Birth: 4 December 1868 2 Ennetts Cottages, Old Woolwich Road, Christchurch, Greenwich, Kent, UK
Father: James Cowles 1823-b1891
Mother: Emily Adams 1826-1905
Christening: 30 December 1868 Christchurch, Greenwich, Kent, UK
Marriage: 15 July 1894 St Nicholas, Plumstead, London, UK
Wife: Emma Louisa Alice Payne 1874-1946
Death: 14 September 1935 Angora, Belle Vue Drive, Vange, Essex, UK
Burial: 18 September 1935 All Saints, Vange, Essex, UK
Edward James Cowles 1895-1919
Ethel Emily Cowles 1896-1911
Arthur Cowles 1898-1952
Nellie Florence Annie Cowles [Meadows] 1902-1942
Ella Marion (Marian) Cowles [Croucher] 1906-1951
Marian (Marion) Annie Cowles 1913-1990
Entry in FreeBMD for the birth of Edward Thomas Cowles in January-March 1869 in Greenwich (1D 808).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Edward Thomas Cowles born 4 December 1868 baptised 30 December 1868 at Christ Church, Greenwich, Kent, parents James and Emily Cowles.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for Edward Thomas Cowles baptised on 30 December 1868 at Greenwich, East Christ Church, parents James and Emily Cowes. "Page 27 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Christchurch, Greenwich in the County of Kent in the Year One Thousand Eight hundred and Sixty Eight and Nine [...] 1868 Dec 30th No 215 Edward Thomas, [parents] James, [a] carman, and Emily Cowles [of] Old Woolwich Road, born on 4th Decr 1868."
In 1871 census as Edward Cowles aged 2, born in Greenwich, Kent, and living with his parents (James and Emily), two sisters (Clara and Jane) and a boarder (Anna Grant aged 1 and born in Greenwich) at No 2 Ennetts Cottages, Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, Kent.
In 1881 census as Edward Cowles aged 12, born in Greenwich, and living at 83 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, Kent with his parents (James and Emily), three male lodgers Arthur Davis (aged 22, born in Coventry, single, employed as a general labourer, and future husband of Emily), Thomas Heavers (aged 23, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, single, employed as a carman and future husband of Clara), William Seuisbury (aged 21, born in Deptford, single and employed as a boiler maker), a female visitor Elizabeth Blunt (aged 22, born in Cambridge, single and employed as a nurse), a male visitor Harry Horbley (aged 50, born in Deptford, single, and unemployed), and a sister named Edward Horbley (aged 60 born in Greenwich, single, and unemployed) at 83 Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, Kent.
His father died between the 1881 and 1891 censuses, but I cannot locate an entry.
I cannot find an entry in the 1891 census. His mother was widowed and he was not living with her.
Marriage of Edward Thomas Cowles and Emma Louisa Payne in FreeBMD in June-September 1894 in Woolwich (1D 1917).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Edward Thomas Cowles aged 26, father James Cowles, and Emma Louisa Alice Payne on 15 July 1894 at Plumstead St Nicholas, Greenwich. "Page 42 [...] 1894 Marriage solemnized at St Nicholas Church in the Parish of Plumstead in the County of Kent [No.] 84 15th July 1894 Edward Thomas Cowles [aged] 26, [a] bachelor [and] Fireman [of] 141 Chesnut Road, [father] James Cowles (deceased) [a] coachman, [and] Emma Louisa Alice Payne [aged] 20, [a] spinster [of] 141 Chesnut Road, [father] George William Payne, [a] fitter. Married in the St Nicholas Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns in the Presence of us George W Payne and Margaret Matilda Greengrass."
On a copy of the entry of birth for Edward James Cowles born on 18 August 1895 and registered on 26 September 1895 he is stated to be the father, living at 44 Kashgar Road and his employment was stated to be a fireman on an outfall drainage boat, (these boats took the sewage from the outfall pipes near Woolwich, devised by Joseph Bazalgette between 1859 and 1875 for diverting rainwater and waste into the lower reaches of the Thames in London, down river to be dumped at sea).
His daughter was born in Plumstead and registered in January-March 1897 in Woolwich.
His son was born on 15 October 1898 in Plumstead and registered in October-December 1898 in Woolwich.
In the 1901 census as Edwd Cowles aged 33, born in Greenwich, employed as a Engine Greaser at the Outfall Works, and living with his wife (Emma), two sons (Arthur and Edwd), daughter (Ethel) and mother-in-law (this must be his mother as her name is Emily Cowles) in 4 rooms at 27 Kashgar Road, Plumstead, London. All three children were born in Plumstead so he had probably lived there since his marriage.
His daughter was born on 9 March 1902 in Plumstead and registered in in April-June 1902 in Woolwich.
His daughter was born on 8 May 1906 at 11 Ebenezer Terrace, Belvedere, Dartford, registered in April-June 1906 in Dartford, and both daughters were baptised on 27 May 1906 at All Saints, Belvedere when he was an engine oiler of 11 Ebenezer Terrace.
On a copy of the entry of marriage No 446 in 1904 in the district of Woolwich, Edward Thomas Cowles was a witness at the marriage of Henry Radley Smallridge and Florence Charlotte Dutton.
In the 1911 census as Edward Thomas Cowles aged 42, born in Greenwich, Kent, female in the index, male on the original, employed as an engine oiler for London County Council, and living with his wife (Emma Lweasia), two sons (Arthur and Edward James) and two daughters (Ellen Marrion and Nellie Florence Annie) in five rooms at 49 Ripley Road, Belvedere, Kent.
His daughter 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, Kent, when he was a labourer of 49 Ripley Road.
In the 1921 census as Edward J Cowles born in East Greenwich, London in 1870 and living with Emma Cowles (wife?), Arthur Cowles (son?), and Ella M, Marion A and Nellie F Cowles (daughters?) in Erith, Dartford, Kent.
Ernest Thomas Cowles, a carman, was a witness at the marriage of Ella Marian Cowles (daughter) and William James Croucher on 12 February 1927 at All Saints, Vange, Essex,Death of Edward T Cowles in FreeBMD in July-September 1935 aged 66 in Billericay (4A 529).
Entry in Ancestry Essex, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1996 for Edward Thomas Cowles on 18 September 1935 aged 66 in Vange, All Saints.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Edward Thomas Cowles died 14 September 1935 in Essex, probate 15 October 1935 in London. "Cowles Edward Thomas of Angora Belle Vue Drive Vange Essex died 14 September 1935 Probate London 15 October to Emma Louisa Alice Cowles widow. Effects £377 9s." (His son Edward James served on HMS Angora in the First World War).
There are thirty four entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Edward Thomas Cowles.
My father's records state he was a Bargemaster on the Thames and moved from Abbey Wood to Vange because of his asthma.
Edward Thomas Cowles was my grandfather.
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