Ellen May Kemp (née Cowell) 1904 - 1993

The daughter of Troward Cowell (a horseman) and Ann Dennett,

Ellen Cowell, the first cousin twice-removed on the mother's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Birchington, Kent, England on May 12, 19041,2,3,4,5 and married Bert Kemp (a farm bailiff & tractor driver with whom she had 2 children: Joyce Margaret A and Mavis M, along with 1 surviving child) in Thanet, Kent, England around Nov 19277.

Ellen spent all of her life in Kent, England. Throughout her life, she lived in several places around the county: at Gore End Farm in Birchington on Apr 2, 19118; at Granville House, Acol on Jun 19, 19219; at 6 Woodchurch Cottages, Margate on Sep 29, 19392; and on Hook Green Road, Southfleet in 1993.

She died on Jan 7, 1993 in Gravesend, Kent4,6.

Parents

1. Troward was born c. May 1865
2. Ann was born on Jul 3, 1868

Children

1. Joyce Margaret A was born on Jul 11, 1929

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, 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 Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019 - Findmypast
7. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast
8. 1911 Census for England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 6 and the daughter of the head of the household)
9. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 17 and the daughter of the head of the household)

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Ellen May Cowell - Probate

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