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/1140.2 Message Board Post: My Cowan ancestors were: Edward Cowan (b. 1818 in Dunbar, Scotland. Spouse, Elizabeth Reid--or Read in some cases). They emigrated first to Canada (1853?) and then to Fort Gratiot (Port Huron) in 1964. A number of their children (including my ggrandfather Edward) settled later in the Detroit area. There's quite a lot of data on ancestry.com about this line posted by two distant cousins I discovered on-line. Best of luck!