Birth: 1817 Wroxham, Norfolk, UK
Father: James Cowles (Cowell, Cowls) 1764-1852
Mother: Susan (Susanna) Scott 1778-1855
Christening: 27 April 1817 Wroxham, Norfolk UK
Marriage: 28 October 1838 St Mary, Shotesham, Norfolk, UK
Husband: Jeremiah Martins c1815-1882
Death: August 1876 Sotesham, Norfolk, UK
Burial: 9 August 1876 St Mary, Shotesham, Norfolk, UK
Jeremiah Martins 1840-a1851
Edward Martins 1842-1936
Abraham Martins (Martin) 1844-1913
James Martins (Martin) 1846-a1911
Eliza Martins 1848-a1861
Emma Martins [Minns] 1851-1906
William Martins 1853-1935
Mary Ann Martins 1855-1857
Henry Walter Martins 1857-1938
Mary Ann (Anne) Martins [English] 1860-1932
Two entries in Ancestry All England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Emily Cowell baptised 27 April 1817 in Wroxham, Norfolk, parents James and Susanna Cowell.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for Emily Cowell baptised 27 April 1817 in Wroxham, parents James and Susanna Cowell.
Entry in Ancestry All Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for Emily Cowell baptised 27 April 1817 in Wroxham, parents James and Susanna Cowell. "Wroxham 1817 Page 5 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Wroxham in the County of Norfolk in the Year one thousand, eight hundred, and 17 [...] April 27th No. 41 Emily Daugther of James Cowell, a Black Smith, and Susanna Cowell of Wroxham."
Entry in Ancestry All Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 for Emily Cowell baptised 27 April 1817 in Wroxham, parents James and Susanna Cowell. "Page 6 Baptisms solemnized in the Parifh of Wroxham in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1817 1817 April 27th No. 41 Emily Daugther of James Cowell, a Black Smith, and Susanna Cowell of Wroxham."
Her brother was born in Wroxham in 1823.
Marriage of Emily Cowles and Jeremiah Martins in FreeBMD in October-December 1838 in Henstead (13 451).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 for Emily Cowles and Jeremiah Martins on 28 October 1838 at Shottesham-St. Mary, Norfolk.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940 for Emily Cowles and Jeremiah Martins on 28 October 1839 (sic) at Shotesham St Mary and St Botoph with St. Martin. "Page [blank] The Year 1838 1839 No [blank] Banns of Marriage between Jeremiah Martins Bachelor and Emily Cowles Spinster both of this parish Were published on the three Sundays underwritten: 1st Time, Sunday, October 14th [...] 2d Time, Sunday, Do. 21 [...] 3d Time, Sunday, Do 28".
Her son was born in Newton Flotman in 1840.
I cannot locate the family in the 1841 census.
In the 1851 census as Emily Martins aged 33, born in Shotesham, Norfolk, and living with her husband (Jeremiah), four sons (Abraham, Edward, James and Jeremiah), two daughters (Eliza and Emma) and a servant (Eliza Adams aged 27, born in Newton Flotman and single) in Park, Newton Flotman, Norfolk.
In the 1861 census as Emily Martins aged 44, born in Wroxham, Norfolk, and living with her husband (Jeremiah), two sons (Henry Walter and William) and three daughters (Eliza, Emma and Mary Ann) in Newton Flotman, Norfolk.
In the 1871 census as Emily Martins aged 54, born in Wroxham, Norfolk, and living with her husand (Jeremiah), three sons (Abraham, Henry W and William), and daughter (Maryann) in Dogs Kennell, Shottesham St Mary, Norfolk.
Death of Emily Martins in FreeBMD in July-September 1876 aged 59 in Henstead (4b 133).
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for Emily Martins buried on 9 August 1876 at Shotesham, St. Mary.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for Emily Martine (sic) buried on 9 August 1876 aged 59 at Shotesham, St. Mary. "Page 30 Burials in the Parish of Shotesham St Mary in the County of Norfolk in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy Six [...] Emily Martins No. 234 of Shotesham St Mary in August 9 aged 59".
Wroxham is 6 miles NE of Norwich and Shotesham 8 miles south, with Newton Flotman to its east on A140.
Emily Cowell was my great grandaunt.
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