Family History Notes for Hamilton Cowan

In the early 1990s, I spent a lot of time finding my family history in the census records and at the archives of Ontario going over deeds, wills, marriage records etc. I then went to the farm sites, cemeteries etc. of the closest members of my family. Other than the county in Ireland `that they came from, I could find no earlier record.

I was contacted by Nancy Conn, who had done a tremendous amount of research and had written a book called “Connecting; The Conn Cowen Greenaway Families”. ^[1]She had visited the area that the families had come from in Ireland and had seen the church record at the church where Hamilton Cowen and Eliza Greenaway were married. In the book, there is a great deal of background information about the history, parishes, living conditions etc. From this, she records

Hamilton Cowen, Born 1805, Derrycor Townland, Tartaraghan Parish, County Armagh, Ireland.

Father – Thomas Cowen Born 1773, County Armagh, Ireland Died with Burial 27 July 1846.

Mother Mary ? Hamilton Born 1775, Died 1839 Derrycovera. Burial Tartaraghan Parish, Armagh.

Grandfather, William Cowen Born 1738, Died November 1776. Burial Tartaraghan Parish, Armagh. Linen weaver.

Siblings – Robert, Mary, John, Jane.

Died Hamilton Cowen November 7 1888, Buried Clarksburg Cemetery, Thornberry, Collingwood County, Ontario.

Wife - Eliza Greenaway Born 2 April 1805, Derrycor Townland, Trataraghan Parish, County Armagh

Father, Irwin Greenaway Born 1776? Derrycovera^[2] ,Tartaraghan Parish County Armagh. Broken neck from falling off horse.

Mother, Elizabeth Irwin Born 18 May 1778 County Armagh. Died 1847? Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Ontario. Immigrated c 1847

Siblings Jean, Sarah, Rachel, Rebecca, John (George) William, James, Anne.

Died: June 12, 1885 Euphrasia Townshp, Gray County, Ontario. Buried Clarksburg Cemetery, Thornberry, Collingwood County, Ontario.

Married 2 August 1830 Tartaraghan Parish, County Armagh, by Henry Stewart,Curate o St. Paulsf Church. Immigrated 1836 to Little York, York County, Upper Canada Occupation – Linen Weaver.

Settled Purchased Lot 7 Concession 3 Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County Upper Canada July 7 1840 Moved to Euphrasia Township Gray County about 1871

Children

1 Mary Jane Cowan Born 4 June 1831, Tartaraghan Parish County Armagh Ireland Died December 1920, in Ravenna, Collingwood Township, Grey County, Ontario. Buried in Thornberry Collingwood Township, Grey County Ontario. Immigration 1835 Married John Conn December 1846 at Bond Head Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County Ontario. Children born in Collingwood Township, Grey Township, Ontario 1. Elizabeth Conn 2 Anne Jane Conn 3 James Conn Born 1851 Died before 1861 4 Hamilton Conn 5. Ruth Conn 6. Robert Conn 7. Rachel Conn Born May 1858 Died 1937 8.Mary Conn Born 18 June 1860 Died 27 May 1886. John J. Conn 10 Sarah Conn 11 Joseph Conn 12 William Conn Born 7 September 1870 Died 8 May 1894 13 Lucinda Conn 14 Isabella Conn Born 26 January 1876 Died 26 October 1902

2. John Cowen Born 25 August 1833 Derrycorr Townland Tartaraghan Parish Co, Armagh, Ireland Died 26 December 1918 Orangeville Ontario. Buried Grand Valley, E. Luther Township, Dufferin Co. Ontario. Married Elizabeth Atkinson Born 1838, Ireland, died March 9 in Grand Valley, on 11 October 1860. Children Born in East Garafraxa Township, Wellington County, Ontario, 1. Eliza Jane Born March 1 1863.Died December 3 1935 Married Henry Nesbitt Died June 18 1939 on Dec. 23 1885. In 1862 2 Robert Hamilton Cowen, Born November 13, 1865 Died October 2,1950. Buried Hamilton, Ontario. Married 1 Jessie Gilbert 2 Florence Crane. 3 John Thomas Cowen Born April 1869, Died November 2, 1947 Married Mabel Dix 1876 – 1972 4. William Edward Cowen Born February 19, 1871 died May 8, 1944, Married Carrie Demons. 5 Amelia Matilda Cowen Born June 18,1879 Died Orangeville, Ontario January 1, 1973 Married William Kearns.

3 Robert Cowen Born 22 July 1836 Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County, Upper Canada Died 24 June 1865 Burial in Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County Upper Canada. School Teacher.

4 Elizabeth Cowen Born 20 February 1839 Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County Ontario Died 6 December 1917 in Dobbinton, Eldersley Township Bruce County, Ontario. Married John Wolfe December 1824 – 30 September 1904, in 1856 Children born in Eldersley Township,Bruce County 1 Isabella J Wolfe 2 William Thomas Wolfe 1859 – 1938 3 Sarah Ann Wolfe 4 Robert Cowan Wolfe 5 Ellen Mary Wolfe 6 Lucinda Wolfe 7 Adeline Wolfe 8 Seline Wolfe Born 1877 Died 28 August 1898. 9 John A Wolfe Born 1880 Died 1881

5. Rachel Cowen Born 20 August 1840 Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County Ontario Died 13 September 1930 in Grand Valley, E. Luther Township, Dufferin County Ontario Married John Katterson Hamilton Born 1836 died 20 April 1922, on 14 June 1858. Children born in East Garafraxa Township, Wellington County, Ontario 1 Thomas Henry Hamilton 2. Eliza Anne Hamilton 1865 - 3 Robert Cowan Hamilton Born August 1865 Died 14 April 1883 4 Mary Jane Hamilton Born 26 April 1871 Died 23 September 1954 5 Isabella Jane Hamilton Born 29 April 1872 6. John Aaron Hamilton Born 28 May 1875 Died 18 August 1954 ?

6. Rachel I Hamilton Born 9 October 1877 Died 9 April 1879 8 Lewis Frederick Hamilton Born November 1879

7 Sarah Ann Cowen Born 24 July 1842 Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County Died 29 August 1921 in Arran Township, Bruce County, Ontario. Married John Clarke 1842 – 20 October 1874 in 1870 Children born in Arran Township, Bruce County, Ontario 1 Robert Hamilton Clarke Born 1872 Died 28 August 1923. 2 Elizabeth Ann Clarke

8. Lucinda Cowan Born 26 June 1845 in Tecunseth Township, Simcoe County Ontario Died 2 October 1896 Arran Township, Bruce County, Ontario Married George Monkman Born 24 October 1842 Died 29 June 1912, in 1864 Children born in Arran Township, Bruce County, Ontario James Hamilton Monkman Born January 1866 Died 1942 2 Robert Albert Monkman Born 16 February 1868 Died 18 January 1929. 3 George Howard Monkman Born 27 February 1870 4 Elizabeth Anne Monkman Born 4 March 1871 Died 5 August `897 5 John Alfred Monkman Born 20 March 1874 6 Jane Catherine Monkman Born 15 July 1876 Died 5 April 1897 7 Sydney Wallace Monkman Born 13 April 1881 Died 4 February 1948? 8. William Irwin Monkman Born 13 April 1881? Died 4 February 1972? 9 Lucinda Alberta Monkman Born 6 May 1883? Died 9 February 1972?

9. Isabella Cowen Born 18 April 1850 Tecumseth Township, Simcoe County Ontario Died 10 January 1922 in East Garafraxa Township, Wellington County Ontario Married Thomas Catterson Hamilton Born 22 June 1841 Died 24 August 1936 on August 1870 Children born in East Garafraxa Township,Wellington County, Ontario 1 Eliza Jane Hamilton 2 Rachel Ida Ann Hamilton 3 Isabella Amelia Hamilton Born 11 June 1875 Died 16 May 1898 4 Alberta Lucinda Hamilton Born 322 September 1879 Died 16 October 1973 5 Sarah Adeline Hamilton Born 30 May 1880 Died 19 October 1957. 6 Laura Winnifred Hamilton Born 1886? Died 18 February 1965

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