Cora Eva Cowan
Birth Name | Cora Eva Cowan |
Gender | female |
Age at Death | unknown |
Narrative
Her first name of Cora comes from the 1870-71 Report of the Selectmen of the Town of Hampden, Maine. see her events for 1871.
Cora Eva Cowan is almost certainly not the daughter of Benjamin Cowan. She was born while he was away during the Civil War. She is most likely the daughter of her mother Rosanna's second husband, Daniel Carey, in whose household Rosanna was living in 1870. (based on information from a descendant of Benjamin Cowan's second marriage.)
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | about 1866 | Maine, United States | ||
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Census (Sister) | June 18, 1870 | Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | Hampden poor house | 1a |
Event Note
1870 Census Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine
Page, Joanna, 48 note: Joanna (Inman) Page, was the sister of Rosanna (Inman) Cowan, and the aunt of the three Cowan children listed here. |
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Residence (Sister) | from 1870 to 1871 | Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | Hampden poor house | 2 |
Event Note
Page 7 of The 1870-71 Report of the Selectmen of the Town of Hampden, Maine lists Martha, Augustus and Cora E Cowan as pauper inmates of the alms house during the year ending March 1871. Page 8 says that Hampden received $351.34 from Salem Maine in the past year for the support of the Cowan children.
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Census (Sister) | June 16, 1880 | Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, United States | Hampden poor house | 3a |
Event Note
1880 Census, Hampden, Maine
Joanna Page, 65, widowed, disabled note: Joanna (Inman) Page was the maternal aunt of Augustus and Eva. |
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Death | ||||
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Benjamin W. Cowan | about 1835 | January 20, 1903 | |
Mother | Rosanna Inman | about 1838 | January 20, 1916 | |
Sister | Martha Ellen Cowan | September 14, 1859 | October 14, 1943 | |
Brother | Augustus Cowan | about 1864 | ||
Cora Eva Cowan | about 1866 |
Pedigree
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Benjamin W. Cowan
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Rosanna Inman
- Martha Ellen Cowan
- Augustus Cowan
- Cora Eva Cowan
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Rosanna Inman
Source References
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1870 United States Census
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- Page: Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, Series M593, Roll 554, Page 61.
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Citation:
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6DT-9SQ : 19 March 2020), Martha Cowan in entry for Daniel Patterson, 1870.
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- Town of Hampden, Report of Selectmen, 1870-1871
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1880 United States Census
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- Page: Hampden, Maine, ED 35, sheet 320A
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Citation:
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFQM-B69 : 15 August 2017), Augustus Cowan in household of David S Jewell, Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States; citing enumeration district ED 35, sheet 320A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,486.
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