Benjamin William Cowell cNov 1858 - 1937

A woolen warehouse foreman and the child of Benjamin Cowell (a mariner) and Sarah Ewen (a needlewoman),

Benjamin Cowell, the second cousin three-times-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Ramsgate, Kent, England c. Nov 18581,2, was baptized there at St George's Church on Dec 26, 1858 and married Agnes Jacobs (with whom he had 5 children: Ernest Benjamin, Albert William, Minnie Gertrude, Grace Edith and Stanley George) in Medway, Kent, England around May 18814.

Benjamin spent all of his life in Kent, England. Throughout his life, he lived in several places around the county: at Belle Vue Hill in Ramsgate on Apr 7, 18619; at 2 Rodney Street in Ramsgate on Apr 2, 187110; at 5 Hope Street, Chatham on Apr 5, 18918 and on Mar 31, 19016; on 157 Glencoe Road, Chatham on Apr 2, 19117 and on Jun 19, 192111; and at 131 Chatham Hill, Chatham in 1937. Benjamin In 1921 he was working at Clothier Warehouseman on Axe Brand, High Street, Chatham, Kent, England.

He died on Jul 1, 1937 in Medway3 and was buried on Chatham Cemetery, Maidstone Road, Chatham, Kent on Jul 5, 19375.

Parents

1. Benjamin was born in 1825
2. Sarah was born on Jan 1, 1827

Children

1. Ernest Benjamin was born on Jul 9, 1883
2. Albert William was born on Apr 26, 1885
3. Minnie Gertrude was born c. Nov 1886
4. Grace Edith was born on Jun 10, 1890
5. Stanley George was born on Jan 8, 1893

Citations

1. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
2. Kent Burials - Findmypast
3. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
4. England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 - Findmypast
5. Kent Burials - Findmypast
6. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 42 and the head of the household)
7. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 52 and the head of the household)
8. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 32 and the head of the household)
9. 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 2 and the son of the head of the household)
10. 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 12 and the son of the head of the household)
11. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 62 and the head of the household)

Media

Benjamin William Cowell - probate

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