Genealogical Society of South Whidbey Island
old sepia photos

Edmund Cowan, great-great grandfather of Candace Allen. Edmund Cowan sailed from England to Melbourne, Australia with his wife around 1850. They sailed back via Cape Horn with 9 children 15 years later. The next year, in 1866, the familiy immigrated to the United States. Great-great grandfather of Candace Allen.

 

Sarah (Cashmore) Cowan, great-great grandmother of Candace Allen. Sarah (Cashmore) Cowan, wife of Edmund Cowan and great-great grandmother of Candace Allen. These two pictures were taken in Boston in the 1880s.