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Descendants of *John Cowburn

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1.  *JOHN¹ COWBURN was born Abt. 1767 in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.  He married ANN. 

       

Children of *JOHN COWBURN and ANN are:

2.                i.    *JOHN² COWBURN, b. 11 March 1789, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.

                  ii.    JAMES COWBURN, b. 17 September 1791, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.

                 iii.    THOMAS COWBURN, b. 23 March 1794, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.

                 iv.    BETTY COWBURN, b. 1796, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.

                  v.    ANN COWBURN, b. August 1801, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.

                 vi.    SAMUEL COWBURN, b. 8 December 1804, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.

 

 

Generation No. 2

 

2.  *JOHN² COWBURN (*JOHN¹) was born 11 March 1789 in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.  He married *ANN WOOD. 

       

Children of *JOHN COWBURN and *ANN WOOD are:

3.                i.    *AARON³ COWBURN, b. 26 July 1810, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England; d. Bef. 1873, Hindley, Lancashire, England.

                  ii.    ESTHER COWBURN, b. 18 October 1812, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.

                 iii.    JOSHUA COWBURN, b. 19 September 1815, Westhoughton, Lancashire, England.

 

 

Generation No. 3

 

3.  *AARON³ COWBURN (*JOHN², *JOHN¹) was born 26 July 1810 in Westhoughton, Lancashire, England, and died Bef. 1873 in Hindley, Lancashire, England.  He married *ALICE CASH 8 April 1833 in Wigan, Lancashire, England.  She was born 1812 in West Leigh, Lancashire England.

       

Children of *AARON COWBURN and *ALICE CASH are:

4.                i.    *JOHN⁴ COWBURN, b. 19 March 1847, Hindley, Lancashire, England; d. 13 June 1904, Wickham, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

5.               ii.    ELLEN COWBURN, b. 1851, Hindley, Lancashire, England.

                 iii.    BETTY COWBURN, b. 1855, Hindley, Lancashire, England.

                 iv.    ANN COWBURN, m. THOMAS WALLER.

 

 

Generation No. 4

 

4.  *JOHN⁴ COWBURN (*AARON³, *JOHN², *JOHN¹) was born 19 March 1847 in Hindley, Lancashire, England, and died 13 June 1904 in Wickham, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.  He married *ELIZABETH DAVENPORT 19 March 1873 in St Paul's Chapel, Hindley, Wigan, England, daughter of *JAMES DAVENPORT and MARY.  She was born 9 June 1852 in Mawdseley, Lancashire, England, and died 1928 in Hamilton, NSW, Australia.

       

Children of *JOHN COWBURN and *ELIZABETH DAVENPORT are:

6.                i.    *JAMES HENRY⁵ COWBURN, b. 28 December 1874, Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England; d. 12 September 1946, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

7.               ii.    ELLEN COWBURN, b. 9 March 1875, Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England.

                 iii.    JANE A COWBURN, b. May 1880, Hindley, Lancashire, England; d. Abt. 1882, Hindley, Lancashire, England.

8.              iv.    MARY ALICE COWBURN, b. 2 June 1883, Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England.

9.               v.    ELIZABETH A COWBURN, b. 10 April 1885; d. 1961.

10.            vi.    JOHN THOMAS COWBURN, b. 11 June 1888, Lambton, NSW, Australia; d. September 1947, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

 

 

5.  ELLEN⁴ COWBURN (*AARON³, *JOHN², *JOHN¹) was born 1851 in Hindley, Lancashire, England.

       

Child of ELLEN COWBURN is:

                   i.    JOHN⁵ COWBURN, b. 1872, Hindley, Lancashire, England.

 

 

Generation No. 5

 

6.  *JAMES HENRY⁵ COWBURN (*JOHN⁴, *AARON³, *JOHN², *JOHN¹) was born 28 December 1874 in Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England, and died 12 September 1946 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia.  He married *MARGARET ELIZABETH MILBURN 17 September 1902 in Methodist Church, Broadmeadow, NSW, Australia, daughter of *RALPH MILBURN and ANNE ROBSON.  She was born 1879 in Ovingham, Northumberland, England, and died 8 February 1957 in Islington, NSW, Australia.

       

Children of *JAMES COWBURN and *MARGARET MILBURN are:

                   i.    ALLAN MAURICE⁶ COWBURN, b. 30 March 1910, Glen Innes, NSW, Australia; d. 26 December 1967, Rankin Park Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; m. MARY LAWTON, 9 April 1936, Wesley Church, Hamilton, NSW, Australia; b. 26 October 1911, Hamilton, NSW, Australia; d. 21 March 1986, Islington, NSW, Australia.

                  ii.    *BESSIE ORVIETA COWBURN, b. 2 March 1912, Glen Innes, NSW, Australia; d. 18 June 1985, Garden Suburbs, NSW, Australia; m. *GEORGE HARRIS, 19 October 1940, Broadmeadow Methodist Church, NSW, Australia; b. 20 June 1910, Adamstown, NSW, Australia; d. 27 August 1984, Birmingham Gardens, NSW, Australia.

                 iii.    JOHN F COWBURN, b. 1914, Hamilton, NSW, Australia; m. BERYL.

                 iv.    STANLEY HORACE COWBURN, b. May 1916, Wickham, NSW, Australia; d. 31 October 1917, Wickham, NSW, Australia.

 

 

7.  ELLEN⁵ COWBURN (*JOHN⁴, *AARON³, *JOHN², *JOHN¹) was born 9 March 1875 in Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England.  She married JOHN WRIGHTSON 1899 in Merewether, NSW, Australia.  He was born 1876 in Newcastle on Tyne, England.

       

Children of ELLEN COWBURN and JOHN WRIGHTSON are:

                   i.    BERT⁶ WRIGHTSON.

                  ii.    CHARLES WRIGHTSON, m. RUBY SUTERS.

                 iii.    JOHN HENRY WRIGHTSON, b. 15 October 1903, Broadmeadow, NSW, Australia; d. 6 August 1988, Brighton, Qld, Australia; m. ANNIE GALLAWAY QUINLAN, 14 November 1924, Toronto, NSW, Australia; b. 15 January 1904, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; d. 1 July 1977, Belmont, NSW,Australia.

                 iv.    THOMAS WRIGHTSON, b. 11 December 1915; m. DOROTHY JEAN WATSON, 9 March 1936.

 

 

8.  MARY ALICE⁵ COWBURN (*JOHN⁴, *AARON³, *JOHN², *JOHN¹) was born 2 June 1883 in Mill Lane, Parbold, Lancashire, England.  She married GILBERT D IRVINE 1914 in Hamilton, NSW, Australia. 

       

Child of MARY COWBURN and GILBERT IRVINE is:

                   i.    ALLEN⁶ IRVINE, m. MARY PHILLIPS.

 

 

9.  ELIZABETH A⁵ COWBURN (*JOHN⁴, *AARON³, *JOHN², *JOHN¹) was born 10 April 1885, and died 1961.  She married CHARLES EDWARD STEVENS 24 April 1920 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia, son of CHARLES STEVENS and CAROLINE DIDDAMS.  He was born 28 July 1880, and died 11 December 1950.

       

Child of ELIZABETH COWBURN and CHARLES STEVENS is:

                   i.    DORIS⁶ STEVENS, b. 29 May 1921, Hamilton, NSW, Australia; m. WILLIAM JOHNSTON, 26 June 1943, Adamstown Jubilee Methodist Church; b. 7 August 1919, Lithgow, NSW,Australia.

 

 

10.  JOHN THOMAS⁵ COWBURN (*JOHN⁴, *AARON³, *JOHN², *JOHN¹) was born 11 June 1888 in Lambton, NSW, Australia, and died September 1947 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia.  He married (1) ELIZABETH JEAN LIDDELL 1919 in Hamilton, NSW, Australia.  She died 1922 in Newcastle, NSW, Australia.  He married (2) RAE Abt. 1930. 

       

Children of JOHN COWBURN and ELIZABETH LIDDELL are:

                   i.    RAYMOND HENRY⁶ COWBURN, b. 1920, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; m. MAUREEN EUGENE MARY MCCOY, 24 January 1948, Ararat , Victoria, Australia; b. 7 July 1927, Geelong, NSW, Australia.

                  ii.    ERIC JOHN COWBURN, b. 1920, Newcastle, NSW, Australia; d. 1921, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.