Catherine Cowan’s parents were Donald Cowan and Mary MacCowan.
She was born in Ardchattan, a parish in the district of Lorn, county of Argyll, 8 miles from Oban and spoke Gaelic and English.
Inverness Courier Tuesday, January 30, 1900.
MacGilvray, Jane, at MacGilvray's Temperance Hotel, Inverness:
Died, at MacGilvray's Temperance Hotel, Inverness, on the 28th Inst, JANE, second daughter of John and Catherine MacGilvray. Funeral to New Cemetery, Tomorrow (Wednesday) at one o'clock.
John MacGilvray's tombstone has a dedication to his daughters, Jane and Annie and his wife, Catherine (nee Cowan).