The Orys and Cook Family Tree » William Roger Cowley (1887-1947)

Personal data William Roger Cowley 

  • He was born on December 13, 1887 in Crick, Northamptonshire, England.Source 1
    Name: William Roger Cowley Year of Registration: 1887 Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec District: Rugby County: Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire Volume: 6d Page: 526

    First name(s) WILLIAM ROGER
    Last name COWLEY
    Birth year 1887
    Birth quarter 4
    Registration month -
    Mother's last name -
    District RUGBY
    County Warwickshire
    Country England
    Volume 6D
    Page 526
  • He was baptized on March 11, 1888 in Crick, Northamptonshire, England.
    Name: William Roger Cowley
    Age: 0
    Birth Date: Abt 1888
    Baptism Date: 11 Mar 1888
    Baptism Place: Crick, Northamptonshire, England
    Parish as it Appears: Crick
    Register Type: Parish Registers
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    Father: Thomas Roger Cowley
    Mother: Mary Eliza Cowley
  • Profession: in the year 1911 Gardener Domestic.Source 2
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1891: Crick, Northamptonshire, England.Source 3
      Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 2459; Folio 47; Page 1; GSU roll: 6097569.

      1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Crick, Rugby, Warwickshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Lucey Brown Head Widow Female 58 1833 Chairwoman Clifton, Warwickshire, England
      Thomas C Brown Son Single Male 13 1878 Gardener Newton, Warwickshire, England
      Thomas R Cowley Head Married Male 39 1852 Blacksmith Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      Mary E Cowley Wife Married Female 36 1855 - Islip, Oxfordshire, England
      Lilian M Cowley Daughter - Female 6 1885 Scholar Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      Emily J Cowley Daughter - Female 5 1886 Scholar Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      William R Cowley Son - Male 3 1888 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      George F Cowley Son - Male 1 1890 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
    • in the year 1901: Rugby Road, Crick, Northamptonshire.Source 4
      Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2919; Folio: 79; Page: 2.

      1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Rugby Road, Village, Crick (Northampton), Rugby, Warwickshire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
      Thomas Roger Cowley Head Married Male 49 1852 Blacksmith Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      Mary Eliza Cowley Wife Married Female 46 1855 - Euston, London, England
      Emily Jane Cowley Daughter Single Female 15 1886 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      William Roger Cowley Son Single Male 13 1888 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      George Frederick Cowley Son - Male 11 1890 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
      Alice Rebecca Cowley Daughter - Female 8 1893 - Crick, Northamptonshire, England
    • in the year 1911: Walcote Highfields Walcote Lutterworth, Misterton, Leicestershire.Source 2
      1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
      Walcote Highfields Walcote Lutterworth, Misterton, Leicestershire, England

      First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Occupation Age Birth year Birth place
      Clara Hutt Head Widow Female Farmer 46 1865 Willoughby Warwickshire
      William Hutt Son Single Male Son Working On Farm 20 1891 Rugby Warwickshire
      William Rogn Cowley Visitor Single Male Gardener Domestic 23 1888 Crick Northamptonshire
    • in the year 1939: Stanford Upon Avon Near Rugby, Daventry R.D., Northamptonshire.
      Cowley Household (4 People) Stanford Upon Avon Near Rugby , Daventry R.D., Northamptonshire, England

      First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Occupation
      William R Cowley 13 Dec 1887 Head Gardener
      Annie Cowley 29 Mar 1888 Unpaid Domestic Duties
      Bessie Alice Marriott (Cowley) 02 Dec 1914 Filament Cutter
      James W Cowley 20 Jul 1921 Joiners Apprentice
  • He died on August 17, 1947 in Stamford Upon Avon, Northamptonshire. England, he was 59 years old.
    First name(s) WILLIAM R
    Last name COWLEY
    Gender Male
    Birth day -
    Birth month -
    Birth year 1888
    Age 59
    Death quarter 3
    Death year 1947
    District DAVENTRY
    County Northamptonshire
    Volume 3B
    Page 360
    Country England
  • A child of Thomas Roger Cowley and Mary Eliza Sommerton
  • This information was last updated on January 12, 2022.

Household of William Roger Cowley

He is married to Annie Hutt.

They got married on September 5, 1911 at Misterton, Lutterworth, Leicestershire. England, he was 23 years old.

Name: William R Cowley Year of Registration: 1911 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep District: Lutterworth County: Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire Volume: 7a Page: 19

First name(s) Annie Last name Hutt Age 23 Birth year 1888 Residence Highfields, Walcote Father's first name(s) William
Father's last name Hutt Marriage year 1911 Marriage date 05 Sep 1911 Spouse's first name(s) William Roger Spouse's last name Cowley
Spouse's age 23 Spouse's residence Little Bowden, Northants Spouse's father's first name(s) Thomas Roger
Spouse's father's last name Cowley Denomination Anglican Place Misterton County Leicestershire Country England

Notes about William Roger Cowley

Children to this marriage...
Last name First name Born Died Event Record set Location
COWLEY WINIFRED A 1912 — 1912 Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England
COWLEY ELSIE C 1913 - 1913 Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England
COWLEY BESSIE A 1915 - 1915 Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England
COWLEY JAMES W B 1921 - 1921 Cheadle, Staffordshire, England
COWLEY ROBIN W 1920 - 1920 Cheadle, Staffordshire, England

Parents Thomas Roger Cowley 1852–1914 Mary Eliza Somerton 1855–1915
Siblings Lillian Mary Cowley 1884–1961 Emily Jane Cowley 1886–1969 George Frederick Cowley 1890– Alice Rebecca Cowley 1892–1977

Spouse and children Annie Hutt 1888–1961 Winifred Annie Cowley 1912–2001 Elsie Clara Cowley 1913–2001 Bessie Alice Cowley 1914–1969 Robin Cowley 1920–1920
James W B Cowley 1921–2010

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Roger Cowley

George Cowley
1826-1895
Elizabeth Haddon
1823-1912
Richard Sommerton
1830-1882
Jane Lawrence
1822-1911

William Roger Cowley
1887-1947

1911

Annie Hutt
1888-1961


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    1. From Rex Witham Genes Reunited, From Rex Witham Genes Reunited
    2. 1911 Census England, 2nd April 1911
    3. 1891 Census England, 5th April 1891
    4. 1901 Census England

    Historical events

    Birthday December 13, 1887

    • The temperature on December 13, 1887 was about 1.5 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 42 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1887: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • February 2 » In Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania the first Groundhog Day is observed.
      • February 8 » The Dawes Act authorizes the President of the United States to survey Native American tribal land and divide it into individual allotments.
      • April 28 » A week after being arrested by the Prussian Secret Police, French police inspector Guillaume Schnaebelé is released on order of William I, German Emperor, defusing a possible war.
      • June 8 » Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', which was his punched card calculator.
      • July 6 » David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, is forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which transfers much of the king's authority to the Legislature of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
      • September 5 » A fire at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, kills 186.

    Christening day March 11, 1888

    • The temperature on March 11, 1888 was about 7.4 °C. There was 15 mm of rain. The air pressure was 30 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 95%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1888: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 11 » The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
      • June 5 » The Rio de la Plata earthquake takes place.
      • August 14 » An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's "The Lost Chord", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.
      • August 31 » Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.
      • September 8 » Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
      • October 14 » Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.

    Day of marriage September 5, 1911

    • The temperature on September 5, 1911 was between 11.7 °C and 24.8 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 9.5 hours of sunshine (71%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1911: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.0 million citizens.
      • January 5 » Kappa Alpha Psi, the world's third oldest and largest black fraternity, is founded at Indiana University.
      • January 12 » The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
      • April 29 » Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
      • June 16 » IBM founded as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company in Endicott, New York.
      • August 29 » The Canadian Naval Service becomes the Royal Canadian Navy.
      • December 29 » Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.

    Day of death August 17, 1947

    • The temperature on August 17, 1947 was between 17.0 °C and 32.2 °C and averaged 24.5 °C. There was 13.2 hours of sunshine (90%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 3, 1946 to August 7, 1948 the cabinet Beel I, with Dr. L.J.M. Beel (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1947: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.5 million citizens.
      • January 1 » The Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 comes into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King becomes the first Canadian citizen.
      • March 17 » First flight of the B-45 Tornado strategic bomber.
      • July 11 » The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
      • July 19 » Prime Minister of the shadow Burmese government, Bogyoke Aung San and eight others are assassinated.
      • July 26 » Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
      • October 30 » The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
    

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