Brighton and Beyond
A History of the Cowley Family
Reproduced by kind permission of The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
From Henry Coales (1754)
10 Nov 1788
3 Aug 1838
Abt 1874
Not
married
1 Feb 1917
London
Jul 1942
Saskatchewan Canada
27 Sep 1898 Leicester
Birth
line
Adopted line
Emigrated to Canada 1908
Emigrated to Canada
1917
Only a brief outline of the Coales family is currently shown on this page in order to illustrate the birth line of my mother, Joan Louise Coales / Mary Joan Louise Bagnall. More detail will be added when time permits.
Edith Annie
Windram (Ap)
b 22 Aug 1874
d 24 Feb 1946
Ernest Bertram
Henson
b Not known
d Not known
Mary Elizabeth
Gertrude Coales
b 1 Nov 1880
d 7 Jan 1962
Reginald T.
Ricketts
b 10 Jun 1886
d 3 Mar 1984
Mary Joan Louise
Coales (Bagnall)
b 2 Sep 1914
d 17 Sep 2004
Dorothy Gladys
Ricketts
b 5 May 1918
d 6 Jan 2013
Earl
Chase
b 27 Apr 1916
d 29 Nov 2004
Living
Henry
Coales
b Abt 1754
d 16 Jan 1833
Francis
Coales
b Abt 1792
d 6 Nov 1865
John
Coales
b Abt 1850
d 23 May 1916
Elizabeth
Allen
b Abt 1756
d 8 Nov 1820
Mary
Cursly
b Not known
d 12 Feb 1893
Sarah Elizabeth
Raddings
b Abt 1853
d 8 Nov 1894
Alfred James
Bagnall (Ap)
b 29 Jun 1872
d 23 Nov 1964
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Joan Louise Coales (Bagnall)
Joan Louise Coales was adopted at about one year old by Alfred James Bagnall and his wife Edith. On all subsequent documentation her name is shown as Mary Joan Louise but she was always known as Joan.
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Research notes
Alfred James Bagnall (‘Alf’) was born in Ogley Hay, Staffordshire. He was apprenticed to a draper and clothier at the age of 14 and later opened his own business, ‘Bagnall & Co.’ with his brother, Albert. He died at his home in Evington, Leicester and is buried in the churchyard of St Denys’ Church, Evington.
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Alfred James Bagnall
Research notes
Bagnall & Co.
St. Denys' Church, Evington
Living
Living