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Surnames: CHALMERS, COWIE, GALL
Classification: Query
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Do you have any info to share on the 5th Dragoon Guards, please? Here is my connection -
Looking for ancestors or descendants of Margaret CHALMERS, married William COWIE (Pvt.
5th. Dragoon Guards, later a shoemaker), 23 Dec 1844 in Manchester Cathedral, Lancashire,
England. Daughter Margaret Jane COWIE b 1849 in Aston, Warwickshire, England (m. John
Duncan GALL 1874 Stirlingshire, Scotland). Margaret COWIE (maiden surname CHALMERS) &
her husband William died bef. 1874 in ? Both were said to have been involved in the
Crimean War, William COWIE won medals, including the Turkish medal.
Thank you from M.M. Sandness - sandness(a)nethop.net
( Alternate e-mail address - mmsandness(a)hotmail.com )