The cowgill Surname
cowgill Name Meaning and History
English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from any of several
places named Cowgill or Cow Gill, for example in Cumbria, Yorkshire,
and Lancashire; all are named with Old Norse gil ‘narrow
valley’, ‘ravine’ with various first elements including Old English
cu ‘cow’ and Old English col ‘(char)coal’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Anna Mary ?Cowgill? - PA - 1799 |
 JanDunlap
| 5 |
| Looking for Dorothy for 25 years | James Finnegan | 4 |
| 2009 Cowgill Cousins |
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| Cowgill Families of West Virginia | Matthew Shaffer | 15 |
| COWGILL Omagene 1923-1933 |
t42Lee
| 0 |
| COWGILL Oma Ruth 1889-1931 |
t42Lee
| 0 |
| Harrison Cowgill |
Elmabelle
| 1 |
| cowgill, connelsville,pa. @1883 brothers James A & David E. |
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| 3 |
| S.C. Cowgill - 1894 - Summitville, IN. |
CallMeBee
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| cowgill ancestry | Sheryl Purdy (Cowgill) | 17 |
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