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John Cowen

Male 1844 - 1924  (80 years)


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  • Name John Cowen 
    Birth 21 Jun 1844  Egg Buckland, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Jul 1924  Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Burial 18 Jul 1924  Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Person ID I2636  Algonquin Highlands Settlers
    Last Modified 20 Nov 2024 

    Father William Cowen,   b. Abt 1811, Egg Buckland, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jul 1869, Plympton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Cousins,   b. Abt 1822, Ermington, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1865, Plympton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. William Henry Cowen,   b. 1 Jul 1868, Devonshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1944, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     2. Patience Cowen,   b. 29 Jul 1874, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. John Cowen,   b. Abt 1880, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Apr 1917, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1933 (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 1908 
    Photos
    Mary Howell & John Cowen
    Mary Howell & John Cowen
    Family ID F1429  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Jun 2024 

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1877; Folio: 681; Page: 32; GSU roll: 221025.

    2. [S1] 1861 England Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 1431; Folio: 45; Page: 12; GSU roll: 542811.

    3. [S16] 1911 Census of Canada, Ontario / Haliburton / Stanhope / Page 7, Family 64.
      Enumerated at Lot 24, Con 2. Immigrated 1870.

    4. [S34] 1921 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria / Stanhope / Page 8, Family 84.

    5. [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Series: MS935; Reel: 313.

    6. [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.