This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowan Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/DMQ.2ACIB/804.1.1.1.3.1 Message Board Post: Do you have a birth date on the Andrew Cowan. Maybe our William A. dropped the first name and went by his middle name is why I can't find him, Possible? I don't know who he married, so I can't help there. Do you have a death certificate for Claud? It would show proof of his parents. Let's keep in tough, in case. Thanks for answering.