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) or (genealogy)
granddaughter Marjory
Cowan Simpson (1808-1891) –Portobello’s passionate bather
granddaughter Helen Wood Cowan McVean
(1837-1921) – a life in Japan and Mull
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 Gubbins (1896-1976) of the Special Operations
Executive (childhood album)
greatgreatgreatgrandson Nicholas Luard (1937-2004) founder Establishment Club, owner Private Eye (data)
Cowans
and the papermaking firm -some images
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