Freda Violet Hards (née Cowell) 1918 - 2005

The daughter of James Cowell (a seaman collier with the whitstable shipping company) and Emily Lawrence,

Freda Cowell, the aunt of Nigel Horne, was born in Sutton, Kent, England on Dec 21, 19181,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and. She married Ivor Hards (a miner with whom she had 2 surviving children Derek Ivor Lawrence and Frederick J) at Registry Office, Ramsgate, Kent, England on Sep 7, 19389.

Throughout her life, Freda lived in several places: at 7 Pouces Cottages, Minster, Thanet, Kent on Jun 19, 19217; on The Hut Bungalow, West Dumpton Lane in Ramsgate on Sep 29, 19398; and at 106 Tothill Street, Minster, Thanet, Kent in 200410.

Freda appeared in 2 newspapers: in Isle of Thanet Gazette on 28 Aug 1998 on page 002 (https://www.findmypast.com/image-viewer?issue=BL/0004721/19980828&page=0002&article=002&stringtohighlight=ivor%20hards) and in Isle of Thanet Gazette on 9 Sep 1988 on page 019 (https://www.findmypast.com/image-viewer?issue=BL/0004721/19880909&page=0019&article=019&stringtohighlight=ivor%20hards).

She died in Dec 2005 in Minster, Thanet, Kent4.

Parents

1. James Frederick was born on Mar 2, 1887
2. Emily Jane was born on Sep 30, 1887

Citations

1. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
2. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
3. England & Wales, Birth Index: 1916-2005 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
4. England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
5. Volume: 2A; Page: 1421; Line Number: 75; Record set: England & Wales births 1837-2006; Subcategory: Births & baptisms; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom;
6. Entry number: 271; District number: 5641T; Register number: KDT10; Record set: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007; Subcategory: Deaths & burials; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom;
7. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 2 and the daughter of the head of the household)
8. 1939 Register - Findmypast
9. England & Wales, Marriage Index: 1916-2005 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2009.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
10. UK, Electoral Registers, 2003-2010

Media

Emily Cowell - Freda Cowell

Freda Cowell

Thanet Advertiser 19 Jul 1929

Freda Cowell - 2

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