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Manitoba Photographers: William Baxter Cowe (1841-1908)
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William Baxter Cowe
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Born at Edinburgh, Scotland on 1 July 1841, he came to Canada in 1854 and settled at Mt. Forest, Upper Canada (now Ontario). He moved to Manitoba in 1889 and went to Manitou, working as a photographer there for two years. In 1891, he moved to Carman where he had a photography studio for many years, along with one at Roland. On 23 June 1892, he married Ellen Baird (?-?) of Wadesboro, Kentucky at Winnipeg. He died at Carman on 21 February 1908.
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Address
1889-1892
1892-1908
Sources:
“It is rather alarming,” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 June 1892, page 3.
1901 Canada census, Automated Genealogy.
Death registration, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 3 July 2020
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