Brief Life History of Francis Louis
When Francis Louis Cowell was born about 1869, his father, Thomas Cowell, was 37 and his mother, Elizabeth Rayner, was 34. He died on 17 February 1944, in Lezayre, Isle of Man, at the age of 76.
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Parents and Siblings
1834–1904 Male
1836–1931 Female
Siblings (6)
1856–1920 Female
1860–1940 Female
1863–1886 Male
1866–1918 Male
1869–1944 Male
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World Events (2)
1872
Age 3
1878
Age 9
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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