Mary Cowan

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Cowan was born on 11 October 1795, in Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, James Cowan, was 44 and her mother, Mary Gibson, was 43. She died in 1872, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

James Cowan
1751–
Mary Gibson
1752–
John B Cowan
1782–1858
William Cowan
1784–1861
James Cowan
1786–
Robert Cowan
1790–
Mary Cowan
1795–1872

Sources (1)

  • Mary Cowan, "Scotland Census, 1871"

World Events (8)

1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1817 · Dryburgh Abbey Bridge

Dryburgh Abbey Bridge was a cable-stayed footbridge that connected the villages of Dryburgh and St. Boswells, across the River Tweed. Before its construction, A ferry crossing service had existed here for centuries. It was originally 79 meters long and was undergoing a period of rapid growth in popularity. The Bridge was completed on August 1 but a few months later it collapsed. Very shortly after the collapse, another bridge was built further downstream. A new bridge, which still stands today, was constructed after the first World War.

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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