Birth: 15 October 1898 Plumstead, London, UK
Father: Edward Thomas Cowles 1868-1935
Mother: Emma Louisa Alice Payne 1874-1946
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 15 June 1929 All Saints, Vange, Essex, UK
Wife: Stella Beatrice Randall 1905-1988
Death: 24 September 1952 48 Wood-street, Chelmsford, Essex, UK
Burial: 30 September 1952 All Saints, Vange, Essex, UK
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Birth of Arthur Cowles in FreeBMD in October-December 1898 in Woolwich (1D 1281).
In 1901 census as Arthur Cowles aged 2, born in Plumstead, and living with his parents (Edwd and Emma), brother (Edwd), sister (Ethel) and grandmother (Emily) in 4 rooms at 27 Kashgar Road, Plumstead, London.
His sister was born on 9 March 1902 Plumstead and registered in in April-June 1902 in Woolwich.
His sister was born 8 May 1906 and registered in April-June 1906 in Dartford.
His two sisters were baptised on 27 May 1906 at All Saints, Belvedere when they were living at 11 Ebenezer Terrace.
In the 1911 census as Arthur Cowles aged 12, born in Plumstead, Kent, and living with his parents (Edward Thomas and Emma Lweasia Alice), brother (Edward James) and two sisters (Ellen Marrion and Nellie Florence Annie) in five rooms at 49 Ripley Road, Belvedere, Kent.
His sister was born on 10 March 1913, registered in April-June 1913 in Dartford and baptised on 18 May 1913 at St Augustine of Canterbury, Belvedere when the family was living at 49 Ripley Road, Belvedere.
In the 1921 census as Arthur Cowles aged 22 years 8 months, born in Plumstead, single, a cable hand employed by Messrs Callenders & Co of Belvedere (out of work), and living with his parents (Edward J and Emma), and three sisters (Ella M, Marion A and Nellie F) in five rooms at 49 Ripley Road, Belvedere, Kent.
Marriage of Arthur Cowles and Stella B Randall in FreeBMD in April-June 1929 in Billericay (4A 1296).
Entry in the Ancestry Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937 for Arthur Cowles aged 30, father Edward Thomas Cowles, and Stella Beatrice Randall on 15 June 1929 at Vange All Saints.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Arthur Cowles born 15 October 1898, married, a mastor (sic - in the index, master on the original) builder, and living with Stella Cowles (wife?) at Wesbwood (sic - in the index, Westwood on the original), High View Road, Billericay, Essex. (this was the only house - all the rest were bungalows according to my father).
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Arthur Cowles in July-September 1952 aged 53 in Chelmsford (4A 344).
Entry in the Ancestry Essex, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1996 for the burial of Arthur Cowles on 30 September 1952 aged 53 at Vange All Saints.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Arthur Cowles died 24 September 1952 in Essex, probate 13 June 1953 in London. "Cowles Arthur of Westwood Highview-road Vange Basildon Essex died 24 September 1952 at 48 Wood-street Chelmsford Probate London 13 June to Frederick William Challis retired carpenter. Effects £2064 15s". Frederick William Challis was the husband of Marion Annie Davis Arthur's first cousin and daughter of Emily Cowles.
There are seventeen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Arthur Cowles.
From my father's records, he was a builder in Vange, Essex together with Wally Heavis (my father worked for him in the 1920s). Married but no children. He was deafened in the war. He lived at Westwood, High View Road, Highlands Estate, Vange.
Arthur Cowles was my uncle.
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