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& e e The Cowey (Cowie) family reunites L U * .. > #"*% . ( ies . 0 € * ce on P h 1;5 Fyect L bappy lives . PamMnNe 1. Ese j w s *4 _ [E k‘? ".‘ PE 6 l w l â€" } .-%:‘ ' 6 2 and family histo 3 \\ Jt BsE L 4 7 * | i ht c n 09 s r"‘fb m.“‘ t QsLbomne . cqprviclL* 2 Â¥ ‘ hy o . tA ««iveg JX y «the help of the Canada Company, t td t -i it ® 4 k ‘ By Bob Owen guby 2‘//03. ‘they were off to Canada where | 4 wl .. w e lowen@xplomet.com they settled on Lot 26, Concession A 5 e ‘ P (a t w4 t f 5, Cramahe Twp. just west of P W [ a m R e s * 4 l Sm Dundonald. © ks , i; J d f m en tk, h ifia‘%fvig %v}fosirtg ?lc\}(lr? 4 Life was good to John and Jane. . " n , ‘ e "w, in *L s only 10 miles away? 8. Aside from raising five healthy Eol ) $ 'x ; mss 2 13 © That wasaquestion the Coweys Children to. adulthood,. and t 0 t h t B |â€" and Gowies asked themselves as PWilding a prosperous farm, they ; ce .. P adl . * M they prepared for their first family both lived late into their 908. T\Qe Jane Cowey and her only ym en Wl ) _ ' "slllilleed > reunion July 20. _ â€" couple was three days _short O'f\ daughte_r, Mary,.sat for this photo Mary Cowey Broomfield, daughter A 6 5 | In 1840, John and Jane Cowey their 70th wedding anniversary _ _ > in the midâ€"1800s. ~ _ of Jane and John. John Campbell Cowie, son . and their five children left an ;&éhen Jane died May 16, 1896 at age _ . on it dn oneania t en t ns of Jane and John. ve ;I;(firfiil;llggglfi%ovenshg%}ifiatl;l Sometime during those early ' W W A | / Tamant <idli; § lc *4 W wisy ¢ England, for a new life in Cramane: YCars in Canada as the children . | n &%~olntaa | on Whica fp| B ooee uaf N\‘W [ Townshipcin RNorthambemand gglei\iv up and left home, the family. | 3:,) L‘ 4 | I_., 4 | â€"â€"â€" l aallihes 1 /_ h : 2 County in Canada. j i . | |mmnf ° n [A id [Wuk ! Rec};rds researched by Neil James, who was already 13 ' ‘*" \ o |â€" ols ~ q ‘!,, Â¥ Cowie and Jean Kernaghan tell a When they arrived in their n?t‘;’l j M â€"â€" m ~ e 0. s ? s great deal about the family. They . COUNITY, SeHICC in Lakeport with . [ i j C 4 ~ hur :0 © show that John, born in 1800, had 1SJ rfi 8 ;“J Sn‘ ason, @Ro | % J [ been a farm labourer since 1826. o remecamon orce. aa | â€" mwin | w [ Labourers, or hinds, were. Tames, married Lillian Arkles an € | Y oc | oo f : fike § operated the Cowey Garage in | | wal [ contracted from year to year to Colborne) Anbther (erandson ) o . . . 0 [ work large estates. Often, there Jack, lived in Vernonville where | | /n fit o Poney oo ncinaave candrco wore â€" he and his wife, Alice (Grice) ran | ; n 2 4 : _ If the workingâ€"age children were Decerags ena flart | .‘ | d R W not hived by the estate, the family, _ Tghe rgest of Johfi and Jane‘s P | * _ / fii fi i p > would moxe omioknolher. family remained in the area north h4 | % | € P [ Accommodation was DOOF: (¢ooiporne biad: WWe | Â¥ | .: usually a twoâ€"room cottage with a (Whl "ggh * | h Y tirt floor and prospecte were. yartey in 1900 ie martitd C , CHE ; MAE Christina Inglis. The t _ Mark Cowey was the only one of S E... News of opportunity in the NEW ontrepreneurial yougng man built a _ Robert S. Cowie, bom«833, son of _ John and Jane‘s children not to .. John Cowey (Cowie) Sr., married to.â€": . world Altered fochslestates Uh° damand grist mill on Salt Creek Jane and John: marry. He died as the result of a .. Jane, lived to be 99. He and Jane ,~; priclh i sovettiment . " saw south of Norham. which he ; fall of the barn roof at age 77. were married almost 70 years. ..,aâ€" emigration as a SolUtIOn 10 <operated until he was 52. With lots s © f f < "Aoafl : ‘ widespread poverty and provided . o¢aqyenture left in him, he took Tathet‘s name when he was born.â€" transferred their holdings to John And why did the Coweys living: w assistance. A 5 his family to Manijcoba to in 1833. He remained on the Jr. and Mark, the records show . in the north end of the township, _ _ ‘ In the spring of 1840 the . nomestead original farm, as did his sony they sold them for love and change the spelling of their last ~" | Coweys made the decision. With _"_ joun Gowie was given his FraDk, grandson Jack and greatâ€" ~affection and $1. name to Cowie? f o4 . | en in s h ns eraas grandson Francis. _ The last Cowey baby was the The Castleton . Cemetery* / ( K â€"| RMAX ‘,_g,;: panioae | . Francis and his wife Reta live â€" only girl. Mary tied the family to headstone for John and Jane is .. f 4 6 o en MB 7 .23 | there.today. The original log home .. the Broomfield clan when she _ spelled Cowie. The graves in the ~‘ 7 | h e d M ~;f! i | is gone. In 1860, the family moved ~married Robert and moved to Lakeport Cemetery are spelled‘~/ ‘ ... ooo oliaainttt P\ ~. @5 | to spotwhere the Cowies livenow. Haldimand Township where Cowey. j o | : | Ts L 2 | _ The current brick home was built Robert operated a sawmill on Neil Cowey, a descendent ofâ€"* ‘ h 410. 1 m Ee R | in 1901. .. Shélter Valley Creek. James, wonders if it has to do with" | : L s | Sooner or later, if you live in a One of their children, Mark, . the areas where they settled. The } ; P C a mm | small area long enough, you are worked in the blacksmith shop in settlers in the area north of""~ | i iF j { related to almost everyone. Johnâ€" Dundonald. He and his wife, Edna Colborne had stronger ties to > I n La * We : f x Jr. and his wife Amelia (Bawden) (McDonald), bought the Scotland where the name is «~ ,1 i "llle. h in l ; J a.. / fmey had three children.‘ Their blacksmith shop and later the spelled with the "ie". In the south;*~‘ I i CA 2l e v® § | granddaughter married Clare general store across the road the settlements were, more‘"{ (e P 99 f ol Ugalt ! | _ Jones of Castleton. where the McNeely‘s now live. _ English; they spelled the name: %‘v a / e E k’m.. fln ons .. i . c oo + on | Mark was the sole second But how do the Cowies living with an "ey". But even NeiF>" es P h. M s lllus l 3 : Cl 1j._ ___ _ generation Cowey not to marry. north «of .Colborne become . admits, it‘s only a theory. f theicewie mmien eauene. Mam Cowey Broomfield‘s son, ‘He lived with his parents until â€" separated from the descendants of _ As for how they lost touch with f ; I Mark Broomfield operated the their deaths and died at age 77 James Cowey who lived in each other, they can only south of Norham, is aâ€"relic Of placksmith‘s shop in Dundonald:â€"It fall from the b: f Tak t distant th ul j Robert Cowey‘s time. ie en etentetio crthe im Tor rom a om the barn roof. akeport â€" so distant they no speculate again. . I is St g at the intersection. Whenâ€".John â€" and _ Jane longer knew they were related? Continued on page 12