Settlers of
ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS
John Cowen
1844 - 1924 (80 years)-
Name John Cowen Birth 21 Jun 1844 Egg Buckland, Devon, England [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Death 17 Jul 1924 Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada [6] Burial 18 Jul 1924 Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada [6] Person ID I2636 Algonquin Highlands Settlers Last Modified 20 Nov 2024
Father William Cowen, b. Abt 1811, Egg Buckland, Devon, England d. 5 Jul 1869, Plympton, Devon, England (Age ~ 58 years) Mother Elizabeth Cousins, b. Abt 1822, Ermington, Devon, England d. 29 Jul 1865, Plympton, Devon, England (Age ~ 43 years) Family ID F669 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Mary Voicey, b. Abt 1841 d. 17 Feb 1907 (Age ~ 66 years) Marriage 11 Oct 1865 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England Children + 1. William Henry Cowen, b. 1 Jul 1868, Devonshire, England d. 22 Oct 1944, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age 76 years) 2. Patience Cowen, b. 29 Jul 1874, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada + 3. John Cowen, b. Abt 1880, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada d. 29 Apr 1917, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 37 years) Family ID F670 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 25 Aug 2018
Family 2 Mary Howell, b. 20 Nov 1856, Hamilton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada d. 1 Jun 1933 (Age 76 years) Marriage 1908 Photos Mary Howell & John Cowen Family ID F1429 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 5 Jun 2024
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Sources - [S10] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1877; Folio: 681; Page: 32; GSU roll: 221025.
- [S1] 1861 England Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 1431; Folio: 45; Page: 12; GSU roll: 542811.
- [S16] 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario / Haliburton / Stanhope / Page 7, Family 64.
Enumerated at Lot 24, Con 2. Immigrated 1870. - [S34] 1921 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria / Stanhope / Page 8, Family 84.
- [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: MS935; Reel: 313.
- [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Reg# 14955-24.
Name is recorded as Cowan, with a correction stating "or Cowen". Cause is gall bladder disease for 6 years, with contributory factor of starvation and wasting for 5 days. Informant is nephew John Cowan of Carnarvon.
- [S10] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1877; Folio: 681; Page: 32; GSU roll: 221025.