Brief Life History of James
James Cowan was born about 1749, in Airth, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom as the son of Christina Penman. He married Mary Mc Ewen on 11 August 1774. They were the parents of at least 5 sons.
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Spouse and Children
1749– Male
1753– Female
Children (5)
1777– Male
1779– Male
1780– Male
1780– Male
1789– Male
Parents and Siblings
1744– Female
Siblings (7)
1749– Male
1755– Female
1761– Male
1761– Male
1766– Female
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World Events (5)
1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
Age 53
1811 · The Tron Riot
Age 62
1815
Age 66
Name Meaning
Scottish and Manx: shortened form of McOwen and McKeown . See also McEwen .
Sottish and Manx: from a shortened form of Irish Ó Comhdhain and Mac Comhdhain ‘descendant or son of Comhdan’ or Gaelic Mac Comhghain ‘son of Comhghan (‘the twin’). Pronounced to rhyme with Owen, the name sometimes appears as Coan and Cohen in Down, and has been used interchangeably with Irish Coyne in Connacht and McIlhone in Tyrone. In the Isle of Man the name is pronounced /'kauən/ (with Cow- as in English cow).
Scottish and Manx: sometimes a variant of Colquhoun , pronounced Cohoon in Scotland and Cahoon in Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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