Martha Cowan (1825 - 1907)

Born 12 Aug 1825 in County Armagh, Ireland

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Died 16 Apr 1907 at age 81 in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Martha was born in County Armagh, Ireland on August 12, 1825. She wa sthe youngest of a large family whose father was "in the linen trade". Her father had died so her mother brought the family to Mersea Township, Canada West in 1842. After a long voyage of seer weeks and three days they landed in Canada and made their way to Mersea, then a wilderness. At the time of her marriage she was residing in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She gave birth to fourteen children, of which only one died in infancy. In the last five years of her life, she lived with her daughter Mrs. Clunis. She fell three months before her death, sustained a broken hip and other injuries from which she never recovered. The funeral service took place at the residence of her son-in-law Daniel Clunis on Thursday morning at 9:30 o'clock and was largely attended by her relatives, friends and neighbours who gathered to show the esteem in which she was held. After the services, the funeral procession drove to Maple Leaf cemetery, Chatham, where in the family plot the remains of Martha Cowan were laid away in the grave beside those of her deceased husband.

The Luck of The Irish Sloan(e)s in Ontario; Samuel Sloan and Mary Banning's Family, 1832-1994 by Agnes Groome.

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The Luck of The Irish Sloan(e)s in Ontario; Samuel Sloan and Mary Banning's Family, 1832-1994 by Agnes Groome.

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