Charles COWAN &
Marjory FIDLER
1735-1805 1734-1819
The
papermaking dynasty
Assorted notes, illustrations and links:
Marjory and Charles
(1734-1819) -a first rate man of business (link)
son Alexander
Cowan (1775-1859) -papermaker and philanthropist (life) (genealogy)
granddaughter Marjory
Cowan Simpson (1808-1891) –Portobello’s passionate bather
granddaughter Helen Wood Cowan McVean (1837-?) – a life in Japan
(link)
greatgrandson William
John Menzies (1834-1905) and the Cowans
–investors in the American West
greatgrandson Charles
William Cowan (1835-1920) -daffodils to Dalhousie Castle
greatgranddaughter Helen Bannerman
(1862-1946) –a life in India and a runaway bestseller (link)
greatgreatgrandson Sir
Colin McVean Gubbins
(1896-1976) and the Special Operations Executive (data)
Cowans and the papermaking firm -some images
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