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 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 19117; at 2 Mill Row, Birchington, Kent on 29 Sep 19392; 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)

Charles Culmer residence is same location probably should be recorded as the same address (' Newports Lydden, Garlinge, Kent, England'/' Brewery Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Kent, England') in 1911

Samuel Bennett residence is same location probably should be recorded as the same address (' Whittington Terrace, Sibertswold, Kent, England'/' Brewery Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Kent, England') in 1911

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