Alan Owston

1853 - 1915  (62 years)

• Name	Alan Owston
  Born	7 Aug 1853	Pirbright, Surrey, England, UK
  Christened	28 Aug 1853	Pirbright, Surrey, England, UK
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Nov 1915	Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
  	Cause: Lung Cancer
  Notes	Alan Owston left England for the fareast while quite young. He was a collector of Asian wildlife as well as a businessman and yachtsman. An article in the June 1998 issue of National Geographic Magazine outlined his collecting. He married Shimada Rei Jkao about 1880 in Japan and one child resulted from this marriage; Susie Owston was born 20 Dec 1879 in Yokohama and died 4 Oct 1970 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married Rev. Wilford Mann 5 Oct 1896 in Dexter, Maine and their had : Muriel Mann (28 Oct 1898 New Jersey - 31 Oct 1982 San Antonio, Texas); Alan O. Mann (1 Feb 1907 - 18 Nov 1983 Washington D.C.). Alan Owston married Kame (Edith) Miyahara about 1893 in Japan. Kame was born 2 Mar 1875 in Yokohama and she died 12 Oct 1923 in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. They had the following children, all born in Yokohama: May Owston (3 Dec 1893 - 2 Nov 1986 Victoria, B.C., Canada); Minnie Owston (30 Aug 1896 - 19 Dec 1983 Victoria, B.C., Canada); Harriet Owston (27 Jul 1900 - 24 Aug 1939 Los Angeles, California, USA); Francis Alan Owston (6 May 1904 - 13 Jan 1994 New Westminster, B.C., Canada); Alan Merry Owston (5 Feb 1907 - 9 Jan 1937 Elk Bay, B.C., Canada); Dorothy Amaryllis Owston (17 Oct 1911 - 24 Sep 1997 Comox; B.C., Canada); Jonathon Merry Owston (17 Oct 1911 - 6 Sep 1979 Powell River, B.C, Canada.); Infant Son Owston (5 Nov 1913 - 9 Nov 1913 Yokohama, Japan). May, Minnie, nor Alan married. Only Harriet was married and had children; she married William Gillett Portus in San Bernardino, California 3 Feb 1923 and they had three children: Marguerite May Portus, Robert Alan Owston Portus and Ruth Marianne Portus.
  Person ID	I21	Stedman Families of the United Kingdom
  Last Modified	8 Oct 2006

  
  

  Father	Rev. Francis Owston, MA,   b. 13 Aug 1819, Great Driffield, Yorkshire, England, UK ,   d. 16 Apr 1908, Layer Breton, Essex, England, UK  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Eliza Stedman,   b. 11 Jul 1824, Guildford, Surrey, England, UK ,   d. 23 Apr 1916  (Age 91 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1850	Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
  	According to the IGI, Eliza Stedman and Franics Owston were married at St. Nicholas Church, Guildford.
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Shimada Rei Jkao,   b. ____, ____, ____, Japan ,   d. Bef 1893
  Married	Abt 1879	____, ____, ____, Japan
  Children	1. Susie Owston,   b. 20 Dec 1879, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ,   d. 4 Oct 1970, San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX  (Age 90 years)
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2006
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Kame "Edith" Miyahara,   b. 2 Mar 1875, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ,   d. 12 Oct 1923, Vancouver, ____, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 48 years)
  Married	Abt 1893	____, ____, ____, Japan
  Children	1. May Owston,   b. 3 Dec 1893, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ,   d. 2 Nov 1986, Victoria, ____, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 92 years)   2. Minnie Owston,   b. 30 Aug 1896, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ,   d. 10 Dec 1983, Victoria, ____, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 87 years)   3. Harriet Owston,   b. 27 Jul 1900, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ,   d. 24 Aug 1939, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA  (Age 39 years)   4. Francis Alan Owston,   b. 6 May 1904, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ,   d. 13 Jan 1994, New Westminster, ____, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 89 years)   5. Alan Merry Owston,   b. 5 Feb 1907, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ,   d. 9 Jan 1937, Elk Bay, ____, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 29 years)   6. Dorothy Amaryllis Owston,   b. 17 Oct 1911, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ,   d. 24 Sep 1997, Comox, ____, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 85 years)   7. Jonathon Merry Owston,   b. 17 Oct 1911, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ,   d. 6 Sep 1979, Powell River, ____, British Columbia, Canada  (Age 67 years)   8. Son Owston,   b. 5 Nov 1913, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan ,   d. 9 Nov 1913, Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2006
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 7 Aug 1853 - Pirbright, Surrey, England, UK Christened - 28 Aug 1853 - Pirbright, Surrey, England, UK Married - Abt 1879 - ____, ____, ____, Japan Married - Abt 1893 - ____, ____, ____, Japan Died - Cause: Lung Cancer - 30 Nov 1915 - Yokohama, ____, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan  = Link to Google Earth