5. Stanley Cowan 1885 - 1968
Stan Cowan 1942
Stanley Cowan was born on February 18, 1885 and died. March
13, 1968. Stanley
is the youngest of the children of Margaret Cowan and was born at Sheldon, N.D. in Ransom County. In 1890, when Stan was five years old, his
mother died at age 45. According to Stan’s
nephew Dudley, his mother died “when Stan was just a child.”
Stan was living at Granville during the period of 1909 or earlier when he was about 24 years of age and married Mae ____. Mae was born in 1888 at Devonshire, England and, according to the 1910 US Census immigrated to the US in 1903 at the age of 14. The 1930 US Census however shows she immigrated to the US two years earlier in 1901 at the age of 12.
They continued to live at Granville and in February of 1910 when Mae was 22, their only child, Maud was born. Stan and Mae then moved to Minneapolis where he began working at the old Nicollet Hotel on Washington and Hennipen Avenues in the Minneapolis Gateway. The 1930 US Census of Minneapolis shows Stan, age 45 and Mae, age 41 and their daughter Maud, age 20 living in a rooming house in downtown Minneapolis.
The 1940 and 1941 Minneapolis city directory show Stan and Mae living at 64 North 12th Street, Apt 3 and Stan is working as “iceman” for the Nicollet Hotel. Stan continued to work at the Nicollet Hotel for over 50 years and retired in the early 1960’s when he was about 75 years old.
One of the things remembered about Stan was that “He could always tell a story” and if you let him talk - he would talk forever. Stanley died 1968 at Minneapolis. Mae died 19 years later on March 31, 1985 at about 97 years in the nursing home in Blaine, a suburb of Minneapolis. Stan and Mae, Maud and her husband Jay are buried together in adjacent graves at Crystal Lake cemetery, section 26, in north Minneapolis.
Stan was living at Granville during the period of 1909 or earlier when he was about 24 years of age and married Mae ____. Mae was born in 1888 at Devonshire, England and, according to the 1910 US Census immigrated to the US in 1903 at the age of 14. The 1930 US Census however shows she immigrated to the US two years earlier in 1901 at the age of 12.
They continued to live at Granville and in February of 1910 when Mae was 22, their only child, Maud was born. Stan and Mae then moved to Minneapolis where he began working at the old Nicollet Hotel on Washington and Hennipen Avenues in the Minneapolis Gateway. The 1930 US Census of Minneapolis shows Stan, age 45 and Mae, age 41 and their daughter Maud, age 20 living in a rooming house in downtown Minneapolis.
The 1940 and 1941 Minneapolis city directory show Stan and Mae living at 64 North 12th Street, Apt 3 and Stan is working as “iceman” for the Nicollet Hotel. Stan continued to work at the Nicollet Hotel for over 50 years and retired in the early 1960’s when he was about 75 years old.
One of the things remembered about Stan was that “He could always tell a story” and if you let him talk - he would talk forever. Stanley died 1968 at Minneapolis. Mae died 19 years later on March 31, 1985 at about 97 years in the nursing home in Blaine, a suburb of Minneapolis. Stan and Mae, Maud and her husband Jay are buried together in adjacent graves at Crystal Lake cemetery, section 26, in north Minneapolis.