James Frederick Cowell 1887 - 1974

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, was born in Upstreet, Kent, England on 2 Mar 18871,2,3,4,5,6,7,8, was baptised in Chislet, Kent, England on 22 May 1887 went to Westbrook Sunday School, Westbrook, Thanet, Kent, England. He was married to 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, Thanet on 7 Jan 19099.

During his life, he was living at his ville natal on 5 Apr 18911; at 13 Ashburnham Road, St Lawrence, Thanet on 2 Apr 19112; and at 7 Pouces Cottages, Manston, Kent in 1936 and on 29 Sept 1939 when he was living with his father John3.

He died on 27 May 1974 at 106 Tothill Street, Minster, Thanet5,8 and is buried at Minster Cemetery, Tothill Street, Minster8.

Known as Fred or Freddie.

Citations

1. 1891 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891. Data imaged from The National
2. 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. (was age 24 and the head of the household)
3. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the head of the household)
4. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
5. 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
6. 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
7. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
8. UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
9. England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage 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
10. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast

To be done

Residence record for 1936 contains no citation

Listed in the residence for 1936, but spouse Emily Lawrence is not

Census information missing between 1891 England Census and Census UK 1911