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/815 Message Board Post: Well, all I really know of my family is up to my grandfather. His name was Rudolph Valentino Cowan, he had a brother named Lincoln. I think his mother's name was Helen, but that's about all I know. They're from Albany,NY by way of Virginia.