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Omaha in '95! Can it possibly be that it is just a year away? When we left Denver, two years seemed a long time-but that time has flown, and now we are counting down to our next "Cowgill Cousins" reunion and I am anxiously awaiting your arrivals. I have chosen the motel which will serve as our headquarters and have blocked out lots of rooms, as I know that all of you will want to be here! And I am using "my little gray ceils" in planning some diverse activities for all Omaha is known as the "20 minute" city, since most attractions can be reached in just about that amount of time (if we don't go during rush hour) There are shopping centers, museums, historical sights. baseball games, a wonderful zoo, antique shops, and Omaha Steaks. |
1995 in Omaha Mark your calendars You might want to plan to visit the General Crook house, the Joslyn Art Museum, the Western Heritage Museum, or the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery. Or. how about Boy's Town. Offutt AFB. or go across the Missouri River to Council Bluffs, Iowa. to the greyhound races If you have choices, let me know. As our time grows nearer, I will be back in touch
and give you further details. But until them. Get ready ~ We are waiting for you! Reunions are a lot of work, and Betsy Reissig could use plenty of help in Omaha. If Everyone helps, things will go smoothly. |
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COWGILLS TOUR YORKSHIRE If only we could have tucked all the cousins in our pocket as seven Cowgills and three spouses toured Ellen Cowgill's Yorkshire in a shiny 20 passenger bus. Dr. George Redmonds, our leader, is a native of Yorkshire. John, a professional driver, is also an amateur archeologist and from Lancashire which made for some fun ribbing in the front of the bus. For ten days we circled slowly in the area of three Quaker meeting houses, Settle, Newton and Lothersdale. George Redmonds is a wonderful teacher with frequent comments on the scenes passing by sprinkled with local lore and some delightful Yorkshire stories. The weather was very cooperative. One day we walked two miles to what had been the town of Bordley, now just two farmsteads, and over the hill through the sheep to an abandoned farmstead called Cow Gill Cote. This was one of the sheep granges owned by the monks of Fountains Abbey (which we visited). There is a lease for Cow Gill Cote written in 1456. On a lovely sunny day we walked a mile in to a house known as Skelshaw/Skelshay. Here in 1671 Cuthbert Hayhurst of Knowlmere was "convicted for being at a conventicle or an unlawful meeting and assembly at the house of Thomas Wigglesworth of Skelshay". You will remember that John Cowgill traveled to Pennsylvania as the indentured servant of Cuthbert Hayhurst. Another day we went to the Sheep Fair at Masharo which was like being in a segment of "All Creatures Great and Small" on TV. We all came home with our heads and our hearts filled with the area that is Yorkshire. ~Meriwether Cowgill Schmid |
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April Newsletter A good spring to all the Cowgills. Thanks to the dues paying members, we are now sure of publishing our newsletter, and there is quite a lot to report. How interesting to hear from Cowgills all over the country. We will be able to meet many of you in Omaha in 1995. My best to your families over the coming summer. Since this is a volunteer effort and your officers are all still working, we cannot respond quickly, and hope to communicate mostly through the newsletter. So many good thoughts and ideas came in and I have read every one! Remember, the turtle finally won the race. |
Family Inquiries JOE BRODY, 2015 6th Ave. NE, Austin, MN 55912, wrote that he would like back copies of the newsletter. As you know, it had not come out in several years, so I do not have back issues, but am certain someone does. They are a great resource. His wife, Donna, is the great granddaughter of Minnie Bell Cowgill Hendrickson, and he would like information on that line of the family. AT THE 1995 REUNION, bring all the family information you can for information exchange in the hospitality room. Betsy has reserved a block of rooms for us. If anyone has a portable copier that could be used for the few days, it would be invaluable. I received excellent notes on a computer way to get printouts of family lines. This was President Parker's hope for the 1995 reunion, so we certainly hope that works out. More info on this to come in August flyer. |
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Presenting Our Officers
PARKER COWGILL, PRESIDENT;
JACK COWGILL, VICE-PRESIDENT,
BARBARA COWGILL CHAMBERLAIN, Sec.-Treas
BETSY REISSIG, CHAIRPERSON,
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In Memory
Augustine Cowgill, "Titi", mother of Nancy Snyder and Carol Cowgill ,
grandmother of four, seven great grandchildren , and one great-great-grandchild , passed away Oct. 3 , 1993 , at the age of 92.
I was saddened by the death of my aunt "Titi ," and will remember her with affection. |
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