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)
Jessie Ronald Cowan
(1864-1916)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
Walter Scott Mathewson

Jessie Ronald Cowan

  • Born: 9 Mar 1864, Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland 2
  • Married: 24 Aug 1892, 273 Kenmure St., Pollockshields, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1
  • Died: 5 Jul 1916, Stoveburn Terrace, Bo'ness, Linlithgow, Scotland 3

  Research Notes:

At the time of the 1891 Scotland Census Jessie Cowan, aged 26, born Tarbolton Ayrshire, dressmaker, was visiting Flora Sadler, tailor's wife, at 200 High St., Ayr, Ayrshire.

In January 1892 Jessie Ronald Cowan was present at the marriage of her sister Jane Leggat Cowan to Henry Bell in Ayr.

At the time of the 1901 Scotland Census Jessie R. Mathewson, aged 37, born in Tarbolton Ayrshire, and husband Walter Mathewson, aged 35, born in Deane in Roxburghshire, book keeper & mercantile clerk, were living in Alton Burn, Castlehill Rd., Ayr, Ayrshire. With them was daughter Agnes R. (under 12 months).

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Jessie Ronald Mathewson, married to Walter Scott Mathewson, insurance agent, daughter of Hugh Cowan, shoemaker (deceased), and Janet Cowan M.S. Reid (deceased), died aged 52 years as a result of heart failure suddenly, Walter S Mathewson, widower, present.

  Marriage Information:

Jessie married Walter Scott Mathewson, son of John Mathewson and Helen Blake, on 24 Aug 1892 in 273 Kenmure St., Pollockshields, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1. (Walter Scott Mathewson was born on 29 Nov 1866 in Rulewater, Roxburgh, Scotland and died in 1922 in Bo'ness, Linlithgow, Scotland, aged 56 years.)

  Marriage Notes:

Walter S. Mathewson, shipping company's cashier, bachelor, age 26, of 7 Church Street Ayr, son of John Mathewson, tailor's cutter, and Helen Mathewson M.S. Blake (deceased), and
Jessie R. Cowan, spinster, age 28, of 273 Kenmure Street Pollokshields Glasgow, daughter of Hugh Cowan, Sheriff's officer (deceased), and Janet Cowan M.S. Reid

Witnesses: Thos. Brewster, Jane Russell

Sources


1 General Register Office of Scotland (GROS), Tradeston District Marriages, p. 52, no. 104.

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

3 General Register Office of Scotland (GROS), Statutory Deaths 663/01 0055.


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