Herbert William McGowan 1908–1940

Herbert William McGowan, 1908–1940 (aged 32 years)

Name: Herbert William /McGowan/
Given names: Herbert William
Surname: McGowan

Events of close relatives
Birth	1908 38 30
Death of a maternal grandfather	Richard Sandry 19 September 1915 (aged 7 years) Redbank, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Note: OLD MAN'S DEATH. OLD MAN'S DEATH. The death occurred yesterday at Redbank of Mr. Richard Sandry, an old bachelor aged 69 years. The deceased passed away at the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. Charles McGowan. He was a very old resident of this district. Mudgee Guardian, Monday 20 September 1915, p. 2. Richard Sandry Obituary http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156941615 Mudgee Guardian, Monday 20 September 1915, p. 2. Richard Sandry Obituary Note: OLD RESIDENT'S DEATH. OLD RESIDENT'S DEATH. Mr. W. Sandry, whose death was announced in our last issue, was not a bachelor, as stated. He was a widower, and left two children to mourn, viz., Mr. Richard Sandry, Botobolar, and Mrs. C. McGowan, Redbank. Deceased was 69 years of age. Mudgee Guardian, Thursday 23 September 1915, p. 19. Richard Sandry Obituary http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156938358 Mudgee Guardian, Thursday 23 September 1915, p. 19. Richard Sandry Obituary
Death of a maternal grandfather	Richard Sandry 1915 (aged 7 years)
Death of a father	Peter Charles McGowan 19 November 1934 (aged 26 years) Note: DEATHS DEATHS McGOWAN. — November 19, at his residence, Mudgee South, Peter Charles McGowan, loving husband of Susan, and father of Charlie (Lithgow), Ethel (Mrs. Dowell, Lithgow), Jack (Portland), Walter (Coonabarabran), Stella (Mrs. Cameron), and Herb., Mudgee, aged 64 years. Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 22 November 1934, p. 8. Obituary Peter Charles McGowan
Death	8 November 1940 (aged 32 years) Small Arms Factory, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia Note: TRAFFIC FATALITY. TRAFFIC FATALITY. Mudgee Man Killed When Bus and Cycle Collide HERBERT William McGowan, 30, a Mudgee native, was killed almost instantly inside the grounds of the S.A. Factory, Lithgow, on Friday morning, when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a bus. The wheel is stated to have passed over his skull which was fractured. The fatality occurred at 6.45. McGowan was riding to take up duty in the establishment, when the bus, which was carrying employees, travelling in the same direction, collided with his machine. The ambulance took the body to a doctor and the hospital morgue. The bus was driven by Melvel Lane, son of Mr. C. H. D. Lane, proprietor of the service. McGowan was a single man. He went to Lithgow eight months ago when he obtained employment at the factory, and was exceptionally popular among his workmates. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. S. McGowan, of Mudgee, two sisters, and three bers. They are Mrs. R. Dowell, 9 Boundary Street, Lithgow, with whom he lived; Mrs. R. Cameron, Mudgee; Mr. Jack McGowan, Vale Road; Mr. Charles McGowan, Ashbury; and Mr. Walter McGowan, Coonabarabran. The tragedy cast a gloom over the establishment. The traffic at the peak hours is intense and it has long been feared that the congestion would lead to a tragedy. Mudgee Guardian, Monday 11 November 1940, p. 3. Fatality Herbert McGowan

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father	Links Birth: 1870 Marriage: 1897 Death: 19 November 1934 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Susan Sandry Albert Charles McGowan John Richard McGowan Walter Bernard McGowan Alice Stella McGowan Herbert William McGowan Ethel M M McGowan Peter Charles McGowan 1870–1934 Birth: 1870 Death: 19 November 1934
mother	Links Birth: 1878 Marriage: 1897 Death: 11 June 1956 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Peter Charles McGowan Albert Charles McGowan John Richard McGowan Walter Bernard McGowan Alice Stella McGowan Herbert William McGowan Ethel M M McGowan Susan Sandry 1878–1956 Birth: 1878 Death: 11 June 1956
Marriage	Marriage — 1897 —
2 years elder brother	Links Birth: 1898 28 20 Death: 12 August 1967 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Albert Charles McGowan 1898–1967 Birth: 1898 28 20 Death: 12 August 1967
5 years elder brother	Links Birth: 1902 32 24 Death: 19 October 1966 — Mudgee District Hospital, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Burial: 21 October 1966 — Mudgee General Cemetery, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Probate: 29 July 1970 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Charlotte Esma Margaret Ambrose Heather Blanche McGowan John Richard McGowan 1902–1966 Birth: 1902 32 24 Death: 19 October 1966 — Mudgee District Hospital, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
3 years elder brother	Links Birth: 22 July 1904 34 26 Death: 11 July 1978 — Mudgee District Hospital, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Enid V Rayner Walter Bernard McGowan 1904–1978 Birth: 22 July 1904 34 26 Death: 11 July 1978 — Mudgee District Hospital, Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
4 years elder sister	Links Birth: 1907 37 29 Death: 26 January 1941 — Waterfall Sanitorium, Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Alice Stella McGowan 1907–1941 Birth: 1907 37 29 Death: 26 January 1941 — Waterfall Sanitorium, Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia
2 years himself	Links Birth: 1908 38 30 Death: 8 November 1940 — Small Arms Factory, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Herbert William McGowan 1908–1940 Birth: 1908 38 30 Death: 8 November 1940 — Small Arms Factory, Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
-7 years elder sister	Links Birth: 1900 30 22 Marriage: 1921 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Roland P Dowell Ethel M M McGowan 1900– Birth: 1900 30 22

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Death	TRAFFIC FATALITY. Mudgee Man Killed When Bus and Cycle Collide HERBERT William McGowan, 30, a Mudgee native, was killed almost instantly inside the grounds of the S.A. Factory, Lithgow, on Friday morning, when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a bus. The wheel is stated to have passed over his skull which was fractured. The fatality occurred at 6.45. McGowan was riding to take up duty in the establishment, when the bus, which was carrying employees, travelling in the same direction, collided with his machine. The ambulance took the body to a doctor and the hospital morgue. The bus was driven by Melvel Lane, son of Mr. C. H. D. Lane, proprietor of the service. McGowan was a single man. He went to Lithgow eight months ago when he obtained employment at the factory, and was exceptionally popular among his workmates. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. S. McGowan, of Mudgee, two sisters, and three bers. They are Mrs. R. Dowell, 9 Boundary Street, Lithgow, with whom he lived; Mrs. R. Cameron, Mudgee; Mr. Jack McGowan, Vale Road; Mr. Charles McGowan, Ashbury; and Mr. Walter McGowan, Coonabarabran. The tragedy cast a gloom over the establishment. The traffic at the peak hours is intense and it has long been feared that the congestion would lead to a tragedy. Mudgee Guardian, Monday 11 November 1940, p. 3. Fatality Herbert McGowan

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TRAFFIC FATALITY. Mudgee Man Killed When Bus and Cycle Collide HERBERT William McGowan, 30, a Mudgee native, was killed almost instantly inside the grounds of the S.A. Factory, Lithgow, on Friday morning, when the bicycle he was riding was struck by a bus. The wheel is stated to have passed over his skull which was fractured. The fatality occurred at 6.45. McGowan was riding to take up duty in the establishment, when the bus, which was carrying employees, travelling in the same direction, collided with his machine. The ambulance took the body to a doctor and the hospital morgue. The bus was driven by Melvel Lane, son of Mr. C. H. D. Lane, proprietor of the service. McGowan was a single man. He went to Lithgow eight months ago when he obtained employment at the factory, and was exceptionally popular among his workmates. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. S. McGowan, of Mudgee, two sisters, and three bers. They are Mrs. R. Dowell, 9 Boundary Street, Lithgow, with whom he lived; Mrs. R. Cameron, Mudgee; Mr. Jack McGowan, Vale Road; Mr. Charles McGowan, Ashbury; and Mr. Walter McGowan, Coonabarabran. The tragedy cast a gloom over the establishment. The traffic at the peak hours is intense and it has long been feared that the congestion would lead to a tragedy. Mudgee Guardian, Monday 11 November 1940, p. 3. Fatality Herbert McGowan

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Family with parents
father Parents Bernard McGowan Jane Baker	Peter Charles McGowan 1870–1934
mother Parents Richard Sandry Jessie Mitchell Parents Richard Sandry	Susan Sandry 1878–1956
elder brother	Albert Charles McGowan 1898–1967
elder brother Family Charlotte Esma Margaret Ambrose Heather Blanche McGowan Private Private Private Private	John Richard McGowan 1902–1966
elder brother Family Enid V Rayner Private Private Private	Walter Bernard McGowan 1904–1978
elder sister Family Private	Alice Stella McGowan 1907–1941
himself	Herbert William McGowan 1908–1940
elder sister Family Roland P Dowell	Ethel M M McGowan 1900–

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Herbert William McGowan(1908–1940)