Benjamin William Cowell cNov 1858 - 1937

A foreman woolen warehouse and the child of Benjamin Cowell (a mariner) and Sarah Ewen (a needlewoman), Benjamin Cowell, the second cousin three-times-removed on your mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Ramsgate, Kent, England c. Nov 18581, was baptised there at St George's Church on 26 Dec 1858 and married Agnes Jacobs (with whom he had 5 children: Ernest Benjamin, Albert William, Minnie Gertrude, Grace Edith and Stanley George) in Medway, Kent, England c. May 18813.

During his life, he was living at Belle Vue Hill, Ramsgate on 7 Apr 18617; at Rodney Street, Ramsgate on 2 Apr 18718; at Hope Street, Chatham, Kent on 5 Apr 18916 and on 31 Mar 19014; at 157 Glencoe Road, Chatham, Kent on 2 Apr 19115; and at 131 Chatham Hill, Chatham, Kent in 1937.

He died on 1 Jul 1937 in Medway2.

Citations

1. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
2. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
3. England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 - Findmypast
4. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 42 and the head of the household)
5. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 52 and the head of the household)
6. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 32 and the head of the household)
7. 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 2 and the son of the head of the household)
8. 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 12 and the son of the head of the household)

To be done

Census information missing between Census UK 1871 and Census UK 1891