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 the pop group Take That, with Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, 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 grandparents are named Jim Cowan and Madge. Cowan is often a Scottish surname.
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