Gowans

William Gowans b.3/22/1834 - Bathgate,​ West Lothian,​ Scotland
d. 4/18/1918 Quinault, Grays Harbor, Washington
Father James Gowans
Mother Jane Fleming

Isabella Dick b.abt 1836 - Scotland
Arrival: 1888

Isabella Gowans b.5/20/1860 Bathgate,​ West Lothian,​ Scotland
Anna Jane Arthur Gowans b.3/3/1862 Bathgate,​ West Lothian,​ Scotland
John Gowans  b.7/30/1864 Bathgate,​ West Lothian,​ Scotland

Jane Donaldson says:

"In 1901 my maternal grandparents, the Gowans, came from Scotland to live with us. As they were then about sixty-five years of age, it was quite an experience for them. Once when wolves came into the clearing the dog barked and barked until they went back. Then one wolf attacked the dog. Grandpa Gowans thought it was just another dog fighting ours, so he chased it off with his cane. But our poor dog died from his wounds. And the next day we saw the tracks of a wolf. The Gowans lived in the eighties."...

..."Mr. and Mrs. William Gowans, were born and married near Bathget, not far from Edinborough. Three children were born to them: Isabel, Annie Jane (my mother) in 1862, and John."...