When Milan McGowan was born on 29 October 1913, in Lawrence, Lawrence Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States, his father, Myron Carmen McGowan, was 31 and his mother, Lola Bigelow, was 23. He married Gertrude Myrkle on 1 November 1940, in Van Buren, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Lawrence Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 17 December 2007, in Lawrence, Lawrence Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Lawrence, Lawrence Township, Van Buren, Michigan, United States.
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 .
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