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From: "Michael Cheeseman" <>
Subject: [KALGOORLIE] Australian Cowans Victoria & West Australia Gold & Coal Fields
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 18:02:31 +0800


forwarding to correct address

Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 22:45:58 -0800
From: "Pamela Fox Singletton" <>
To: "AB&LR COWAN" <>, "Laura Cowan Cooper"
<>
CC: <>,
<>, <>,
<>, "Alex Daw" <>
Subject: Re: Australian Cowans Victoria & West Australia Gold & Coal Fields

Laura
Thank you for the reply.
RootsWeb have many groups in Australia. I
belong to those which I think will assist me,
even here it can be hard at times.
I would appreciate it if you can put this list
up for me, as this is as far as I can go with
my COWAN list without much assistance.
Mathew COWAN m Frances SIMPSON 1869 Victoria
ref 1244 CM 203054
children from marriage
1: 1 George Robert b 1870 Mt Prospect Vic d 1935 Collie W A CB
433929
m Susan Jane MEEHAN b1873 Talbot Vic d 1929 Collie W A
children from marriage Nov 1896 Ballarat Victoria
2: 1Myrtle Jane b 13 Jul 1897 Ballarat d 29 Mar 1966 Perth W A
m Arthur Johnstone Clarke b 1 Jan 1896 Coolgardie W.A.
d 26 Feb 1946 Perth W. A. div 1941
children from marriage 26 Nov 1921 Perth West Australia
3:1Joan Thelma CLARKE b 19 Nov 1922 Perth d 23 Jan 1998 Perth
m George John Haynes FOX b 8 Mar 1912 E. Fremantle d 19 Oct 1995 Perth
children from marriage 3 Apr 1947 Perth Western Australia
4: 1Pamela (me) b 1951 Pemberton W A
m Roy Alexander Evans 17 Jul 1947 Kalgoorlie W A
children from marriage 19 Oct 1974 div 1994
5:1John Alexander Evans b 17 Jan 1979 Perth W A
5:2David Charles Andrew Evans b 3 May 1983 Perth W A
m (2) Peter Singleton b 1951 Perth W A m 30 Sep 1994 Perth W A
3:2 Arthur David Clarke b 6 Mar 1926 d 1984 4 children
3:3 George Robert Clarke b 6 Mar 1926 d 1981 6 children
2:2 George Robert b 1903 Ballarat Vic d 19 Nov 1974
2:3 Ivy Jean Cowan b 1905 Boulder W A CB 433970
2:4 Hugh Gilroy Cowan b 14 Dec 1914 Perth W A
1: 2 Charlotte Mary Cowan b 1872 Mt Prospect Vic CB 433809
1:3 Janet Frances Cowan b 1874 Daylesford Vic CB 434018
1:4 Mathew Thomas Cowan b 1876 Dayl Vic CB 434134
1:5 Jessie Anne Cowan b 1878 Ki Ng Vic CB 434024
1: 6 John James Cowan b 1880 Kingston Vic CB 434030
1: 7 Frances Marion Cowan b 1882 Kingston Vic CB 433913
1: 8 Hugh Gilroy Cowan b 1884 Healesville Vic CB 433959
1:9 Ruth May Cowan b 1886 Warrnambool Vic CB 434181
This is as far as I have got with the Cowan family, Mathew & Frances
were married in Victoria. I have quoted from papers sent to me from
the Pioneer Index for BMD's in Australia.
Most of the places in Victoria, especially BALLARAT were part of the
Victorian Goldfields. In W A the Goldfields were & still are at
Coolgardie,
Kalgoorlie & Boulder.Collie was founded on COAL. I am attempting to
find the descendants of those listed above from Victoria & Western
Australia, many will now be away from the places listed. This is a
HUGE
brick wall
for me any assistance is greatly appreciated in advance.
Pamela from Perth West Oz
Researching these names in England Scotland
Ireland South Africa & Australia
CHELLINGWORTH CLARKE COWAN CULLEN
DONALDSON DUNBAR EVANS FISHWICK
FORFAR FOX HAMILTON HAY(I)NES HEADLEY
HIGGINS JOWETT LEA McLAUCHLIN
MEEHAN POPHAM RAE SIMPSON TURNBULL WHITE

Peter's Family
SINGLETON HARRIS MacDONALD COUSINS
MIDDLETON JAMES
in Sheffield Yorks Scotland & Australia

----- Original Message -----
From: Laura Cowan Cooper <> To: Pamela Fox Singletton
<> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 10:05 PM
Subject: Re:


> At 06:14 PM 2/13/01 +0800, you wrote:
> >Laura
> >There are a few of us Down Under who feel as though
> >the Cowan name & others are unique to the US.
> > Cowan name has to be all over Australia - example Edith Cowan
University.
> Where did she come from to establish a college? Have you looked at
the
> records for the ships of people sent over from the British Isles for
> punishment? I don't know very much about the early Australian History
-
> maybe you could educate us on that.
> > It seems that there are several that are from Australia or new Zeland
that
> are on the list. The information that I have is e-mail address only
so
> unless I hear from some one I have no idea where they live.
> > On the lists, you just need to make sure that your information is in
the
> archives and the key search for you would be Australia. The Cowan
name is
> found all over - we just happen to have a lot of stateside
researchers on
> the list so it does stay a little one sided. did you look at the
earth
shot
> URL that I sent to the list? I was shocked at the lack of light in
> Australia!!!!! I had a Buchanan cousin that lived over there 15 years
> without me knowing it. Divorced parents - my uncle really didn't have
> contact with him after the divorce and when I got older and started
> researching, I put my foot down and mended the fence just to learn
that he
> had just moved back to the states.
> > I have not looked at the LDS Family search site to see what is there
for
> your neck of the woods, but it seems like they have done a lot of
> extractions of records. Are all of your records over there intact? I
know
> that there was a Vet student or young vet at the Universtiy of
Tennessee
> Vet School that was from Australia and had married a Cowan. Her
> father-in-law was to contact me, but I have never heard from him.
From
what
> I can tell all the names I have seen that come from down under appear
to
> fit right in with all the Cowan names every where else - you don''t
seam
to
> have your own set of first names!!!! <g> Just like the group I found
that
> were just off the boat and assigned the surname of Cowan due to
immigration
> not understanding what they were saying .
> > I am sure that it is frustrating for you and you really have a lot of
> interesting last names that you are researching. Do you have all of
the
> closer to you history? What is your record access like over there> Have
> one lady that is using the Family History Ceneter that I help out at
and
> she is pouring over all the early records form Scotland. She got her
leads
> from http://www.familysearch.org (com works also) so she knew what
parish
> to look in, but it is so interesting to view the really old records.
Of
> course everything that i want to look at in Ireland was burned -
> > So when will you post us some interesting facts about Australia and
> researching. I know that I would like to know more about it for a lot
of
> people ask me interesting questions - now I have a contact to give
them if
> they need knowledge in your neck of the woods. Is there a set
migration
> path you know of or have in theory? That should be interesting in its
own.
> > All the stuff with Robert and Bill has passed. I was really left no
choice
> but to post some of Bill's remarks since Robert's came across with
out of
> the blue for you all - I was reading the Walker posts so I forgot you
all
> weren't in the know. Robert has been to Ireland several times and I
am
sure
> with the way he gets around, to Scotland. He wants very much to piece
the
> early Cowan's in Scotland together. If he would settle down enough to
give
> me an area then I could look to see if there are some good films on
the
> early areas. Do you have a local LDS Church that has a family history
> center so that you can order in films? Now it may be that you don't
get
out
> often with both of you all being disabled so that may not be an
option. Do
> you all have a site like our USGenWeb? I haven't ever thought about
that.
> > We are interested in your info and I feel that it is more important
for it
> to be in the archives than some of the other stuff - the Cowans that
are
> not in the areas normally researched got there some how!!!!!! It will
be
> interesting to hear your "oral" family history on that or what your
> research has found. Remeber that we have a lot of silent readers on
our
> list or lurkers that just are afraid to post or worse yet don't know
how.
> There are some that can not even type complete sentences enough to
get the
> thought across or still type the entire message in all caps.
> > Thanks for the contact. I am looking forward to getting to know more
about
> you and your research needs!!!!
> > Laura
> > >I have
> >sent an e-mail to another on this list also from Australia
> >who from what I read in her mail is also a little frustrated
> >I am disabled with a disabled husband, though I ask for no
> >sympathy BUT I DO ask for some consideration from the
> >listers in North America as they might, one day ask about
> >this name on the Aussie Goldfields & some who have some
> >knowledge of such history, family or otherwise may not be
> >so forthcoming. At the moment I AM gathering MY COWAN
> >family history from these areas ready for posting, yet now I
> >find myself giving second thoughts to even staying on this
> >list. I do not object to ALL of this being put on the list. Maybe
> >others will stop this toeing & thowing of these names which might
> >turn up in our tree I will also forward this to the lister that HAS
> >requested information & had no reply. This happens on MOST
> >name lists that I belong to & it gets me down & not wanting to
research
> >back any further than I already know.
> >Thank you for reading this
> >Pamela from Perth West Oz
> >Researching these names in England Scotland
> >Ireland South Africa & Australia
> >CHELLINGWORTH CLARKE COWAN CULLEN
> > DONALDSON DUNBAR EVANS FISHWICK
> > FORFAR FOX HAMILTON HAY(I)NES HEADLEY
> > HIGGINS JOWETT LEA McLAUCHLIN
> >MEEHAN POPHAM RAE SIMPSON TURNBULL WHITE
> > > >Peter's Family
> >SINGLETON HARRIS MacDONALD COUSINS
> >MIDDLETON JAMES
> >in Sheffield Yorks Scotland & Australia
> > > > >

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