John Cowan of Tarbolton
(1794-1863)
Jean (Jane) Leggat
(1795-1877)
Andrew Reid
(-1835)
Elizabeth Thomson
(Abt 1803-1867)
Hugh Cowan of Ayr
(1829-1886)
Janet Reid
(1829-1912)
Jane Leggat Cowan
(1867-1943)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Henry Bell

Jane Leggat Cowan

  • Born: 7 Mar 1867, Montgomerie St., Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 2
  • Married: 1 Jan 1892, Milrig Hotel, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 9 Aug 1943, 3 Lansdowne Rd., Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland 3

  Research Notes:

At the time of the 1891 Scotland Census Jane L. Cowan, aged 24, born in Tarbolton Ayrshire, was at home with her widowed mother at 3 Hawkhill, Ayr, Ayrshire. Among those present was Jane's future husband, Henry Bell (33) of Isle of Whithorn in Wigtonshire, chemist & druggist.

At the time of the 1901 Scotland Census Jeanie Bell, aged 34 years, born in Tarbolton Ayrshire, and husband Henry Bell, aged 43, born in Whithorn in Wigtonshire, chemist & druggist, were living at 41 Prestwick Rd., Ayr, Ayrshire. With them were children (all born in Ayr): Robert A. (8), scholar, Janet C. (7), scholar, Marjorie (3), Herbert H. (1).

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Jeanie Leggat Bell, widow of Henry Bell, chemist & druggist, daughter of Hugh Cowan, journeyman shoemaker (deceased) and Janet Cowan M.S. Reid (deceased), died aged 76 years as a result of senility, Robert Bell of 26 Prestwick Road, Ayr, son, present.

  Marriage Information:

Jane married Henry Bell, son of Robert Bell and Mary Ann Mackie, on 1 Jan 1892 in Milrig Hotel, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland 1. (Henry Bell was born on 12 Nov 1857 in Isle of Whithorn, Wigtown, Scotland and died on 28 Feb 1936 in 2 Lansdowne Rd., Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.)

  Marriage Notes:

Henry Bell, 34, bachelor, chemist, of 3 Hawkhill St. Quivox, son of Robert Bell, mason (dec'd) and Mary Ann Bell M.S. Mackie, and
Jeanie Leggat Cowan, 24, of 3 Hawkhill St. Quivox, daughter of Hugh Cowan, shoemaker (dec'd) and Janet Cowan M.S. Reid.

Witnesses: James Reid, Jessie Ronald Cowan

Sources


1 General Register Office of Scotland (GROS), Statutory Marriages 578/00 0012.

2 International Genealogical Index, Births (1855-1875), batch # C116191.

3 General Register Office of Scotland (GROS), Ayr Deaths, 1943, p. 124, no. 370.


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