Birth: 23 October 1849 Old Catton, Norfolk, UK
Father: Stephen Cowles 1825-1869
Mother: Esther Clarke 1826-1878
Christening: 3 March 1850 St Margaret Old Catton, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: April-June 1873 Holywell, Oxfordshire, UK
Wife: Ellen Farrant 1848-1914
Death: 5 November 1911 Caledonia Springs, Caledonia, Ontario, Canada
Buried: Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alfred George Cowles 1877-1913
Lucy Esther Cowles [Stanley] 1883-1951
Birth of Henry Cowles in FreeBMD in October-Cember 1849 in St Faith (13 108).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Henry Cowles baptised 3 March 1850 in Catton, Norfolk, parents Stephen and Hester Clarke Cowles.
Two entries in FreeReg for the baptism of Henry Cowles on 3 March 1850 at St Margaret, Old Catton, Norfolk, parents Stephen, a gardener, and Hester Clarke Cowles, of Catton in one.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for Henry Cowles Christened 3 March 1850 in Catton, Norfolk, parents Stephen and Hester Clarke Cowles.Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for Henry Cowles baptised 3 March 1850 in Old Catton, Norfolk, parents Stephen and Hester Cowles. "Page 90 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Catton in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1850 [...] 1850 March 3 No. 717 Henry Son of Stephen [a] Gardener, and Hester Cowles (late Clark) of Catton".
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1922 for Henry Cowles baptised 3 March 1850 in Old Catton, Norfolk, parents Stephen and Hester Cowles. "Page 90 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Catton in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1850 [...] 1850 March 3 No. 717 Henry Son of Stephen [a] Gardener, and Hester Cowles (late Clark) of Catton".
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for Henry Cowles baptised 3 March 1850 in Catton, Norfolk, parents Stephen and Hester Clarke Cowles.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for Henry Cowles baptised 3 March 1850 in Catton, Norfolk, parents Stephen and Hester Cowles. "Page [blank] Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Catton in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1850 [...] 1850 March 3 No. 717 Henry Son of Stephen [a] Gardener & Hester Cowles (late Clark) [of] Catton".
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 for Henry Cowles baptised 3 March 1850 in Old Catton, Norfolk, parents Stephen and Hester Cowles. "Page 90 Baptisms folemnized in the Parifh of Catton in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1850 [...] 1850 March 3 No. 717 Henry Son of Stephen[a] Gardener & Hester Cowles (late Clark) [of] Catton".
His sister was baptised on 27 September 1852 in Catton, and his brother was born in in 1854, sister in 1857 and brother in 1859, all in Lowestoft.
In the 1861 census as Henry Cowles aged 11, born in Catton, Norfolk, and living with his parents (Stephen and Esther), two brothers (Edward and Charles) and three sisters (Ann, Ellen and Emma) in Factory Lane. Lowestoft, Suffolk.
His brother was born in 1862, his sister in 1864, his sister was baptised 1 Octiber 1865, and another sister was born in 1868, all in Lowestoft, and his father died in Lowestoft in 1869.
In the 1871 census as Henry Cowles aged 21, born in Calton (sic - in the index, Catton on the original), Norfolk, single, no stated employment, and living with his widowed mother (Esther), three brothers (Charles, Edward and John) and six sisters (Alice, Ann,Ellen, Emma, Harriet and Lucy) at 22 Factory Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
His mother died on 24 October 1878 in Lowestoft.
Entry in Ancestry Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 for the marriage banns of Henry Cowles and Ellen Farrant on 4 May 1873 at Oxford, St Cross (Holywell). "Page 132 THe Year 1873 No. 261 Banns of Marriage between Henry Cowles Bachelor Lowestoft and Ellen Farrant Spinster Holywell 1st Time, Sunday, April 20 [...] 2nd Time, Sunday April 27 [...] 3rd Time, Sunday May 4."
Marriage of Henry Cowles and Ellen Farrant in FreeBMD in April-June 1873 in Oxford (3A 923).
Entry in Ancestry Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 for the marriage of Henry Cowles of full age, father Stephen Cowles, and Ellen Farrant on 7 May 1873 at Oxford, St Cross (Holywell). "Page 113 1873. Marriage solemnized at Oxford in the Parish of Holywell in the County of Oxford. [No.] 225 May 7th Henry Cowles of full age, a Bachelor and Farmer of Lowestoft, father Stephen Cowles, a Farmer, and Ellen Farrant of full age, a Spinster of Holywell, father James Alexander Farrant, a Gardener. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns [...] in the Presence of us Mary Farrant and Henry Farrant".
His son was born in Waterloo, La Haute-Yamaska, Quebec, Canada in 1877.
Entry in Ancestry All Quebec, Canada, Notarial Records, 1637-1935 for Henry Cowles sale in Bedford 3 December 1880.
In the 1881 census as Henry Coules (sic - in the index, Cowles on the original), a gardener, and living with his wife (Ellen) and son (Alfred George) in Waterloo, Shefford, Quebec.
His daughter was born in Vermont, USA in 1883.
Entry in Ancestry Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 for Henry Cowles aged 34 arriving 14 April 1884 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the Circassian from Liverpool bound for Montreal, accompanied by Ellen (wife?), Alfred (son?) and Luey (daughter?).
Entry in Ancestry Canadian Immigrant Records, Part One for Henry Cowles aged 34 arriving Port of Halifax on the Circassian in 1884.
In the 1891 census as Henry Cowles aged 39, born in England, parents born in England, an agent Grand Hotel and living with his wife (Helen), son Alfred) and daughter (Lucy) in Caledonia, Prescott, Ontario.
Entry in Ancestry Canada, City and Area Directories, 1819-1906 for Henry Cowles living in Caledonia Springs, Caledonia, Carleton, Ontario in 1894.
In the 1901 census as Henrey (sic) Cowles aged 50, born on 23 October 1850 in England, immigrated in 1871, Candian, a farm foreman working 12 months earning 500 and living with his wife (Ellen) and daughter (Laury E) in Caledonia Springs, Caledonia, Prescott, Ontario.
In the 1911 census as Henry Cowles aged 62, born in England in October 1848, parents born in England, immigrated in 1876, an agriculturalist on a farm, employed for 52 weeks, 40 hours per week, earnings 500, life insurance 2500and living with his wife (Ellen) and daughter (Lucy) in Caledonia, Prescott, Ontario.
Entry in Ancestry Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1946 for Henry Cowles, born 23 October 1849 in Toroestoft (sic - in the index, Lowestoft on the original), England, parents Stephen Cowles born in Lowestoft, England, and Ester Clark born in Lowestoft, a farmer, died on 5 November 1911 aged 62 in Caledonia Springs, Caledonia, Prescott of Hodgkins Disease for three years and general asthenia, certified by Lucy E Cowles of Caledonia Springs on 5 November 1911.
Entry in Ancestry Ottawa, Canada, Beechwood Cemetery Registers, 1873-1990 for Henry Cowles born in Enland, parents Stephen and Ester Cowles, a farmer, and died 5 November 1911 aged 62 at Caledonia Springs of Hodgkins Disease.
Entry in FindaGrave for Henry Cowles born in 1849, spouse Ellen Farrant, died in 1911 and buried in Beechwood Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
There are twelve entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Henry Cowles.
Entry in Geneanet Community Trees Index for Henry Cowles.
Henry Cowles was my second cousin once removed.
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