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b. 3/20/1837 - d. 10/5/1919
William Irving b. 3/20/1837
d. 10/5/1919.
Buried in the Joliet, IL (Will County Channahon Twp.) Willard Grove Cemetery
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records William Irving as a Wind Mill Manufacturer. We
believe that William Irving changed the family name back to McOwan. |
| Name: |
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William
McOwan |
| Location
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322 Fifth avenue |
| Business
Name: |
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L. Leach |
| Occupation: |
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foreman |
| Year: |
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1887 |
| City: |
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Joliet |
| State: |
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IL |
| Name: |
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William
McOwan |
| Location
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r 322 5th avenue |
| Occupation: |
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machinist |
| Year: |
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1891 |
| City: |
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Joliet |
| State: |
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IL |
| Name: |
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William
McOwan |
| Location
1: |
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322 5th avenue |
| Occupation: |
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carpenter
contractor |
| Year: |
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1892 |
| City: |
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Joliet |
| State: |
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IL |
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First wife
Phoebe Haynes daughter of Abel
Rammond Haynes.
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Phoebe A. b.
7/12/1840 - d. 10/3/1869
buried Channahon beside daughter Libby P. (L2R1) |
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The
1850 census finds Phobe living in Channahon, IL with her sisters
Sarah, Irene, Betsey, all who where born in Pennsylvania.
Living in the same dwelling were 2 boarders that are listed as
locomotive tenders. No listing of Abel is in this
census.Living also at this residence is Phebe Haines. age 30 also
born in Pennsylvania. This could be the mother. |
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Married William
on 3/2/1859 |
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The couple had 2
children:
Irving (see page for Irving)
Libbie (see page for Irving)
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Son
(William) Irving as young
child daguerreotype. |
Daguerreotype
of Phoebe Haynes MacOwan and daugher Libbie Phoebe. |
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Libby Phoebe b 1862 - d. 1875 (only 12 years old) (buried Channahon (L2 R1) listed as Liffe P.
McOwan) |
Second wife:
Mary Della Fidele Miller
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Mary Della Fidela or Fidele Miller b. 1861 in Illinois. Marriage
records from Will Co., IL. indicate they were married
8/22/1877. (Mary would have been 16 and William 50.) Mary
died.3/24/1887. died
at age 26. |
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This marriage
produced 2 sons |
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1) Lester J. b
2/4/1883 - d. 11/15/1899 age 16. Had his leg amputated.
Lester is buried in the Joliet, IL Oakwood cemetery.
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2)
Clarence
Peter b Jan 27, 1879.- d.
1929 buried in Grand Rapids, MI. Married Mary/Marie Elizabeth
Terrell in 1908 in Allegan Allegan Co.
Michigan. In 1918 according to Clarence's draft registration
the couple lived at 644 Cordelia St SW, Grand Rapids, MI. At this
time he was working at the Wallace Furniture Co. as a trimmer.
Clarence was of medium height, slender and light blue eyes.
Mary's Father:
Adelbert
S. Terrell
Mary's Mother:
. Susannah
Margaret Sadler.
- Mary's Birth: 26 Jul 1878 in Byron
Center, Kent, Michigan
- Mary's Death: 22 Nov 1951 in
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan
- her first marriage was
to McLenithan
- Sam
McLenithan b:
19 Aug 1874 in Gaines, Kent, Michigan d. 11 SEP 1899
- This marriage produced a
daughter Ava P. McLenithan
- Ava P. McLenithan
- Birth: Sep 1898 in
Byron (KENT) Michigan
- UID:
CAB569BB8E68C24E9B2DFB95A3635756B481
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In the 1900
Michigan Census it is found that Mary and Ava were living with
Mary's brother Clayton D. Terrell in Byron Twp.,
Kent, Michigan. Clayton is listed as a farmer.
In
the 1910 Michigan Census we see Mary and Clarence
married with newborn son William and Ava living with
the family also. In 1910 the family lived in Ottawa
County Crockery Twp. where Clarence was a
cabinet maker.
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In
the 1880 Census William, Fidela and Clarence are living in
Ward 7 in the City of Joliet, IL. Son Irving must be living next
door as his census information is following William's information.. |
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In the
1900 Illinois census we see
William Irving as the head of the household with son Irving, and
Irving's wife
Bessie, William's son Clarence and Libbie
E. (Irving's daughter Emma) living in Joliet Twp., Will County.
Clarence is shown as a day laborer, William as a carpenter and Irving
as a book keeper.
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In
the 1910 Michigan census spelling is McOwan and Clarence is
living in Crockery Twp., (OTTAWA) Michigan working as a cabinet
maker with a newborn son William. Clarence's
step-daughter Ava McLenithan is living with them. |
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In
1920 we find Clarence, Marie, William, Marion Kathryn/
Katheleen and Hazel Terrell (niece), living on Cordelia St. in
Grand Rapids. Clarence is working as a trimmer in a furniture
factory. |
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In the
1930 census Clarence is deceased and Mary/Marie owns
a home in Grand Rapids, Michigan on Cordelia St., but is not employed.
Spelling is MacOwan.
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Family history
states that Clarence may have also been married to
Inez?. His children's names with wife Mary were:
William b. ABT 1909
Marion b. ABT 1912
Kathryn b. ABT 1918
Jane b. ABT 1921
James L b. 4 Jul 1920 d. 12 Oct 2004 6690 CINDY
AVE Hudsonville, Ottawa, Michigan 49426 James' wife Lucille.
married March 8, 1942, in Grandville, Michigan. James' WWII
enlistment papers reveals that he was 5'7" Tall and weighed 129
lbs at age 22.
He was a private and enlisted 18 Sep 1942. at that time James L and
his wife Lucille were living in Kalamazoo, MI.
James and Lucille had the following children:
Their children are:
James Jr.
(wife Laurel) MacOwan of Cedar Springs, MI.
Sherry (MacOwan) and
husband Terry Shank of Goose
Creek, S.C., Bonnie (MacOwan) and husband Richard Koopman of Grand Rapids,
MI.
Gordon (wife Carol) MacOwan of Traverse City, MI.
Terri
(MacOwan) and David Moore of Holland, MI
Larry MacOwan of Spring Lake, Michigan
Michael and
(wife Brenda) MacOwan of
Holland.
They have 17 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Web posted
Friday, July 18, 2003
Larry MacOwan is now deceased
at age 43. (July 16, 2003) Larry must have been married because his
Obit states his children as:
Joshua of Holton
Angela MacOwan of
Holton,
Lucas Ian MacOwan of Muskegon
Dani Jo Mac Owan of
Muskegon |
Larry MacOwan (age 43)
lived alone in his unit on Dahlia St. in Crockery Park, off State Rd. west
of 130th Ave. He died, likely from toxic smoke, in the fire that destroyed
his trailer around 4 a.m. yesterday. Neighbors pounded on window and door
to warn him, but never got a response.
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