Birth: August-September 1852 Caton, UK
Father: Stephen Cowles 1825-1869
Mother: Esther Clarke 1826-1878
Christening: 27 September 1852 Catton, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: 19 November 1873 St Margaret, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Wife: Charles Skippon 1849-1932
Death: 5 June 1887 Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Buried: Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Jessie Maud Mary Skippon [Henderson, Maxwell] 1874-1960
Walter Charles Skippon 1875-1956
John Skippon 1877-1878
Harry Roland Skippon 1880-1881
Charles Edward Skippon 1883-1962
Birth of Ellen Cowles in FreeBMD in October-December 1852 in St Faith (4B 90).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Ellen Cowles baptised on 27 September 1852 in Catton, Norfolk, parents Stephen and Esther Cowles.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for Ellen Cowles baptised on 27 September 1852 in Catton, Norfolk, parents Stephen and Esther Cowles. "Page [blank] Baptisms Solemnized in the Parish of Catton in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1852 [...] 1852 Sept 27th No. 782 Ellen Daur of Stephen, a Gardener, and Esther Cowles of Catton".
The family had moved to Lowestoft by 28 October 1854 from the baptism of her brother.
In the 1861 census as Ellen Cowles aged 8, born in Catton, Norfolk, and living with her parents (Stephen and Esther), three brothers (Charles, Edward and Henry), and two sisters (Ann and Emma) in Factory Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Her father died in 1869.
In the 1871 census as Ellen Cowles aged 17, born in Calton (sic - on the original), Norfolk, single, no stated employment, and living with her widowed mother (Esther), four brothers (Charles, Edward, Henry and John) and five sisters (Alice, Ann, Emma, Harriet and Lucy) at 22 Factory Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Marriage of Ellen Cowles and Charles Skippon in FreeBMD in January-March 1873 in Mutford (4A 995).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Ellen Cowles and Charles Skippon on 19 November 1873 in Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 foe Ellen Cowles aged 20, father Stephen Cowles, and Charles Skippon on 19 February 1873 at Lowestoft, St Margaret, Suffolk. "Page 156 [...] 1873 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk. "No. 312 Charles Skippon aged 23, a Bachelor and Carpenter of Kirkley, father John Skippon, a Shoemaker, and Ellen Cowles, a Spinster of Lowestoft, father Stephen Cowles, a Dairyman. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of use William Quantrill and Emma Cowles".
In the 1881 census as Ellen Skippon aged 28, born in Catton, Norfolk, and living with her husband (Charles), son (Walter), daughter (Jessie) and brother (John Cowles) at 21 Clapham Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk. Another family shared the same address.
Death of Ellen Skippon in FreeBMD in April-June 1887 aged 34 in Mutford (4A 525).
Entry in Find a Grave for Ellen Skippon died 5 June 1887 in Suffolk, buried in Lowestoft Cemetery, Lowestoft, Waveney, Suffolk."In loving memory of/Ellen/the beloved wife of/Charles Skippon/Who died June 5 1887/aged 34 years/Boast not thyself of tomorrow".
Eighteen entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Ellen Cowles.
Ellen Cowles was my second cousin once removed.
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