When Ann Eliza Cowell was born on 25 July 1846, in Preston, Lancashire, England, her father, John Cowell, was 26 and her mother, Mary Singleton, was 26. She died on 26 April 1847, in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 0, and was buried in Preston, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
Irish and Manx: shortened form of McCawell, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’). Compare Caulfield . Alternatively, a shortened form of Gaelic Mac (Giolla) Comhghaill ‘son of (the devotee of) Saint Comhghal’. Compare Cool .
Irish: shortened form of McCool .
English: habitational name from any of the places in Lancashire and Gloucestershire called Cowhill, from Old English cū ‘cow’ + hyll ‘hill’, or from Cowleigh Park in Worcestershire. The modern pronunciation rhymes with trowell.
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