See also

Family of Edward Cowie and Ellen Gillingham

Husband: Edward Cowie

  • Name:

  • Edward Cowie4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William Cowey (1839- )

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Collins (1813?-1884)

  • Father (2):

  • Charles Cowey (1821?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer then a horseman4,5,6,7

  • Birth:

  • 24 Nov 1856

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England4,5,6,7,8,9

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 24)

  • Levington Road, Levington, Suffolk, England10

  •  

  • aged 24, unmarried, NEPHEW, working as an agricultural labourer. Born in Nacton Suffolk, living wirh Charles & Elizabeth COWIE #2275

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 33)

  • Levington Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as an agricultural labourer and living in three rooms with his wife Ellen, daughter Emma and son Albert. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 44)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as an agricultural horseman and living in three rooms with his wife Ellen, daughter Emma, and sons Albert, Frederick and Arthur. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 54)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a horseman on a farm and living in three rooms with his wife and three sons. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 82)

  • Lambridge, Queen's Road, Sunninghill, Berkshire, England7

  •  

  • a widowed and retired farm horseman living in the home of son-in-law Albert Cox, daughter Emma, grandson Frederick Cowie and a Fanny Givens. Born on 24th November 1856

Wife: Ellen Gillingham

  • Name:

  • Ellen Gillingham11

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Charles Gillingham (1840-1895)

  • Mother:

  • Emma Anna Brown (1841-1903)

  • Birth:

  • Sep 1863

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England4,5,6,11,12,13

  • Baptism:

  • 4 Oct 1863 (age 0)

  • St. Martin's Church, Church Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England1,14

  •  

  • daughter of Charles Gillingham and Emma

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 7)

  • Court in Hamlett, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Charles and Emma, sister Anna, and brothers Albert and Frederick. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 17)

  • Levington Green, Levington, Suffolk, England13

  •  

  • unmarried daughter living with her parents Charles and Emma, sister Emma, and brothers Albert, Frederick and Charles. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Banns:

  • 7 Dec 1884 (age 21)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • also 14 and 21 December

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 27)

  • Levington Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married living in three rooms with her husband Edward, daughter Emma and son Albert. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 38)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England15

  •  

  • married wife living in three rooms with her husband Edward, daughter Emma, and sons Albert, Frederick and Arthur. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 46)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • married wife living in three rooms with her husband and three sons. Born in Nacton Suffolk married for twenty-six years with seven children, four of whom are still living

  • Death:

  • 17 Sep 1929 (age 66)

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England16,17

  • Burial:

  • aft 17 Sep 1929

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England16

Child 1: Emma Florence Cowie

  • Name:

  • Emma Florence Cowie18,19

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Albert James Cox (1881-1946)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • housemaid20

  • Birth:

  • 29 Oct 1885

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England5,6,7,18,20

  • Baptism:

  • 10 Jan 1886 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England2,19

  •  

  • daughter of Edward Cowie (labourer) and Ellen of Nacton

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 5)

  • Levington Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents Edward and Ellen, and brother Albert. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 15)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • daughter living in three rooms with her parents Edward and Ellen, and brothers Albert, Frederick and Arthur. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 25)

  • The Haycock, Stibbington, Soke of Peterborough, England20

  •  

  • servant as Emily working as a domestic housemaid and living with Stanley Brotherhood and family and ten other servants. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 53)

  • Lambridge, Queen's Road, Sunninghill, Berkshire, England7

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Albert, her widowed father Edward Cowie, nephew Frederick Cowie and a Fanny Givens. Born on 29th October 1885

  • Death:

  • Q4 1959 (age 74)

  • Windsor "Registration District", Berkshire, England21

Child 2: Edward Albert Cowie

  • Name:

  • Edward Albert Cowie2,22,23

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • woodman4

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1887

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England4,5,6,22,24

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Nov 1887 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England2,23

  •  

  • as Edward Albert son of Edward Cowie (labourer) and Helen of Nacton

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 3)

  • Levington Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son as Albert living in three rooms with his parents Edward and Ellen, and sister Emma. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 13)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son as Albert Cowie living in three rooms with his parents Edward and Ellen, sister Emma, and brothers Frederick and Arthur. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 23)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son as Albert Edward Cowie working as a woodman and living in three rooms with his parents and two brothers. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • 21 May 1918 (age 30)

  • Somme, France24

  •  

  • 51404, Lance Corporal 1st/4th Bn. Suffolk Regiment

  • Burial:

  • aft 21 May 1918

  • Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Ribemont, Somme, France25

  •  

  • aged 31.

Child 3: Frederick Charles Cowie

  • Name:

  • Frederick Charles Cowie26,27,28

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ellen Louisa Pearce (1893-1976)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural / farm labourer4

  • Birth:

  • Jul 1891

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England4,6,26

  • Baptism:

  • 2 Aug 1891 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England2,27

  •  

  • son of Edward Cowie (labourer) and Ellen of Nacton

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 9)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Edward and Ellen, sister Emma, and brothers Albert and Arthur. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 19)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son working as a labourer on a farm and living in three rooms with his parents and two brothers. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • btw 23 Mar 1916 and 25 Jul 1919 (age 24-28)

  • 3/4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment no:T/386193 then the Army Service Corps as no:425729

  •  

  • served in France 11th August 1916 to 30th April 1917 in the 2nd Battle of the Somme in 1916 and at Arras in 1917. He received a gun shot wound to the left hand on 23rd April 1917 in Arras, losing a finger and partial use of the hand. He was 5' 3ΒΌ" tall with a chest of 37" expansion 2", a milkman of near the Post Office Levingon, father Edward Cowie. See personal folder for more details

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)30

  •  

  •  

  • Victory and British medals

  • Death:

  • Q1 1922 (age 30)

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England28

Child 4: Edith Cowie

  • Name:

  • Edith Cowie31

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1894

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England31

  • Death:

  • Q1 1894 (age 0)

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England32

Child 5: Ernest Cowie

  • Name:

  • Ernest Cowie33

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Aug 1895

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England33

  • Death:

  • Aug 1895 (age 3 dys)

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England34,35,36

  • Burial:

  • 28 Aug 1895

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England35,36

  •  

  • aged 3 days

Child 6: Arthur Roland Cowie

  • Name:

  • Arthur Roland Cowie37,38

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1900

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England4,6,37

  • Baptism:

  • 18 Feb 1900 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England2,38

  •  

  • son pf Edwrad Cowie (labourer) and Ellen of Nacton, private baptism

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 1)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son living in three rooms with his parents Edward and Ellen, sister Emma, and brothers Albert and Frederick. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 11)

  • near The Chapel, Levington, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • son as Arthur Rowland Cowie attending school and living in three rooms with his parents and two brothers. Born in Nacton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q3 1922 (age 22)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England39

Note on Wife: Ellen Gillingham

1911 census indicates one further child but coulkd not be found in birth or baptism records

Sources

1.

Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

2.

Ibid. Levington St. Peter. Cit. Date: 1 June 2005. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1885 quarter:1 volume:4a page:855.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10876 class:RG78 piece:587 registration district:214 sub-district:2 enumeration district:8 schedule:82. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG12 piece:1476 folio:73 page:2. Cit. Date: 19 August 2020.

6.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1783 folio:92 page:12. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

7.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG101 piece:2089I page:14 line:36 letter code:DUSF. Cit. Date: 10 October 2019.

8.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1856 quarter:4 volume:4a page:544.

9.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

10.

Ibid. 1881/1881/182/2.

11.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG10 piece:1754 folio:42 page:28. Cit. Date: 12 August 2020.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1863 quarter:4 volume:4a page:585.

13.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG11 piece:1881 folio:182 page:2. Cit. Date: 12 August 2020.

14.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C01429-2 sys:England-ODM film:919625.

15.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1783/93.

16.

Harold Cowie personal communication. letter including photograph of grave. Cit. Date: 12 June 2001.

17.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1929 quarter:3 volume:4a page:895.

18.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1886 quarter:1 volume:4a page:867. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

19.

Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Levington St. Peter entry:595. Cit. Date: 25 October 2018.

20.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:19431 class:RG78 piece:1160 registration district:411 sub-district:2 enumeration district:1 schedule:65. Cit. Date: 19 August 2020.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Windsor 1959 quarter:4 volume:6a page:186. Cit. Date: 19 August 2020.

22.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1887 quarter:3 volume:4a page:833. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

23.

Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Levington St. Peter entry:606. Cit. Date: 25 October 2018.

24.

Harold Cowie personal communication. letter. Cit. Date: 12 June 2001.

25.

Ibid. letter including data sheet from Commonwealth War Grave Commission. Cit. Date: 12 June 2001.

26.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1891 quarter:3 volume:4a page:879. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

27.

Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Levington St. Peter entry:631. Cit. Date: 25 October 2018.

28.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1922 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1544. Cit. Date: 10 October 2019.

29.

FindMyPast British Army Service Records, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Army Service Corps no:4257. Cit. Date: 10 October 2019.

30.

Ancestry British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). no:4257 and no:T386193. Cit. Date: 10 October 2019.

31.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1894 quarter:1 volume:4a page:923. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

32.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1894 quarter:1 volume:4a page:581. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

33.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1895 quarter:3 volume:4a page:931. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

34.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1895 quarter:3 volume:4a page:538. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

35.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy). Levington St. Peter burial 28th August 1895. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

36.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Levington St. Peter burial 28th August 1895. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.

37.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1900 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1055. Cit. Date: 25 October 2018.

38.

Suffolk Family History Society Colneis and Samford Baptisms 1813-1900, (2012 SFK-BPI-07/P1 own copy). Levington St. Peter entry:695. Cit. Date: 25 October 2018.

39.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1922 quarter:3 volume:4a page:792. Cit. Date: 26 October 2018.