Person:James Cowan (103)

James Grindlay COWAN was b. 2sep1805 at Glasgow (familysearch). James Grindlay Cowan marr Susan CAMPBELL 2jun1842 at Leith and Kilninver, Argyllshire (familysearch). Will of James Grindlay Cowan, Leith merchant, reg 1855 (scotlandspeople). Family grave at Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh: James Grindlay Cowan esq., Leith mercht (d. 30oct1854, age 49), wife Susan (d. 4nov1854, aged 36), only dau of John Campbell, esq., of Glenmore, daughters Jane Eleanor (28mar1850-?10mar1934) and Grace Louisa Campbell (24aug1846-20oct1936), both of Lagreach, Pitlochry (gravestonephotos). GWR shares were affected by James Grindlay Cowan (d. 30oct1854 Leith), Cowans mentioned: Walter, Robert, Andrew, Thos, Richard (findmypast).

In 1847 James Grindlay Cowan (of Grindlay, Cowan and Co., corn factors, Leith), 24 Drummond Pl., Edinburgh (Directory). In 1851 James Grindlay Cowan (1806 Glasgow, commission merchant one of the firm of 3, employing 8 men), wife Susan (1818 Glenmore, Argyllshire) and children, Walter (1844 Leith) and (b. Edinburgh) Grace L.C. (1847), John H.C. (1849), Jane E. (1850), were at 24 Drummond Pl., Edinburgh (census, findmypast, freecen). In 1861 Cowan sons and daughters, b. at Leith, Walter (1844), Grace L.C. (1847), John H. (1849), Jane E. (1850), were at Edinburgh (census). In 1871 Grace L.C. Cowan (1847) and sister Jane E. (1850), unm, b. at Edinburgh, interest of money, were at Edinburgh (census); in 1891 and 1901 they were at Moulin, Perthshire (census).