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     Arthur Wellesley Cowley was born in 1876 in Gundagai, New South Wales. He was the son of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
Arthur Wellesley Cowley married Emily Harriet Grace Soper in 1903 in Queensland.
     Arthur died in 1955 in Queensland.

     Cecil Francis Cowley was born in 1903 in Queensland. He was the son of Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Black.
     Cecil died on 21 January 1951 in Higaturu, Papua New Guinea. On Sunday 21 January 1951 Mt Lamington exploded, killing more than 3,500 Orokaivan people in 29 villages and 35 expatriates stationed at Martyrs' Memorial School, Sangara Anglican Mission and Higaturu Government Station. He was the District Commissioner.
COWLEY Cecil Francis -January 21 1951 at Higaturu beloved son of the late Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Cowley beloved husband of Amalia and loving father of Erl (deceased) and Pamela and loved brother of Maurice and Marjorie aged 48 years.
COWLEY Erl Lewis Franceschi - January 21 1951 at Higaturu beloved son of Cecil (deceased) and Amalia, loved grandson of Isabel Cowley loved brother of Pamela, aged 16 years.
The Papua New Guinea Asoociation's website reports his wife's death: Amalia COWLEY (11 April 1998, aged 93): Amalia Cowley was the wife of Cecil Cowley (deceased), mother of Erl (deceased) and daughter Pamela. She is survived by Pamela, son-in-law Gerry and three grandchildren. Pamela Virtue
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     Claud Erroll Cowley was born in 1896 in Queensland. He was the son of Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Black.
     Claud Erroll Cowley served in the War between 1914 and 1917. The AIF ADFA website records: Erroll Claude Cowley - Regimental number135; School: Ingham and Nambour State Schools and Gatton College, Queensland; Protestant; Occupation: Experimentalist; Address - College, Gatton, Queensland; Single; Age at embarkation: 19, Next of kin     Father, Louis Jesse Cowley, 'Lorne,' Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills, New South Wales; Previous military service: Citizens Forces and Cadets; Enlistment date 22 August 1914; Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll:     22 September 1914; Rank on enlistment     Private; Unit name     2nd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron; AWM Embarkation Roll number:10/7/1;
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A15 Star of England on 24 September 1914; Rank from Nominal Roll     Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll: 2nd Light Horse Regiment; Killed in Action 9 January 1917; Place of death or wounding     Rapa, Palestine; Age at death 20.9; Age at death from cemetery records: 21; Place of burial: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 197), Egypt; Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial: 3; Miscellaneous information from cemetery records     Parents: Lewis and Isabel COWLEY, Baulkham Hills, New South Wales. Native of Ingham, Queensland.
     Claud died in 1919 in Egypt. The death was registered in 1922 in Queensland.

     Erl? Cowley was the son of Cecil Francis Cowley.
     Erl? died on 21 January 1951 in Higaturu, Papua New Guinea.

     Ethel May Cowley (Potter) was born in 1878 in Gundagai, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
     Ethel died in 1957.

     Francis Percival Cowley was born in 1905. He was the son of Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriet Grace Soper.
     Francis died in 1985.

     Frank Cowley was born on 25 November 1849 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire. He was the son of William Cowley and Marianne Mayor. See http://www.sydneyarchives.info/essays-a-histories/26-jesse-cowleyfor more information on this family.
Frank Cowley married Kate Isobel Phillips, daughter of William Thomas Phillips and Mary Anne Lyons, on 17 August 1871 in the Presbyterian Manse, Brisbane, Queensland. Her marriage certificate stated that she was the daughter of William Phillips, gentleman, and born in Sydney. There was a correction in the margin, signed by Frank Cowley, stating that she was born at Bona Vista, Paterson River district.
Dell Cowley states that Frank Cowley apparently left Kate Isobel in the late 1880s.
     Frank died in 1907? In Springwood district, New South Wales. Son of Jesse & Ann therefore not the right age, this is probably the Frank C who was born in 1872 in the Paddington district.

     Grace Evelyn Cowley (MacCombe) was born in 1880 in Cootamundra, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.

     Jeanette Isoline Cowley was born in 1874 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
     Jeanette died in 1953 in Chatswood district, New South Wales. She never married.

     Jesse Cowley was born circa 1837 in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of Unknown Cowley.
Jesse Cowley married Ann Clara Fisher in 1858 in Sydney, New South Wales.
     Jesse died in November 1909 in Sydney, New South Wales.

     John Peace Mornington Cowley was born in 1882 in Albury, New South Wales. He was the son of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
     John died in 1913 in Queensland. He never married.

     Lewis Jesse Cowley was born in 1866 in Sydney, New South Wales. See http://www.sydneyarchives.info/essays-a-histories/26-jesse-cowley for more information on this family. He was the son of Jesse Cowley and Ann Clara Fisher.
Lewis Jesse Cowley married Isabel Black, daughter of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies, on 24 January 1893 in St John's, Brisbane, Queensland. COWLEY-HUME BLACK - On the 21th January, at St John's Pro Cathedral, Brisbane, by the Rev. A E David, Chaplain to the Bishop, Lewis Jesse, eldest son of Jesse Cowley, of Fairford, Sydney, to Isabel, fourth daughter of the Hon M Hume Black, MLA, of Mackay No cards. Her sister married on the same day.
He was mentioned in a newspaper account in 1924 and his death was registered in that year.
     Lewis died on 14 April 1924 in 'Loretto', Seymour St, Drummoyne, New South Wales.

     Lucy Cowley was born in 1850. She was the daughter of Unknown Cowley.

     Marian died in 1885. She was born in 1885. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.

     Marjorie Helena Cowley was born in 1906 in Queensland. She was the daughter of Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Black.
     Marjorie resided at Sydney, New South Wales, 1951.

     Maurice Alfred Cowley was also known as Morris in records. He was born in 1894 in Queensland. He was the son of Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Black.
     Maurice resided at Sydney, New South Wales, 1951.
     Maurice died in 1980 in New South Wales.

     Mervyn Cecil Cowley was born in 1913. He was the son of Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriet Grace Soper.
     Mervyn died in 1945 in Sandakan, Borneo. He died in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp at Sandakan.

     Olive Ivy Cowley (Cottee) was born in 1883 in Cootamundra, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
     Olive died in 1969.

     Sarah Eagles Cowley was born in 1795 in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England.
Sarah Eagles Cowley married Thomas Bowker J.P., Squire, son of Samuel Harris Bowker and Catherine Goodman, on 28 July 1827 in Winslow, Buckinghamshire.
     Sarah died on 1 May 1848 in the Manor House, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. The burial register stated that she was aged 44 and The Times said she was in her 44th year. The Norfolk chronicle on 6 May 1848 reported: On the 1st inst, at Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, in her 44th years, Mrs Sarah Eagles Bowker, wife of Thomas Bower, Esq, leaving nine children to lament the loss of an afffectionate mother. She was buried on 6 May 1848 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.

     Melior Cowlinge married William Godolphin, son of Alexander Godolphin and Marion Tremrow. Melior Cowlinge was born in Trewarnan, Cornwall. She was the daughter of John Cowlinge.

     (?) Cox married Florence Estelle Handy, daughter of Samuel Wesley Handy and Amelie Vautrin.

     Ann Cox was born circa 1781 in Devon, England.
Ann Cox married John Ruby, son of Thomas Ruby and Mary Rowe, on 15 June 1812 in Stoke Damerel, Devonport, Plymouth, Devon. The only marriage found so far is to Ann Cox in June 1812 in Stoke Damerel. Which John needs confirmation..
     Ann Cox and John Ruby were recorded on the 1841 census in Sampford Courtenay, Devon.
     Ann's death was registered in the quarter ending before 15 January 1847 in Inwardleigh, Okehampton RD, Devon. She was buried on 15 January 1847 in Sampford Courtenay, Devon. Ann Ruby, aged 65.

     Annie died in 1902 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. She was born in 1902. She was the daughter of Elijah Cocksedge and Harriett Ada Australia Guy.

     Arthur James Cox was born in 1871 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. He was the son of Elijah Cocksedge and Mary Ann Hammond.
Arthur James Cox married Maud J Evans in 1902 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. Arthur farmed in Kayuga, Upper Hunter Valley, New South Wales.
     Arthur died in 1940 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales.

     Charles Reginald Miles Cox married Mary Gladys Gellion, daughter of John Gellion and Emily Alice Bodman, in 1919 in Victoria.

     Christopher Cox was born on 16 March 1947 in New Zealand. He was the son of Francis Cleve Overbury Cox and Jean Gebbie.
     Christopher died on 30 March 1947 in New Zealand.

     David Walter Cox was born in 1899 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales. He was the son of Elijah Cocksedge and Harriett Ada Australia Guy.
     David died in 1949 in Ballina, New South Wales.