See also

Family of John Cowie and Elizabeth Wilde

Husband: John Cowie

  • Name:

  • John Cowie1 2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Ishmael Cowey (1798-1882)

  • Mother:

  • Lydia Gillingham (1803-1882)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • labourer / navvy3 4 5

  • Birth:

  • 4 Oct 1842

  • Levington, Suffolk, England6 1 7 3 4 5

  •  

  • 1871 and 1901 census say born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Jun 1843 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England8

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 8)

  • Levington, Suffolk, England9 1

  •  

  • son aged 8, living with parents, a sibling and a sibling. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Religion:

  • 6 Nov 1853 (age 11)

  • Baptist; Baptist Church, Maidstone Road, Walton, Suffolk, England9

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 27)

  • Wellington Place, Shepherds Bush, London, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a government <unreadable> and living with his wife Elizabeth, and daughter Lydia. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 36)

  • 1 Queens Place, Kensington, Middlesex, England3

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a general labourer and living with his wife Lizzy, daughter Lydia, sons John and Robert, and two lodgers. Born in Levington Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 48)

  • 18 Norland Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a labourer and living in two rooms with his wife Elizabeth, daughter Lydia, and sons John, Robert and Reginald. Born in Levington Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 65)

  • 62 Princes Road, Kensington, London, England5

  •  

  • married father working as a navvy and living in two rooms with his son John, daughter-in-law Mary, grandsons Albert and James, and granddaughters Essyltha and Edwina. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

Wife: Elizabeth Wilde

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Wilde10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 1843 (app)

  • Orchard Street, Marylebone, Middlesex, England7 3 4

  •  

  • 1871 census says born in Chelsea, 1881 census says born in Paddington Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 26)

  • Wellington Place, Shepherds Bush, London, England7

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband John, and daughter Lydia. Born in Chelsea

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 36)

  • 1 Queens Place, Kensington, Middlesex, England3

  •  

  • married wife as Lizzy living with her husband John, daughter Lydia, sons John and Robert, and two lodgers. Born in Paddington Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 48)

  • 18 Norland Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England4

  •  

  • married wife living in two rooms with her husband John, daughter Lydia, and sons John, Robert and Reginald. Born in Orchard Street Marylebone

Child 1: Edward John Ishmael Cowie

  • Name:

  • Edward John Ishmael Cowie11 12

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1867

  • Kensington "Registration District", Middlesex, England11

  • Death:

  • Q1 1868 (age 1)

  • Kensington "Registration District", Middlesex, England12

Child 2: Lydia Elizabeth Frances Cowie

  • Name:

  • Lydia Elizabeth Frances Cowie13 14

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • George Mortimer Clapton (1869-1946)

  • Birth:

  • 19 Apr 1869

  • Wellington Place, Shepherds Bush, London, England13 14 7 3 4 15 16 17

  •  

  • 1911 census says born in Black Tarn Scotland, 1921 census says born in ?Scotland

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Jul 1869 (age 0)

  • St. Stephen's Church, Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England14

  •  

  • daughter of John Cowie (brick maker) and Elizabeth of 1 Wellington Place Shepherds Bush, born on 19th April 1869

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 1)

  • Wellington Place, Shepherds Bush, London, England7

  •  

  • infant daughter living with her parents John and Elizabeth. Born in Hammersmith

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 11)

  • 1 Queens Place, Kensington, Middlesex, England3

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents John and Lizzy, brothers John and Robert, and two lodgers. Born in Shepherds Bush Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 21)

  • 18 Norland Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England4

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living in two rooms with her parents John and Elizabeth, and brothers John, Robert and Reginald. Born in Wellington Place Shepherds Bush

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 31)

  • 4 North Road, Bromley, Kent, England15

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband George, sons George, Albert, Edwin and Mark, daughter Ellen, and a boarder. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 42)

  • 72 Scholars Road, Balham, London, England16

  •  

  • married wife living in six rooms with her husband George, sons Albert, Edwin, Mark, Ernest and Algy, and daughter Ellen. Born in Black Tarn Scotland and married for twenty-two years with seven children, all of whom are still living

  • Witness:

  • 23 Jan 1918 (age 48)

  • Lydia Elizabeth Frances Cowie witnessed the marriage of Arthur Augustine Morone and Ellen Frances Clapton on Wednesday on 23 January 1918 in St. James Norlands Church, St. James Gardens, Notting Hill, London, England

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 52 yrs 6 mns)

  • 2 Richmond Gardens, Shepherds Bush, London, England17

  •  

  • married wife doing home duties and living in four rooms with her husband George, and sons Albert and Ernest. Born in ? Scotland

  • Death:

  • Q2 1925 (age 56)

  • Kensington "Registration District", London, England18

Child 3: John Parry Cowie

  • Name:

  • John Parry Cowie19 10 20

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mary Jane Hunt (1874-1926)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • gardener then a bricklayers labourer4 5 21 22

  • Birth:

  • 29 Aug 1871

  • Hammersmith, Middlesex, England10 20 3 4 5 21 22 23

  •  

  • 1881 census says born in Shepherds Bush, 1891 census says Wellington Place Shepherds Bush, 1911 census says Kensington

  • Baptism:

  • 7 Jan 1872 (age 0)

  • St. Stephen's Church, Uxbridge Road, Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England20

  •  

  • son of John Cowey (labourer) and Elizabeth of No 1 Wellington Terrace Shepherds Bush, born on 29th August 1871

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 9)

  • 1 Queens Place, Kensington, Middlesex, England3

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents John and Lizzy, sister Lydia, brother Robert, and two lodgers. Born in Shepherds Bush Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 19)

  • 18 Norland Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as an under gardener and living in two rooms with his parents John and Elizabeth, sister Lydia, and brothers Robert and Reginald. Born in Wellington Place Shepherds Bush

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 30)

  • 62 Princes Road, Kensington, London, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a bricklayers labourer and living in two rooms with his wife Mary, sons Albert and James, daughters Essyltha and Edwina, and his father John. Born in Hammersmith London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 39)

  • 13 Penzance Place, Kensington, London, England21

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a bricklayers labourer and living in three rooms with his wife Mary, daughters Essie, Nellie, Bessie and Kate, and sons James and Willie. Born in Kensington London

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 48 yrs 10 mns)

  • 103 Princes Road, Kensington, London, England22

  •  

  • married head of the household and an out of work builders labourer for G N Watts of High Street Notting Hill Gate and living in three rooms with his wife Mary, sons James, William and George, and daughters Bessie, Kate and Clara. Born in Hammersmith London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 68)

  • 23 Woodstock Grove, Hammersmith, London, England23

  •  

  • a widowed old age pensioner living with his daughter Kate in son Albert's home along with grandson Albert. Born on 29 August 1871

  • Death:

  • 25 Feb 1956 (age 85)

  • Kensington, London, England19 24

  • Burial:

  • Mar 1956

  • Kensington Cemetery, Gunnersbury, London, England19

Child 4: Eliza Catherine Cowie

  • Name:

  • Eliza Catherine Cowie25

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1875

  • Kensington "Registration District", Middlesex, England25

  • Death:

  • Q2 1875 (age 0)

  • Kensington "Registration District", Middlesex, England26

Child 5: Robert Cowie

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Son: Robert Cowie

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Spouse: Beatrice Cann

  • Name:

  • Robert Cowie27 28

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Beatrice Cann (1880-1955)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • bricklayers and general labourer29 30 31

  • Birth:

  • 23 Apr 1877

  • Shepherds Bush, Middlesex, England27 3 4 29 30 31

  •  

  • 1891 census says born in Queens Place Notting Hill, 1911 census says Kensington

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 4)

  • 1 Queens Place, Kensington, Middlesex, England3

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents John and Lizzy, sister Lydia, brother John, and two lodgers. Born in Shepherds Bush Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 13)

  • 18 Norland Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England4

  •  

  • son living in two rooms with his parents John and Elizabeth, sister Lydia, and brothers John and Reginald. Born in Queens Place Notting Hill

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 28)

  • 91 Walmer Road, Kensington, London, England29

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a bricklayers labourer and living in one room with his wife Beatrice, son Robert, and daughter Catherine. Born in London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 34)

  • 59 Treverton Street, Notting Hill, London, England30

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a general labourer and living in three rooms with his wife Beatrice, sons Robert, Thomas and Walter, and daughters Catherine, Beatrice and Rosie. Born in Kensington

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 62)

  • 5 Wilsham Street, Notting Hill, Middlesex, England31

  •  

  • a married general labourer living with his wife Beatrice, daughters Beatrice and Rose, and son Thomas. Born on 23rd April 1877. Note that sons George, James and Douglas, and daughter Nora were living at the same address but separately

  • Death:

  • Q3 1964 (age 87)

  • Kensington "Registration District", London, England28

Child 6: Reginald Lindsey Cowie

  • Name:

  • Reginald Lindsey Cowie32 33

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Mabel Beatrice Linsell (1888-1971)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • bricklayers then a builders labourer34 35

  • Birth:

  • 29 Aug 1882

  • Kensington, Middlesex, England32 4 34 35 33

  •  

  • 1891 census says born in Queens Place Notting Hill

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 8)

  • 18 Norland Road, Shepherds Bush, London, England4

  •  

  • son living in two rooms with his parents John and Elizabeth, sister Lydia, and brothers John and Robertn in Queens Place Notting Hill

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 18)

  • 22 Burlington Road, Enfield, Middlesex, England34

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as a bricklayers labourer and living in four rooms with William and Maria Rimmell and family. Born in Kensington Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 27)

  • 20 Burlington Road, Enfield, Middlesex, England35

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder working as a builder's labourer and living in six rooms with Henry and Jessie Freeman and family, and a visitor. Born in Kensington

  • Death:

  • Q1 1973 (age 90)

  • Enfield "Registration District", Greater London, England33

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1.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1801 folio:267 page:14.

2.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:23 folio:167 page:23. Cit. Date: 29 January 2018.

3.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:31 folio:47 page:6 schedule:419. Cit. Date: 12 June 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:22 folio:137 page:49 schedule:303. Cit. Date: 11 June 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:23 folio:167 page:23 schedule:175. Cit. Date: 29 January 2018.

6.

Harold Cowie personal communication.

7.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:65 folio:49 page:13 schedule:57. Cit. Date: 3 December 2024.

8.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Levington St. Peter. Cit. Date: 22 May 2005. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

9.

Felixstowe Family History Society - Parish Records. Walton Baptist Chapel, Membership.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1871 quarter:4 volume:1a page:178. Cit. Date: 5 August 2017.

11.

Ibid. Kensington 1867 quarter:2 volume:1a page:165. Cit. Date: 11 June 2022.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1868 quarter:1 volume:11a page:124. Cit. Date: 3 December 2024.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1869 quarter:2 volume:1a page:179. Cit. Date: 11 June 2022.

14.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Shepherds Bush St. Stephen baptisms 1850-1895 page:88 entry:697. Cit. Date: 29 January 2024.

15.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:682 folio:18 page:28 schedule:164. Cit. Date: 29 January 2024.

16.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:2282 class:RG78 piece:77 registration district:26 sub district:4 enumeration district:32 schedule:347. Cit. Date: 31 January 2024.

17.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:268 registration district:3A sub district:2 enumeration district:23 schedule:324. Cit. Date: 31 January 2024.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1925 quarter:2 volume:1a page:191. Cit. Date: 6 February 2024.

19.

Geoffrey S Cowie personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 26 October 2004.

20.

Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Shpherds Bush St. Stephen baptisms 1850-1895 page:39 entry:309. Cit. Date: 14 June 2023.

21.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:158 class:RG78 piece:5 registration district:2 sub-district:2 enumeration district:18 schedule:140. Cit. Date: 29 January 2018.

22.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:196 registration district:2 sub-district:2 enumeration district:55 schedule:213. Cit. Date: 16 February 2023.

23.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:227D page:5 line:18 letter code:AJOF. Cit. Date: 29 January 2018.

24.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1956 quarter:1 volume:5c page:1434. Cit. Date: 29 January 2017.

25.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1875 quarter:1 volume:1a page:163. Cit. Date: 11 June 2022.

26.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1875 quarter:2 volume:1a page:106. Cit. Date: 17 October 2022.

27.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1877 quarter:2 volume:1a page:140. Cit. Date: 11 June 2022.

28.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1964 quarter:3 volume:5c page:915. Cit. Date: 18 June 2022.

29.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:26 folio:15 page:21 schedule:170. Cit. Date: 15 June 2022.

30.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:174 class:RG78 piece:6 registration district:2 sub-district:3 enumeration district:10 schedule:271. Cit. Date: 14 June 2022.

31.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0329J page:2 line:1 letter code:AMQT. Cit. Date: 13 June 2022.

32.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Kensington 1882 quarter:4 volume:1a page:81. Cit. Date: 11 June 2022.

33.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Enfield 1973 quarter:1 volume:5b page:362. Cit. Date: 12 June 2022.

34.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1271 folio:71 page:56 schedule:348. Cit. Date: 11 June 2022.

35.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:7414 class:RG78 piece:358 registration district:132 sub-district:6 enumeration district:7 schedule:43. Cit. Date: 11 June 2022.