Mcgowen. Confrey

[yjms]

Sorry not very good at this Mary was b 1839 ? she was married in Tranent Scotland in 1858, died in 1899 also her parents died in Tranent also

[hfc1875]

Hi, I am also doing my family research and it looks like we might be distant relations. Bridget McGowan (parents Denis McGowan and Mary Confrey) was my Great Great Grandmother. She married a James McGovern in Haddington East Lothian in 1861, had eleven children and died in Tranent East Lothian in 1890. Mary would have been her sister. I hadn't traced where in Ireland Bridget was from as I am concentrating on the McGovern (Magauran) line just now but it's interesting to know that James was also born in Mohill Parish and married Bridget in Scotland.

[yjms]

Hi, It's so good to hear from you did'nt think I would ever hear from anybody tracing the McGowns, Was in Scotland a couple of weeks ago and met a lovely chap in Haddington library who showed us a couple of newspaper accounts of my gggrandfather Owen Cullen along with his 2 brother in laws John McGown, Dennis Mcgown they were all up in court for assault wasn't to excited about that bit, but it was good to confirm John and Dennis, there could have been another brother as there was a James Mcgown who was a witness at Mary Mcgown and Owen Cullens wedding.So I wonder if the Bridget I found with connections to Mohill in Leitrim is your gggrandmother. if you give me your email I can give you any info that I have

[hfc1875]

Hi, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I will pm you my email address. The first record we have of the McGowans in Scotland is the 1861 census which shows Denis aged 50 ( think this might not be accurate as his death record in 1872 states he was 74), Mary aged 48, John aged 17, Dennis aged 10 and they lived in Tranent East Lothian. Their daughter Bridget McGowan aged 20 who was my GG Grandmother was living in Dunbar East Lothian.  Up until now we were unaware that there was another sister Mary (your GG Grandmother) and possibly another brother James. We will try to do a little bit more research on this over the next few days and will let you know what we find.