Brighton and Beyond
A History of the Cowley Family
Reproduced by kind permission of The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
1875
Brighton
Abt 1889 Brighton
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From Charles Henry Cowley (1854)
1944
1919
Reigate
Thanks to Su & Paul Cowley for their assistance with the family tree data and for supplying the photographs on this page
Ernest
Cowley
b Abt 1879
d Not known
Willie Harold
Cowley
b Abt 1880
d 1955
Walter Frederick
Cowley
b Abt 1888
d 8 Oct 1960
Walter J.
Cowley
b Abt 1920
d Not known
Mabel M.
Cowley
b Abt 1884
d 1962
Lillian
Glenister
b Not known
d Not known
Myrtle O.
Ellis
b Not known
d Not known
Elsie Jane
Cowley
b Abt 1883
d Not known
Amelia
Cowley
b Abt 1877
d Not known
Living
Sophia Jane
Randell
b Abt 1848
d 4 Jun 1916
Sarah Ann
Randell
b Abt 1852
d 16 Dec 1888
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Charles Henry
Cowley
b 27 Mar 1854
d 21 May 1928
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Walter Frederick Cowley
Walter Frederick Cowley was the youngest son of Charles Henry Cowley. In the 1911 census he is listed as an ‘Engineer millwright’.
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Walter Frederick and wife Lillian (nee Glenister)
Walter Frederick Cowley (R) with brothers Willie Harold (L) and Ernest
Charles Henry Cowley
Although Charles Henry descends from the farming side of the Cowley family, it seems that he did not follow in his father’s occupation. In the 1871 census he is listed as ‘driving a milk van’, but in later censuses he is variously a ‘greengrocer’ and ‘printer’s book keeper ‘.
Charles Henry Cowley
Date unknown
Family group at Ovingdean Grange
Charles Henry Cowley -
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