Brief Life History of Eric Bartram
When Eric Bartram Cowan was born on 20 August 1914, in Casino, New South Wales, Australia, his father, Walter Bartram Cowan, was 44 and his mother, Mary Flora Blanch, was 39. He married Isabella Torrance McGregor in 1941, in Casino, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 8 April 2004, at the age of 89, and was buried in Maclean Lawn Cemetery, Townsend, New South Wales, Australia.
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- Eric Bartram Cowan, "Find A Grave Index"
- Shirleyanne Cush Blanch History page 26
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World Events (8)
1918
Australian troops sent to fight in South African War.
1918
Battle on the Somme. Australian forces capture Mont St. Quentin.
1939
Australia joins Britain in declaration of war on Germany.
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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