Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Cowan was born in 1887, in Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Albert Cowan, was 26 and his mother, Margaret Ann Jolly, was 30. He lived in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 1 November 1918, at the age of 31.
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- Joseph Cowan in household of Albert Cowan, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Cowan - Government record: birth-name: Joseph Cowan
- Joseph Cowan in household of Margaret A Cowan, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
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World Events (5)
1901 · East Lancashire Royal Engineers
The East Lancashire Royal Engineers was a group of volunteers in a unit of Britian's Royal Engineers. They were started in Manchester in 1901. They fought on the western front during WWI and were part of the Dunkirk Evacuation during WWII.
1908
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1908 · 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
The 7th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers was active from 1908-1967. They were another volunteer unit for Britian's Territorial Army. During WWI they fought on the Western Front and during WWII they arrived in Liverpool just in time for the Liverpool Blitz.
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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