Settlers of
ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS
John Cowen

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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.