Alonzo
Brock
Cowan
Born in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Alonzo Brock Cowan
and Angeline (Giffin) Cowan
Brother of
William H Cowan [half], Carrie Maud (Cowan) Giffin [half], Mary Elva (Cowan) Scaife [half], Norman John Cowan, Bruce Whitfield Cowan, Alice Breata Cowan, Effie Maud Cowan and Florence Carrie (Cowan) Stiffel
Husband of
Lila Maria (Sturgeon) Cowan
— married
24 Sep 1924 in Brockville, Ontario, Canada
Descendants 
Father of
Wallace Brock Cowan, Lloyd Kenneth Cowan, Shirley Cowan, Lawrence Brock Cowan, [private daughter (1930s - unknown)] and [private daughter (1930s - unknown)]
Died
at age 51
in Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 11 May 2015
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Biography
Birth
Alonzo Brock Cowan was born on August, 20, 1895, son of Alonzo Brock Cowan, butcher, and Angeline Giffin, of James Street East, Town of Brockville.
Marriage
Alonzo Brock Cowan, dairyman, bachelor, 29, son of Alonzo B. Cowan and Angeline Giffin, married
Lila Maria Sturgeon, book keeper, spinster, 21, daughter of Rob't J. Sturgeon and Annie Yates,
Witnesses: Mildred J. Sturgeon and Dorothy A. Sturgeon, both of Brockville,
On September 24, 1924, at Brockville, Ontario.
Death
Alonzo Brock Cowan, of 233 Park Street, Brockville, died on June 14, 1947, at the Brockville General Hospital following surgery for appendicitis. His cause of death was acute gangrenous ruptured appendicitis with general peritonitis and partial intestinal obstruction. He was 51 years old.
Sources
William Giffin & Thomasine Eyre Family Tree, Christine Daniels
Giffin, Eveline Bertha. The Descendants of William Giffin & Thomasine Eyre, Bell's Crossing, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada: 1990.
"Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y39P-8TZ?cc=1784216&wc=3N7R-7M9%3A1584308903%2C1584308901%2C1584309101 : 28 May 2015), Marriage licenses and affidavits > 1924 > no 12411-13380 > image 740 of 2010; Archives of Ontario, Toronto.
See also:
- 1931 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
The Sun Times (Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada) Wed, Jan 21, 1931, page 12
Newspapers Clip: 138090757 (accessed 5 January 2024)
Census Records
1901 Census, Elizabethtown, Brockville, Ontario
- Cowan, Brock, 12 Sep 1850, farmer
- Cowan, Angeline, 3 Aug 1868
- Cowan, Elva, 28 Aug 1885
- Cowan, Brock, 20 Aug 1895
- Cowan, Norman, 7 Apr 1898
1911 Census, Elizabethtown, Brockville, Ontario
- Cowan, Brock, Dec 1853, farmer
- Cowan, Angeline, Aug 1876
- Cowan, Brock Jun., August 1895
- Cowan, Norman, April 1900
- Cowan, Bruce, June 1902
- Cowan, Britha, Feb 1905
- Cowan, Effie, June 1908
1921 Census, Brockville, Leeds, Ontario
- Cowan, Brock, 71, 233 Park Street, Brockville, milk dealer
- Cowan, Angeline, 63
- Cowan, Brock, 25, milk dealer
- Cowan, Norman, 22, butcher
- Cowan, Bruce, 19, student
- Cowan, Breta, 16, student
- Cowan, Effie, 12, student
- Cowan, Florence, 8
- Woods, Storey, roomer, 45, born Ireland
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alonzo by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alonzo:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Alonzo by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Alonzo:
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~3.12%
Alexander Skeoch
:
23andMe, GEDmatch DR1002137 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A438179 [compare], Ancestry member alexander_skeoch
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~0.78%
Caitlin (Paul) Haulk :
23andMe, GEDmatch QN5642200 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch QN564220 [compare], Ancestry member CaitlinHaulk
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~0.78%
Jon Cowan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A159808 [compare], Ancestry member jon9314
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