Rowan

Brief Life History of Rowan

When Rowan was born about 1635, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, John Rowan III, 'Laird of Lanarkshire', was 32 and his mother, Janet Anderson, was 27.

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Family Time Line

John Rowan III, 'Laird of Lanarkshire'
1605–1685
Janet Anderson
1609–1648
John Rowan
1630–1708
Rev. Andrew Rowan
1632–1717
Rowan
1632–
Rowan
1635–
Stephen Rowan
1636–1690
Robert Rouand/Rowan
1634–1690

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    Name Meaning

    Irish: from Ó Ruadháin or Ó Ruaidhín, both meaning ‘descendant of Ruadhán’, a personal name from a diminutive of ruadh ‘red’. See also Rooney .

    Irish: from Ó Ruadhacháin, ‘son of Ruadhachán’, a personal name from a diminutive of ruadh ‘red’ (also used as a placename and Anglicized as Roughan). Compare also Rogan (Ó Ruadhagáin), of which may be a variant, both it and Ó Ruadhacháin being found in Ulster and Connacht.

    Irish: from Ó Robhacháin, the name of a scattered ecclesiastical family, found in Clare in the 16th and 17th centuries. The personal name was earlier Reabhachán ‘skillful, artful’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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