Brief Life History of Mary B.
When Mary B. Cowan was born on 17 March 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, William Cowan, was 31 and her mother, Mary Brown, was 33. She died on 13 September 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 10, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Mary Cowan in household of William Cowan, "United States Census, 1860"
- Mary Cowan, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Mary Cowan, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
Parents and Siblings
1821–1896 Male
1819–1893 Female
Siblings (6)
1853–1863 Female
1855–1927 Male
1857–1907 Male
1858–1936 Female
1859–1870 Female
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World Events (2)
1863
Age 10
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 10
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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