Brief Life History of John Dudgeon
When John Dudgeon Cowan was born on 1 January 1833, in Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Cowan, was 35 and his mother, Grace Dudgeon, was 32. He died on 26 March 1834, at the age of 1.
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- John Dudgeon Cowan, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- John Dudgeon Cowan, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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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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