Robert Elliott Cowan^[1]

1870 - 1961  (91 years)

• Name	Robert Elliott Cowan
  Born	16 Jan 1870	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	C. Presbyterian
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Presbyterian
  Occupation	1909	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	farmer
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1922	Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Residence	1949	RR3, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-145345
  Died	22 Aug 1961  [5]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I145345	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William Cowan,   b. 16 May 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 3 Dec 1922, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Helen Elliott "Nellie" Robson,   b. CALC 10 Jun 1841, , Scotland ,   d. 11 Jun 1885, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 43 years)
  Married	12 Mar 1869	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Family ID	F16659	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Georgina Armstrong,   b. Oct 1869, Bentinck Township, Grey County, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Aug 1949, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 79 years)
  Married	12 May 1909	Durham, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F10331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Robert Cowan served on the Waterloo Township and Waterloo County councils as reeve, councillor and deputy reeve. The was a member of the South Waterloo Agricultual Society for 64 years. Cambridge Mosiac, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [abbreviated snippet from original text in book]

  
  

• Sources

  [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. William Cowan b. 16 May 1841 Waterloo Township, s/o James Cowan (b. Scotland) & Ellen Lang (b. Scotland) informant Robert Cowan (Hespeler, son) cause: old age, myocarditis & pleurisy [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 16. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 10354 (1909), Robert Elliott Cowan-Georgena Armstrong. Robert Elliott Cowan, farmer of Waterloo Twp., Birth Place: Waterloo Age: 39 Estimated birth year: abt 1870 Father Name: William Covon Mother Name: Ellen Elliotte Spouse Name: Georgena Armstrong, residence Bentinck, Spouse's Age: 39 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870 Spouse Birth Place: Tp of Bentinck Ontario Spouse Father Name: Elijas Armstrong Spouse Mother Name: Margaret Pollock Marriage Date: 12 May 1909 Marriage Place: Grey, Durham [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Div. 6 Pg. 7. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . In/ memory of/ William Cowan/ died Dec. 3, 1922/ in his 82nd year/ Helen Elliott/ wife of/ William Cowan/ died in Waterloo A.D. 1885/ aged 44 years/ Elizabeth Helen Cowan / died Feb. 24, 1930/ in her 54th year/ Robert Elliott Cowan/ died 22nd day of Aug. 1961/ aged 91 years/ his wife/ Georgina Armstrong/ dled 16th day of Jan. 1949/ aged 83 years/ Thomas Deans Cowan/ died Sept. 21, 1970- in his 93rd year/ Ethel Marion Turnbull/ wife of Thos. D. Cowan/ died May 30, 1930-in her 41st year [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 38. [S2767] aaaWaterloo Township 1871 South, Sect. 2 Page 61. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Name: Robert Elliott Cowan Event Type: Birth Event Date: 16 Jan 1870 Event Place: Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Gender: Male Father's Name: William Cowan - Vetr Surgeon Mother's Name: Ellen Elliott [S31] News - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Dumfries Reformer (1850-1892), 17 Mar 1869. Elliott, Miss E. married 12 Mar 1869 to Wm. Cowan. By Rev. J.K. Smith. Groom, second son of James Cowan, of Waterloo. Bride, of Galt.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Jan 1870 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presbyterian - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - farmer - 1909 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 May 1909 - Durham, Grey Co., Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1922 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1949 - RR3, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth