Birth: 13 October 1917 Dartford, Kent, UK
Father: Reginald Sidney Cowles 1890-1981
Mother: Mabel Constance Fryer 1893-1976
Christening: 28 December 1917 St Matthew, Enfield, Middlesex, UK
Marriage: January-March 1940 Hendon, Middlesex, UK
Husband: Charles Sidney James 1916-1944
Marriage: April-June 1946 Watford, Hertfordshire, UK
Husband: Raymond Leslie Clark 1898-1977
Death: 23 December 2007
By Charles
Andrew P James 1943
By Raymond
Lesley D Clark 1947
Geoffrey R Clark 1951
Birth of Irene M Cowles, mother's maiden name Fryer in FreeBMD in October-December 1917 in Dartford (2a 817).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 for Irene Maud Cowles born 13 October 1917 baptised 28 December 1917 at St Matthew, Enfield, parents Reginald Sidney and Mabel Constance Cowles.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Irene Maud Cowles address 89 Northumberland Road, North Harrow in 1939 - a family of five with the surname Gannicott were living at the same address.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Irene M changed to Irene M James which has overwritten Cowles, born 13 October 1917 single, a railway clerk, and living at 89 Northumberland Road, Harrow, Middlesex. A family of five with the surname Gannicott were living at the same address.
Marriage of Irene M Cowles and Charles S James in FreeBMD in January-March 1940 in Hendon (3a 1731).
Her husband died in Italy in 1944 when she was living at Croxley Green, Hertfordshire.
Marriage of Irene M James and Raymond L Clark in FreeBMD in April-June 1946 in Watford (3a 3409).
Her two children were born in Watford in 1947 and 1951.
Her husband died in Upton on Severn on 9 January 1977.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Electoral Registers, 2003-2010 for Mrs Irene M Clark address 41 Old Street, Upton-Upon-Severn WR8 0HN, Worcester, Worcestershire from 2003 to 2006.
Entry in 192.com for Irene M Clark in the Electoral Roll 2002-06 living in Worcester, Hereford And Worcester WR8.
Maureen Kristjanson has two entries in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Irene M Cowles born about 1917 in Dartford, parents Reginald Sidney Cowles and Mabel C Fryer. She also has an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Irene M Cowles, parents Reginald Sidney Cowles and Mabel Constance Fryer, her marriage to Raymond Leslie Clark, and her death on 23 December 2007. There is also an entry for Irene M Cowles married to Charles Sidney James.
Information from an email: Reginald Sidney Cowles born 1891 at Chiswick, lived at one time at Edmonton; he married Mabel Fryer and had daughters Mabel C. Cowles in 1915 and Irene M. Cowles in 1917.
Irene Maud Cowles was my fifth cousin once removed.
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