| Family Details |
| Joseph
James Cowley & Eliza Keech |
| 2nd
Great Grandparents
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Husband: |
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Joseph
James Cowley 
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Born: |
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1859 |
in: |
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Stevington, Bedfordshire |
Christened: |
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30 March 1859 |
in: |
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Stevington, Bedfordshire |
Marriage: |
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1881 |
in: |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Died: |
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23 August 1935 |
in: |
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Kempston, Bedfordshire |
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Father: |
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Jesse White Cowley |
Mother: |
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Maria Hide nee
Cox |
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Occupation: |
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Domestic Coachman |
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Wife: |
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Eliza
Keech[1] |
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Born: |
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1852 |
in: |
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Turvey, Bedfordshire |
Christened: |
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28 March 1852 |
in: |
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Turvey, Bedfordshire |
Died: |
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[to find] |
in: |
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[to find] |
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Father: |
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James William
Keech[1] |
Mother: |
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Joanna Cotton |
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Occupation: |
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Nurse & General Domestic Servant
(prior to marriage) |
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Joseph James Cowley was
born in 1859 in Stevington, Bedfordshire and was one of
five children. He worked as a Domestic
Coachman while his father was a Cord Wainer.
Eliza Keech was born in
1852 in Turvey, Bedfordshire and was one of six children.
Before marrying she worked as a Domestic Servant
and Nurse, her father was a Master
Tailor.
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Joseph James Cowley |
Joseph and son
Samuel's grave in
Kempston, Bedfordshire |
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| Children
Joseph and Eliza had five children,
my Great Grandmother being the second.
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| 1 |
Name: |
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William James
Cowley |
| M |
Born: |
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1882 |
in: |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire |
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Christened: |
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26 March 1882 |
in: |
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St Mary's, Bedford, Bedfordshire |
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Marriage: |
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[to confirm] |
in: |
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[to confirm] |
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Died: |
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[to confirm] |
in: |
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[to confirm] |
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Occupation: |
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Groom [1901 Census] |
I have yet to find out if William married and when he died.
| 2 |
Name: |
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| F |
Born: |
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1887 |
in: |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire |
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Marriage: |
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1907 |
in: |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire |
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Spouse: |
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Died: |
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1937 |
in: |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Ernest and Millie had four
children, my Grandfather being the first. After Millie died
in 1937, Ernest swiftly remarried but had no more children.
| 3 |
Name: |
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Samuel Jesse Cowley |
| M |
Born: |
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1890 |
in: |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire |
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Marriage: |
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[unmarried] |
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Died: |
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19 September 1919 |
in: |
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Kempston, Bedfordshire |
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Buried: |
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1919 |
in: |
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Kempston, Bedfordshire |
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Occupation: |
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Groom |
Sam was a groom and served in the Bedfordshire
Yeomanry in WW1. He earned three campaign medals and went
to France in 1915. In 1916 he began to suffer from osteomyelitis,
a bone marrow disease. He was invalided out in 1917 and suffered
for another 2 years before he died of the disease and septic
arthritis in September 1919. He is buried along with his mother
and father in a large plot in Kempston Cemetery.
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Sam and his father's
grave in
Kempston, Bedfordshire |
| 4 |
Name: |
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Lilian May Cowley |
| F |
Born: |
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28 December 1893 |
in: |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire |
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Marriage: |
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1916 |
in: |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire |
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Spouse: |
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Frank Gerald Adams
(1892-) |
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Died: |
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[to confirm] |
in: |
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[to confirm] |
May and Frank had one son. I have yet to find out when she
died.
| 5 |
Name: |
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Beatrice Ada Cowley |
| F |
Born: |
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1896 |
in: |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire |
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Marriage: |
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1920 |
in: |
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Bedford, Bedfordshire |
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Spouse: |
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Regenald George Milton
(1897-) |
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Died: |
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[to confirm] |
in: |
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[to confirm] |
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| Beatrice and Reginald had two
children. I have yet to find out when she died. |
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| Census
Information Joseph
James Cowley:
- 1861: Son (age 2) - Sloer
Street, Stevington, Bedfordshire
- 1871: Scholar
(age 12) - Son - 24 Church Street, Stevington, Bedfordshire
- 1881: Coachman:
Domestic Servant (age 23) - Lodger - 3 Duck Mill
Land, Bedford St Mary, Bedfordshire
- 1891: [family not found]
- 1901: Coachman:
Domestic (age 45) - Head - The Stables, Kempston
House, Kempston, Bedfordshire
Eliza Keech:
- 1861: Daughter (age 9)
- 7 Mill Green, Turvey, Bedfordshire
- 1871: General
Domestic Servant [for Farmer] (age 19) - Main Street
(north side), Turvey, Bedfordshire
- 1881: Nurse: Servant
[for Wine Merchant, Hotel Keeper & Farmer] (age 28)
- 1 High Street Swan Hotel, Bedford St Paul, Bedfordshire
- 1891: [family not found]
- 1901: Coachman's
Wife (age 49) - The Stables, Kempston House, Kempston,
Bedfordshire
(1) William James Cowley:
- 1891: [family not found]
- 1901: Groom (age 19)
- Servant [for Bertram W A Heppel, living on own means]
- The Stables, Bromham Hall, Bromham, Bedfordshire
(2) Amelia Elizabeth Cowley:
- 1891: [family not found]
- 1901: Daughter (age 14) - The Stables,
Kempston House, Kempston, Bedfordshire
(3) Samuel Jesse Cowley:
- 1891: [family not found]
- 1901: Son (age 11) - The Stables, Kempston
House, Kempston, Bedfordshire
(4) May Cowley:
- 1901: Daughter (age 8) - The Stables,
Kempston House, Kempston, Bedfordshire
(5) Beatrice Ada Cowley:
- 1901: Daughter (age 5) - The Stables,
Kempston House, Kempston, Bedfordshire
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