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Obituary Hugh Cowan Oban
« on: Tuesday 08 January 08 03:15 GMT (UK) »
After hours surfing the net I'm asking for some help looking for a reported obituary in The Oban Times Jan or Fen 1920 for my GGrandmothers Uncle Hugh Cowan, family also known as MacCowan, can anyone point me in the right direction, cheers Merideth
SCOTLAND: Argyll, LANK, REW: Stewart, Harvie, McPherson, McCowan, Cowan, McDonald,McDougall, Russell, Cameron, Hepburn.
INDIA: Quinn, Dare, Cowan.
AUSTRALIA: Langdale, Slattery.

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Re: Obituary Hugh Cowan Oban
« Reply #1 on: Friday 18 January 08 19:17 GMT (UK) »
Hi Merideth

The Oban Times according to this website has a searchable archive. http://www.obantimes.co.uk/

Also you may want to try the library there who will most likely have the old papers on fiche

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Re: Obituary Hugh Cowan Oban
« Reply #2 on: Friday 01 August 08 17:34 BST (UK) »
Hi I am trying to find some info on Hugh MacCowan who was Lord Provost of Oban Argyll 1897-1900
we have a large interesting painting of his daughter first name unknown but by the Scottish artist Duncan Macgregor Whyte. Is he your relative, with rgds Sue

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Re: Obituary Hugh Cowan Oban
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 02 August 08 08:55 BST (UK) »
Hello Sue, I have a extensive Cowan, McCowan tree, can you give me some more info on your Hugh and I will see if I can find him in my mountain of paperwork, cheers Merideth
SCOTLAND: Argyll, LANK, REW: Stewart, Harvie, McPherson, McCowan, Cowan, McDonald,McDougall, Russell, Cameron, Hepburn.
INDIA: Quinn, Dare, Cowan.
AUSTRALIA: Langdale, Slattery.

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Re: Obituary Hugh Cowan Oban
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 02 August 08 09:02 BST (UK) »
Hi Ann, I had no luck with the Oban Times website but I have had a message from someone who has a copy of the content of his obituary and hopefully a copy of his will, thank you for the hint anyway, cheers Merideth
SCOTLAND: Argyll, LANK, REW: Stewart, Harvie, McPherson, McCowan, Cowan, McDonald,McDougall, Russell, Cameron, Hepburn.
INDIA: Quinn, Dare, Cowan.
AUSTRALIA: Langdale, Slattery.

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Re: Obituary Hugh Cowan Oban
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 02 August 08 09:38 BST (UK) »
[Hi I know nothing about him my only interest is the picture of his daughter and there is a plaque to him as Lord Provost in Oban Council offices. Our interest is in the artist but we like to know about his subjects as back ground to the paintings I have attached a copy of the painting. We are told it was painted for her 21st birthday, commissioned by her father Hugh MacCowan thanks for getting back to me rgds Sue

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Re: Obituary Hugh Cowan Oban
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 13 August 08 22:44 BST (UK) »
Do you have any other info on Hugh Cowan (or McCowan) of Kimberley House, Oban? Is the Hugh MacCowan trophy for Gaelic in his memory (or perhaps financed by him)? I remember receiving a photograph of his gravestone years ago.

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Re: Obituary Hugh Cowan Oban
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 13 August 08 23:15 BST (UK) »
Sue, I Will be hunting through The Scotsmans newspaper archives today and see if anything re your Hugh pops up, cheers Merideth
SCOTLAND: Argyll, LANK, REW: Stewart, Harvie, McPherson, McCowan, Cowan, McDonald,McDougall, Russell, Cameron, Hepburn.
INDIA: Quinn, Dare, Cowan.
AUSTRALIA: Langdale, Slattery.

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Re: Obituary Hugh Cowan Oban
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 13 August 08 23:22 BST (UK) »
Hello Bmccowan, I have a family tree going back to 1710 and info re his will and life, if you want to PM me I will give you more details, cheers Merideth
SCOTLAND: Argyll, LANK, REW: Stewart, Harvie, McPherson, McCowan, Cowan, McDonald,McDougall, Russell, Cameron, Hepburn.
INDIA: Quinn, Dare, Cowan.
AUSTRALIA: Langdale, Slattery.
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