Alexander Gowan grave monument details at Canongate Kirk Church burial ground, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland
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Alexander Gowan grave monument in Canongate Kirk Church burial ground, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Alexander Gowan grave monument: legible names and details

full nameburial
date		agebirth
date		relationshipnotes
Alexander Gowan
1776661710first name on monument8th March 1776
Margaret Stirling
1868 daughter-in-law of Alexander Gowan20th June 1868
Matilda Isabella Gowan
 grand daughter of Alexander Gowan
Margaret Dobie
1841 grand daughter of Alexander Gowan5th May 1841
Mary Martin Gowan
 grand daughter of Alexander Gowan15th January
Jane Wilson Gowan
1852 grand daughter of Alexander Gowan26th August 1852
Wilhelmina Gowan
 grand daughter of Alexander Gowan4th January A Wilhelmina Gowan died in Newington in 1864, age not given in Scotland's People index.
Janet Euphemia Gowan
 grand daughter of Alexander Gowan
James Gowan
1812 grand son of Alexander Gowan1st November 1812
Alexander Gowan
1815 grand son of Alexander Gowan25th January 1815
George Gowan
1872621810grand son of Alexander Gowan17th June 1872
Alexander Gowan
1878 grand son of Alexander Gowan9th December 1878
John Dobie
 relationship not given of Alexander Gowan
George Gowan
1843 son of Alexander Gowan23rd October 1843
Mary Martin
1795 wife of Alexander Gowan7th February 1795

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Mary Martin, wife of Alexander Gowan, had her portrait painted by David Martin, painter in Scotland to the Prince of Wales. I am trying to establish if Mary was related to David (who may be a distant grandfather of my wife).
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I am hoping this is some of my Gowan ancestors
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Location of the above Alexander Gowan monument

Canongate Kirk Church burial ground, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland

Canongate Kirk Church burial ground, Edinburgh
Canongate Kirk Church burial ground

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