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Record #4328
Name :
: Edith Rebecca COWELL (1881 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 4 Mar 1881

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthIsle of Man, St. Anne
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 6 Jun 1892
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Sarmatian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Quarriers
NotesParents: William Henry Cowell and Elizabeth Watson / Watterson (Taylor), who married June 18, 1876 at the Parish Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle Of Man.

In 1881, the family was shown residing at No 7 Glengrenagh, St Anne, Isle of Man. At that time, family members included: William A. Cowell, 1 year of age; Catherine C. Cowell, 4; Elizabeth Cowell, 31; Elizabeth E. Cowell, 3; William Cowell, 30, agricultural labourer; step-sister, Margaret J. Taylor 12; and step-brother, William H. Taylor, 12. (Source: 1881 Census of Isle of Man, Class: RG11; Piece: 5607; Folio: 6; Page: 6; Line: ; GSU roll: 1342347.)

Elizabeth Watson Cowell died on July 3, 1890, in Nobles Hospital, Douglas, Isle Of Man.

In 1892, Edith Cowell, 12, arrived at Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 120 girls from the National Orphan Homes of Scotland, supervised by the Quarriers party from Bridge on Wier, Renfrewshire, Scotland, en route to Fairknowe Home, Brockville, Ontario, Canada.

In 1901, Edith Cowell, 20, laundress, was shown as a lodger at a boarding house or instituation in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Delia Ewpey, Matron). Her date of birth is shown as March 4, 1881, and her immigration year was not shown.

On June 1, 1911, at the Wesleyan Methodist Church, 4th Avenue, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada, a marriage was registered between Edith Rebecca Cowell, 28, cook, born to William Cowell and Elizabeth Watson; and Thomas McKenna, 27, carpenter, born to Thomas J. McKenna and Rebecca Rankin.

On October 12, 1918, at the St. Georges Home, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Thomas McKenna, 35, Superintendent of the Detention Home, born in Belfast, Ireland, died of influenza, 2 weeks duration, and lobar pneumonia, 1 week duration. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-05 23:30:35 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-19 19:52:24 /

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3082 ABEL, Walter John1869ENG, MDX, London Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
14809 ABLE, Walter1870ENG,     Aug 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Board of Guardians (Various)  
3110 ACE, David1869ENG,     Jun 1885 : Sarmatian CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
8528 ACHSEN, Charlotte1868ENG,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3114 ACHSON, Elizabeth1864IRL,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3115 ACHSON, Sarah1865IRL,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3150 ACRES, Ada1864ENG, HAM, Winchester Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Maria Rye  
3171 ADAM, Maggie1887SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
6924 ADAMS, Ann Elizabeth1867ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
25417 ADAMS, William1889SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
10339 ALEXANDER, Beatrice Carlisle1889SCT, LKS, Glasgow Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
10451 ALEXANDER, Thomas George1891ENG,    , Glasgow Camlachie Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
13506 ALLMAN, Michael Joseph1870ENG,     Jul 1887 : Sarmatian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
6925 ALLSUPP, Eliza Matty1865ENG,    , Upton on Severn Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6926 ALLSUPP, John1875ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6927 ALLSUPP, Mary Ann1872ENG, WAR Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
22779 ANCION, Henry1872ENG,     Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
25340 ANDERSON, Barbara1884SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
25372 ANDERSON, Janet1887SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
19415 ARGENT, Henry Charles1872 Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
15905 ARMSTRONG, Robert1874ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
21883 ARMSTRONG, Robert1874ENG,     Sep 1884 : Sarmatian CAN Liverpool Catholic Childrens Protective Society (now Nugent Care)  
27438 ARNOLD, George1858 Aug 1872 : Sarmatian CAN Macpherson Homes  
9593 ARUNDALE, Jessie1873ENG,     Oct 1882 : Sarmatian CAN Unknown  
6928 ASHFORD, J. Arthur1866ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6929 ASHMORE, Ellen1870ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6930 ASHMORE, Minnie1871ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
6931 ASHTON, Charles1865ENG,     Jun 1878 : Sarmatian CAN Middlemore  
19418 ATKINS, Herbert Henry1874ENG, LND, Waterloo Apr 1883 : Sarmatian CAN MacPherson Homes  
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