Arthur Burnett Cowan

1848 - 1922  (73 years)

• Name	Arthur Burnett Cowan
  Born	8 Aug 1848	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188320133
  Interesting	business, story
  Name	Arthur B. Cowan
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	C. Presbyterian
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian C.
  Occupation	1901	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Manufacturer
  Occupation	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Traveller, Foundry
  Residence	1911	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Presbyterian
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-63790
  Died	5 Jan 1922  [2]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I63790	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	James S. Cowan, MP,   b. 3 Nov 1803, Henderland, Megetdale, Peebles, Scotland ,   d. 22 May 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 96 years)
  Mother	Helen Laing,   b. 26 Feb 1811, Moffat, , Dumfries, Scotland ,   d. 1892, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1834  [6]
  Family ID	F16658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Galt Foundry and Machine Works This firm is conducted under the name of Cowan & Co. the members of the firm are William Cowan and Arthur B. Cowan. The business is an old one, having been established in 1842, the present proprietors taking possession in 1871. They have added largely to the plant, which greatly increases their facilities for carrying on business, and ever since the phenomenal growth of business keeps further taxing their resources. The firm is popularly known as iron workers and manufacturers of the most improved woodworking machinery, Harris Corliss and Slide Valve engines, boilers and sole manufacturers in Canada of the celebrated Austin patent feed water heater, lime, mud and oil extractor, and condensor, combined heaters, etc. The main factory and buildings are the property of the company, and are substantially built structures of stone, two stories high and occupying an entire block of frontage on North Water Street. The working force consists of over one hundred hands, the greater portion of whom are skilled mechanics, in receipt of good wages, as may be judged from the pay roll of the firm, aggregating over forty thousand dollars annually. This large sum distributed, as it is, among the merchants means a great impetus to local trade, so it can easily be understood that the firm of factors in the prosperity of Galt. The trade of the firm extends not only over the whole of the Dominion of Canada, but their products find their way to many foreign countries, and while this is, of course, a source of profit to the firm, it also demonstrates conclusively that Canadian manufacturers are not inferior to any, and are fully capable of taking a front rank in the markets of the world. Some idea may be formed by outsiders of the immensity of the operations of this firm, when we state that its yearly output is valued at one hundred and forty thousand dollars. James Cowan, Sr., formerly the senior partner of the firm, is a native of Scotland, but who is a pioneer of Galt, becoming an active and worthy citizen in 1834. Ever since, until old age unfitted him for life's activities, though even in his advanced years, still he manifests an interest in Galt. The other members of the firm are not only Canadian but natives of the town, of which they have done much to build up and develop, and they have ever been foremost in the ranks of progressive citizens Jubilee Souvenir of Galt 1897

  
  

• Sources

  [S259] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1901, Galt (Town/Ville) C-7 Page 13. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . In/ memory of/ James Cowan/ born at Henderland/ Megetdale Scotland/ November 3rd 1803/ died at Galt/ May 22nd 1900/ Helen Laing/ wife of/ James Cowan/ died at Galt A.D. 1892 / aged 80 years/ also their children/ Elizabeth/ died at Waterloo A.D. 1845/ aged 5 years/ Isabella Deans/ died in South Dumfries A.D. 1876/ aged 39 years/ Thomas Cowan/ their eldest son/ born at Clochmohr Waterloo T'p./ Aug. 14th 1835/ died there October 14th 1898/ Arthur Burnet Cowan/ died Jan. 5, 1922 in his 75th year/ Margaret Cowan/ died Oct. 12, 1928 in her 86th year, [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 7. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 2. [S572] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1911, Div. 17 Page 39. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 71.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Aug 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presbyterian - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian C. - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Manufacturer - 1901 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Traveller, Foundry - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1911 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth