GOWANS John

1782 - 1832  (49 years)

• Name	GOWANS John  [1]
  Born	31 Jan 1782	,Tranent,East Lothian,Scotland   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	10 Mar 1782	,Spott,Haddingtonshire, Scotland   [3]
  Occupation	1 May 1803	,,,Scotland   [4]
  	Labourer
  Occupation	29 May 1803	,,,Scotland   [5]
  	Labourer
  Occupation	26 Oct 1806	,,,Scotland
  	Footman
  Occupation	7 May 1808	,,,Scotland   [2, 6]
  	Servant to Lord Viscount Duncan of Camperdown
  	In the presence of Charles Gray and Richard Whit??? Robert Dundas Haldane-Duncan, 2nd Viscount Duncan (1785–1859) (created Earl of Camperdown in 1831)
  Occupation	28 May 1813	,,,Scotland   [7]
  	Butler
  Died	23 Jan 1832	,,Haddingtonshire,Scotland   [8]
  	Cause: Cholera
  Buried	Aft 23 Jan 1832	St Marys Church,Haddington,Haddingtonshire,Scotland   [8]
  	Q38. Five others in grave. Burial records show him being buried 21 Jan.
  Notes	North Berwick postman walked upwards of 20 miles a day from Haddington
  Person ID	I4879	GeniAus Family Tree
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	GOWANS James,   b. Abt 1745, ,,,Scotland
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F1844	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	SIBBALD Janet,   b. 2 Nov 1780, ,Tranent,East Lothian,Scotland ,   d. 24 Feb 1864, Sidegate Street,Haddington,Haddingtonshire,Scotland  (Age 83 years)
  Married	29 May 1803	,Gladsmuir,East Lothian,Scotland   [5, 9, 10]
  	Married Irregularly in presence of the Kirk Session
  Children	1. GOWANS Cathrine,   b. 1 May 1803, ,,,Scotland   2. GOWANS James,   b. 21 Oct 1806, ,North Berwick,East Lothian,Scotland ,   d. 20 Mar 1886, Hayford Villa,St Ninians,Stirling,Stirlingshire,Scotland  (Age 79 years)   3. GOWANS William,   b. 7 May 1808, ,North Berwick,East Lothian,Scotland   4. GOWANS John,   b. 28 Apr 1813, ,North Berwick,East Lothian,Scotland   5. GOWANS Matthew,   b. Apr 1822, ,,,Scotland ,   d. 26 Mar 1889, ,,,Scotland  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F442	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 31 Jan 1782 - ,Tranent,East Lothian,Scotland Baptism - 10 Mar 1782 - ,Spott,Haddingtonshire, Scotland Occupation - Labourer - 1 May 1803 - ,,,Scotland Occupation - Labourer - 29 May 1803 - ,,,Scotland Married - 29 May 1803 - ,Gladsmuir,East Lothian,Scotland Occupation - Footman - 26 Oct 1806 - ,,,Scotland Occupation - Servant to Lord Viscount Duncan of Camperdown - 7 May 1808 - ,,,Scotland Occupation - Butler - 28 May 1813 - ,,,Scotland Died - Cause: Cholera - 23 Jan 1832 - ,,Haddingtonshire,Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S2895] Scotlands People, 1864 Gowans,Matthew Mariages 716/ 6 Page 3 of 5. [S141] Gerard Peter Brierley. [S2895] Scotlands People, 10/3/1782 Gowans,John Old Parish Registers Births 720/ 20 74 Spott Page 74 of 217. [S2895] Scotlands People, 29/5/1803 Gowans,Cathrine Old Parish Registers Births 708/ 30 121 Gladsmuir Page 21 of 347. [S2895] Scotlands People, 29/05/1803 Sibbald,Janet Old Parish Registers Marriages 708/30 299 Page 299 of 347. [S2895] Scotlands People, 17/9/1808 Gowans,William Old Parish Registers Birth 713/40 197 North Berwick Page 197 of 357. [S2895] Scotlands People, 19/5/1813 Gowans, John Old Parish Registers Births 40 230 North Berwick Page 230 of 357. [S53] Jill Patricia Curry. Visited and photographed grave [S11] Familysearch. [S2805] Scots Ancestry Reserch Society, Letter to Gerard Brierley 22 May 1997. Gowans, John, labourer and Janet Sibbald in Boglehill were married irregularly and confirmed by the Revd. Mr. Hamilton, Minister of Gladsmuir May 29 1803 in presence of the Kirk Session.