Birth: 1863 Stretton under Fosse, Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, UK
Father: James Cowles 1823-1881/91
Mother: Emily Adams 1826-1905
Christening: 5 April 1863 Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, UK
Marriage: 25 December 1882 East Christ Church, Greenwich, Kent, UK
Husband: Arthur Davis 1860-1921
Death: October-December 1942 Brentwood, Essex, UK
Agnes Clara Jane Davis 1884-1886
Marion Annie Davis [Challis] 1885-1980
Jennie Davis [Heavers] 1895-1980
Birth of Emily Jane Cowles in FreeBMD in January-March 1863 in Lutterworth (7a 10).
Christening of Emily Jane Cowles in the IGI on 5 April 1863 in Monks Kirby, Warwick, parents James and Emily Cowles.
The same information is in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.
Entry in Ancestry Warwickshire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1910 for Emily Jane Cowles on 5 April 1863 at Monks Kirby, parents James and Emily Cowles. "Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Monks Kirby in the County of Warwick in the Year 1863 [...] April 5th No 114 Emily Jane, parents James, a Keeper, and Emily Cowles of Stretton".
In the 1871 census as Jane Cowles aged 8, born in Shelton (sic - in the index Stretton on the original), Warwickshire, and living with her parents (James and Emily), brother (Edward), sister (Clara), and a boarder (Anna Grant aged 1 and born in Greenwich, Kent) at No 2 Ennetts Cottages, Old Woolwich Road, Greenwich, Kent.
In the 1881 census as Emily Cowles aged 18, born in Stretton, Warwickshire, and a general servant living with David W Wise (aged 40, born in Falmouth, Cornwall and an Assistant Paymaster in the Royal Navy), his wife (Harriet B Wise aged 37 and born in Plymouth, Devon), his son (Percy aged 11 and born in Plymouth, Devon), four daughters (Blanche aged 8 and born in Plymouth, Devon, Ethel aged 12 and born in Plymouth, Devon, Katie aged 6 and born in Lee, Kent, and Winifred aged 2 and born in Deptford, Kent), an adopted child/boarder (Daisy Kemp aged 5 months and born in Deptford, Kent), and another general servant (Alice Messer aged 19, single and born in Greenwich, Kent) at 63 Tressillian Rd, Deptford St Paul, Kent.
Marriage of Emily Jane Cowles and Arthur Davis in FreeBMD in October-December 1882 in Greenwich (1d 1477).
Marriage of Emily Jane Cowles aged 19, father James Cowles, and Arthur Davis aged 25, father William Davis, in the IGI on 25 December 1882 at Christ Church, Greenwich, Kent. The same information is in Ancestry All England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Emily Jane Cowles aged 19, father James Cowles, and Arthur Davis aged 25, father William Davis, on 25 December 1882 at Greenwich East Christ Church. "1882 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Christ Church Greenwich in the County of Kent. No 48 Dec 25 1882 A?r (name illegible because of a large ink drop) Davis aged 25, a Bachelor and Boilermaker of 5 Church St, father William Davis, a Labourer, and Emily Jane Cowles aged 19, a Spinster of Kingston? Terrace, father James Cowles, a Carman. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns in the Presence of us James Cowles and Clara Elizabeth Cowles".
Her first daughter was christened in Greenwich in 1884 when they were living in Longstone Terrace, and her second born in Canning Town, Essex in 1885.
In the 1891 census as Jane Davis aged 28, born in Coventry, Warwickshire, and living with her husband (Arthur), daughter (Marion) and a visitor (Mary L Parker aged 19, unemployed and born in East markham, Nottinghamshire) at 3 Crescent Road, Erith, Kent.
In the 1901 census as Emily Davis aged 38, born in Warwickshire, and living with her husband (Arthur) and two daughters (Jennie and Marion) in four rooms at 33 Crossness (there is a Lane and a Footpath), Erith, Kent.
Her daughter was born in Plumstead in 1895.
In the 1911 census as Jane Davis aged 48, born in Warwickshire, married for 28 years with three children, one having died, and living with her husband (Arthur), two daughters (Jenney and Marion) in four rooms at 33 Crossness, Abbey Wood, Kent.
Her husband died in Greenwich in 1921.
Death of Emma J Davis in FreeBMD in October-December 1942 aged 79 in Brentwood (4a 636).
There are two entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Emily Jane Cowles born in Monks Kirby, Warwickshire in 1863, parents James Cowles and Emily Adams, her marriage to Arthur Davis in Greenwich, London, and her last two daughters. Maureen Kristjanson gives her place of birth as Stretton under Fosse, Warwickshire, and her marriage in 1882.
At Stretton under Fosse which is 2 miles SE of Monks Kirby (a hamlet within the parish) is the entrance to Newbold Revel, the home of the Skipworths. Prior to their rebuilding of the house in 1716 it was owned by Sir Thomas Malory, a Knight in the Wars of the Roses, who translated the mediaeval legend of Morte d 'Arthur into English.
Emily Jane Cowles was my grandaunt.
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