Hugh Sidney Gowans
Birth Date
On 1832 February 23 (Born)
Death Date
On 1912 September 10 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Arbroath Inverbrothock, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1832 February 23
Mother
Helen Strachan
Father
Andrew Gowans
Date Details
Occurred On 1832 February 23
Baptized by
Joseph Simpson Booth
1850 August 1 (Age 18)
Married
Betsy Ann Gowans
1854 August 11 (Age 22)
Traveled in
Milo Andrus Company (1855)
1855 August 4 – October 24 (Age 23)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Ann McLeish (Age 67)
Andrew Gowans (Age 55)
Betsy Ann Gowans (Age 24)
Barbara Gowans (Age 0)
Date Details
Started On 1855 August 4
Joined Company
Ended On 1855 October 24
Company Arrived
Served in
British Mission
1872 October 25 (Age 40)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
51st
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Tooele, Tooele, Utah Territory, United States
Set Apart By
Daniel Hanmer Wells
Location Served
England, Europe
Date Details
Started On 1872 October 25
Set Apart
End Date Not Found
Died in Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States
1912 September 10 (Age 80)
Media
Hugh Sidley Gowans (1832 - 1912) Profile
Hugh Sidley Gowans (1832 - 1912)
Sources
Person
Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901)
"Gowans, Hugh Sydney", Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia (1901), 1, Page 354-355.
Record of members collection, 1836-1970
"Gowans, Hugh S., Autobiographical sketch, Tooele Stake, High Priest Quorum Genealogical Records, early-1925, reel 7018, 81", Record of members collection, 1836-1970.
Mission
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 28 October 1904.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 25 October 1872, Vol. A, Page 23, Line 991.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 25 October 1872, Vol. B, Page 25, Line 991.
Pioneer
Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963
"History of the Life of Barbara Gowans Bowen", Daughters of Utah Pioneers collection, 1828-1963, Page 1-2.
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Deseret News
"Names of Passengers", Deseret News, (17 October 1855), Page 5.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886
Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company financial accounts, 1849-1886, Vol. A, Page 288.
Perpetual Emigrating Fund ledger index, 1992; 2015
Perpetual Emigrating Fund ledger index, 1992; 2015, Page 198.
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012
Tooele County Daughters of Utah Pioneers. History of Utah's Tooele County: from the edge of the Great Basin frontier. Tooele, Utah: Transcript Bulletin Publishing, Inc, 2012.
