Agnes Sarah Cowell (née Jacobs) 1860 - 1939

Agnes Jacobs, the wife of Benjamin William Cowell (the second cousin three-times-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne), was born in Ventnor, Isle Of Wight, England in 18601 and married Benjamin (a woolen warehouse foreman with whom she had 5 children: Ernest Benjamin, Albert William, Minnie Gertrude, Grace Edith and Stanley George) in Medway, Kent, England around May 18812.

Throughout her life, she lived at 5 Hope Street, Chatham, Kent on Apr 5, 18914 and on Mar 31, 19011; and on 157 Glencoe Road, Chatham, Kent on Apr 2, 19113 and on Jun 19, 19215.

She died on Feb 9, 1939 at St Heliers Nursing Home, Whitstable, Kent.

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. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 40 and the wife of the head of the household)
2. England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 - Findmypast
3. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 50 and the wife of the head of the household)
4. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 30 and the wife of the head of the household)
5. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 61 and the wife of the head of the household)

Media

Chatham News 17 Feb 1939

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