McEwan Family
The McEwan family’s origins can be traced back to approximately 1842, when William McEwan was born in Ireland. Around 1859, he established a committed partnership with Catherine Lynch, although they were unable to marry due to Catherine’s previous marriage, from which she could not obtain a divorce. William earned his livelihood as a hawker, leading the family to relocate within Kilmarnock and its neighbouring areas. During their union, William and Catherine welcomed eight children into their lives. Tragically, Catherine passed away in 1879.
Around 1885, William entered into a second relationship, but regrettably, the surname of his second wife, Annie, remains elusive in available records. After the 1901 census, there are no further documented records of William’s life.
1st Generation
William McEwan and Catherine Lynch
2nd Generation
William McEwan and Catherine Lynch’s children
Robert McEwan
Ellen McEwan b 1863 in Kilmarnock
William McEwan b 1865 in Galston d 1868 in Newmilns
Hugh McEwan b 1867 in St Quiver d 1869 in Newmilns
John McEwan
Margaret McEwan b 1873 in Loudon d 1868 in Loudon
Sarah Jane McEwan b 1873 in Loudon d 1868 in Kilmarnock
Neilly McEwan
3rd Generation
Robert McEwan and Catherine Taylor’s children
Sarah Jane McEwan
Catherine McEwan
Elizabeth McEwan b 1883 in Kilmarnock d unknown
John McEwan b 1885 in Kilmarnock d unknown
John McEwan and Martha Burgoyne’s children
Louis McEwan
Catherine McEwan b 1894 in Kilmarnock d 1939 in Rutherglen
Annie McEwan
Martha McEwan
Margaret McEwan
John McEwan
Mary McEwan b 1910 in Glasgow d 1911 in Glasgow
Elizabeth McEwan
William McEwan b 1919 in Rutherglen d 1919 in Rutherglen
Neilly McEwan and Mary Ann Kelly Hendry’s children
John Riddocks McEwan
Neil McEwan
Mary Hendry McEwan b 1910 in Rutherglen d 1930 in Glasgow
William McEwan b 1912 in Rutherglen d 1980 in Glasgow
Agnes McEwan
Sarah Jane McEwan and Patrick Collins’ children
Patrick Collins
Walter McKendrick Collins
Margaret Collins b 1904 in Kilmarnock d 1905 in Kilmarnock
Owen Collins b 1906 in Kilmarnock d 1975 in Kilmarnock
Catherine Taylor Collins b 1908 in Kilmarnock d 1908 in Kilmarnock
Ellen McCart Collins
Sarah Jane McEwan’s children
Catherine McEwan and Thomas Hosie’s children (family 1)
Mary Dalgleish Bayne Hosie b 27 Oct 1906 in Glasgow d 1999 in Inchinnan
Thomas George Crawford Hosie b 1909 in Glasgow d 1911 in Glasgow
Catherine Hosie
Isabella Crawford Hosie
Catherine McEwan and George Duncan Phillips’ children (family 2)
George William Phillips b 1924 in Glasgow d 2013 in London, England
Louis McEwan and Alice Victoria Gardner’s children
Jessie Muirhead McEwan
John McEwan b 1920 in Glasgow d 1975 in Glasgow
Alice Victoria McEwan
Annie McEwan and Patrick McGrechan’s children
Annie McGrechan
Nellie McGrechan b 1915 in Rutherglen d 1915 in Rutherglen
James McGrechan
Martha McEwan’s children (family 1)
Martha McEwan and James McAdam’s children (family 2)
Martha McAdam
Rose McAdam b 1928 in Rutherglen d 2016 in Glasgow
Owen McAdam b 1930 in Rutherglen d 1994 in East Kilbride
Margaret McEwan and Bernard Cosgrove’s children
James Cosgrove b 8 Apr 1927 in Lesmahagow d 18 Feb 2011 in Lanark
John McEwan Cosgrove
Martha McEwa Cosgrove b 1929 in Lesmahagow d 1933 in Kirkmuirhill
Living
Catherine Docherty Cosgrove
John McEwan and Margaret Jack Findlay’s children
Living
Martha McEwan
Elizabeth McEwan
Patrick Collins and Catherine Gilfillan’s children
Martha Gilfillan Collins
James Gilfillan Collins
Catherine Collins b 1932 in Kilmarnock d 1932 in Kilmarnock
Sarah McEwan Collins
Jane Gilfillan Collins
Hannah Colvin Collins b 1939 in Kilmarnock d 1939 in Kilmarnock
Hannah Colvin Collins
Walter McKendrick Collins and Agnes Fulton Brown’s children
Christina Fulton Forsyth Collins
Living
Ellen McCart Collins and William Walkinshaw’s children
Mary Elizabeth Stevenson Walkinshaw b 1930 in Kilmarnock d 1931 in Kilmarnock
Living
Patrick Collins Walkinshaw
Elizabeth McNeil Walkinshaw
Living
Living
Living
Sarah Jane McEwan Walkinshaw b 1945 in Kilmarnock d 1945 in Kilmarnock
James Crickett McEwan and Helen Bonner Hollywood Dearie’s children
James Crickett b 17 Jan 1948 in Kilmarnock d 1997 in Coalville, Leicestershire, England
Living
Living
Living
Living
Catherine Hosie and James Whyte Smith’s children
Alexander Watson Smith b 1943 in Glasgow d 1944 in Glasgow
Catherine McEwan Smith
Annie McGrechan and James Bruce Robertson’s children
Andrew Robertson b 1936 in Rutherglen d 2009/10 in France
James McGrechan Robertson b 1941 in Rutherglen d 2005 in Lambeth, London, England
Living
James McGrechan and Elizabeth Erwin’s children (1st family)
James Ivor McGrechan b 1938 in London, England d 2018 in New South Wales, Australia
Living
James McGrechan and Eileen Keating’s children (2nd family)
Henry Stephen McGrechan b 1953 in Ilford, London, England d 1985 in Newham, London, England
Living