Brief Life History of James
When James Cowley was born on 29 April 1804, in Braddan, Isle of Man, his father, John Cowley, was 28 and his mother, Ann Gorree, was 30. He married Isabelle Ann Cain on 28 April 1827, in Castletown, Isle of Man. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1844 and lived in Onchan, Isle of Man in 1841. He died on 10 February 1860, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jas Cowley in household of Walter Aspell, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- James Cowley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Cowley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1815 · Manchester Dock in Liverpool Built
In 1815, the Manchester Dock in Liverpool was constructed by John Foster Sr. It was an important gateway for coal and manufactured goods mainly corn and cotton. It closed in 1929.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Cowley. One in Gloucestershire is named with Old English cū ‘cow’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’; two in Derbyshire have Old English col ‘(char)coal’ as the first element; and one near London is from Old English cofa ‘shelter, bay’ (see Cove ) or the personal name Cofa. The largest group, however, with examples in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Oxfordshire, and Staffordshire, were apparently named as ‘the wood or clearing of Cufa’; however, in view of the number of places called with this element, it is possible that it conceals a topographic term as well as a personal name.
Irish: shortened form of Macaulay (see McCauley ).
Manx: shortened form of Gaelic Mac Amhlaoibh ‘son of Amhlaoibh’ (a Gaelicized form of Old Norse Óláfr). For an alternative Manx form of the same patronymic see Callow .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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