Eliza Mehair (Skelly) Cowan (1884 - 1918)

Born 25 Feb 1884 in Magheralave, Derryaghy, County Antrim, Ireland

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Cowan — married 2 Jan 1908 in Railway Street Church, Lisburn, County Antrim, Ireland

Died 10 Nov 1918 at age 34 in 51 Lisburn Rd, Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland

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Biography

Lizzie (Skelly) Cowan was born in Ireland.

This profile is part of the Skelly Name Study.

Eliza Mehair "Lizzie" Skelly was born on 25 Feb 1884 at Magheralave, Derryaghy, County Antrim, Ireland. She was the daughter of William Skelly and Mary Roberts.^[1][2]

On 2 January 1908 she married Richard Cowan at the Railway Street Church, Lisburn, Antrim, Ireland. Fathers: William Skelly / William Cowan; Witnesses: Richard Simpson & Ellen Skelly.^[3][4]

Children -

Esther McArthur Cowan (1908–1980)

Unnamed male Cowan (1910–1910)

William Noel Cowan (1912–1989)

Richard Cowan (1914–1929)

Isabella Cowan (1916–1929)

When one of their sons was born on 11 August 1910 at Grand St, Lisburn, Antrim, Ireland, Richard, a labourer, was living in Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland

In 1911 Richard Cowan (31), Lizzie Cowan (38) and Esther Cowan (3) lived in West Kilpatrick, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. ^[5]

Son, Richard Cowan, was born on 29 July 1914 in Grand St, Lisburn and the family were living there now, including father, Richard, a labourer.

Lizzie Cowan, from 38 Malt St, Belfast, age 42, married, passed away on 10 Nov 1918 at the Belfast Hospital, 51 Lisburn Road from Influenza Pneumonia.^[6]

She was buried at the Belfast City Cemetery.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ NIDirect Birth U/1884/225/1018/11/192
2. ↑ Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland. Civil Records. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Birth: Name ELIZA SKELLY; Date of Birth 1884; Group Registration ID 8458610; SR District/Reg Area Lisburn; Sex N/R; Mother's Birth Surname N/R. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1884/02706/1996391.pdf
3. ↑ NIDirect Marriage M/1907/E1/1774/6/63
4. ↑ Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958
5. ↑ National Records of Scotland Statutory registers 1911 Census Reference 501/ 43/ 30
6. ↑ Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ireland. Civil Records. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie. Death: Name LIZZIE COWAN; Date of Death 1918; Group Registration ID 5659018; SR District/Reg Area Belfast; Deceased Age at Death 42. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/deaths_returns/deaths_1918/05174/4427805.pdf
7. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 August 2019), memorial page for Eliza “Lizzie” Skelly Cowan (25 Feb 1884–10 Nov 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #179316977, citing Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.

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