William John Cowell 1909 - 1997

A coal agricultural merchants lorry driver and the child of Albert Cowell (a transport driver heavy worker) and Fanny Austen, William Cowell, the first cousin once-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Upper Stourmouth, Kent, England on 8 Jun 19091,2,3,4,5 and was married twice, to Florence Studham (c. Aug 1931 in Thanet, Kent, England) and Doris Gambrill (c. Aug 1953 in Thanet)6. He had 3 children, all with Florence Studham: Frances M, William Albert John and Helen.

During his life, he was living at his birthplace on 2 Apr 1911[7]; at 2 Mill Row, Birchington, Kent on 29 Sep 1939[2]; and at Mill Row, Birchington, Kent in 1941.

He died in Oct/nov/dec 1997 in Thanet4.

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, Death Index: 1984-2005 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.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. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
6. 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
7. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 1 and the son of the head of the household)

To be done

Residence record for 1941 contains no citation

Location for 2 Apr 1911 (Brewery Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Kent, England) differs from mother's (Elmstone, Stourmouth, Kent, England)

Listed in the residence for 1941, but spouse Florence Studham is not