Alexander Buchanan Cowan

1807 - 1877  (70 years)

• Name	Alexander Buchanan Cowan  [1]
  Birth	27 Sep 1807	Stirlingshire, Scotland   [2]
  Baptism	4 Oct 1807	Campsie Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1852	Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Alex Cowan, Farmer, Scotland, Methodist, 45, Male, Marr, lived in a one story frame house - one family Rachel Cowan, Canada, Methodist, 44, Female, Married Mary Cowan, Canada, Methodist, 19, Female, Single Alex B Cowan, Laborer, Canada, Methodist, 17, Male Single
  Census	1861	Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Alex Cowan Jr, Farmer, born in Scotland, W, Methodist, 54, Male, Married Rachel Cowan, born in U. Canada, W, Methodist, 54, Female, Married
  Census	1871	Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Alexander Cowan, M, 62, born in Scotland, W, Methodist, Scotch, Farmer, Married Rachel Cowan, F, 61, born in Ontario, W, Methodist, English, Married Alex B Cowan, M, 35, born in Ontario, W, Methodist, Scotch, Married Jenett Cowan, F, 38, born in Ontario, W, Methodist, Scotch, Married Archibald Cowan, M, 9, born in Ontario, W, Methodist, Scotch, attended school Oliver Cowan, M, 7, born in Ontario, W, Methodist, Scotch, attended school Jenett Cowan, F, 2, born in Ontario, W, Methodist, Scotch, attended school Campbell Cowan, M, 4/12(Dec), born in Ontario, W, Methodist, Scotch and a servant
  Reference Number	16346
  Death	28 Sep 1877	Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  Person ID	I16265	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Alexander Cowan,   b. 5 Jan 1783, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 31 Dec 1877, Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (Age 94 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jean Buchanan,   b. 3 Jul 1786, Stirlingshire, Scotland d. 13 Dec 1865, Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	20 Aug 1803	Fintry Parish, Stirlingshire, Scotland   [8]
  Family ID	F13818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Rachel Mabee,   b. 7 Oct 1808, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	7 Jun 1831	Woodhouse Township, Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Alexander Cowan of Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac Co., and Rachel Mabee, of Charlotteville, License. Witnesses David Beaumart and Duncan McCall, Jr. Reverend George Joseph Ryerse, minister of the Regular Baptist church, Charlottesville. Bonds by Gabriel Mabee and Duncan McCall Jr. of Charlotteville, at Woodhouse, on 6/4/1831.
  Children	1. Mary Cowan,   b. Abt 1833, Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada d. Yes, date unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Alexander Buchanan Cowan,   b. 15 May 1835, Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Jan 1920, Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3985	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Web: Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, 1841 Scotland Census, Buchanan, Stirlingshire County. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. [S413] 1851 Canadian Census; Url: ancestry.com, Pittsburg Township, Frontenac County, Canada West; Schedule: A; Roll: C_11721; Page: 69. [S412] 1861 Canadian Census; Url: ancestry.com, Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Canada West, Film C-1022, Page 58. [S414] 1871 Canadian Census; Url: ancestry.com and http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~smabie/canada/1871canadacensus.htm, Pittsburgh Township, Frontenac County, Ontario; Roll: C-9999; Page: 6; Family No: 17. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910. [S16] Steve Mabie, A Chronology of Mabie/Mabee/Maybee Records fromUpper Canada (10 June 1791 - 10 Feb 1841), Canada West (10 Feb 1841 - 1 Jul 1867), Ontario (post 1 Jul 1867); Url: http://maybeesociety.org/steve/canada/UpperCanadaChronology.htm, District Marriage Registers of Upper Canada, London District, pt. 1, 1795-1841; G. J. Ryerse's Marriage Register 16 Apr 1831 to 22 Nov 1857;: Thomas B. Wilson, Marriage Bonds of Ontario 1803-1834.