Birth: October-December 1876 Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, UK
Father: Charles White 1841-1911
Mother: Sarah Baldwin 1848-1930
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 7 January 1899 St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, Middlesex, UK
Husband: Herbert Cowles 1880-1956
Death: January-March 1954 Camberwell, London, UK
None known
Birth of Mary Ann White in FreeBMD in October-December 1876 in Kingston (2a 302).
In the 1881 census as Mary A white aged 4, born in Kingston, Surrey, and living with her parents (Charles and Sarah), two brothers (Arthur and Chas), two sisters (Emily and Kate), and two lodgers (Stephen Edmonds aged 41, born in Overton, Hampshire, married and a railway engine driver, and Tom Roberts aged 24, born in Cranbourn, Dorset, single and a railway engine stoker) at Canbury Passage 5 Queen's Place, Kingston, Surrey.
In the 1891 census as Mary A white aged 14, born in Kingston, Surrey, and living with her parents (Chas and Sarah), three brothers (Arthur, Chas, and Thos), sister (Lucy), and a boarder (Charles Read aged 16 and born in Kingston, Surrey) at 5 Queen's Place, Kingston, Surrey.
Marriage of Mary Ann White and Herbert Cowles in FreeBMD in January-March 1899 in Brentford (3a 139).
Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for Mary Ann White aged 22, father Charles White, and Herbert Cowles, father George Cowles, on 7 January 1899 at Twickenham St Mary the Virgin, Richmond upon Thames. "1899 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Twickenham in the County of Middlesex, No 84 7th Jan 1899 Herbert Cowles aged 20, a Bachelor and Coachbuilder of Amyand Pk Rd, father George Cowles, Auctioneer, and Mary Ann White, aged 22, and a Spinster of Amyand Pk Rd, father Charles White, a Coalporter. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after banns in the Presence of us Charles Holdway and Alice Ockelford."
In the 1901 census as Mary R Coles (sic - in the index, A Cowles on the original) aged 24, born in Kingston on Thames, Surrey, and living with her husband (Herbert) in two rooms at 14 Waterloo Terrace, Islington St Mary, London (address shared by two other families).
On 13 Oct 1908 her husband had a son born in Chelsea, mother Elizabeth Burberry although I can find no evidence of a marriage.
In the 1911 census as Mary Ann Cowles aged 35, born in Kingston, Surrey, married but no children, and a housekeeper living with William Daniel Whale (aged 47, born in London, widowed and a hydraulic crane man), his two sons (Alfred Martin aged 25, born in London, single and a clerk, and William Daniel aged 23, born in London, single and an engineers labourer), and two daughters (Constance Mary aged 11 and born in London, and Ellen Maria aged 18, born in London, single and a collar machinist) in six rooms at 111 Drummond Road, Bermondsey, London.
There are ten entries in Ancestry All London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Mary Ann Cowles in 1945-1953 address 4 Danville Road, St Giles, Peckham, Camberwell, Southwark. Two other families shared this address.
Death of Mary A Cowles in FreeBMD in January-March 1954 aged 77 in Camberwell (5c 299).
Mary Ann White was the wife of Herbert Cowles, my fifth cousin.
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