Joan Mary Bennett 1906 - 2002

An index clerk, Joan Bennett, the wife of Ernest Frederick William Cowell the fourth cousin once-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Gravesend, Kent, England on 23 Nov 19061,2,3,4,5, was baptised in Milton, Gravesend, Kent, England on 20 Jan 1907 and married Ernest (a works manager of electrical & mechanical at present engaged on production for air raid shelters with whom she had 3 children: Roger Housden, along with 2 surviving children) at All Saints, Perry Street, Northfleet, Kent, England on 26 Aug 19336.

During her life, she was living at 114 Old Rd West, Gravesend on 2 Apr 19119 - less than a mile from her future husband Ernest Cowell who was living at 1 Campbell Road, Gravesend, Kent, England; at 26 Willersley Avenue, Chislehurst, Kent on 29 Sept 19391 and in 1945; and at 7 Shorland Court, Esplanade, Rochester, Kent in 19898.

She died on 24 Dec 2002 in Gravesend3 and is buried at St Marys Church, Fawkham, Kent7.

Citations

1. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the wife of the head of the household)
2. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
3. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
4. Kent Baptisms - Findmypast
5. Kent Marriages And Banns - Findmypast
6. England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 - Findmypast
7. Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com
8. From husband's probate register
9. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 4 and the daughter of the head of the household)

To be done

Residence record for 1945 contains no citation