Birth: 21 November 1887 Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, UK
Father: William John Cowles 1853-1906
Mother: Eliza Hannah Horton 1847-1921
Christening: 4 January 1888 Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire, UK
Marriage: 14 August 1918 St John the Baptist, Leytonstone, Essex, UK
Husband: Thomas Delve Sanders 1876-1931
Death: 12 October 1965 Amilcar Hotel, Rue de L'Union, Sidi Bou Said 2026, Tunis, Tunisia.
Beryl Jessie Sanders 1923-2007
Phyllis Delve Sanders [Lewthwaite] 1926-2000
Birth of Jessie Hannah Cowles in FreeBMD in October-December 1887 in Barnet (3A 214).
There is a submitted entry in the IGI for the birth of Jessie Hannah Cowles in 1887 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, parents William John Cowles and Eliza Hannah Horton.
Two entries in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for the baptism of Jessie Hannah Cowles in 1888 in one and on 4 January 1888 in the other in Chipping Barnet, Hertford, parents William John and Eliza Hannah Cowles.
Enytry in Ancestry England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 for Jessie Hannah Cowles baptised 4 January 1888 in Barnet, Hertfordshire, parents William John and Eliza Hannah Cowles.
In the 1891 census as Jessie H Cowles aged 3, born in Barnet, Middlesex, and living with her parents (William J and Eliza H), brother (William A), sister (Ellen M), grandparents (William and Ellen Cowles), a governess (Edith Gregory aged 26, born in Nassington, Northamptonshire and single), and two servants (Elizabeth F Barton aged 18 and born in Harlton, Cambridgeshire, and Fanny C Knightly aged 18 and born in Barnet, Middx) at 65 Wood Street, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire.
In the 1901 census as Jessie Hannah Cowles aged 13, born in Barnet, Hertfordshire, and living with her parents (William John and Eliza H), sister (Ellen Mary), widowed grandmother (Ellen Cowles), grandaunt (Louisa Ann Steel), and three servants (Betsey Fernia 59, born in Thornton, Fife, Scotland and employed as a sick nurse, Gertrude Hart aged 22 and born in Long Meadow, Cambridgeshire, and Rose Sillett aged 19 and born in Bury, Suffolk, all single) at 65 Wood Street, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire.
Her father died on 18 April 1906 at 142b Norwood Road, Tulse Hill.
In the 1911 census as Jessie Hannah Cowles aged 23, born in Barnet, Middlesex, single, an assistant school teacher, and living with her widowed mother (Eliza Hannah), brother (William Alexander), and a boarder (Arthur Edward Grant aged 40, born in Hackney, Middlesex, single and a book binder) in eight rooms at 55 Fillebrook Road, Leytonstone, Essex.
Marriage of Jessie H Cowles and Thomas D Sanders in FreeBMD in July-September 1918 in W Ham (4A 202).
Entry in Ancestry Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1935 for Jessie Hannah Cowles aged 30, father William John Cowles, and Thomas Delve Sanders on 14 August 1918 at Leytonstone, St John the Baptist.
In the 1921 census for Jessie Hannah Sanders born in Barnet, Hertfordshire in 1887, and living with Thomas Delve Sanders (husband?) and Elizabeth Predmore (born in Stepney, London in 1876) in Buckhurst Hill, Epping, Essex.
Her two daughters were born on 18 August 1923 and registered in July-September 1923, and born 23 June 1926 and registered in July-September 1826, both in Epping.
Her husband died on 7 April 1931 at Buckhurst Hill, Essex.
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Jessie H Sanders born 21 October 1887, widowed, and living with Beryl J Sanders (daughter?), Ivy R M Archer (born 10 August 1920, single and in domestic service) and two others (daughter?) at The Cedars, Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire.
Entry in Ancestry UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Jessoe (sic - on the typed original) Hannah Sanders born 21 November 1887, address The Cedars, Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, single, arrived London on 6 June 1958 on Warwick Castle, Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd, first class from Mombasa.
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 for Jessie Hannah Sanders born 21 November 1887, single, a housewife, address The Cedars, Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, departed London on 13 October 1959 for Mombasa, Kenya on the Uganda, British India Steam Navigation Company, Limited, first class.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Jessie Hannah Sanders died 12 October 1965 in Warwick, Warwickshire, probate Birmingham 9 March 1966. "Sanders Jessie Hannah of 1 Cedarwood Four Oaks Road Sutton Coldfield Warwickshire died 12 October 1965 at Amilcar near Tunis Probate Birmingham 9 March to Beryl Jessie Sanders spinster and Phyllis Delve Lewthwaite married woman. £9158". I assume this refers to the Amilcar Hotel, Rue de L'Union, Sidi Bou Said 2026 Tunisia, could refer to Plage d'Amilcar near Carthage.
There are thirty five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Jessie Hannah Cowles.
An email states "Jessie Hannah Cowles. (In 1956 residing at the Cedars, Rectory Road, Sutton Coldfield, Warwks). Born 1887 at Barnet, Herts. She married 14th August, 1918 Thomas Delve Sanders. He was born 1875 and died 7th April, 1931 age 65 years at Buckhurst Hill, Essex where he was living with his family. Jessie Hannah and Thomas Delve Sanders had two daughters, Beryl J. born in 1923 and Phyllis D. born 1926.
Ken Phillips has an entry for Jessie Hannah Cowles.
Entry in Geneanet Community Trees Index for Jessie Hannah Cowles.
Jessie Hannah Cowles was my fifth cousin.
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