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Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (1876 - 1955)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Arthur Samuel COWLEY (1904 - 1983) Percival Francis COWLEY (1905 - 1984) Mervyn Cecil COWLEY (1918 - 1945)	Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (1876 - 1955) + Emily Harriet Grace SOPER (1885 - 1958)	Frank COWLEY (1849 - )	William COWLEY
		Kate Isobel PHILLIPS (1853 - 1894)	William Thomas PHILLIPS
			Mary Ann LYONS

b. 1876 at Gundagai, NSW, Australia

m. 25 Feb 1903 Emily Harriet Grace SOPER (1885 - 1958) at Queensland, Australia

d. 01 May 1955 at Queensland, Australia aged 79

Near Relatives of Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (1876 - 1955)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William COWLEY		Manchester, Lancashire, England
Grandfather	William Thomas PHILLIPS
Grandmother	Mary Ann LYONS
Father in Law	Samuel SOPER	1862	Okehampton, Devonshire	20 Jun 1926	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	64
Mother in Law	Margaret Ann GUNN			08 Dec 1930	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Father	Frank COWLEY	1849	Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire
Mother	Kate Isobel PHILLIPS	abt 1853		1894	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	41
Self	Arthur Wellesley COWLEY	1876	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	01 May 1955	Queensland, Australia	79
Wife	Emily Harriet Grace SOPER	17 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	21 Nov 1958	Queensland, Australia	73
Son	Arthur Samuel COWLEY	1904	Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	79
Son	Percival Francis COWLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	79
Son	Mervyn Cecil COWLEY	01 Jan 1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 May 1945	Queensland, Australia	27
Brother	Jack COWLEY
Sister	Alice (Elsie) Mabel COWLEY	1872	Queensland, Australia	1948	Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia	76
Sister	Jeannett Isoline COWLEY	1874	Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia	1953	Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia	79
Sister	Ethel M COWLEY	1878	Gundagai, NSW, Australia
Sister	Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY	1880	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1960	Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	80
Brother	John Peace Mornington COWLEY	1882	Albury, NSW, Australia	1913	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	31
Sister	Olive Ivy COWLEY	1883	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1970	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	87
Daughter in Law	Florence Irene CHAPMAN	1908	Queensland, Australia
Daughter in Law	Jean Lindsay STRIKE	1912	Queensland, Australia	1969	Queensland, Australia	57
Nephew	Noel John Cowley MCCOMBE	1901	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Dorothy Grace MCCOMBE	1905	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1982	Victoria, Australia	77
Nephew	Willim Geoffrey MCCOMBE	1906	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1957	Victoria, Australia	51
Nephew	Alan George MCCOMBE	1908	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1974	Fremantle, WA, Australia	66
Nephew	Keith Carlyle Alfred MCCOMBE	1913	Victoria, Australia	1915	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	2
Niece	Lois Allison MCCOMBE	1917	Victoria, Australia	1967	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	50
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Marjorie May SOPER	1914	Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	57
Nephew	Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER	1915	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Cyril Francis Owen SOPER	1917	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	1949	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	32
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Sister in Law	Margaret Ann SOPER	1887	Queensland, Australia	1955	Queensland, Australia	68
Brother in Law	Samuel SOPER	1890	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	78
Brother in Law	William Francis SOPER	1892	Queensland, Australia	08 Oct 1892	Queensland, Australia	0
Sister in Law	Alice Elizabeth Florence SOPER	1895	Queensland, Australia	1929	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	34
Brother in Law	Henry George SOPER	1897	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	71
Sister in Law	Olivia Pearl SOPER	1900	Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER	29 Jun 1902	Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1984	Queensland, Australia	82
Brother in Law	Herbert Cecil SOPER	1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Brother in Law	James GURNEY
Brother in Law	William Campbell POTTER
Brother in Law	William Sampson MCCOMBE	1872	Port Chalmers, New Zealand	1942	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	70
Brother in Law	Herbert Wiliam COTTEE

Events in Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (1876 - 1955)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1876		Arthur Wellesley COWLEY was born	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	Note 1	52
1894	18	Death of mother Kate Isobel PHILLIPS (aged 41)	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 2	52, 60
25 Feb 1903	27	Married Emily Harriet Grace SOPER (aged 17)	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1904	28	Birth of son Arthur Samuel COWLEY	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
1905	29	Birth of son Percival Francis COWLEY	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18
01 Jan 1918	42	Birth of son Mervyn Cecil COWLEY	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Military records	61
1925	49	Residence	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	37
17 May 1945	69	Death of son Mervyn Cecil COWLEY (aged 27)	Queensland, Australia	Note 7	52, 60
01 May 1955	79	Arthur Wellesley COWLEY died	Queensland, Australia	Note 8	52

Note 1: Reg No 1876/12695 - Frank Cowley and Kate Isabel

Note 2: Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Kate I Cowley Death Date: 1894 Death Place: New South Wales Father's name: William Mother's name: Marian Registration Year: 1894 Registration Place: St Leonards, New South Wales Registration Number: 12466 The Australian Star (Sydney) 31 July 1894 COWLEY.— July 30, at her residence, 3 Campbell-street, Milson's Point, North Shore, Kate Isabel, wife of Frank Cowley, aged 41.

Note 3: Reg No 1903/001142 - page 24604

Note 4: Qld bmd - 1904 C6102 Arthur Samuel Cowley Arthur Wellesby and Emily Harriet Grace Soper

Note 5: Qld bmd - 1905 C1388 Percival Francis Cowley Arthur Wellesley and Grace Emily Harriet Soper

Note 6: COWLEY Arthur Wellesley - sugar grower; Emily Harriet Grace - hd

Note 7: Reg No 1946/003769 - page 467 - Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriett Grace Soper Qld bmd - 1946 S3769 Mervyn Cecil Cowley Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriett Grace Soper (S - WW2 death) Daily Mercury (Mackay) 6 Nov 1945 PTE. M. C. COWLEY Advice has been received of the death on May 17 last in a prisoner of war camp at Sandakan, Borneo, of Pte. Mervyn Cecil Cowley, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Cowley, of Lloyd-street, Private Cowley, who was with an AIF postal unit, was in Singapore only 10 or 12 days before the capitulation, and thus spent most of his service as a prisoner of war. Prior to joining the AIF in 1941, he was head teacher at the Mount Charlton State school. He was 28 years of age. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Mr. A. S. Cowley, of Mackay, and Mr. P. F. Cowley, of Home Hill.

Note 8: Reg No 1955/002024 - page 538 - Frank and Elizabeth Isobel Phillips

Source References:

37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

- Reference = (Residence)

- Notes: 1925 - Ayr - COWLEY Arthur Wellesley - sugar grower; Emily Harriet Grace - hd

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Reg No 1955/002024 - page 538 - Frank and Elizabeth Isobel Phillips

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Reg No 1903/001142 - page 24604

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Reg No 1876/12695 - Frank Cowley and Kate Isabel

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