Charles
Nassau William
(Nassau)
Gowan
Born about in Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Son of Charles Gowan
and Jane (Langford) Gowan
Brother of
Ann (Gowan) Westman and Isabella (Gowan) Laidlaw
Husband of
Rachel (Cook) Gowan
— married
12 Feb 1896 in Ontario, Canada
Father of
Charles Clare Gowan, Clifford Spencer Gowan, Frederick Ivan Gowan, Inez May Gowan and Walter Maurice Gowan
Died
at about age 71
in Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 16 Nov 2023
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Biography
Charles Nassau William was born in 1867, according to his gravestone. He was the son of Charles Gowan and Jane Langford. Nassau was married to Rachel Cook in 1896.[1]
His son Charles Clare Gowan died during World War I in 1917 and is buried in France.
Nassau passed away in 1939 and is buried in Birr United Church Cemetery in Middlesex County, north of London, Ontario.
Sources
- ↑ "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZ9-YVH : Thu Oct 19 17:56:32 UTC 2023), Entry for C N W Gowan and Charles Gowan, 12 Feb 1896.
- "Canada Census, 1901", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLJ-S5J : Thu Nov 16 17:25:11 UTC 2023), Entry for Nassau Gowan and Rachael Gowan, 1901.
- Laidlaw family tree and records, collected by Howard S. Anderson (Ontario Genealogical Society # 7031) 21 April 1993.
- FindAGrave memorial: (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190793294/nassau-gowan)
- "Canada Census, 1881", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDK-T52 : Fri Oct 06 02:16:53 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Gowen and Jane Gowen, 1881.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nassau 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 Nassau:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Nassau 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 Nassau:
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~0.78%
Jill Adams
:
23andMe, GEDmatch NF6305059 [compare]
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~0.78%
William Lietzenmayer :
23andMe, GEDmatch GX7674210 [compare]
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