The Cowie Family

Alexander John Cowie

Birth: c. 1832

Father: Alexander Cowie, of Auchterless, Scotland; moved to 3 Marlborough Rd, St. John's Wood, London, to run his own school

Mother: Elizabeth (Garden) Cowie

Married: Matilda Barbara Kincaid in 1861, in Burma, Presdency of Bengal Presidency, India.
On the same day and place, Matilda's sister, Mary Louise Kincaid, was married to James S. Ingram.

Matilda was the daughter of Eugenio and Barbara Kincaid. Eugenio Kincaid was an early missionary to Burma, and is written about in The Hero Missionary, Or, A History of the Labors of the Rev. Eugenio Kincaid by Alfred S. Patton. Some of Eugenio's letters were published in the American Baptist Missionary Magazine

Children: Occupation: Surgeon.
Alexander is found in the Medical Officers in Hart's Army List - 1873 which lists his rank (end 1872) as Surgeon, his commission as Assistant-Surgeon on 4 August 1854, his promotion to Surgeon on 4 August 1866, that he is in the Bengal Presidency, and notes that he is "Officiating 37th N.I."

Notes: Alexander was one of 8 children and had several illustrious siblings, including Hugh Cowie Q.C. and William Garden Cowie (1831-1902) who became Archbishop of Auckland

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Isabella Gordon (Cowie) Thomson

Birth: 14 April 1862, in Burma, Bengal Presidency, India
This transcription of the 1911 census shows Isabel born in "Prouse Burmah". Possible this should be Prome (now called Pyay), a town about 180 miles northwest of Rangoon.

Baptism: 12 August 1863, in Rangoon, Bengal Presidency, India

Father: Alexander John Cowie

Mother: Matilda Barbara (Kincaid) Cowie

Married: Samuel John Thomson on 23 July 1885 in St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta, Bengal, India.

Children: Death: 6 May 1925, in Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Gravestone of Isabel Gordon (Cowie) Thomson
Gravestone of Isabella Gordon (Cowie) Thomson in Trabuquet cemetery, Menton, France
photograph from www.gravestonephotos.com
Burial: Trabuquet cemetery, Menton, Alpes-Maritimes, France
The gravestone reads:
In loving memory of
Isabel Gordon Cowie
wife of Colonel Samuel John Thomson
Born April 14th 1864
Died May 6th 1925
At Menton.
"Until the Day Break,
"And the Shadows Flee Away."

Census:
1881: Westbourne Park Villas, Paddington, Middlesex
1911: Canterbury Holy Cross Westgate, Canterbury, Kent

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