Hugh Cowan of Tarbolton
(1753-1843)
Margaret Strachorn
(Abt 1762-)
John Leggat
(-)
Jane Drinnan
(-)
John Cowan of Tarbolton
(1794-1863)
Jean (Jane) Leggat
(1795-1877)
Sophia Cowan
(1840-1885)

 

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Spouses/Children:
William Montgomerie of Tarbolton

Sophia Cowan

  • Born: 1840, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland
  • Christened: 30 Nov 1840, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 2
  • Married: 25 Oct 1872, Cunningham St., Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 10 Aug 1885, Montgomerie St., Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 3

  Research Notes:

At the time of the 1871 Scotland Census Sophia Cowan, aged 30, born in Tarbolton Ayrshire, dressmaker, was at home with her widowed mother and sister Elizabeth in Cunningham St., Tarbolton.

At the time of the 1881 Scotland Census Sophia Montgomerie, aged 40, born in Tarbolton Ayrshire, and husband William Montgomerie, aged 51, born in Tarbolton, silk weaver, were living in Montgomerie St., Tarbolton. Present were children (all born in Tarbolton): Jeanie (20)*, silk weaver, John (14)*, silk weaver, William (7), scholar, Hugh (5), Agnes (2)

* Children of William's first marriage to Jane Allan

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Sophia Montgomerie, married to William Montgomerie, silk weaver, daughter of John Cowan, farmer (deceased), and Jean Cowan M.S. Leggat (deceased), died aged 44 years as a result of bronchitis cum asthma, spasm of the heart, John Richard, brother-in-law, present.

  Marriage Information:

Sophia married William Montgomerie, son of William Montgomerie and Agnes Thomson, on 25 Oct 1872 in Cunningham St., Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 1. (William Montgomerie was christened on 10 Apr 1830 in Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland and died on 13 Jun 1902 in Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland, aged 72 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

William Montgomerie, silk weaver, widower, age 42, of Tarbolton, son of William Montgomerie, Daron? Officer (deceased), and Agnes Montgomerie M.S. Thomson (deceased), and
Sophia Cowan, milliner, spinster, age 32, of Tarbolton, daughter of John Cowan, farmer (deceased) and Jane Cowan M.S. Leggat

Witnesses: Alexander McNeill, Jane Cowan

Sources


1 General Register Office of Scotland (GROS), Tarbolton marriages, page 8, no. 16.

2 International Genealogical Index, Baptisms (1820-1855), batch # 116195.

3 General Register Office of Scotland (GROS), Tarbolton deaths, page 12, no. 35.


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