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James Roy Cowan

Male 1881 - 1969  (87 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Roy Cowan was born 17 Jun 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Lt. Col. James Laing Cowan and Susannah Blackwood); died 16 Jan 1969; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    James married Jessie Lennox Gray 2 Jun 1914, , Middlesex Co., Ontario, Canada. Jessie was born 16 Jul 1888, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland; died 29 Dec 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 31 Dec 1970, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Dr. Laing Gray Cowan
    2. Joan Cowan
    3. Gray Cowan
    4. William J. Cowan was born 13 May 1917; died 21 Jun 1981; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Lt. Col. James Laing CowanLt. Col. James Laing Cowan was born 4 Feb 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of James S. Cowan, MP and Helen Laing); died 19 Sep 1936, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Sep 1936, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    James married Susannah Blackwood 6 Nov 1878, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Susannah (daughter of Robert Blackwood and Susan Roy) was born 12 Aug 1856, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec; died 27 Mar 1934, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 29 Mar 1934, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Susannah Blackwood was born 12 Aug 1856, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec (daughter of Robert Blackwood and Susan Roy); died 27 Mar 1934, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 29 Mar 1934, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Susan Mabel Cowan was born 13 Mar 1880, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1976; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mabel Cowan was born 1879, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    3. 1. James Roy Cowan was born 17 Jun 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jan 1969; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Thomas Laing Cowan was born 8 Oct 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Jan 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James S. Cowan, MPJames S. Cowan, MP was born 3 Nov 1803, Henderland, Megetdale, Peebles, Scotland; was christened , Lyne and Megget, Peebles, Scotland (son of Thomas Cowan and Elizabeth "Betty" Hastie); died 22 May 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    James married Helen Laing 1834. Helen (daughter of William Laing and Isabella Hastie) was born 26 Feb 1811, Moffat, , Dumfries, Scotland; was christened 14 Mar 1811, Moffat, , Dumfries, Scotland; died 1892, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Helen Laing was born 26 Feb 1811, Moffat, , Dumfries, Scotland; was christened 14 Mar 1811, Moffat, , Dumfries, Scotland (daughter of William Laing and Isabella Hastie); died 1892, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Cowan
    2. Thomas Cowan was born 14 Aug 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Oct 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Isabella Cowan was born 14 Apr 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Apr 1876, South Dumfries Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Paris Cemetery, Paris, Brant Co., Ontario.
    4. Elisabeth Cowan was born 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Feb 1845; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. William Cowan was born 16 May 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1922, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Margaret Cowan was born 29 Jun 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Oct 1928; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. 2. Lt. Col. James Laing Cowan was born 4 Feb 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Sep 1936, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 22 Sep 1936, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Arthur Burnett Cowan was born 8 Aug 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Jan 1922; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Robert Blackwood was born 10 Jun 1826, , Scotland (son of John Blackwood and Mary); died 16 Sep 1918, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Robert married Susan Roy 18 Nov 1852, Clackmannan, , Clackmannan, Scotland. Susan was born 1822, Dollar, , Clackmannan, Scotland; died 2 Jan 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Susan Roy was born 1822, Dollar, , Clackmannan, Scotland; died 2 Jan 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Susan Blackwood was born 1852, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. John Douglas Blackwood was born 28 Jul 1855, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died 28 Jul 1930, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 3. Susannah Blackwood was born 12 Aug 1856, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec; died 27 Mar 1934, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 29 Mar 1934, Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Hunter Roy "Roy" Blackwood was born 1857, Oakville, Trafalgar Twp., Halton Co., Ontario; died 27 Feb 1893, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Scott Blackwood was born 15 Sep 1860, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Thomas Cowan was born 1770, , Scotland; died 1833, Moffat, , Dumfries, Scotland; was buried , Moffat Old Churchyard, Moffat, , Dumfries, Scotland.

    Thomas married Elizabeth "Betty" Hastie 1802. Elizabeth was born 1782, , Scotland; died 2 Mar 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth "Betty" Hastie was born 1782, , Scotland; died 2 Mar 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. 4. James S. Cowan, MP was born 3 Nov 1803, Henderland, Megetdale, Peebles, Scotland; was christened , Lyne and Megget, Peebles, Scotland; died 22 May 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. William Cowan was born 17 Feb 1806, Lyne and Megget, Peebles, Scotland; was christened , Lyne and Megget, Peebles, Scotland; died 3 May 1939, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Margaret Cowan was born CALC 24 Jul 1819, , Scotland; died 24 Jan 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  William Laing was born Abt 1775, of, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.

    William — Isabella Hastie. Isabella was born 1776, , Scotland; died 17 Nov 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Isabella Hastie was born 1776, , Scotland; died 17 Nov 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    Children:
    1. Margaret Laing was born 1802, of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Oct 1852; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 5. Helen Laing was born 26 Feb 1811, Moffat, , Dumfries, Scotland; was christened 14 Mar 1811, Moffat, , Dumfries, Scotland; died 1892, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Isabella Laing was born 1817, of, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1837; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  5. 12.  John Blackwood died Yes, date unknown.

    John — Mary. Mary died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Mary died Yes, date unknown.
    Children:
    1. 6. Robert Blackwood was born 10 Jun 1826, , Scotland; died 16 Sep 1918, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


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