See also

Edward Albert Cowie (1887-1918)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • woodman4

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1887

  • Nacton, Suffolk, England1,4,5,6,7

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Nov 1887 (age 0)

  • St. Peter's Church, Church Lane, Levington, Suffolk, England2,3

  •  

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

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 3)

  • Levington Road, Nacton, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • 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, England7

  •  

  • 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, France5

  •  

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

  • Burial:

  • aft 21 May 1918

  • Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Ribemont, Somme, France8

  •  

  • aged 31.

Sources

1.

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.

2.

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

3.

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.

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.

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

6.

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.

7.

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.

8.

Harold Cowie personal communication. letter including data sheet from Commonwealth War Grave Commission. Cit. Date: 12 June 2001.