Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Cowley was born about 1796, in Isle of Man, her father, John Cowley Jr., was 36 and her mother, Esther Kelley, was 34. She married Thomas Watterson on 20 October 1816, in Kirk German, Isle of Man. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died in June 1821, in Kirk German, Isle of Man, at the age of 26, and was buried in Kirk German St John, Isle of Man.
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- Jane Cowley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Jane Cowley, "Isle of Man Parish Registers, 1598-2009"
- Jane Cowley, "Isle of Man Births and Baptisms, 1607-1910"
Spouse and Children
1792–1869 Male
1796–1821 Female
Children (3)
1817– Female
1819– Female
1821– Female
Parents and Siblings
1761– Male
1763–1836 Female
Siblings (3)
1793– Male
1796–1821 Female
1799– Male
World Events (2)
1797
Age 1
1821
Age 25
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Cowley. One in Gloucestershire is named with Old English cū ‘cow’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’; two in Derbyshire have Old English col ‘(char)coal’ as the first element; and one near London is from Old English cofa ‘shelter, bay’ (see Cove ) or the personal name Cofa. The largest group, however, with examples in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Oxfordshire, and Staffordshire, were apparently named as ‘the wood or clearing of Cufa’; however, in view of the number of places called with this element, it is possible that it conceals a topographic term as well as a personal name.
Irish: shortened form of Macaulay (see McCauley ).
Manx: shortened form of Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh ‘son of Amhlaoibh’ (a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Óláfr). For an alternative Manx form of the same patronymic see Callow .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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