Birth: 9 March 1902 Plumstead, London, UK
Father: Edward Thomas Cowles 1868-1935
Mother: Emma Louisa Alice Payne 1874-1946
Christening: 27 May 1906 All Saints, Belvedere, Kent, UK
Marriage: April-June 1928 Billericay, Essex, UK
Husband: Henry Edward Meadows 1900-1971
Death: April-June 1942 Greenwich, London, UK
Birth of Nellie Florence A Cowles in FreeBMD in April-June 1902 in Woolwich (1D 1292).
Her sister was born 8 May 1906 and registered in April-June 1906 in Dartford.
Entry in Ancestry Bexley, Kent, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1925 for Nellie Florence Annie Cowles baptised 27 May 1906 at All Saints, Belvedere, Kent, parents Edward Thomas and Emma Louisa Alice Cowles. "Page 46 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Belvedere in the County of Kent in the Year One Thousand None Hundred and Six [...] A.A. 1906 May 27th No. 367 Nellie Florence Annie [parents] Edward Thomas, [an] Engine Oiler, & Emma Louisa Alice Cowles [of] 11 Ebenezer Terrace". Her sister Ella was baptised on the same day in the previous entry.
In the 1911 census as Nellie Florence Annie Cowles aged 4, born in Plumstead, Kent, and living with her parents (Edward Thomas and Emma Lweasia Alice), two brothers (Arthur and Edward James) and sister (Ellen Marrion) in five rooms at 49 Ripley Road, Belvedere, Kent.
Her sister was born on 10 March 1913, registered in April-June 1913 in Dartford, and baptised on 18 May 1913 at St Augustine of Canterbury, Belvedere when the family was living at 49 Ripley Road, Belvedere.
In the 1921 census as Nellie F Cowles aged 17 years 3 month, born in Plumstead, Kent, a general clerk, employed by Messrs (sic - in the index, Mr on the original) Albert Vinson of Parsonage Farm Belvedere and living with her parents (Edward J and Emma L Cowles), brother (Arthur) and two sisters (Ella M and Marion A) in five rooms at 49 Ripley Road, Belvedere, Erith, Kent.
Marriage of Nellie F A Cowles and Henry E Meadows in FreeBMD in April-June 1928 in Billericay (4A 1450).
Five entries in Ancestry All Bexley, Kent, England, Electoral Registers, 1734-1965 for Nellie Florence Annie Meadows address 142 Bedonwell Hill, Belvedere, Erith from 1929 to 1934, other occupant Michael Edward Meadows (husband?).
Her son was registered in April-June 1934 in Dartford.
Five entries in Ancestry All Bexley, Kent, England, Electoral Registers, 1734-1965 for Nellie Florence Annie Meadows addresses 142 Bedonwell Hill, Belveder, Bostall from 1937, Erith, Dartford from 1937, from 1935 to 1938, other occupant Michael Edward Meadows (husband?); and 308 Bedonwell Hill, Belveder, Bostall, Erith, Dartford in 1939, other occupant Michael Edward Meadows (husband?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Nellie F A Meadows born 9 March 1902, married, and living with Henry E Meadows (husband?) at 308 Bedonwell Road, Erith, Kent. Her son was living with his aunt Ella Marion Croucher and family at Ingledene, Churt, Surrey.
Death of Nellie F A Meadows in FreeBMD in April-June 1942 aged 40 in Greenwich (1D 759).
There are twenty one entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Nellie Florence Annie Cowles.
Nellie Florence Annie Cowles was my aunt.
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