• Do you love Genealogy? Why not write for us? we're looking for volunteers to write articles for Family history. Please contact us for further information.

COWIE family

DaveHam9

Loyal Member
Staff member
Moderator
Posts
82,650
Likes
1,311
Location
Sydney
#1
1841
Parish: Bebington
Hundred: Wirrall
County: Cheshire
Registration District: Wirral
Sub-RD: Birkenhead
Address: Holt Hill
Henry Cowie 23 Tobacco broker
Ruth Cowie 25
Anne Redfern 19
none b.i.c.

1851
Civil Parish: Claughton
EP: Bidston
County: Cheshire
Registration District: Wirral Street
Sub-RD: Woodchurch
ED: 26
Address: Fir Grove
Henry Cowie 32 Ship Broker Kingston upon Hull ?
Ruth Cowie 34 Crakehall Yorks.
Bessie Gill 19 Niece Kirby
Harriet E Cowie 10
Marie C Cowie 8
Henry H Cowie 3
Annie Cowie 1
Mary Sprout 24 Servant Ulverston Lancs.
All children born Tranmere


I'd like the census ref please and any other details missing from the above transcriptions.

Thanks,

Dave
 

horse

Loyal Member
Posts
29,075
Likes
995
Location
Yorkshire
#2
Not found in 1841 yet...

1851
Ref: Piece: 2174; Folio: 212; Page: 35

Henry Cowie
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1818
Birth Place: Hull, York, England
Father: John Cowie
Mother: Sarah Cowie
FHL Film Number: 828132
Reference ID: RG4/3388 p114

Geoff

Edit:
Henry Cowie
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1818
Baptism Date: 21 Jul 1818
Baptism Place: Fish Street Independent,Kingston Upon Hull,York,England
Father: John Cowie
Mother: Sarah
FHL Film Number: 0828132 [RG4 3388]
 

DaveHam9

Loyal Member
Staff member
Moderator
Posts
82,650
Likes
1,311
Location
Sydney
#4
Thanks Geoff.

Odds and ends for now. I'll get back to the rest of the 'H' tomorrow.

Dave
 

horse

Loyal Member
Posts
29,075
Likes
995
Location
Yorkshire
#5
He got around a bit in the early years..

Marriages Q1 1840
COWIE Henry
DIXON Frances
EDINSON Elizabeth
HERRING Margaret
HUTCHINSON Ruth
Sunderland
24 229

Geoff
 

DaveHam9

Loyal Member
Staff member
Moderator
Posts
82,650
Likes
1,311
Location
Sydney
#7
Yeah. Another NC.

Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), Friday, April 10, 1840; Issue 1447.
Marriage notice
On Tuesday, the 31st ult., at Bethel Chapel, Villiers-street, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Mr. Henry Cowie, of this town, to Miss Ruth Hutchinson, of Bishopwearmouth.
 

DaveHam9

Loyal Member
Staff member
Moderator
Posts
82,650
Likes
1,311
Location
Sydney
#8
This is curious:

Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885
COWIE Henry
d: 10.5.1881 Semaphore SA
arr: 1853 GOMELZA
Occ: Insurance Company Director
res: Norwood, Semaphore ccl: Cong
m: unknown
ch: Harriett Ellen BRUCE (1841-1891), Maria Groom ANTHONY (1843-1865),
Henry Hutchinson (1847-1897), Annie Eliz (1849-1891), Alfred Wm (1856-), Ruth Marion (1859-)

arrival: Gomelza
Origin: Liverpool 1853 Feb 15
Destination: Adelaide 1853 May 21

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) - Monday 23 May 1853 p.2
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.
Saturday, May 21.-The ship 'Gomelza', 528 tons, (Crawford
master, from Liverpool 15th February. Passengers -Rev. ... H. Cowie and family, ...

Ruth returned to England before Henry's death. 1881 census 3 April.

1881
RG11 Piece 4871 Folio 83 Page 11
Crakehall, Yorkshire (North Riding)
Address: Crakehall
Jane Thomas Head F 66 Hackforth Yorkshire
Ruth Cowie Lodger Mar F 63 Annuitant Crakehall Yorkshire

Deaths Jun Qtr 1882
Cowie Ruth 66 Bedale 9d 405

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) - Wednesday 9 August 1882 p.4
DEATHS
COWIE.-On the 21st June, at Crakehall, Yorkshire, England, Ruth, widow of the late Henry Cowie, of Adelaide, aged 66 years.


Any burial or probate record thanks?
 

horse

Loyal Member
Posts
29,075
Likes
995
Location
Yorkshire
#9
This is curious:

Biographical Index of South Australians 1836-1885
COWIE Henry
d: 10.5.1881 Semaphore SA
arr: 1853 GOMELZA
Occ: Insurance Company Director
res: Norwood, Semaphore ccl: Cong
m: unknown
ch: Harriett Ellen BRUCE (1841-1891), Maria Groom ANTHONY (1843-1865),
Henry Hutchinson (1847-1897), Annie Eliz (1849-1891), Alfred Wm (1856-), Ruth Marion (1859-)

arrival: Gomelza
Origin: Liverpool 1853 Feb 15
Destination: Adelaide 1853 May 21

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) - Monday 23 May 1853 p.2
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.
Saturday, May 21.-The ship 'Gomelza', 528 tons, (Crawford
master, from Liverpool 15th February. Passengers -Rev. ... H. Cowie and family, ...

Ruth returned to England before Henry's death. 1881 census 3 April.

1881
RG11 Piece 4871 Folio 83 Page 11
Crakehall, Yorkshire (North Riding)
Address: Crakehall
Jane Thomas Head F 66 Hackforth Yorkshire
Ruth Cowie Lodger Mar F 63 Annuitant Crakehall Yorkshire

Deaths Jun Qtr 1882
Cowie Ruth 66 Bedale 9d 405

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) - Wednesday 9 August 1882 p.4
DEATHS
COWIE.-On the 21st June, at Crakehall, Yorkshire, England, Ruth, widow of the late Henry Cowie, of Adelaide, aged 66 years.


Any burial or probate record thanks?
That is odd that she returned before Henry died, maybe she was ill or a close relative in England was.

No probate, but there is a burial..

24 Jun 1882
Ruth COWIE
66
Yorkshire North Riding
Hornby [nr Bedale], St Mary

Geoff
 

DaveHam9

Loyal Member
Staff member
Moderator
Posts
82,650
Likes
1,311
Location
Sydney
#10
Thanks Geoff.

The bio is correct:

Death
Henry COWIE
Date: 1881-05-10
Age: 66y
Status: N
Relative: (not recorded)
Residence: Semaphore
Death Place: Semaphore
District Code: PtA
Symbol:
Book: 111
Page: 64
Cross Reference:
 

Similar threads

Top