Elizabeth Emma Gill (née Cowell) 1906 - c1986

A dressmaker and the 3rd of 4 children of Charles Cowell (a newsagent) and Elizabeth Russell,

Elizabeth Cowell, the first cousin once-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Woodchurch, Thanet, Kent, England on Jun 4, 19061,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and married Ernest Gill (a bricklayer with whom she had 2 children: Stella Patricia and Elizabeth) in Westhampnett, Sussex, England on Apr 9, 192811.

Throughout her life, Elizabeth lived in several places: at Streele Cottages, Pulborough, Sussex on Apr 2, 191113; on Full Cottages, Highfield Road, Bognor, West Sussex, England on Jun 19, 192114; at Conway, 24 Murina Avenue, Bognor Regis, West Sussex on Sep 29, 19392 on the same road as her parents who were living at Saint Stephen, Murina Ave; and at 24 Murina Avenue, Bognor Regis, West Sussex in 197512. Elizabeth In 1921 she was working at Miss Pennicott Dressmaker.

She died c. Feb 1986 in Chichester, Sussex4,5,10.

Parents

1. Charles Percy was born on Mar 9, 1879
2. Elizabeth Ellen was born on Mar 5, 1877

Children

1. Stella Patricia was born on May 19, 1929
2. Elizabeth was born on May 13, 1930

Citations

1. 1911 England Census Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.
2. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the wife of the head of the household)
3. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
4. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
5. 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
6. 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
7. Class: RG14; Piece: 5302; Schedule Number: 22
8. Volume: 18; Page: 1736; Register number: 286; Record set: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007; Subcategory: Deaths & burials; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom;
9. Volume: 2A; Page: 1058; Line Number: 178; Record set: England & Wales births 1837-2006; Subcategory: Births & baptisms; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom;
10. Volume: 18; Page: 1736; Register number: 286; Record set: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007; Subcategory: Deaths & burials; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom; Volume: 18; Page: 1736; Register number: 286; Record set: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007; Subcategory: Deaths & burials; Category: Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers); Collections from: United Kingdom;
11. 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
12. According to her husband's probate
13. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 4 and the daughter of the head of the household)
14. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 15 and the daughter of the head of the household)

Media

Ernest Victor Gill - Elizabeth Emma Cowell - Stella Gill

Elizabeth Emma Cowell

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