Albert William Cowell 1885 - 1972

A shipwright and the son of Benjamin Cowell (a woolen warehouse foreman) and Agnes Jacobs,

Albert Cowell, the third cousin twice-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Chatham, Kent, England on Apr 26, 18851,2,3 and baptized in Medway, Kent, England on Jul 14, 1885. He married Edith Watson there, c. May 19125.

Albert spent all of his life in Kent, England. Throughout his life, he lived in several places around the county: at 5 Hope Street in Chatham on Apr 5, 18917 and on Mar 31, 19011; on 157 Glencoe Road in Chatham on Apr 2, 19116 and on Jun 19, 19218 (when he was living with his parents), when he was living with his sister, Grace Edith; and on 24 Gorrell Road, Whitstable, Kent, England in 1972. Albert In 1921 he was working at Shipwright.

He died on Feb 21, 1972 in Bridge, Kent3,4.

Parents

1. Benjamin William was born c. Nov 1858
2. Agnes Sarah was born in 1860

Citations

1. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 15 and the son of the head of the household)
2. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
3. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
4. England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019 - Findmypast
5. England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 - Findmypast
6. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 25 and the son of the head of the household)
7. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 5 and the son of the head of the household)
8. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 36 and the son of the head of the household)

Media

Albert Cowell - probate

London Gazette 6 Apr 1915

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