Birth: 30 April 1874 13 Tower Street, Southwark, Surrey, UK
Father: George William Payne 1841-1926
Mother: Frances (Fanny) Downes c1842-1877
Christening: 24 May 1874 St Mary, Lambeth, Surrey, UK
Marriage: 15 July 1894 St Nicholas, Plumstead, London, UK
Husband: Edward Thomas Cowles 1868-1935
Death: 29 June 1946 The Retreat, Great Burstead, Essex, UK
Buried: All Saints, Vange, Essex, UK
Birth of Emma Louisa A Payne in FreeBMD in April-June 1874 in St Saviour (1d 78). On a copy of the Entry of Birth No. 211 in 1874 in London Road, St Saviour, Surrey, Emma Louisa Alice Payne was born on 30 April 1874 at 13 Tower Street, Southwark, parents George William Payne, employed as a brass finisher, and Frances Payne formerly Downes. The informant was F Payne, her mother, on 8 June 1874.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 for Emma Louisa Alice Payne baptised on 24 May 1874 at St Mary, Lambeth, parents George William and Fanny Payne.
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1917 for Emma Louisa Alice Payne baptised on 24 May 1874 at Lambeth St Mary, parents George William and Fanny Payne. "Page 15 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St Mary Lambeth in the County of Surrey in the Year 1874 [...] May 24th No 119 Emma Louisa Alice d of George William, a brass finisher, and Fanny Payne of 13 Tower Street".
Her brother was born in Greenwich in late 1876, her mother died there in 1877 and her father married Sarah Jane Gill in Thanet in 1879.
In the 1881 Census as Emma L A Paine aged 6, born in Lambeth, Surrey and living with her father (George W), (step)mother (Sarah) and three brothers (Charles, Frederick and Henry J) at 38 Clyde street, Deptford St Paul, Kent.
In the 1891 census as Emma Payne aged 19, born in Plumstead, Kent, single, and a governess, and a visitor with Mabel Hargraves (aged 25, born in Timperly, Cheshire, single and a theatrical professional) and her brother (Ridley Hargraves aged 20, born in Timperly, Cheshire, single and an engineer's draughtsman) at 29 Denbigh Place, Belgrave, St George Hanover Square, London.
Marriage of Emma Louisa A Payne and Thomas Edward Cowles in FreeBMD in June-September 1894 in Woolwich (1d 1917).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Emma Louisa Alice Payne aged 20, father George William Payne, and Edward Thomas Cowles aged 26, father James Cowles, on 15 July 1894 at Plumstead St Nicholas, Greenwich. "Page 42 [...] 1894 Marriage solemnized at St Nicholas Church in the Parish of Plumstead in the County of Kent No 84 15th July 1894 Edward Thomas Cowles aged 26, a bachelor and Fireman of 141 Chesnut Road, father James Cowles (deceased) and a coachman, and Emma Louisa Alice Payne aged 20, a spinster of 141 Chesnut Road, father George William Payne, a fitter. Married in the St Nicholas Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after banns in the Presence of us George W Payne and Margaret Matilda Greengrass."
On a copy for the Entry of Birth of Edward James Cowles registered on 26 September 1895, her name is given as Emma Louisa Alice Payne and she lived at 44 Kashgar Road.
His daughter was born in Plumstead and registered in January-March 1897 in Woolwich.
His son was born on 15 October 1898 in Plumstead and registered in October-December 1898 in Woolwich.
In the 1901 census as Emma Cowles aged 26, born in Deptford, and living with her husband (Edwd), two sons (Arthur and Edwd), daughter (Ethel) and mother-in-law (Emily Cowles) at in 4 rooms at 27 Kashgar Road, Plumstead, London.
Her daughter was born on 9 March 1902 in Plumstead and registered in in April-June 1902 in Woolwich.
Her daughter was born on 8 May 1906 at 11 Ebenezer Terrace, Belvedere, Dartford, registered in April-June 1906 in Dartford, and both daughters were baptised on 27 May 1906 at All Saints, Belvedere when they were living at 11 Ebenezer Terrace.
In the 1911 census as Emma Lweasia (sic - in the index, illegible on the original) Alice Cowles aged 37, born in Lambeth, London, married for 16 years, five children, four living, one having died, and living with her husband (Edward Thomas), two sons (Arthur Edward James) and two daughters (Ellen Marrion and Nellie Florence Annie) in five rooms at 49 Ripley Road, Belvedere, Kent.
Her daughter 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, Kent, when they were living at 49 Ripley Road.
In the 1921 census as Emma L Cowles born in Deptford, London in 1874 and living in Erith, Dartford, Kent.
Her husband died at Angora, Belle Vue Drive, Vange, Essex, in 1935, and left Emma Louisa Alice Cowles widow £377 9s. (Her son Edward James served on HMS Angora in the First World War).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Emma L A Cowles born 30 April 1874, widowed and living at Angora, Belle Vue Drive, Billericay, Essex. Another family Ralph G and Elizabeth Fitt were living at the same address.
Sylvia lived with her for a time during the Second World War, and Emma stayed for a time at Ingledene after the war.
Death of Emma L A Cowles in FreeBMD in July-September 1946 aged 72 in Brentwood (4a 307).
On a copy of Entry of Death Number 160 in Billericay, Brentwood, Essex in 1946 it states Emma Louisa Alice Cowles died in 29 June 1946 at The Retreat, Great Burstead. She was 72 and widow of Edward James Cowles, a smallholder of Tolangi, Church Road, Basildon. She died of cardiac failure, a general haemorrage and arteria sclerosis. The informant was M A Cowles her daughter, living at Tolangi, and was registered on 1 July 1946.
Buried in grave 110 at Vange with her husband.
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 for Emma Louisa Alice Cowles died 29 June 1946 in Essex, probate 28 Mar 1947 in London. "Cowles Emma Louisa Alice of Tolangi Church-road Basildon, Essex widow died 29 June 1946 at The Retreat Billericay Essex Probate London 28 March to Frederick William Challis farm worker and Marion Annie Challis (wife of the said Frederick William Challis). Effects £923 6s." Marion Anne Davis was the neice of Edward Thomas Cowles.
Maureen (Curtis) Kristjanson has an entry in Ancestry Public member Trees for Emma Payne born in 1875 and her marriage to Edward Cowles in 1894 in Woolwich, Norfolk, and six children Arthur, Ella, Ethel Emily, Marion, Nellie F A and Edward James. Another entry gives her birth on 30 April 1874. There are fourteen other entries.
Emma Louisa Alice Payne was my grandmother
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