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COWAN, Alexander
(1775-1859)
HALL, Elizabeth
(1781-1829)
COWAN, Helen
(1806-1875)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. MENZIES, Allan WS, Professor at University of Edinburgh

COWAN, Helen 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

  • Born: 1806, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland 4 5 6 7 10 11
  • Christened: 4 Sep 1806, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland 8
  • Marriage (1): MENZIES, Allan WS, Professor at University of Edinburgh on 28 Jul 1833 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1 2
  • Died: 21 Nov 1875, Edinburgh, Scotland 10 12
  • Buried: 1875, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland 10 13

   Other names for Helen were COUAN, Helen,2 MENZIES, Helen 13 and MENZIES, Helen Cowan.14

   User ID: SP462

  Noted events in her life were:

• Residence: Relationship: Wife, 1851, Edinburgh St George, Midlothian, Scotland. 4

• Residence: Relation to Head of House: Head, 1861, Edinburgh St George, Midlothian, Scotland. 6


Helen married Allan MENZIES WS, Professor at University of Edinburgh, son of William MENZIES and Jane NEWBIGGING, on 28 Jul 1833 in Edinburgh parish, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.1 2 (Allan MENZIES WS, Professor at University of Edinburgh was born on 28 Feb 1804 in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland,9 10 15 16 17 died on 13 Feb 1856 in Edinburgh, Scotland 10 17 18 19 20 and was buried in 1856 in Dean cemetery, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland 10 13 17 19.)


Sources


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2 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

3 Ancestry Family Trees (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.

4 Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Edinburgh St George; ED: 7B; Page: 8; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_179; Year: 1851.

5 Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Edinburgh St George; ED: 7C; Page: 8; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1851_181; Year: 1851.

6 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc Date:2006 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Parish: Edinburgh St George; ED: 52; Page: 2; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1861_124.

7 Ancestry.com, 1861 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Edinburgh St George; ED: 52; Page: 2; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1861_124.

8 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

9 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

10 Ancestry.com, Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

11 Ancestry.com, 1841 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Prestonkirk; ED: 6; Page: 5; Line: 420; Year: 1841.

12 Ancestry.com, Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 (Ancestry Operations, Inc.).

13 Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Provo, UT, USA). <i>Find a Grave</i>. Find a Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.

14 Ancestry.com, Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936 (Ancestry Operations, Inc. Date:2015 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

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16 Ancestry.com, 1851 Scotland Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Parish: Edinburgh St George; ED: 7C; Page: 7; Line: 19; Roll: CSSCT1851_181; Year: 1851.

17 Ancestry.com, Web: Global, Gravestone Photograph Index, 1265-2014 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2016 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

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20 Ancestry.com, Web: Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index, 1632-2014 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

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