Birth: 1825 St Mary, Wroxham, Norfolk, UK
Father: Abraham Cowell (Cowles) 1799-1856
Mother: Sarah Wales (Wells) c1798-1872
Christening: 27 November 1825 St Mary, Wroxham, Norfolk, UK
Marriage: Unknown
Wife: Esther (Hester) Clarke 1826-1878
Death: September 1869 Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Burial: 29 September 1869 St Margaret, Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK
Anne (Ann) Eliza Cowles [Lake] 1848-1922
Henry Cowles 1849-1911
Ellen Cowles [Skippon] 1852-1887
Charles Cowles 1854-1889
Emma Cowles [Jeffries] 1857-a1901
Edward Cowles 1859-1888
Jonny Cowles 1862-a1881
Harriet Cowles 1864-a1891
Alice Cowles 1865-a1891
Lucy Cowles 1868-a1891
Three entries in FreeReg for the baptism of Stephen Cowles at St Mary, Wroxham, Norfolk, parents Abraham, a husbandman, and Sarah Cowles in 1825 in one, the other two adding the date 27 November 1825.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1579-1935 for Stephen Cowles baptised on 27 November 1825 in Wroxham, Norfolk, parents Abraham and Sarah Cowles.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 for Stephen Cowles baptised on 27 November 1825 in Wroxham, Norfolk, parents Abraham and Sarah Cowles. "Page 16 Baptisms folemnized in the Parifh of Wroxham in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1825 [...] Nov 27th No. 126 Stephen [parents] Abraham [a] Husbandman, & Sarah Cowles [of] Wroxham".
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1579-1935 for Stephen Cowles baptised on 27 November 1825 in Wroxham, Norfolk, parents Abraham and Sarah Cowles. "Page 16 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Wroxham in the County of Norfolk in the Year 1825 [...] Nov 27th No. 126 Stephen [parents] Abraham [a] Husbandman, [and] Sarah Cowles of Wroxham".
His brother and sister were baptised on 7 October 1827 and 8 January 1832 at St Etheldreda, Norwich, and brother on 15 June 1834 at St Mary, Wroxham.
In the 1841 census as Stephen Cowles aged 15, born in Norfolk, and living with Abraham and Sarah (parents?), James (brother?) and Ann (sister?) in Bridge Road, Wroxham, Norfolk.
I cannot locate an entry for his marriage.
His daughter was baptised on 4 June 1848 and son on 3 March 1850 at St Margaret, Old Catton when he was a gardener living in Caton, the mother's name is Hester in the first and Hester Clarke in the second.
I cannot locate the family in the 1851 census or find an entry for his marriage - his wife was born in Denton, Suffolk and in the entry for the baptism of Henry her former name is given as Clarke, and her christian name is Hester in many entries, Esther in others.
His daughter was baptised 27 September 1852 in St Margaret, Catton when he was a gardener living in Caton.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 for Stephen Cowles trial 20 July 1853 in Norfolk sentence imprisonment. "City of Norwich and County of the same City Return of all Persons Committed, or Bailed to appear for Trial, or Indicted at the Summer Assizes held at the Guildhall of the said City on the 20 day of July 1853, shewing the nature of their Offences, and the result of the Proceedings [...] 5 Stephen Cowles Larceny 1 month imprisonment".
His son was born on 28 October 1854 and registered in October-December 1854, daughter was born on 16 September 1856 and registred in October-December 1856, and his son was registered July-September 1859, all births in Lowestoft, registrations in Mutford.
In the 1861 census as Stephen Cowles aged 35, born in Wroxham, Norfolk, a dairyman and living with his wife (Esther), three sons (Charles, Edward and Henry), and three daughters (Ann, Ellen and Emma) in Factory Lane, Lowestoft, Suffolk.
His son was registered in January-March 1862, and his three daughters were born 2 August 1864, and registered in July-September 1864, July-September 1865 and April-June 1868, all births in Lowestoft, registrations in Mutford.
Entry in Ancestry UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893 Stephen Cowles in 1868 in Lowestoft Polling District Page 129, Suffolk.
Death of Stephen Cowles in FreeBMD in October-December 1869 aged 44 in Mutford (4A 474).
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 for Stephen Cowles on 29 September 1869 in Lowestoft, Norfolk.
Entry in Ancestry All Norfolk, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1995 for Stephen Cowles on 29 September 1869 aged 44 at Lowestoft, St Margaret, Suffolk. "Page 190 Burials in the Parish of Lowestoft in the County of Suffolk in the Year 1869 [...] Stephen Cowles No. 1519 [of] Lowestoft [on] September 29 [aged] 44 years".
There are ten entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Stephen Cowles.
Entry in Geneanet Community Trees Index for Stephen Cowles.
Wroxham is some 7 miles NE of Norwich, Catton 2 miles north of Norwich, Denton 20 miles south of Norwich on the Suffolk border.
Stephen Cowles was my first cousin twice removed.
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