Walter
Scott
Cowan
Born in Yarrow Feus, Selkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Walter Cowan
and Jean Scott
Husband of
Margaret (McPhail) Cowan
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Walter Scott Cowan and Janet (Cowan) Mcnaughton
Died about
at about age 69
in Juniper Hill Farm, Puslinch, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Walter Cowan was born in Scotland.
This profile is part of the Cowan Name Study.
Contents |
Biography
Walter Cowan migrated from Scotland to Canada.
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| Walter Cowan and Margaret McPhail |
Birth
31 OCT 1817[1]
- Place: Yarrow Feus, Selkirkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Map:
- Latitude: N55.514278
- Longitude: W3.046714
Census
1851 Canada Census: Canada West (Ontario) Wellington County Puslinch

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| Walter as a child of 9 with his parents, Puslinch 1851 |
- Province: Canada West (Ontario)
- District: Wellington County
- District Number: 39
- Sub-district: Puslinch
- Sub-District Number: 367
1861 Canada Census: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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| James McPherson, Margaret, Donald, Alex, Anne, Catherin, Angus, Archibald, Lisbeth McPherson... then Walter, Margaret, Walter Scott, Jane Cowan 1861 Puslinch |
1871 Census of Canada: Puslinch, Wellington South, Ontario, Canada
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| Walter and Jane, with parents Walter and Margaret 1871 Puslinch |
- Province: Ontario
- District: Wellington South
- District Number: 33
- Division: 01
- Subdistrict: Puslinch
- Subdistrict Number: a
Household Members: Name Age
- Walter Cowan 54
- Margaret Cowan 48
- Walter Cowan 28
- Jane Cowan 14
Also on the image: John McPherson born abt 1813, Scotland, Sarah McPherson born abt 1829, Scotland, Ann McPherson born abt 1850, Duncan McPherson born abt 1852, Donald McPherson born abt 1854, Angus McPherson born abt 1856, James McPherson born abt 1858, John McPherson born abt 1861, Alexander McPherson born abt 1864 and Mary McPherson born abt 1867.
Death
- Date: ABT 1886
- Place: Juniper Hill Farm, Puslinch, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
- Map:
- Latitude: N43.482219
- Longitude: E80.546719
- City: Puslinch Township
- Map:
Burial
Crown Cemetery, Puslinch, Wellington, Ontario, Canada
- Map:
- Latitude: N43.456385
- Longitude: W80.1268
- Map:
Sources
- ↑ Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 9 Sep 2021), Walter Cowan, parents: Walter Cowan and Jean Scott, 31 Oct 1816, Yarrow; citing Parish Number: 779, Reference number: 10 412.
- 1851; Census Place: Puslinch, Wellington County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11756; Page: 42; Line: 11
- Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Census Returns For 1861; Roll: C-1084
- 1871; Census Place: Puslinch, Wellington South, Ontario; Roll: C-9945; Page: 23; Family No: 75
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Walter by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ted Cowan
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-BY3644, FTDNA kit #11152, MitoYDNA ID T13149 [compare]
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~12.50%
Ted Cowan :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T551203 [compare], FTDNA kit #11152
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~6.25%
Valorie (Cowan) Zimmerman :
23andMe, GEDmatch SQ780327C1 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SQ780327C1 [compare], Ancestry member ValorieZimmerman53
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Living DNA, GEDmatch SQ780327C1 [compare]
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~3.12%
Debra (Betts) Hildebrandt :
23andMe, GEDmatch M510521 [compare]
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Categories: Selkirkshire, Cowan Name Study | Yarrow Parish, Selkirkshire | Migrants, Cowan Name Study | Migrants from Selkirkshire to Ontario | Puslinch Township, Canada West | Argus (Ship), sailed on June 3, 1829
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