Birth: 31 July 1887 Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Father: Edward Cowles 1859-1888
Mother: Mary Ann Taylor [Cooke] 1855-1934
Marriage: Not married
Death: 22 November 1976 30 Temple Close, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, UK
Cremated: 25 November 1976 Cambridgeshire, UK
None known
Birth of Lucy Beatrice Cowles in FreeBMD in July-September 1887 in Mutford (4a 918).
Her father died on 1 January 1888 in Lowestoft and her mother married Henry William Cooke in 1890.
In the 1891 census as Lucy B Cowles aged 3, born in Lowestoft, and living with her stepfather (Henry W Cooke), mother (Mary Ann), and brother (Lewis E) at 59 Edinburgh Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
In the 1901 census as Lucy B Cowles aged 14, born in Lowestoft, and living with her uncle and aunt (David and Ann E Lake), two cousins (Charles A and Herbert D), and a servant (Laura M A Curtis aged 20, born in Lowestoft, single and a domestic housemaid) at 7 Kirklee Cliff, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
Her brother died in South Africa in 1902 and she was left £2 5s 10d.
In the 1911 census as Lucy Beatrice Cowles aged 23, born in Lowestoft, Suffolk, single, mother's help and living with her widowed aunt (Ann Eliza Lake) and cousin (Charles Alvin Lake) in 9 rooms at 7 Krikley Cliff, South Lowestoft, Suffolk.
In the 1921 census as Lucy Cowles born in Lowestoft, Suffolk in 1887 and living with Ann Elizabeth and Charles Lake (aunt and cousin?) in Lowestoft, Mutford, Suffolk.
Entry in Ancestry 1939 England and Wales Register for Lucy B Cowles born 31 July 1887, single, a cook, and living with Harold and Gladys Clifford-Smith, Mary K Tighe and two others at 25 Campden Grove, Kensington, London.
Ten entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Lucy B Cowles addresses 141 Bickenham Mansions, Portman, St Marylebone, Tower Hamlets in 1945, other occupant Lilian Hilda Ryall, 25 Camden Grove, Holland, Kensington from 1946 to 1956, other occupants Harold and Gladys Clifford-Smith, Mary K Tighe to 1947, and Ann Griffin from 1949 to 1950, and 108 Northwood Road, Harefield, Uxbridge, Middlsex from 1959 to 1961, other occupant Winifred E Green.
Death of Lucy Beatrice Cowles, born on 31 July 1887, in FreeBMD in October-December 1976 in Huntingdon (9 94 in the index, 0994 on the original).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Lucy Beatrice Cowles died 22 November 1976 in Huntingdon probate 21 January 1977 in London. "Cowles, Luch Beatrice of 30 Temple Clo Huntingdon Cambs died 22 November 1976 Probate London 21 January £6925."
There are five entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Lucy Beatrice Cowles.
Lucy Beatrice Cowles was my third cousin.
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