Generation 4 - Reuben COWIE and Elizabeth Ann GOSS and their children

Born in 1859 in Grahamstown, Reuben COWIE was the fourth child born to John and Louisa COWIE. He had a career working on the new mines - gold, diamond etc - that were springing up in South Africa during the 19th and early 20th Centuries.

On July 10th 1882, age 23, he married Elizabeth Ann GOSS in Umtata. The first Boer War had just ended, and Reuben James had been a (self-appointed) Captain in the Umtata Volunteers. He is listed on the Cape of Good Hope Medal Roll as having received a general service medal.

Elizabeth Ann GOSS had been born in 1861 in Transkei, Cape Colony. On her death notice (pic) she is listed as a housewife, the daughter of Michael GOSS and Mary GRAHAM. She died one year after Reuben James, in 1936, living in married quarters on a gold mine.

Reuben James COWIE died on 22nd March 1935 at no 52 Oak Avenue, Nourse Mines, Denver, Johannesburg, where he had been Compound Manager. He had 'malignant disease of sigmoid flexure' (carcinoma) and cardiac failure. He was 76 years old. He was cremated in Braamfontein Cemetery, Johannesburg.
His death notice (pic) details his, and Elizabeth's, 9 children (listed below).

Children of Reuben James COWIE and Elizabeth Ann GOSS:

Child 1:
Hilton Arthur COWIE
b:
m:
d:

Child 2:
Minnie Louisa COWIE
b:
m: KENT
d:
(Known as Aunt Min; was sole named heir in her mother's will)

Child 3:
Nester COWIE
b:
m:
d:
Deceased before 1935

Child 4:
Mary Blanche COWIE
b: 1890
m: Benjamin SCHAEFER
d: 1949

Child 5:
Amy Beatrice COWIE
b:
m: ? BARRATT in Tsolo ?
d:

Child 6:
Douglas Charles COWIE
b: 1894
m: Vera THOMSON
d: 6.6.1926 Buried in Belgravia, Johannesburg

Child 7:
Sidney Graham COWIE
b:
m:
d:

Child 8:
Leslie
b:
m: Emmerentzia Hester BEZUIDENHOUT
d: 1949

Child 9:
Reginald Shepherd COWIE
b:
m: ? Marie Law (Lore) ?
d:
Archive messages on Rootsweb suggest they were Karakul farmers in Okahandja.

In my next post I will focus on Mary Blanche COWIE and her husband Michael SCHAEFER