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melvinboy
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Cowan/MCcleish

Post by melvinboy » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:47 pm

I am trying to find the marraige of Thomas Cowan and Mary MCcleish who had a son George Cowan who married Janet Rankine in Auchterderran in 1870.Mary MCcleish was deceased when her son married.George's address on his maraige certificate looks like Straw?Mills Abbotshall.Tried to find Margaret McCleish's death and also Thomas Cowans death but having no luck.Can anyone help?
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nelmit
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Re: Cowan/MCcleish

Post by nelmit » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:57 pm

melvinboy wrote:I am trying to find the marraige of Thomas Cowan and Mary MCcleish who had a son George Cowan who married Janet Rankine in Auchterderran in 1870.Mary MCcleish was deceased when her son married.George's address on his maraige certificate looks like Straw?Mills Abbotshall.Tried to find Margaret McCleish's death and also Thomas Cowans death but having no luck.Can anyone help?
Have you tried searching for George in 1861?

Since he was born in Ireland perhaps he came here without his parents.

Regards,
Annette M
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melvinboy
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Post by melvinboy » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:58 pm

How do you know he was born in Ireland?
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nelmit
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Post by nelmit » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:00 pm

melvinboy wrote:How do you know he was born in Ireland?
This looks like him in 1881 -

Dwelling: Coalden
Census Place: Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203516 GRO Ref Volume 405 EnumDist 2 Page 2
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
George COWAN M 41 M Ireland
Rel: Head
Occ: Coal Miner
Janet COWAN M 31 F Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Wife
Thomas COWAN 10 M Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
John COWAN 9 M Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Sarah COWAN 7 F Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Daur
Occ: Scholar
George COWAN 5 M Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Son
Occ: Scholar
Mary COWAN 3 F Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Daur
William COWAN 1 m M Auchterderran, Fife, Scotland
Rel: Son
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Annette M
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melvinboy
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Post by melvinboy » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:02 pm

Thank you,i completely forgot about the census.I will go on that trail now,thanks again for your help.
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Post by melvinboy » Thu Sep 20, 2007 7:07 pm

I have found George Cowan's death in 1915 aged 77,it has his father as Thomas Cowan (deceased) and ------ Cowan (deceased) for his mother.I found a Thomas Cowan's death in 1881 at the same address (Shaws Mills)as George had on his marraige certificate.It says Thomas is aged 54 but think this is a misprint.It also has that he was married to Janet Marshall and not Mary MCcleish.Thomas Cowan and Janet Marshall married in 1819 so aged 54 on his death certificate is definitely wrong.Why is geneaology so hard?
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nelmit
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Post by nelmit » Thu Sep 20, 2007 11:45 pm

melvinboy wrote:I have found George Cowan's death in 1915 aged 77,it has his father as Thomas Cowan (deceased) and ------ Cowan (deceased) for his mother.I found a Thomas Cowan's death in 1881 at the same address (Shaws Mills)as George had on his marraige certificate.It says Thomas is aged 54 but think this is a misprint.It also has that he was married to Janet Marshall and not Mary MCcleish.Thomas Cowan and Janet Marshall married in 1819 so aged 54 on his death certificate is definitely wrong.Why is geneaology so hard?
Here's one family living at Shaws Mills in 1881 -

Dwelling: Shaws Mill
Census Place: Abbotshall, Fife, Scotland
Source: FHL Film 0203527 GRO Ref Volume 442 EnumDist 41 Page 9
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Thomas (Mrs.) CONAN W 64 F Leitrum County
Rel: Head
Richard CONAN U 30 M Leitrum County
Rel: Son
Occ: Coal Miner
George CONRAN M 34 M Leitrum County
Rel: Nephew
Occ: Coal Miner



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melvinboy
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Post by melvinboy » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:38 am

I was wondering if maybe Thomas Cowan had not been married to Mary McCleish so making George illegitemate as i cant even find George's birth anywhere in Ireland.The George that is at Shaw Mills in 1881 says that hes the nephew of Mrs Thomas Cowan but the George i have would have been around 41 years old as he was 30 when he married in 1870.Thanks again for your help you have been so kind.
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Post by Currie » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:49 am

Hello melvinboy,

Not finding something in Ireland is fairly normal and doesn't mean anything.
I think I'm about 37% Irish (pre 1860) and all I've ever found there is a map of the area they came from.

Alan
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