A seaman collier with the whitstable shipping company and the child of John Cowell (a farm waggoner) and Emma Culmer, James Cowell, the grandfather of Nigel Horne (also known as Freddie Cowell), was born in Upstreet, Kent, England on Mar 2, 1887, baptised in Chislet, Kent, England on May 22, 1887 and went to Westbrook Sunday School. He married Emily Lawrence (with whom he had 9 children: Frederick James, Charles John, Emily Edith, Henry Richard Stephen, Reginald Albert, James Sidney, Dorothy Helen, Freda Violet and Joyce Margaret) at Thanet Registry Office in Thanet on Jan 7, 19099 (Married at Thanet Registry Office).
During his life, he was living at his birthplace on Apr 5, 18911; at 13 Ashburnham Road, St Lawrence in Thanet on Apr 2, 191111; at 7 Pouces Cottages, Minster in Thanet on Jun 19, 192112, in 1935, in 1936 and on Sep 29, 19393; and at 37 Tothill Street, Minster in Thanet in 195310.On Jun 19, 1921 he was working at Mr Burgess Works Dept Air Ministry at Manston Aerodrome, Minster, Thanet, Kent, England.
He died on May 27, 1974 at 106 Tothill Street, Minster in Thanet5,8 and was buried at Minster Cemetery, Tothill Street, Minster on May 31, 1974 (a drizzly day) following his funeral at Thanet Crematorium, Manston Road, Margate, Kent, England8.
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