Birth: 28 October 1854 Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Father: Stephen Cowles 1825-1869
Mother: Esther Clarke 1826-1878
Christening: 8 May 1873 St Margaret, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Marriage: 30 December 1879 St Margaret, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Wife: Alice Holmes [Alexander] 1851-1924
Death: 30 December 1889 18 Duke's Head Road Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Buried: Lowestoft Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
George Charles Cowles 1881-1917
Birth of Charles Cowles in FreeBMD in October-December 1854 in Mutford (4A 573).
In the 1861 census as Charles Cowles aged 6, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and living with his parents (Stephen and Esther), two brothers (Edward and Henry), and three sisters (Ann, Ellen and Emma) in Factory Lane, Lowestoft, Sussex.
His father died in Lowestoft in 1869.
In the 1871 census as Charles Cowles aged 16, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, no stated employment, and living with his widowed mother (Esther), three brothers (Edward, Henry and John) and six sisters (Alice, Ann, Ellen, Emma, Harriet and Lucy) at 22 Factory Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Charles Cowles on 8 May 1873 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, parents Stephen and Esther Cowles.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 for Charles Cowles born on 28 October 1854, baptised on 8 May 1873 at Lowestoft, St Margaret, Suffolk, parents Stephen and Ester Cowles. "Page 264 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk in the Year 1873 Born October 28th 1854 1873 May 8th Charles, [parents] Stephen, [a] Cowman, & Esther Cowles [of] Lowestoft".
His mother died on 24 October 1878 in Lowestoft, and left £600 to "Charles Cowles of 112 High-street Lowestoft Dairyman the Son and one of the Next of Kin."
Entry in Ancestry U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s 1879 Kelly' Directory for "Lowestoft, Suffolk [...] Cowles Charles & Edward, butchers, 112 High Street".
Marriage of Charles Cowles and Alice Holmes in FreeBMD in October-December 1879 in Mutford (4A 1677).Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for Charles Cowles aged 25, father Stephen Cowles, and Alice Holmes on 30 December 1879 at Lowestoft, St Margaret, Suffolk. "Page 157 [...] 1879 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk. [No.] 314 Charles Cowles [aged] 25, [a] Bachelor [and] Butcher [of] Lowestoft, [father] Stephen Cowles, [a] Dairyman, [and] Alice Holmes [aged] 24, [a] Spinster [of] Lowestoft, [father] George Holmes, [a] Gardener. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Charles Shippon? [and] Emma Cowles".
In the 1881 census as Charles Cowles aged 26, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, and a publican living with his wife (Alice) at The Red House, Oulton Street, Oulton, Suffolk.
His son was baptised on 26 June 1881 at Lowestoft St. Margaret, when he was an ostler and inn keeper in Oulton.
He was a witness at the marriage of his sister Emma to Lambert Charles Jeffries on 22 February 1882 at Lowestoft, St Margaret.
Death of Charles Cowles in FreeBMD in October-December 1889 aged 35 in Mutford (4A 522).
Entry in Find a Grave for Charles Cowles died 18 December 1889 aged 35 in Lowestoft Cemetery, Lowestoft, Waveney, Suffolk. "In Loving Memory of/Charles/The Beloved husband of/Alice Cowles/Who died December 18th 1889/Aged 35 Years/He is not dead but only sleeping/In the calm refuge of the Saviour's breast/Where far away from sorrow toil and weeping/He is not dead but only taking rest".
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 for Charles Cowles died 18 December 1889 in Suffolk probate 11 September 1890 in Ipswich. "1890 Cowles Charles Personal Estate £98 17s 4d. 11 September. Administration of the Personal Estate of Charles Cowles late of Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk Dairyman who died 18 December 1889 at Lowestoft was granted at Ipswich to Alice Cowles of 18 Duke's Head Road Lowestoft Widow the Relict.
Ten entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Charles Cowles.
Charles Cowles was my second cousin once removed.
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