Emily Edith Gilbert (née Cowell) 1912 - 1981

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

Emily Cowell, the aunt of Nigel Horne, was born in Ramsgate, Kent, England on May 16, 19121,2,3,4,5 and married Albert Gilbert (a house painter with whom she had 2 children: Rex Albert Frederick and Philip Leonard, along with 1 surviving child) in Thanet, Kent, England around Feb 19356.

Throughout her life, she lived at 7 Pouces Cottages, Minster in Thanet on Jun 19, 19211; and on 12 Hertford Road, Margate, Kent on Sep 29, 19398 and in 19657.

She died on Sep 12, 1981 in Margate, Kent3,4.

Parents

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

Children

1. Rex Albert Frederick was born on Apr 28, 1942

Citations

1. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 9 and the daughter of the head of the household)
2. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
3. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
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. England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Cont
6. 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
7. 1965 Kelly's Directory
8. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the wife of the head of the household)

Media

Emily Cowell - 3

Emily Cowell

Emily Cowell - 2

Emily Cowell - Albert Gilbert - wedding

Emily and Joyce Cowell

Emily Cowell - Freda Cowell

Emily Cowell - 4

1965 Kelly's Thanet Directory

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