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Robert Lochead Cowan 1860 – 1942 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Nov 1860

Birth Location: Mahurangi, New Zealand

Death Date: 26 Oct 1942

Death Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Father: Henry COWAN

Mother: Catherine Lochead

Spouse(s): Amelia Hayward

Children(s): Frederick Cowan, Olive Cowan, Claude Cowan, Henry Cowan

In 1860, Robert Lochead Cowan entered the world in Mahurangi, New Zealand, born to Henry Peter COWAN and Catherine Lochead. Robert Lochead Cowan married Amelia Frances Hayward, and had children including Frederick Charles Horatio Cowan, Olive Cowan, Claude Cowan, Henry George Cowan. Robert Lochead Cowan passed away in 1942 in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1860, Robert Lochead Cowan entered the world in Mahurangi, New Zealand, born to Henry Peter COWAN and Catherine Lochead.
  • Robert Lochead Cowan married Amelia Frances Hayward, and had children including Frederick Charles Horatio Cowan, Olive Cowan, Claude Cowan, Henry George Cowan.
  • Robert Lochead Cowan passed away in 1942 in Auckland, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

Henry COWAN
1817 – 1873
Birth Location: possibly Burntisland in Fife, Scotland
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Catherine Lochead
1830 – 1907
Birth Location: Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Amelia Hayward
1859 – 1919
Birth Location: New Zealand
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Children(s)

Frederick Cowan
1897 – 1979
Birth Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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Olive Cowan
Birth Location: –
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Claude Cowan
Birth Location: –
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Henry Cowan
Birth Location: –
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Robert Cowan's Ancestors

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Robert Cowan
1860 – 1942
Birth Place: Mahurangi, New Zealand
Parents
Henry Peter COWAN
1817 – 1873
possibly Burntisland in Fife, Scotland
Catherine Lochead
1830 – 1907
Kilmarnock, Ayr, Scotland
Grandparents
James Lochead
1803 – 1852
Eastwood, Renfrew, Scotland or Neilston , Renfrew, Scotland
Elizabeth Skinner
– 1832
Great-Grandparents
Robert Lochead
1784 –
Isobel Maine
1784 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Cowan's Descendants

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Robert (Lochead) Cowan (22 Nov 1860 – 26 Oct 1942) m. Amelia (Frances) Hayward (1859 – 29 Nov 1919)
  1. 1. Frederick (Charles Horatio) Cowan (27 Jun 1897 – 27 Jun 1979) m. Christina (Florence Isobel) RAYNEL (12 Apr 1900 – 02 Nov 1977)
    1. 1. Henry Cowan (06 Jul 1921 – 01 Apr 2001) m. Shirley McWilliams (25 Mar 1927 – )
      1. 1. Robert (John) Cowan (25 Aug 1950 – ) m. Elaine (Karen) KENNEDY (08 Feb 1953 – )
        1. 1. Possibly (Henry) Cowan
        2. 2. Possibly (Robert) Cowan
    2. 2. Leslie Cowan
    3. 3. Stanley Cowan
    4. 4. Amelia Cowan
    5. 5. Alexander Cowan
  2. 2. Olive Cowan
  3. 3. Claude Cowan
  4. 4. Henry (George) Cowan

Robert Cowan's Timeline

2 Records

1860
22 Nov 1860
Birth of Robert Lochead Cowan in Mahurangi, New Zealand
Mahurangi, New Zealand
1942
26 Oct 1942
Age 82
Death of Robert Lochead Cowan in Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Nov 1860
    Event Place: Mahurangi, New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 26 Oct 1942
    Event Place: Auckland, New Zealand
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