Brighton and Beyond
A History of the Cowley Family
Reproduced by kind permission of The Royal Pavilion and Museums, Brighton & Hove
From Charles Cowley (1828)
Ruth
Gurton
b Abt 1847
d 11 Jul 1927
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2
Charles
Cowley
b Abt 1828
d 8 Nov 1890
Jane
Temple
b Abt 1828
d 14 Nov 1859
John
Davidson
b Abt 1825
d Abt 1854
1877
London
20 Dec 1843
Victoria
Australia
Sarah Wallace
Davidson
b Abt 1845
d Abt 1874
Catherine
Davidson
b 2 Jan 1851
d Not known
2 Mar 1859
Victoria
Australia
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2
3
Emigrated to Australia in 1852 -
returned to UK in 1860
William
Davidson
b 18 Aug 1848
d 17 Mar 1913
Charles James
Cowley
b Abt 1856
d Not known
Returned to UK with father, Charles Cowley, in 1860.
Emigrated back to Australia in 1874.
William Henry Cowley
b Abt 1858
d Abt 1887
Returned to UK with father, Charles Cowley, in 1860
Frank
Cowley
b Abt 1878
d Not known
Percy Leon
Cowley
b Abt 1883
d Not known
Sophia
Hopkins
b Not known
d Abt 1876
Mary Ann
Davidson
b 21 Jul 1852
d Not known
Returned to UK with Charles Cowley in 1860
Jane Marion
Cowley
b Abt 1852
d Not known
Believed to be the same person
20 Feb 1861
London
Sophia Blanch
Cowley
b Abt 1862
d Not known
Edwin Brook
Cowley
b Abt 1864
d Not known
© Peter Cowley 2018
Page updated -
Emigrated to Australia with parents and siblings in 1841
Ernest William
Gurton
b Not known
d Not known
Click on the ‘Research notes’ link above for an explanation of this rather complicated family tree
Thanks to Christine Bown, Paul Le Gay Brereton, and Vanessa Tayler for their invaluable assistance in researching this family tree
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