James Henry Norman Cowell 1904 - 1983

A coach station cleaner and the 2nd of 4 children of Charles Cowell (a newsagent, according to his father's probate notice) and Elizabeth Russell, James Norman, the first cousin once-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born at Woodchurch, Thanet, Kent, England on 20 Jun 19041,2,3.

He married Doris Rice (with whom he had 4 surviving children: Eileen D, Desmond James, John N and Hazel F) in Westhampnett, Sussex, England on 1 Jun 19264.

During his life, he was living at Streele Cottages, Billingshurst, Sussex on 2 Apr 1911[5]; at Felpham Road, Bognor Regis, Sussex on 29 Sep 1939[2]; and at Brackley House Nursing Home, High Street, Brackley, Northamptonshire, England in 1983.

He died on 9 Jun 1983 in Brackley3.

Citations

1. 1911 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.
2. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the head of the household)
3. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
4. England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
5. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 6 and the son of the head of the household)

To be done

Residence record for 1983 contains no citation

Location for 2 Apr 1911 (Pulborough, Sussex, England) differs from mother's (Streele Cottages, Billingshurst, Sussex, England)