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Descendants of Owens of Wales


Generation No. 1
1. ?1 OWENS was born Abt 1825 in Wales.

Children of ? Owens are:
i. SARAH2 OWENS, b. Abt 1850.
2. ii. JOHN D. OWENS, b. 1855, Wisconsin; d. October 13, 1935, Tracy, Minnesota.

Generation No. 2
2. JOHN D.2 OWENS (?1) was born 1855 in Wisconsin, and died October 13, 1935 in Tracy, Minnesota. He married MARY J. HUGHES February 01, 1881 in South Bend, MN, daughter of Thomas Hughes and Jane ?.

Children of John Owens and Mary Hughes are:
i. JENNIE M.3 OWENS, b. February 20, 1883, South Bend, Minnesota; d. November 18, 1969, Tracy, MN.
ii. MARIA CECILE OWENS, b. June 01, 1888, Tracy, Minnesota; d. May 29, 1965, Tracy, MN; m. ? WORKMAN.
iii. ESTHER MELOINA OWENS, b. January 25, 1894, Tracy, Minnesota; d. April 1991, La Canada, California; m. OSCAR E. ASHTON, December 01, 1919, New York, New York.

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Notes on John D. Owens: The City of Tracy is located in the Township of Monroe, Lyon County, Minnesota. J.D. Owens owned at least three parcels of land totaling 480.4 acres during the 1920's.
Names of other land owners of interest are:
H.G. Owens,
R.R. Owens,
W.R. Owens,
Hannah Owens,
O.H. Owens,
J.S. Owens,
Mary J. Hughes (dau. of John D. above),
B.F. Hughes,
H.J. Hughes,
H.R. Hughes,
J.R. Hughes,
R.H. Hughes
J.O. Roberts.
In another nearby township of Lyon, City of Russell, two names of interest:
O.M. Owens
R.R. Roberts.

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The Index of Probate cases - Lyon County, Minnesota contained the following information:
Surname.Name -- Nature of Case/Date-1st filing -- Date Closed
Owens, O.M. -- Estate/June 4, 1907 --Date Closed Feb. 3, 1908
Ownes, Robert -- Insanity/July 15, 1890
Owens, Thomas H. -- Dependency/March 20, 1894
Owens, Hannah -- Guardianship/Dec. 23, 1911 -- Date Closed Feb. 16, 1915
Owens, Hannah -- Estate/July 1, 1914 -- Date Closed March 4, 1918
Owens, Arthur -- Guardianship/ ?
Owens, John S. -- Insanity/Aug. 15, 1916
Owens, Arthur -- Estate /April 8, 1919 -- Date Closed May 12, 1919
Owens, Lettica -- Guardianship/Nov. 20, 1933 -- Date Closed April 8, 1936
Owens, *John D. -- Estate/ Oct. 21, 1935 -- Date Closed Sept. 2, 1937
Owens, Lettica -- Estate/March 5, 1936 -- Date Closed Jan. 26, 1937
All the above lived in the same vicinity, it is very likely that they were all related in some way.
1900 Census Minnesota-Lyon Co.
Owen M. Owens b.May 1840 Wales wife listed as Lettica b.April 1851 Wales.

Last updated 11/14/1998.
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