Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Margaret McPhail

Female 1822 - 1872  (50 years)


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  • Name Margaret McPhail 
    Born 1822 
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164202725 
    Name Margaret Cowan 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-54927 
    Died 14 Feb 1872  Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Crown Cemetery, Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I54927  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father James McPhail,   b. 1790, Arclaugh, Nairnshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Mar 1856, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Janet McIntosh,   b. CALC 9 May 1788, , Inverness, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1874, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 86 years) 
    Family ID F26545  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Walter Scott Cowan,   b. 31 Oct 1816, Yarrow, , Selkirk, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1886, Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F29180  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • COWAN, MARGARET (Nee McPhail)

      On Wednesday morning, 14th February 1872, aged 49 years. Wife of Walter Cowan, farmer, Gore of Puslinch.

      -Information from marriage certificates: Children were Walter Scott Cowan, born c. 1843, who married Annie McPherson; Jane Cowan, born c. 1856, married David McNaughton, son of Malcolm McNaughton and Janet Stirton.

      A Celebration of Lives Obituaries of Puslinch Township, Wellington Co., Ontario Vol 1, Anna Jackson & Marjorie Clark
      Used with kind permission of Marjorie Clark

  • Sources 
    1. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, C., America, N., County, W., & Cemetery, C. (2020). Margaret Cowan (Unknown-1872) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 20 August 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/164202725/margaret-cowan.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 14 Feb 1872 - Puslinch Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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