| [Index] |
| Frank COWLEY (1849 - ) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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Jack COWLEY Alice (Elsie) Mabel COWLEY (1872 - 1948) Jeannett Isoline COWLEY (1874 - 1953) Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (1876 - 1955) Ethel M COWLEY (1878 - ) Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY (1880 - 1960) John Peace Mornington COWLEY (1882 - 1913) Olive Ivy COWLEY (1883 - 1970) |
Frank COWLEY (1849 - ) + Kate Isobel PHILLIPS (1853 - 1894) |
William COWLEY | ||
| b. 1849 at Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire |
| m. 1871 Kate Isobel PHILLIPS (1853 - 1894) at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Near Relatives of Frank COWLEY (1849 - ) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Father in Law | William Thomas PHILLIPS | |||||
| Mother in Law | Mary Ann LYONS | |||||
| Father | William COWLEY | Manchester, Lancashire, England | ||||
| Self | Frank COWLEY | 1849 | Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire | |||
| Wife | Kate Isobel PHILLIPS | abt 1853 | 1894 | St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia | 41 | |
| Son | Jack COWLEY | |||||
| Daughter | Alice (Elsie) Mabel COWLEY | 1872 | Queensland, Australia | 1948 | Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia | 76 |
| Daughter | Jeannett Isoline COWLEY | 1874 | Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia | 1953 | Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia | 79 |
| Son | Arthur Wellesley COWLEY | 1876 | Gundagai, NSW, Australia | 01 May 1955 | Queensland, Australia | 79 |
| Daughter | Ethel M COWLEY | 1878 | Gundagai, NSW, Australia | |||
| Daughter | Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY | 1880 | Cootamundra, NSW, Australia | 1960 | Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 80 |
| Son | John Peace Mornington COWLEY | 1882 | Albury, NSW, Australia | 1913 | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 31 |
| Daughter | Olive Ivy COWLEY | 1883 | Cootamundra, NSW, Australia | 1970 | St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia | 87 |
| Son in Law | James GURNEY | |||||
| Daughter in Law | Emily Harriet Grace SOPER | 17 Jul 1885 | Queensland, Australia | 21 Nov 1958 | Queensland, Australia | 73 |
| Son in Law | William Campbell POTTER | |||||
| Son in Law | William Sampson MCCOMBE | 1872 | Port Chalmers, New Zealand | 1942 | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | 70 |
| Son in Law | Herbert Wiliam COTTEE | |||||
| Grandson | Arthur Samuel COWLEY | 1904 | Queensland, Australia | 1983 | Queensland, Australia | 79 |
| Grandson | Percival Francis COWLEY | 1905 | Queensland, Australia | 1984 | Queensland, Australia | 79 |
| Grandson | Mervyn Cecil COWLEY | 01 Jan 1918 | Ayr, Queensland, Australia | 17 May 1945 | Queensland, Australia | 27 |
| Grandson | Noel John Cowley MCCOMBE | 1901 | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | |||
| Granddaughter | Dorothy Grace MCCOMBE | 1905 | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | 1982 | Victoria, Australia | 77 |
| Grandson | Willim Geoffrey MCCOMBE | 1906 | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | 1957 | Victoria, Australia | 51 |
| Grandson | Alan George MCCOMBE | 1908 | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | 1974 | Fremantle, WA, Australia | 66 |
| Grandson | Keith Carlyle Alfred MCCOMBE | 1913 | Victoria, Australia | 1915 | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | 2 |
| Granddaughter | Lois Allison MCCOMBE | 1917 | Victoria, Australia | 1967 | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia | 50 |
| Events in Frank COWLEY (1849 - )'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 1849 | Frank COWLEY was born | Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire | see notes | ||
| 1871 | 22 | Married Kate Isobel PHILLIPS (aged 18) | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Note 1 | 52, 60 |
| 1872 | 23 | Birth of daughter Alice (Elsie) Mabel COWLEY | Queensland, Australia | Note 2 | 52 |
| 1874 | 25 | Birth of daughter Jeannett Isoline COWLEY | Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia | Note 3 | 52 |
| 1876 | 27 | Birth of son Arthur Wellesley COWLEY | Gundagai, NSW, Australia | Note 4 | 52 |
| 1878 | 29 | Birth of daughter Ethel M COWLEY | Gundagai, NSW, Australia | Note 5 | 52 |
| 1880 | 31 | Birth of daughter Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY | Cootamundra, NSW, Australia | Note 6 | 52 |
| 1882 | 33 | Birth of son John Peace Mornington COWLEY | Albury, NSW, Australia | Note 7 | 52 |
| 1883 | 34 | Birth of daughter Olive Ivy COWLEY | Cootamundra, NSW, Australia | Note 8 | 52 |
| 1894 | 45 | Death of wife Kate Isobel PHILLIPS (aged 41) | St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 9 | 52, 60 |
| 1913 | 64 | Death of son John Peace Mornington COWLEY (aged 31) | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | Note 10 | 52, 60 |
| 1948 | 99 | Death of daughter Alice (Elsie) Mabel COWLEY (aged 76) | Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia | Note 11 | 17, 60 |
| 1953 | 104 | Death of daughter Jeannett Isoline COWLEY (aged 79) | Bellevue Hill, NSW, Australia | Note 12 | 60 |
| 01 May 1955 | 106 | Death of son Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (aged 79) | Queensland, Australia | Note 13 | 52 |
| 1960 | 111 | Death of daughter Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY (aged 80) | Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | Note 14 | |
| 1970 | 121 | Death of daughter Olive Ivy COWLEY (aged 87) | St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia | ||
| Death of daughter Ethel M COWLEY | Note 15 | ||||
| Personal Notes: |
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from birth/death reg of son
Cootamundra Herald 3 Jan 1885 Mr. FRA NK COWLEY, BETHUNGRA PARK. Under the heading of' "Our Stud Masters," the follow ing complimentary biographical notice of Mr. Frank Cowley, of Bethungra Park, Illabo, appeared in the Sydney Mail of the 13th proximo, together with a faithful wood-cut portrait. As a sheepbreeder the gentleman whose portrait we present this week is rapidly mak ing his mark in New South Wales, and a similar assertion will apply to him as a breeder of pure Berkshire pigs, his breed being now well known throughout the three lead ing colonies. Mr. Frank Cowley was born in 1849 at Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancaster, England, and is the eldest son of Mr. William Cowley of that town. The latter gentleman was then extensively engaged in the cotton trade, but in 1860 he came to Queensland, and from thence a few years later to Albury, where he at present resides. Mr. Frank Cowley was educated at the Ipswich Gram mar School, in Queensland, where he gained leading honours as a mathematical scholar. Under Mr. A. Fitzgibbon, the first Engineor in-Chief of Railways, he studied his profes sion as a civil engineer and surveyor, and was connected with the Railway Department, Brisbane, until leaving Queenslandin 1872. In that year Mr. Cowley joined the Railway Department of New South Wales, and was engaged in the final survey of the southern line from Gunning to Albury. Mr. Cowley was eminently successful with his theodolite both in Queensland and this colony, earning £2,500 per annum at contract surveying, although it must be admitted not without plenty of hard work in the field. In 1876 he quitted his profession and embarked in pas toral pursuits, purchasing the Bethungra Park run, then a complete wilderness. Since that period, notwithstanding the con tinuous drought, Mr. Cowley has worked steadily onward — fencing, building, conserv ing water, ringbarking, and clearing - un deterred by all sorts of difficulties, until now his estate is a pleasure to behold. Let any one travelling between Sydney and Melbourne look to the north as Illabo railway station is reached, and the handsome homestead of Bethungra Park, surmounting the crest of a beautiful hill, cannot fail to attract the eye. The property is considered one of the most highly improved in the southern district, and altogether should be worth £50,000. With a keen appreciation of the correct principles of high-class stud breeding, Mr. Cowley has secured from time to time the very best animals as a foundation of high-class stud flocks and herds, representatives of which during the past eight years have gained pro minent positions at the leading shows from Sydney southwards. About a thousand high class ewes- form the stud flock. As these are descended from , this best strains of Tas manian and— Mudgee blood, comments re garding their breeding would be superfluous. A good position was gained at the Metropo litan Exhibition held last year in Sydney, Mr. Cowley securing first honours for the two best ram hoggets fine combing. At the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Show in 1878 a first prize was obtained for the best two-tooth merino ram, aud first for a hogget ram at Yass in 18S2, while last year at Wagga the two leading awards for ram hogget fine and ram hogget strong combing also went to Bethungra Park. At both Albury and Cootamundra, two- years ago, first and cham pion prize for ewes , 4-tooth of over was gained by Mr. Cowley, as also was Messrs. Goldsbrough's handsome presentation cup, valued 15 guineas, given at Wagga in 1878, for the two best rams, 2-tooth, shorn as lambs. Various other prizes have also been taken off by Mr. Cowley's sheep at the shows mentioned ; while for both Durham and Devon bulls and Berkshire pigs he has been successful in the show yard. Among the pure pigs may be mentioned Lady Severn (imp.), bred by Lord Fitzhardinge, and the champion sow of Australia. She was pur chased by Mr. Cowley for 150 guineas. At the recent Albury show the championship for sows and seven first prizes represented the Bethungra Park record. Mr. Cowley is regarded as a good; judge of sheep, and as such has acted at several shows in New South Wales. He was unanimously elected presi dent of the Cootamundra Pastoral and Agri cultural Society for 1883, Recently, too, he assisted in promoting an important society in what, for the colonies, is an entirely now line of business, viz., the Australasian Mutual Live Stock Insurance Society, Limited. He is a director on the head board, Melbourne, and also of the Sydney branch board. Altogether Mr. Cowley may claim more than ordinary credit as an example of what a young man may achieve in Australia without any capital, except a liberal educa tion, and a strong determination to surmount the innumerable difficulties incidental to a faulty land legislation and seasons of pro- longed drought. Wagga Wagga Advertiser 11 Oct 1890 Insolvency Court. Thursday, Oct. 9 (Before Mr. H. Baylis, District Registrar). RE FRANK COWLEY. A public examination was held in the Court-house, Wagga, on Thursday. Mr. H. B. Fitzhardinge attended on behalf of Messrs. T. Elmondson and Co., proved creditors. The bankrupt, being duly sworn, was ex- amined by the Registrar; and stated that he had filed a true statement of his affairs, and did not wish to amend the same; had never been bankrupt before; was a surveyor by profession, but was now out of occupation; had kept no books of accounts, but had handed the official assignee an account of his receipts and expenditure since his return to the colony ; attributed his bankruptcy to the long series of drought he bad experienced as a grazier, and errors of judgment on the part of his agents in connection with the realising of his estate; had been absent from the colony from August, 1887, till July, 1890. By Mr. Fitzhardinge: At the time he incurred the debt do Messrs. Edmondson and Co. he was the owner of Bethungra Park Station, near Illabo; the property consisted of freehold selected land, a pastoral lease, and livestock: was the owner of that pro- perty up to the time he left the colony in 1887; considered the value of the property was £35,000 ; the property was under mort gage to the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney ; believed that at the time he left the colony his liabilities were about £17,000 ; the property was sold by his brother under an absolute power of attorney, which he had given him to manage, or to deal with the property to the best advantage in his absence; the property was sold for £20,150; it appeared, from his bank pass book, that the over draft increased each year from the time he left the colony; there was no surplus coming to him after the sale of the property Messrs Edmondson's account was owing by him before he left the colony, but he had no recollection of them having made appli- cation for payment before he left the colony ; when he left the colony he took £200 with him and no more ; had had a small account with the Bank of New Zealand for his own convenience at an office he had in Sydney as a Licensed Surveyor in 1888: the Bank of New Zealand paid him the balance of £70 remaining to his credit; he did not operate in any way with his ac count with the Commercial Banking Com pany Sydney during his absence from the colony, nor had he received any sum what- ever from his brother, who alone could operate on his account at the Commercial Bank ; at the time of the sale of the stock and station there were two blocks of land which could net be sold, as the titles to them were not complete, but since then the titles had been made good, and he had received the amount paid by the purchaser ; the amount he had received was £87, on July 26 1890, and on August 19, 1890, £99 14s ; if he had been served with a Supreme Court writ at the suit of Messrs. Edmondson and Co. on July 2, 1890, he must have received those two sums after it; no appearance having been entered to that writ, be had subse- quently declared himself bankrupt. The following resolution was moved by the District Registrar, holding a proxy from Mr, George Henry Holmes (a proved creditor for £21) for that purpose:—"That the bank rupt be allowed to retain his wearing ap- parel, household furniture, and his wife's watch and ring." No creditor seconded the resolution, which lapsed, and the examination closed. |
| Source References: |
| 52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Frank Cowley Spouse Name: Kate Phillips Marriage Date: 17 Aug 1871 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1871 Registration Number: B003334 Page Number: 3145 |
| 60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |
| - Notes: MARRIAGE.
COWLEY—PHILLIPS.—On the 17th August, at Leichhardt- street, Brisbane, Frank, son of William Cowley, Esq., of Toowoomba, and late of Manchester, England, to Kate Isabel, youngest daughter of the late W. Phillips, of Paterson, New South Wales. |
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