Edith Mary Atkins (née Cowell) 1910 - 1948

The daughter of Alfred Cowell (a transport driver) and Fanny Austen,

Edith Cowell, the first cousin once-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Stourmouth, Kent, England on Jun 20, 19101,2,3 and baptized there at All Saints on Sep 4, 1910. She married Edmund Atkins at St Mary the Virgin Church, Minster, Thanet, Kent, England on Jun 4, 19325.

Throughout her life, Edith lived in several places: at Brewery Cottages, Upper Stourmouth, Kent on Apr 2, 19116; at Durlock Farm Cottages, Minster in Thanet on Jun 19, 19217; and on Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Ethelbert Road, Canterbury, Kent on Sep 29, 1939.

She died on Dec 25, 1948 at Durlock Cottage, Minster in Thanet2,4.

Parents

1. Alfred John was born on May 8, 1880
2. Fanny was born c. May 1883

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. 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
3. 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
4. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
5. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast
6. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 0 and the daughter of the head of the household)
7. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 11 and the daughter of the head of the household)

Media

Double Wedding

East Kent Times and Mail - 1 Jan 1949

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