Brief Life History of James
When James Mcgowan was born in 1825, in Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas McGowan, was 32 and his mother, Ann, was 21. He married Isabella Hetherick on 9 November 1846, in Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Carluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1871. He died in 1890, in Carluke, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 65.
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- James Mcgown, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- James Mcgowan, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- James McGowan in entry for Margaret McGowan, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Siobhan, Cormac, Seamus, Aileen, Colm, Eithne, Kieran, Niall, Paddy.
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac (a') Ghobhainn or Mac Gobhann (Scottish) or Mac (an) Ghabhann (Irish), ‘son of (the) smith’. This name has also been Anglicized as Smith and Smithson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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