Settler of township lots: Lot 20, Conc. 10, Minden (Stanhope area)

Location: Map point is the approximate location within this 100 acre lot on the east side of Duck Lake Road at Soyers Lake Road

Land acquisition: 1921 from Joseph Alvin Blair. Ontario Land Parcel Register - Minden (Image 162).

Dates of residency:

• 1906 Marriage: Minden
• 1906 Birth of Son Harry John Cowan (1906–1984) Haliburton
• 1911 Census of Canada, MInden: John & Jennie Beatrice Cowan at Lots 18 & 19, Conc. 9, Minden
• 1917 Death: Haliburton
• 1918 Death of Son Arthur Cowen at Lot 19, Conc. 9, Minden

Interesting facts:

Preceding landowner:

• 1868 William Blair from The Crown
• 1917 John Alvin Blair

Succeeding landowner: 1942 Lawrence McKnight

Link to Settlers of Algonquin Highlands family tree

• John Cowen, b. Abt 1881, Blairhampton, d. 29 Apr 1917, Haliburton. COD: Broncho pneumonia Buried: Twelve Mile Lake Cemetery
  Parents:
  • John Cowen, b. 21 Jun 1844, , England d. 17 Jul 1924, Stanhope, (Age 80 years)
  • Mary Voicey
• Jane Beatrice Hobden, b. Dec 1882, Minden, d. 9 Nov 1922, York
• 1. Mary Irene Cowen, b. 04 Jan 1908, Blairhampton, d. 27 Sep 1962  (Age 54 years)
  2. Beatrice Harriet Cowen, b. Abt 1912, Stanhope
  3. Arthur Cowen, b./d. 1 Mar 1915, Blairhampton. COD: Still born