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GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

Posted: 4 Nov 2004 9:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 13 Mar 2006 10:58AM GMT
Surnames: GIBBS, COWAN
I have quite alot of information regarding these ancestors of mine but there are still several puzzle pieces missing.

Does anyone have any information regarding these families??? I do have 1891 & 1901 Census information.

If anyone else is researching these families I also have alot of information to share.

Thank-you,
Karen Bell

Re: GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

Shirley Sedore (View posts)
Posted: 6 Nov 2004 1:01PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 6 Nov 2004 10:27PM GMT
Surnames: Gibbs, Cowans
Karen
Not sure which Gibbs family you are looking for , I can put you in touch with Nancy, daughter of Alvin and neice of James.
both Alvin and Jim are deceased.
I also have some in my files if you want to give me some names I will check.
Cowans still live in Cannington,I have a little on them as well. I would like to work on this family as my grnmother always told me we were related to the Cowans. I have not found the connection yet.

Re: GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

Posted: 6 Nov 2004 1:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 13 Mar 2006 10:58AM GMT
Surnames: Cowan, Bell, Wilson, McTagart, Gibbs, Ritchie
Hi Shirley,

Thanks for your message. I have alot of Cowan information and am also in touch with the Cowans in Cannington who have helped me sort out some of my "Cowan" confusion. The only missing piece concerns the parents of my great-grandmother Mary Caroline "Carrie" Cowan who was born in 1874 and married Thomas Bell. Her marriage certificate lists her parents as Matthew Cowan and mother's maiden name, WILSON. However, in 1891 and 1901 Censuses she lives with William James and Lavina Cowan...probably her aunt and uncle. I seem to think her father was the Matthew Cowan that died in 1877, but we don't know who her mother would have been...just last name Wilson. Apparently she had a younger sister Eva, that later married a McTagart and lived in Winnipeg for a while.

As for GIBBS; I am looking for the decendants of Ensign William Gibbs and his descendants who were also tightly knit with the Cowan family. I also have alot of information on various Gibbs but there are still some missing. My Great-grandmother on the other side of the family was Eleanor "Nellie" Gibbs who married Fred Ritchie before they moved west.

Thanks and I'd love any info,
Karen

Re: GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

Shirley Sedore (View posts)
Posted: 6 Nov 2004 1:38PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 6 Nov 2004 10:24PM GMT
Surnames: Cowan, Edwards
I have looked at wht you have sent and sorry but I have nothing to add.
However over the winter months I will be going through my boxes(all 10 of them) and adding information which I documented some 30 years ago at the Cannington township Office.(Births , deaths, marriages, and also cemetery transcriipts for the area)
I will save this information and if I come across anything I will send it to you.
I have a feeling that my connection to the Cowan family will be through my Edwards side.
Good luck
Shilrey
ShirleySedore@aol.com

Re: GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

Leigh LeBlanc (View posts)
Posted: 17 Aug 2005 1:23AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Gibbs
I am searching for an elusive Gibbs line of my own family. I first picked up on them in the 1880's in Bracebridge which I have just recently learned was part of Old Ontario North District so I am not sure I am posting to the correct site.

I have a Henry George Gibbs born about 1855, whose father I think was John Gibbs born in England.
Henry George was known as George and married Betsy "Bessie" in 1886. Some of their children were:
George Reginald
Ina Dorothy
William Horace
Marla Bessie
John Alexander
Charles Arthur.
I could really use some help if anyone has these names in their database.
Thanks,
Leigh....

Re: GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 9:11PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 29 Sep 2010 1:48PM GMT
Surnames: Cowan, McTaggart
I came across an old posting of yours and was wondering if could fill in some missing info for me on Eva Maud Cowan. Do you know who raised her? I know she married a McTaggart in Wpg, but do you know how she got there?

Re: GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 7:38PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 30 Oct 2010 4:46PM GMT
Surnames: McTaggart, Mackenzie
I do have further information on Eva although some mysteries still remain about where (with whom) she grew up. She met the McTaggarts through the Mackenzie family in Kirkfield, Ontario. Her aunt married a Mackenzie and she was living with her aunt at the Mackenzie home in Kirkfield for a while. The McTaggarts were intermarried with the Mackenzies.

I do have more and would love to exchange info. Please email me at:
jessandrak@netscape.net
and I will pass on what I know.

Karen

Re: GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Birth
Surnames: COWAN, WILSON
NOTE SPELLING

Name: Martha Caroline Cowan
Date of Birth: 8 Apr 1874
Gender: Female
Birth County: Ontario
Father's name: Matthew Cowan
Mother's name: Susana Proctor Wilson
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS930_1

Re: GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 7:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thanks!

Re: GIBBS and COWANS of Cannington, Brock & Thorah

Posted: 30 Oct 2010 7:32PM GMT
Classification: Biography
Edited: 31 Oct 2010 12:57PM GMT
Surnames: WILSON, PROCTOR, LUNNEY, Cowan
mum remarried?


Name: Thomas Lunney
Birth Place: On
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1845
Father Name: Isaac Lunney
Mother Name: Ann Lunney
Spouse Name: Susannah P Cowan
Spouse's Age: 33
Spouse Birth Place: On
Spouse Father Name: John Wilson
Spouse Mother Name: Ann Wilson
Marriage Date: 10 Oct 1883
Marriage Location: Ontario
Marriage County: Ontario
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS932_44

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Name: Olivia Lavinia Lunney
Date of Birth: 18 Nov 1889
Gender: Female
Birth County: Victoria
Father's name: Thomas Hugh Lunney
Mother's name: Susannah Proctor Wilson
Archives of Ontario Microfilm: MS930_10
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