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William Henry Cowan 1870 – 1900 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Sep 1870

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

Death Date: 6 Feb 1900

Death Location: Enniskillen, Township, Ontario, Canada

Father: William Cowan

Mother: Eleanor Whitcraft

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Children(s):

William Henry Cowan was born in 1870 in Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, the child of William Cowan and Eleanor "Ellen" Whitcraft. In 1900, William Henry Cowan passed away in Enniskillen, Township, Ontario, Canada.

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William Cowan
1831 – 1912
Birth Location: Armagh Ireland
WC
Eleanor Whitcraft
1831 – 1923
Birth Location: Bryanlitter, Clontibret, Monaghan Ireland
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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: Sep 1870
    Event Place: Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada, 1881 Census of Canada, 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Year: 1881; Census Place: Enniskillen, Lambton, Ontario; Roll: C_13277; Page: 84; Family No: 391, Year: 1871; Census Place: Brooke, Lambton, Ontario; Roll: C-9895; Page: 58; Family No: 195, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 97

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1871
    Event Place: Brooke Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1871 Census of Canada, Year: 1871; Census Place: Brooke, Lambton, Ontario; Roll: C-9895; Page: 58; Family No: 195

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1881
    Event Place: Enniskillen, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Enniskillen, Lambton, Ontario; Roll: C_13277; Page: 84; Family No: 391

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1891
    Event Place: Lambton East, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: 1891 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 97

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 6 Feb 1900
    Event Place: Enniskillen, Township, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Cowan.FTW, Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938 and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947, Archives of Ontario; Series: MS935; Reel: 97

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Hillsdale Petrolia, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Cowan.FTW
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