Milan McGowan

Male29 October 1913–17 December 2007

Brief Life History of Milan

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.

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Family Time Line

Milan McGowan
1913–2007
Gertrude Myrkle
1918–2007
Marriage: 1 November 1940
Baby Mcgowan
1947–1947

Sources (11)

  • Milan Mcgowan in household of Myron Mcgowan, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Milan L Mcgowan, "Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940"
  • Milan L Mcgowan, "United States Social Security Death Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1 November 1940Van Buren, Michigan, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 3

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1917

    Age 4

    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    1941

    Age 28

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    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 .

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

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