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CHARLES GOWEN (c1868-1932)
ETHEL GORDON (?-1948)

(Last Updated: August 28, 2012) 

 

Charles GOWEN was born around 1868, probably in England.

 

Around 1907 Charles married Ethel GORDON.

 

Son Ernest was born July 15, 1908 in Hertford, England.

 

Charles GOWEN sails to Canada with daughter Edith
1919

 

Passenger List: Vessel: the ‘Orduna’, departed from Liverpool, England; Date of arrival at Halifax: Dec 22, 1919. Charles GOWEN, Carpenter, age 51 (born c1868), and Edith, age 11. Destination: Winnipeg, to friend Asylum Attendant, 9 years in Canada.

 

Charles settled in the Mapleton-Selkirk area of Manitoba where he began to work at the Manitoba Rolling Mills (MRM).

 

Sons Ernest & Edward sail from England
1921

 

In the fall of 1921 sons Ernest & Edward sailed from London England. They arrived in Quebec in October that year; from there they travelled to Selkirk to join their father (Charles).

 

In 1929 daughter Annie May married in Winnipeg to Horace GALLE.

 

Charles died Aug 17, 1932 in St Andrews Parish.

 

In 1934 son Ernest married Helen Nora FIDLER.

 

In 1936 son George married Harriet Bernice McKENZIE.

 

Ethel died in 1948.

 

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Children:

1. c1905 EDITH GOWEN

2. July 15, 1908 ERNEST CHARLES "ERNIE" GOWEN (m. Helen Nora Gertrude FIDLER)

** MORE ABOUT ERNEST GOWEN

3. 1911 EDWARD GEORGE GOWEN [m1. Harriet Bernice McKENZIE, m2. Mary (nee UNKNOWN) HUCULAK]

** MORE ABOUT GEORGE GOWEN

4. FREDERICK A GOWEN

5. ANNIE MAE(Y) GOWEN (m. Horace Real GALLE)


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