Elizabeth McGowan

Birth Name Elizabeth McGowan
Gender female
Age at Death about 60 years, 4 months, 4 days

Narrative

Last name comes from son Hugh's marriage record. It could also be McEwen (from a vague record on familytreemaker.genealogy.com)

Death Record
Name: Elizabeth Carson
Death Date: 5 May 1880
Death Location: Waterdown, Ontario
Sex: Female
Age: 59 yrs
Rank or Profession: Widow
Where Born: Ireland
Religious denomination: Catholic
Cause of death and duration: Jaundice caused by sub-acute inflammation of the
lungs and exhaustion from previous organ... Oh...... in stomach.
Physician: Dr. I.E. MCulley

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT,
USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data listed online.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1820 Ireland   1
Event Note

Some people say she is :
Elizabeth Mc Gowen
Gender Female
Baptism Date 31 Oct 1822
Baptism Place Kilcoo, Down, Ireland
Father John Mc Gowen
Mother Sarah Hill
FHL Film Number 823750

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/3630995:2533?ssrc=pt&tid=170393154&pid=222210563382

And these are her parents:

Name John Mc Gowan
Gender Male
Marriage Date 17 Sep 1821
Marriage Place Presbyterian, Dromara, Down, Ireland
Spouse Sarah Hill
FHL Film Number 496723

https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/843289:9904?ssrc=pt&tid=170393154&pid=222210563511

That would go along with her being of Scots origin, but not with her entire family being Catholic in 1861.

 

Census January 14, 1861 East Flamboro, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada 1861 Joseph Carson household 2
General

Year: 1861; Census Place: East Flamboro, Wentworth, Canada West; [Ontario]
Roll: C-1086-1087; E.D. 2, Page: 22

Joseph Carson, 42, Birthplace: Ireland, mason
Elizabeth Carson, 42, Ireland
William J. Carson, 17, Birthplace: CW [Canada West]
Jas?. H. Carson, 16, Canada West, a son
Joseph Carson, 12, Canada West
Patrick Carson, 10, Canada West
[Rice?] Carson, 8, Canada West, a son, only one attending school
Sarah A. Carson, 6, Canada West
Josephine Carson, 3, Canada West

Religion of all: CR [Church of Rome]

Residence January 14, 1861 East Flamboro, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada   2
Census April 2, 1871 East Flamboro, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada 1871 Joseph & Hugh Carson households 1
General

Year: 1871; Census Place: Flamborough East, Wentworth North, Ontario;
Roll: C-9925; Family No: 80.

Joseph Carson, 53, born in Ireland, Irish origin, mason
Elizabeth Carson, 53, born in Ireland, Scotch origin
Joseph Carson, 21, Ontario, Irish, laborer
Patrick Carson, 20, Ontario, Irish
Rice Carson, 18, male, Ontario, Irish
Sarah A Carson, 16, Ontario, Irish
Josephine Carson, 12, Ontario, Irish, attending school

all Roman Catholic

next house:
Hugh Carson, 30, Irish origin, laborer
Hannah H Carson, 24, English
James H Carson, 6, Irish
Thomas Carson, 3, Irish
Joseph Carson, 4m, born in December, Irish

all Roman Catholic. All born in Ontario.

Residence April 2, 1871 East Flamboro, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada   1
Death May 5, 1880 Waterdown, Ontario, Canada    
Event Note

Ontario Deaths
in Waterdown, Wentworth County
May 5, 1880
Elizabeth Carson, age 59, widow, born in Ireland
cause: jaundice followed by sub acute inflammation in the lungs and exhaustion following organig change in stomach
religion: Roman Catholic

 

https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1339883:8946?tid=&pid=&queryId=f6a05e58439b98d725636ebd8d62035b&_phsrc=nxq954&_phstart=successSource

Families

Family of Joseph Carson and Elizabeth McGowan

Married Husband Joseph Carson ( b. about 1818 d. February 29, 1876 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage before 1841     1
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Hugh Carsonabout 1840August 16, 1921
William J. Carsonabout 1844May 7, 1910
James? H. Carsonabout 1846
Joseph CarsonMay 28, 1850June 9, 1911
Patrick Carsonabout 1851December 5, 1933
James Rice Carsonabout 1853December 13, 1931
Sarah Ann Carsonabout 1855
Josephine CarsonNovember 5, 1860October 31, 1904