Gary Barlow
Barlow in 2007, photo by Starfrenzy/Bigstock.com
Place of Birth: Runcorn, Cheshire, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 20 January, 1971
Ethnicity: English
Gary Barlow is an English producer, musician, songwriter, and singer. He rose to fame as a member of pop group Take That. Other members of the band are Howard Donald, Mark Owen, and, previously, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. He was a judge on The X Factor UK.
Gary is the son of Marjorie (Cowan) and Colin Barlow. He is married to dancer Dawn Andrews, with whom he has three children.
Gary’s maternal grandfather was named Jim Cowan. Cowan is often a Scottish surname.
Gary’s maternal grandmother was named Madge.
I agree, but they are already bought the other one for Mark Owen’s page.
“Cowan” tends to be of Scottish origin…?
Not always.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=Cowan&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=England&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search
But usually
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=Cowan&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=Scotland&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search
It’s a Scottish Gaelic name
He is the son of Marjorie Cowan and Colin Barlow.
http://www.supadu.com/images/ckfinder/451/pdfs/garyextract.pdf
His maternal grandparents are Madge and Jim Cowan.
https://books.google.com/books?id=A-Q18IHcQmIC&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=gary+barlow+marjorie+cowan&source=bl&ots=jl-LGAdAwq&sig=LMUs1P7NAimLTRdcrvVoAGPFK7o&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHkrGCoaXMAhXLdT4KHb1oAQIQ6AEIMzAE#v=onepage&q=gary%20barlow%20marjorie%20cowan&f=false