Ancestry lineages for James Cowan 1775-1849

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Source

Ancestry Public Member Family Trees for James Cowan b 1775, d. 1849.

Related

Person:James Cowan (13)

Person:James Cowan (14) son of James (13)

Person:James Cowan (24) son of John (38)

Person:James Cowan (37)

Discussion

Ancestry Public member trees provide lineage data for 150 lineages tracing descent to a James Cowan b 14 November 1775, and d 10 July 1849. Data for these lineages was extracted 27 January 2014, and is tabulated below. Some of the data shown here represents duplicated lineages where the member has uploaded his lineage more than once, presumably reflecting updates to their overall data. Most entries represent independent lineages, as given by separate members of Ancestry.

Most of the public member trees (133) identify James parents as James Cowan=Hannah Woods, and commonly identify his wife as Agnes Jones. A distinct minority (19 Trees) identify his parents as John Cowan=Margaret. Both sets of lineages give the same DOB's of 14 November 1775, and DOD's of10 July 1849. It is unlikely that two separate individuals of the same name, would have identical dates of birth and dates of death, precise to the same name of the same month. This suggests that data for a single individual has been used for both trees. One could perhaps argue that the lineages for James son of James and Hannah, are far more numerous in the Ancestry listings. However,

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