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John Arthur Cowgill (a distant cousin of Joseph and Isaac Cowgill, below) b 26 Apr 1878, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, d Nov 1965, m ca 1904, Minerva “Minnie” Rapp, b 1885, NY, d 1929. John was the son of John Lawrence and Frances Cowgill of Huddersfield (see his UK forbears under Robert Cowgill). John A. immigrated 1900 to Albany, NY, where he was a house painter and machinist. John is shown living with his sister, Hilda (Cowgill) Tedd, and family in 1930. Both bur Eagle Hill Cem., Albany.

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1 John Arthur Cowgill Jr b 1908, NY, d 20 Mar 1964, Cleveland, m Albertina Voegele, b 13 Aug 1917, Germany, d 17 Dec 1993, dau of Alexander and Christina Voegele; div. John bur Eagle Hill Cem., Albany.

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1 John Arthur Cowgill III b 18 Mar 1944, d 26 Jan 2004, m Janet A. Adams, b 12 Sep 1952, d 1 Aug 2014. Last address: Chagrin Falls, Geauga Co., OH. 

 

Note: Hilda Cowgill, John Arthur’s sister, b 15 Jul 1884, Huddersfield, d Mar 1978, m 1907, West Derby, Lancashire, James Tedd, immigrated with her family to Albany, NY, in 1919.

 

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Joseph Cowgill (son of David and Elizabeth (Taylor) Cowgill (see his UK forbears under Robert Cowgill), b 3 May 1847, Ashton under Lyne, d 11 Apr 1885, m 20 Aug 1871, St Michael's, Ashton under Lyne, Alice Margaret Meadows, b Dec 1847, d 4 Jul 1928, dau of Paul and Sarah Meadows. Joseph arrived Boston, MA, 9 Aug 1880 aboard the "Atlas". Alice and dau arrived in Boston on 1 Oct 1883 aboard the "Marathon" (Alice and Hannah listed as lodgers with her parents on the 1881 census). Alice, remarried as Stoop, with dau Hannah in Philadelphia in 1900. Joseph and Alice bur Greenwood Cem., Trenton, NJ.

Children: known are - Hannah, infant dau

 

1 Hannah (or Anna) M. Cowgill b Sep 1875 (bapt 17 Oct 1875, Christ Church, Chadderton), Oldham, m 28 Apr 1899, Philadelphia, Dennis D. Hayes Jr, b 26 Feb 1859, PA. Emigrated with her mother. In Philadelphia in 1900.

 

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Isaac Cowgill (a brother of Joseph, above), b 16 Feb 1852 (Mar 1851 on 1900 census), Ashton under Lynn, d 9 May 1917, m 13 Dec 1873, Biddeford, York Co., ME, Martha Hirst, b Oct 1849, England, d 1928, dau of James and Elizabeth Hirst. Isaac emigrated in 1872; he was a cotton mill worker, later a gardener in Kennebunkport. Both bur Woodlawn Cem., Biddeford.

Children: known are - John, Thomas, Hannah, Annie, Harry, James

 

1 John Cowgill b 30 May 1875, ME, d 26 Mar 1909, m 29 Sep 1897, Saco, ME, Isabelle O’Neil, b Sep 1875, MA.

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1 Evelyn Cowgill b 30 Mar 1900, ME, d 14 Nov 1984, m 4 Oct 1930, Philip Winchester Pearson, b 1899, d 1978.

 

2 Thomas Cowgill b 23 Oct 1876, ME, d 1933, m(1) 22 Feb 1905, Kennebunkport, ME, Alice A. Smith, b Mar 1888, ME, dau of William P. and Addie W. Smith; div (Alice remarr 1914, Lorenzo J. Hirtle); m(2) 25 Oct 1909, Alice Norton, b 1886, England (immigrated 1905), d 1926.

Children: known are - Helen, James, John, Eva, Martha, Mary, Charles

 

1 Helen Cowgill b 20 May 1905, ME, d 3 Mar 1907.

 

2 James W. Cowgill b 12 Aug 1906, ME, d 27 Oct 1910.

 

3 John Cowgill b 16 Dec 1909, ME, d 15 Oct 1976, m Annie Horsfield, b 5 Mar 1913, d 12 Apr 1984. Lived in Kennebunkport.

Children: known are - John, Albert, Ann

 

1 John Paul Cowgill

 

2 Albert Cowgill

 

3 Ann E. Cowgill b 23 May 1940, ME, d 13 Jan 2012, m 1 Sep 1966, Clifton E. Temm, d 1994.

 

4 Eva Victoria Cowgill b 2 Jul 1911, ME, d 1938.

 

5 Martha Alice Cowgill b 12 Jan 1914, ME, d 1986, m 26 Dec 1942, David E. Metcalf, b 1917, d 1999.

 

6 Mary Norton Cowgill b 24 Dec 1915, ME, d 5 May 2005, m 13 Feb 1943 (obit says 1946), Robert Berthiaume. Mary bur Woodlawn Cem., Biddeford.

 

7 Charles Henry Cowgill b 2 Jun 1920, ME, d 12 Jan 1978, m 27 Jan 1945, Saco, Biddeford Co., Ethel Plummer. Charles was a veteran of World War II. Lived in Saco, York Co., ME.

 

3 Hannah E. Cowgill b 15 Aug 1877, ME, d 15 Aug 1958, m 24 Aug 1904, Kennebunkport, ME, Edgar D. Bragdon, b 1871, d 1953.

 

4 Annie E. Cowgill b Aug 1878, ME

 

5 Harry T. Cowgill b 1881, ME, d 1882.

 

6 James Elmer Cowgill b 1 Jul 1883, ME, d 1951. A florist in Kennebunkport. Single.

 

Note1: Mary Cowgill (a sister of Joseph and Isaac) b 1844, Ashton under Lyne, m(1) 15 Jun 1867, Ashton Under Lyne, James Martin; m(2) 1881, Levi Pritchard. Mary living with her grandmother Ann in 1851. Brother John was living with her in 1881/1891. Mary, as Mary Martin (widow), was in Biddeford, ME, by 1900 (immigrated 1892) with her two surviving children.

 

Note2: Ann Cowgill (another sister of Joseph and Isaac) b 26 Oct 1861, Ashton under Lyne, d 15 Sep 1896, m(1) 1882, Joseph Henry Towle; m(2) 1886, Walter Howard, b 26 Oct 1861, d 4 Jan 1929. Ann and Walter were in Biddeford, ME, by 1890.

   Children: Cowgill children born and died in England - Hannah, Joseph

 

Hannah Cowgill b 1879 (bapt 4 Nov 1879, Christ Church, Dukinfield), bur 31 Jan 1880, aged 3m, St Paul's, Stalybridge.

 

Joseph Cowgill b 1881 (bapt 23 Jan 1881, St Peter's, Dukinfield). No further information.

 

Note3: Elizabeth "Betty" Cowgill (a cousin of Joseph and Isaac Cowgill), dau of Joseph and Betty (Shotwell) Cowgill, bapt 13 Sep 1840, St Michael's, Ashton under Lyne, d 12 Apr 1906, Fall River, MA, m 1858, Edward Canfield, b ca 1856. Betty and husband were lodging with her step-mother in 1861.

 

Note4: Elizabeth Cowgill (a niece of Elizabeth Cowgill), dau of Joseph and Betty (Shotwell) Cowgill, b 1874, Burnley, d 24 Dec 1934 in Buffalo, NY. A weaver in Burnley in 1901, lodging with siblings.

 



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