Cudgegong Valley History Project

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

DEATHS McGOWAN, Susan. June 12, at Mudgee, beloved mother of Charlie (Croydon Park), Ethel (Mrs. Dowel, Lithgow), Jack (Lithgow), Walter (North Sydney), Herb (deceased), Stella (deceased), in her 78th year. Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 14 June 1956, p. 18. Obituary Susan McGowan

Deaths Mr. John Richard McGowan The death occurred at Mudgee District Hospital on Wednesday of Mr. John Richard McGowan, 64, late of Robertson Road. Deceased is survived by his wife Esma, daughters Heather, Edna, Joan and Sandra, and son John. His funeral is appointed to move from Eastaugh and Carroll’s private Chapel, Perry Street, at 2 p.m. today, for interment in the Mudgee Cemetery. Eastaugh and Caroll are in charge of arrangements. Mudgee Guardian, Friday 21 October 1966, p. 7. Death John Richard McGowan.

Deaths Charlotte McGowan The death occurred suddenly on Saturday, June 13, of Mrs. Charlotte Esma Margaret McGowan, of Robertson Street, Mudgee. Mrs. McGowan was born at Coonamble, and is survived by five children (Heather, Edna, Jean, John and Sandra). Her husband, John Richard McGowan, predeceased her. The funeral took place on Monday after an 11 a.m. service at the private chapel of Eastaugh and Carroll, funeral directors of Mudgee. Interment was in the Mudgee Cemetery. Mudgee Guardian, Wednesday 17 June 1970, p. 2. Obituary Charlotte Esma Margaret McGowan

Obituaries The death occurred suddenly in Mudgee last Saturday of Mrs. Esma McGowan, aged 60. Mrs. McGowan, who had lived in Lithgow for many years, had a heart attack while being driven on a visit to a sister-in-law’s home in the town. She is remembered in Lithgow where she lived in the railway cottages in Mort Street (then Vale Road) at a time when her late husband and well known cyclist Jack McGowan was employed on the railway. After his retirement for health reasons, the family returned to Mudgee and at the time of her death, Mrs. McGowan was living in Robertson Street, South Mudgee. The family left Lithgow in 1961 and Mr. McGowan died in Mudgee four and a half years ago. Mrs. McGowan, who was born and educated in Mudgee, was a member of the Ambrose family, well known in Lithgow, Mudgee and Bathurst. After her marriage in Mudgee and before going to Lithgow, she and her late husband lived in Portland. Surviving Mrs. McGowan are daughters Heather (Mrs. Fred Cunningham, of State Mine Gully), Edna (Mrs. Roy Black, of Miller Road, Bass Hill), Joan (Mrs. Bob Rowan, of Wattle Grove, Lithgow), Sandra (Mrs. Richard Baskerville, of Kandos), and one son, John, of Landa Street, Lithgow. Two bers are Mr. “Snow” Ambrose, of Bathurst, and Mr. Bert Ambrose, of Padstow. A sister is Mrs. Edna Harten, of Bathurst. Mudgee Guardian, Friday 19 June 1970, p. 2. Obituary Esma McGowan