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William Cowen

Male Abt 1811 - 1869  (~ 58 years)


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  • Name William Cowen  [1, 2
    Born Abt 1811  Egg Buckland, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 5 Jul 1869  Plympton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I596  Algonquin Highlands Settlers
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2022 

    Family Elizabeth Cousins,   b. Abt 1822, Ermington, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1865, Plympton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Married 24 Jun 1868  Ermington, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Children 
    +1. John Cowen,   b. 21 Jun 1844, Egg Buckland, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jul 1924, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +2. Thomas Cowen,   b. 18 Oct 1846, Egg Buckland, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. William Henry Cowen,   b. 22 Jul 1849, Egg Buckland, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Mar 1906, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     4. Edwin Cowen,   b. 1852, Egg Buckland, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. Albert James Cowen,   b. 7 Mar 1858, Crownhill, Egg Buckland, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +6. George Cowen,   b. 3 Jun 1862, Crownhill, Egg Buckland, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1940, Minden, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Last Modified 10 Sep 2022 
    Family ID F669  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • 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. [S121] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915, FreeBMD.
      (image of death registration posted on Ancestry.com) Farm labourer, 58 years old, pneumonia, 1 week.

    4. [S95] England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915.
      (image of marriage registration posted on Ancestry.com) He is 26, she is 16. Both residents of Woodlands in the parish of Ermington.