Re: SOWDEN's 1814 Devonshire, Eng > NOW, Aus
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SOWDEN's 1814 Devonshire, Eng > NOW, Aus
12/06/99
Grace Baynard Sowden born 1873 at Camborne, Cornwall - Sir William Sowden of Australia was a cousin.Mary Margaret (Sowden) Hendra was a sister.Baynard probably her mother's maiden name, is an old English surname.Sowden - an English name found primarily in Norfolk - from the crusades is a corruption of "Sultan".I think that Sir William was in the newspaper business early in the 1900's in Australia - you may find a link there.