This Gendex contains entries for the Cowles (Coulds, Couls) family, relatives of my mother and descendents of Robert Cowles who died in Kirby Cane, Norfolk in 1680. Early spellings include Coulds and Couls, and the name may have derived from Coles. The earliest Norfolk reference is a Roger Colls born about 1593 in Great Snoring (40 miles NW of Kirby Cane). Angus Palmer states that that in the Kirby Cane Parish Register from 1668 to 1718 that the spelling is Could(s) and 'The writing is absolutely clear except that every time there is a little squiggle after the "d" and its hard to tell if that is meant to be an "s" or is simply a flourish'. However from 1719 the spelling changed to Cowles.
| Name [Married] | Birth/Christening Date | Birth/Christening Location | Death/Burial Date | Death/Burial Location |
| Abraham Cowles | 7 OCT 1827 | Norwich, Norfolk, UK | Before 1841? | |
| Alice Cowles | JUL-SEP 1865 | Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK | After 1891 | |
| Amy Cowles | 29 MAY 1723 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 22 JUN 1723 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Amy Cowles | 21 JUL 1766 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 20 JUL 1767 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Anne (Ann) Cowles (Coulds) [Showdham] | 13 NOV 1712 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | After 1740 | |
| Ann Cowles | 8 JAN 1832 | Norwich, Norfolk, UK | After 1851 | |
| Ann Margaret A E Cowles [Mansfield] | JAN-MAR 1944 | Wandsworth, London, UK | After 1968 | |
| Anna (Annie) Elizabeth (Eliza) Cowles | JUL-SEP 1852 | Shotesham, Norfolk, UK | JAN-MAR 1863 | Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, UK |
| Arthur Cowles | OCT-DEC 1898 | Plumstead, London, UK | JUL-SEP 1952 | Chelmsford, Essex, UK |
| Clara Elizabeth Cowles | 23 SEP 1860 | Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, UK | After 1884 | |
| Charles Cowles | 28 MAR 1680 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 23 OCT 1755 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Charles Cowles | 5 NOV 1724 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 4 JUN 1760 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Charles Cowles | 28 SEP 1759 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| Charles Clifford Cowles | 19 DEC 1887 | Chiswick, Middlesex, UK | 23 FEB 1973 | San Diego, California, USA |
| Edith Joyce E Cowles [Munday, Smith] | 22 MAR 1936 | Mid East Surrey, UK | 18 DEC 1996 | Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK |
| Edward Cowles | JUL-SEP 1859 | Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK | 30 JAN 1888 | Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK |
| Edward Thomas Cowles | JAN-MAR 1869 | Greenwich, Kent, UK | After 1913 | |
| Edward James Cowles | 18 AUG 1895 | Plumstead, London, UK | 2 OCT 1919 | Riga, Latvia |
| Elizabeth Cowles (Coulds) | 4 DEC 1713 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| Elizabeth (Elisabeth) Cowles | 10 SEP 1727 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 28 JUN 1729 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Ella Marian (Marion) Cowles [Croucher] | 8 MAY 1906 | Belvedere, Kent, UK | 1 MAR 1951 | Haslemere/Churt, Surrey, UK |
| Ellen Mary Cowles [Friday] | JUL-SEP 1879 | South Mimms, Middlesex, UK | 8 FEB 1930 | East Preston, Sussex, UK |
| Ellen Louisa Cowles [Starkey] | 3 JUN 1882 | Haverhill, Suffolk, UK | MAY 1970 | Hailsham, Sussex, UK |
| Elsie Mary Cowles [Wrench] | After 1918 | | After 1933 | |
| Emily Jane Cowles [Davis] | 5 APR 1863 | Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, UK | After 1901 | |
| Ethel Maud Cowles | OCT-DEC 1893 | West Drayton, Middlesex, UK | JAN-MAR 1910 | Hackney, London, UK |
| Ethel Emily Cowles | JAN-MAR 1897 | Plumstead, London, UK | JAN-MAR 1911 | Dartford, Kent, UK |
| Frederick Cowles | 19 JAN 1866 | Greenwich, Kent, UK | Before 1871? | |
| Frederick Cecil Cowles | JUL-SEP 1884 | Haverhill, Suffolk, UK | APR-JUN 1909 | Edmonton, Middlesex, UK |
| Harriet Cowles | JUL-SEP 1864 | Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK | After 1891 | |
| Harry Cowles | 14 AUG 1889 | Chiswick, Middlesex, UK | After 1909 | |
| Herbert Charles Cowles | 26 SEP 1933 | Northolt, Middlesex, UK | 18 MAR 1994 | Westminster, Greater London, UK |
| Irene D Cowles | OCT-DEC 1917 | Dartford, Kent, UK | | |
| James Cowles (Coulds, Couls) | 4 MAR 1676 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| James Cowles | 25 NOV 1709 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| James Cowles | 1 FEB 1729 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | After 1766 | |
| James Cowles | 20 AUG 1764 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | Oct-Dec 1852 | Shotesham, Norfolk, UK |
| James Cowles | 1823 | Wroxham, Norfolk, UK | 1881-1891 | |
| James Cowles | 1834 | Wroxham, Norfolk, UK | OCT-DEC 1841 | Wroxham, Norfolk, UK |
| James George Cowles | JUL-SEP 1867 | Greenwich, Kent, UK | JUL-SEP 1867 | Greenwich, Kent, UK |
| Jessie Hannah Cowles [Sanders] | OCT-DEC 1887 | Barnet, Middlesex, UK | After 1926 | |
| John Cowles (Coulds) | 24 SEP 1672 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| Jonny Cowles | JAN-MAR 1862 | Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK | After 1881 | |
| Louis Edward Cowles | JUL-SEP 1884 | Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK | After 1901 | |
| Lucy Cowles | APR-JUN 1868 | Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK | After 1891 | |
| Lucy Beatrice Cowles | JUL-SEP 1887 | Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK | After 1911 | |
| Mabel F Cowles | JUL-SEP 1915 | Edmonton, Middlesex, UK | | |
| Margaret A E Cowles [Mansfield] | JAN-MAR 1944 | Wandsworth, London, UK | After 1968 | |
| Marian Annie (Babs) Cowles | 10 MAR 1913 | Belvedere, Kent, UK | 31 AUG 1990 | Rolvenden Layne, Kent, UK |
| Martha Cowles (Coulds) | 3 APR 1715 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 7 JUN 1716 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Martha Cowles (Coulds) | 9 MAR 1718 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 14 JAN 1745 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Mary Cowles (Cold, Coulds) [Sterry] | 1 AUG 1711 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 22 MAY 1774 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Mary Cowles | 23 JUL 1723 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 7 OCT 1727 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Mary Cowles | 17 FEB 1735/6 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| Mary Cowles [Buck] | 9 MAR 1761 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | JUN 1801 | Kingsley, Cheshire, UK |
| Nellie Florence A Cowles | APR-JUN 1902 | Plumstead, London, UK | NOV 1942 | UK |
| Reginald Sidney Cowles | 1 DEC 1890 | Chiswick, Middlesex, UK | OCT-DEC 1981 | Malvern, Worcestershire, UK |
| Robert Cowles (Coulds) | 15 AUG 1674 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| Robert Cowles (Coulds) | 24 NOV 1708 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 18 DEC 1708 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Robert Cowles | 3 SEP 1733 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 1 APR 1797 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Roger Cowles (Coulds, Couls) | Before 1655 | | December 1680 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Roger Cowles (Coulds) | 21 JUN 1670 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 20 MAR 1727 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Roger Cowles | 6 MAY 1722 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 14 JUN 1722 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Roger Cowles | 4 OCT 1724 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| Roger Cowles | 3 NOV 1758 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| Samuel Cowles | 4 FEB 1758 | Norwich, Norfolk, UK | | |
| Samuel Cowles | 25 JUN 1758 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| Sarah Cowles | 14 MAR 1719 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | 29 MAR 1719 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| Stephen A Cowles | OCT-DEC 1964 | Wandsworth, London, UK | | |
| Susan Cowles | 10 JUL 1737 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| Susan A Cowles | OCT-DEC 1962 | Wandsworth, London, UK | | |
| Thomas Cowles | 19 APR 1668 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| William Cowles | 6 OCT 1756 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | | |
| William Cowles | 10 OCT 1763 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK | AUG 1785 | Kirby Cane, Norfolk, UK |
| William John Cowles | 15 JAN 1853 | Beccles, Suffolk, UK | 18 APR 1906 | Tulse Hill, London, UK |
| William Albert Cowles | 10 JUN 1880 | Barnet, Hertfordshire, UK | SEP 1880 | Barnet, Hertfordshire, UK |
| William Alexander Cowles | 17 MAR 1883 | Barnet, Hertfordshire, UK | 29 OCT 1952 | Sutton Coalfield, Warwickshire, UK |
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