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Name: COWAN, John Gilbert
Birth Date: 1874 Birkenhead
Death Date: 21 Aug 1913 Nairobi, burns in fire that razed Standard Builldings
First Date: 1908
Last Date: 1913
Area: Nairobi
Book Reference: Gillett, Hut, Leader14, Gazette, Barnes
General Information:
Nairobi South cemetery - John Gilbert Cowan died 21 Aug 1913 aged 40
Leader14 - J. Cowan - Mombasa
Gazette 1/10/1913 - Probate and Administration in the matter of John Gilbert Cowan who died at Nairobi on 21/8/1913
Very popular figure in Nairobi
UK Foreign and Overseas Registers death of unknown European, subsequently found to be John Gilbert Cowan, died of burns in the Standard Building 21 Aug 1913