Helen Cowan

GEDCOM Note

!REGISTAR GENERALS OFFICE, FALKIRK STIRLING SCOTLAND !LDS Extracted Birth Records,Larbert Stirling,Scot Fische 6035516. SCR and IGIa. !PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF FRANCIS COWAN SHIRRA, son. !My grandmother-died giving birth to my father.She lived at "Camelon",Cemetery Road,Falkirk. Birth Cert shows she was born at "Steinhousemuir",Larbert,Stirling... GFS. BIOGRAPHY: The 1881 British Census shows Helen Cowan, age 17, unmarried of Larbert, Stirling, living at 1 Carlile Place, Renfrew, Scotland, at the home of Mary King, 80. widow., as a domestic servant. From the Falkirk Herald Deaths, 13 May 1899 "Shirra-at Union Buildings, Bainsford, on 7th inst.,Helen Cowan, aged 35 years, dearly beloved wife of James Shirra.".