Harry Ted Cowan (1885 - 1965)

Born 7 Jan 1885 in Miles East Grafton,,Kansas,USA

Ancestors

Husband of Rosa (Wiershing) Cowan — married 20 May 1906 in Grafton,,Chautauqua,Kansas

Husband of Lillian Mary (McClellan) Cowan — married 10 Apr 1944 in Regina,,Saskatchewan,Canada

Died 7 Jul 1965 at age 80 in Caney,Montgomery,Kansas,USA

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Biography

Harry Ted Cowan, a son of Ross Cowan and Laura Etta Zink, was born on January 7, 1885, in East Grafton, Chautauqua County, Kansas. He married Rosa Wiershing in Grafton on May 20, 1906. They had three children, Vera Edith, William Ross, and Letha May. Harry lived in Chautauqua County, until 1917, when the family moved to Saskatchewan, Canada. Sometime before 1944, Harry and Rosa were divorced. He married Lillian Mary McClellan on April 10, 1944 in Regina, Saskatchewan. They had two children, George Malcolm, and Bessie Raye. In 1953, the family moved to Caney, Montgomery, Kansas. Harry died in Caney on July 7, 1965 and was buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan, Chautauqua, Kansas.

Sources

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1700s-Current, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, 2012. URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23065707

• Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Lehi, UT, USA, 2016.

• World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. - United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. (Signed at U.S. Consul, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.)

• 1921 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Provo, UT, USA, 2013.

• Border Crossings: From Canada to U.S., 1895-1954, Ancestry.com, Ancestry.com Operations, Provo, UT, 2010. Original: The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Certificate of Identity Issued to U.S. Citizens Pre-Examined at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Who Entered the United States at Noyes, Minnesota, and Pembina, North Dakota, 1/1929 - 7/1954; NAI: 3020754.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to June Baker for creating WikiTree profile Cowan-1063 through the import of Baker Bruce Family Tree.ged on Oct 4, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by June and others.