) Irwin 1873–1897
  4. 4. Charlotte (Ann) Irwin 1862–1955 m. James Halbert 1860–1935
    1. 1. Richard (Irwin "earl") Halbert 1894–1984 m. Matilda (Margaret) Hofmeister 1895–1992
      1. 1. Dell (Eldred) Halbert 1928–2015 m. Mary Frasz –2015
      2. 2. Lorne (Edmund) Halbert 1924–2015 m. Eudora (May) Mergel 1926–2010
      3. 3. Kent (Marvin) Halbert 1930–1984
      4. 4. Erla (Charlotte) Halbert 1936–1943
    2. 2. Henry (Edwin) Halbert 1892–1948 m. Emma (M) Loucks 1901–
      1. 1. Roger (Allan) Halbert 1930–1992
    3. 3. Gertrude (Ida) Halbert 1903–1979 m. Albin Peterson 1886–1965
    4. 4. Margaret (Gladys) Halbert 1889–1962
  5. 5. James (Albert) Irwin 1872–
  6. 6. Thomas (Pillsworth) Irwin 1875–1946 m. Alura Gavin 1883–1973
    1. 1. Frederick (Harold) Irwin 1914–1993 m. Nancy (Annie Florence) Mitchell 1912–2006
      1. 1. Stewart (Mitchell) Irwin 1944–1971
    2. 2. Mabel (Gertrude) Irwin 1917–2004
    3. 3. Marjorie (Everly) Irwin 1910–1910
    4. 4. Richard (Louis) Irwin 1923–1925
    5. 5. Thomas (Douglas) Irwin 1919–2009 m. Anne (Honor) Sturtz 1917–2017
    6. 6. Ruby Irwin 1921–2000
    7. 7. 'Nellie' (Beatrice) Irwin 1912–1915
    8. 8. Gavin (Pillsworth) Irwin 1908–1910
    9. 9. Samuel Walters 1887–
    10. 10. Ruby Irwin 1921–
  7. 7. Ida (Margaret) Irwin 1867–1905
  8. 8. Susan (Mabel) Irwin 1877–1962
  9. 9. Mary (Frances) Irwin 1865–1944 m. Robert (James Maguire) Jr 1864–1947
  10. 10. Henry (Sibbald) Irwin 1882–1962 m. Annie (Matilda) Kirkpatrick 1883–1950
    1. 1. Margaret (Annie) Irwin 1911–2009 m. Howard (Dean) Wells 1905–1984
      1. 1. Pamela (Marie) Wells 1948–2021
    2. 2. Jack (Edgerton) Irwin 1913–1988
    3. 3. Marjory Irwin 1909–1909
    4. 4. Kenneth (Sibbald) Irwin 1908–1951 m. Bertha (Ruth) Hamilton 1916–1989
    5. 5. John Irwin 1913–
  11. 11. John (Henry Irwin) Dr 1869–1949 m. Elizabeth Williams 1860–1933
    1. 1. Alice Boyce 1896–1982
    2. 2. John (Macmahon) Irwin 1906–1949 m. Miriam (Hyacinth Kathleen) Panton 1909–
    3. 3. Richard (Williams) Irwin 1903–1968 m. Jessie (Isabel) Parks 1907–1995
    4. 4. Margaret (Ruth) Irwin 1909–1916
  12. 12. Richard (Edmund) Irwin 1872–1954 m. Mary (Emily) Hill 1872–1960 m. Clara Haynes 1867–
  13. 13. William (Gowan) Irwin 1871–1955

Margaret Irwin's Timeline

8 Records

1839
abt 1839
Birth of Margaret Gowan Irwin in Canada
Canada
1841
11 Mar 1841
Age 2
Birth of Margaret Gowan Irwin in Queens County, Ireland
Queens County, Ireland
1849
1849
Age 10
Birth of Margaret Gowan Irwin in Ireland
Ireland
1862
2 Jan 1862
Age 23
Margaret Gowan Irwin was married in Cookstown, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Cookstown, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
1881
1881
Age 42
Margaret Gowan Irwin resided here in Mulmur, Simcoe South, Ontario, Canada
Mulmur, Simcoe South, Ontario, Canada
1891
1891
Age 52
Margaret Gowan Irwin resided here in Mulmur, Simcoe South, Ontario, Canada
Mulmur, Simcoe South, Ontario, Canada
1911
1911
Age 72
Margaret Gowan Irwin resided here in , Simcoe South, Ontario
, Simcoe South, Ontario
1919
27 Nov 1919
Age 80
Death of Margaret Gowan Irwin in Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 Mar 1841
    Event Place: Queens County, Ireland
    Record Source:
    [1] Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938
    [2] Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1952, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Deaths, 1949; Series: Rg 2704
    [3] 1911 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1849
    Event Place: Ireland
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Mulmur, Simcoe South, Ontario; Roll: C_13250; Page: 47; Family No: 190

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: abt 1839
    Event Place: Canada
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 2 Jan 1862
    Event Place: Cookstown, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 1844
    Record Source: 1911 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1881
    Event Place: Mulmur, Simcoe South, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Mulmur, Simcoe South, Ontario; Roll: C_13250; Page: 47; Family No: 190

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1891
    Event Place: Mulmur, Simcoe South, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada, Year: 1891; Census Place: Mulmur, Simcoe South, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6369; Family No: 163

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1911
    Event Place: , Simcoe South, Ontario
    Record Source: 1911 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Mulmur Township
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Nov 1919
    Event Place: Alliston, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Mulmur, Dufferin County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] Canada, Find a Grave Index
    [2] Web: Canadian Headstone Index, 1840-2017, Canadian Headstones; Canada; Canadian Headstone Photo Project
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