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Jane McCover

Claim Value Date Age Reliability
Birth Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom [ 38 ] Oct. 5, 1876
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Census [ 311 ]
aged 14 on census
"20151203 Email from Gordon Mitchell" "Family tree by Margaret Mitchell" by Margaret Mitchell, send by her son Gordon Mitchell
1891
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Marriage David McGowan, Senior (1873-1956), Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland [ 38 ] Mar. 4, 1898
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Immigration Alberta, Canada abt 1905
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Immigration St. John, New Brunswick, Canada [ 38 ]
Primary Role: David McGowan, Senior
immigrated with: Jane McCover
immigrated with: Annie Jackson McGowan
immigrated with: Jeanie McGowan
immigrated with: Margaret McGowan
Took out homestead papers in the North West Territories (now Alberta) for the 1/4 section at 36-41-14-W4, which they thought was close to the Battle River.
Mar. 24, 1905
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Residence Strathcona Sub-Districts 1-32, Alberta, Canada 1911
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Residence Alberta, Canada 1916
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Death Alberta, Canada [ 38 ] Aug. 28, 1963
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Claim Value Date Age Reliability
ID I358      
User ID Reference A3FFC24C0B2D4D6F820C97F2512E020F4B7E      
User ID Reference KZ3S-SGH      
Gender Female Gender    
Name Jane McCover    
Occupation machinist sewing shirts [ 311 ]
"20151203 Email from Gordon Mitchell" "Family tree by Margaret Mitchell" by Margaret Mitchell, send by her son Gordon Mitchell
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Burial Galahad, Alberta, Canada [ 38 ]
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  • Senond in a large family Much of her family, including her twin nine mouth old sisters and three other children, passed away due to diphtheria Father was a bonnet dresser and mother knit bussys to go with the military fancy dress uniforms When she was 12, she went to work at the "Coats" thread factory as a swiss embroider Born at 3:30 AM
  • Homestead papers were taken out on 23 Oct 1904 on Section 36-41-14-W4. The family immigrated to Canada in 1905 with three other families: William and Agnes Muir, no family; Hugh and Jane Parks, with their five sons, Matthew, James, Hugh, William, and John; Mr. and Mrs. John Atkinson with their three daughter, Agnes, Cathrene and Janet. The boat left on 24 Mar 1905 for Canada. They where on the boat for sixteen days. Once in Canada, the McGowans took an immigration train west. Once the McGowans got to their homestead, they lived in a sod hut (called a soddy) until the summer of 1910. At this time a new home was built with a kitchen and a living room on the ground floor and two bedrooms upstairs. The scottish celebration of Hugmony (which happened on Now Year's Eve) was often held at the McGowan house with many nieghbours there. David would play the acordian and Jane would amaze people with the speed of her knitting. They named their homestead "Pleasent View" Usual Residence at time of Marriage David: 39 Rminind Street, Glasgow Jane: 296 Gookston Street, Glasgow
Number Same As Name Reliability Path

12 Total Ancestors
Generation 1
[1.01  2]   Jane McCover (1876-1963)
Generation 2
[1.02  3]   Alexander McCover (1844-1877)
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[2.01  4]   Margaret Miller (1848-1925)
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Generation 3
[1.03  5]   Archibald McCover (1813-1868)
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[2.02*  ]   James Miller (~1815-)
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[3.01  6]   Jean Brown (1812-1883)
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[4.01*  ]   Jane Wylie (1815-1887)
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Generation 4
[1.04*  ]   Andrew McCover (~1790-<1851)
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[3.02*  ]   Alexander Brown (~1770-)
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[5.01  7]   Susan McLean (1786-1865)
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[6.01*  ]   Martha Anderson (~1770-)
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Generation 5
[5.02*  ]   Neil McLean (~1750-)
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[7.01*  ]   Margaret McKean (~1750-)
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