William Deans Cowan (1844-1924)

[Gadget]

Just found this while looking for some of my ancestors!

1901

RG13/5204/72/11
The Rectory, Llandrinio, Montgomeryshire, Wales
William Deans Cowan, widower, 57, Clergyman Church of England b. Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland
Sarah Jennet Ellis, servant-cook, s, 35, Servant- Cook, b. Welshpool



In 1871

Fore Street, Liskeard, Cornwall
RG10/2243/8/7
Benjamin Hicks, 38, draper employing 1 asst and 2 boys, b. West Looe, Cornwall
...
...
William d Cowan, visitor unm, 25, Theological Student, b. Edinburgh, Scotland

He did get around!

gnu


added -

In 1861 this might be him  as a wright (? stone or wheel):

Roslin Village, North End, Lasswade, Midlothian
William Law, 53, wright, b. Lasswade
...
...
William Cowan, servant, 16, wright, b. Newbattle

[Hibee]

This biog has his death in 1923...

http://tinyurl.com/cxqpbp7

Hibee

[Gadget]

This biog has his death in 1923...

http://tinyurl.com/cxqpbp7

Hibee

Think the GRO Index (June q, 1924 - Reply #3)  and the Probate record  (April 1924 - Reply #6)  are more accurate, Hibee 

gnu

[Gadget]

We're not allowed to put up full details of the England and Wales 1911 census but the Genes Reunited free index has

 William Deans Cowan, b. 1844 New Battle, Midlothian living in Shipston on Stour (Warwickshire I think)

He doesn't appear to have lived in Scotland  for very much of his adult life!


gnu

[MonicaL]

Thanks Hibee. From your link, likely William and new wife left pretty sharpish after their 1874 marriage.

Like you gnu...can't see any trace of William, other than the early census posted and those after 1891. 1861 and 1871, no idea where he was!

Monica

[Gadget]

 

I posted what looks like him in the 1861 and 1871 censuse details (Reply #9) , Monica, so apart from the 1881 census ( Hibee's link suggests that he was in Madagascar), we have him on all the censuses.


gnu

[MonicaL]

  Missed your new post end of page 1 and started reading straight from the begining of page 2  - sorry 

Monica

[Frittenden]

Monica. I'm new to this process, so here goes.
Interesting to read of William Deans Cowan. He was my grandfather and spent many years as a missionary in Madagascar with his wife.  Most of their children were born in Madagascar, however my father was born in England.  I have no knowledge of Williams mother or father. Not sure what happens next.