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Ethel May COWLEY (1878 - 1957)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Edna M POTTER (1912 - ) Grace I POTTER (1912 - ) Marjorie J POTTER (1914 - ) William C POTTER (1916 - ) Isoline M POTTER (1920 - ) Charles Cedric POTTER (1921 - 1986)	Ethel May COWLEY (1878 - 1957) + William Campbell POTTER (1871 - 1957)	Frank COWLEY (1849 - 1917)	William COWLEY (1824 - 1913)	Samuel COWLEY (1795 - 1851)
				Alice GERMAN GARMAN (1803 - 1860)
			Marianne MAYOR (1828 - 1909)	Andrew MAYOR
				Jane LOMAX
		Catherine (Kate) Isobel PHILLIPS (1848 - 1894)	William Thomas PHILLIPS (1813 - 1864)	James PHILLIPS (1780 - 1851)
				Lydia Kelsey BALLARD (1790 - 1864)
			Mary Ann LYONS (1824 - 1876)

b. 1878 at Gundagai, NSW, Australia

m. 1911 William Campbell POTTER (1871 - 1957) at Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia

d. 1957 at Balmain, NSW, Australia aged 79

Near Relatives of Ethel May COWLEY (1878 - 1957)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William COWLEY	1824	Manchester, Lancashire, England	1913	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	89
Grandmother	Marianne MAYOR	1828	Crumpsall, Lancashire, England	1909	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	81
Grandfather	William Thomas PHILLIPS	1813	Almeida, Guarda, Portugal	1864	Mudgee, NSW, Australia	51
Grandmother	Mary Ann LYONS	1824	Dublin, Ireland	1876	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	52
Father in Law	Charles POTTER	1830		1913	Adaminaby, Monaro Region, New South Wales, Australia	83
Mother in Law	Catherine CAMPBELL	1846	Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland	1923	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia	77
Father	Frank COWLEY	1849	Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire	1917	Edmonton Infirmary, London, England	68
Mother	Catherine (Kate) Isobel PHILLIPS	1848	Paterson, New South Wales	1894	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	46
Step Mother	Annie (Adeline Maud Florence) CAMPBELL			1940	North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonon, London, England
Self	Ethel May COWLEY	1878	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	1957	Balmain, NSW, Australia	79
Husband	William Campbell POTTER	1871	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia	1957	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia	86
Daughter	Edna M POTTER	1912	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Grace I POTTER	1912	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Marjorie J POTTER	1914	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Son	William C POTTER	1916	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Daughter	Isoline M POTTER	1920	Hornsby, NSW, Australia
Son	Charles Cedric POTTER	1921	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1986	Salisbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	65
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
Brother	Arthur Wellesley COWLEY	1876	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	01 May 1955	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	79
Sister	Grace Evelyn Mayor COWLEY	1880	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1960	Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	80
Brother	John Peace Mornington (Jack) 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
Sister	Marian Vera COWLEY	1885	Bethungra, New South Wales, Australia	1885	Bethungra, New South Wales, Australia	0
Half Brother	Alfred Frank (Raymond) Cyril Oscar CAMPBELL COWLEY	1893	Shoreditch, Middlesex, England
Half Sister	Olive Margaretta (Mavie) CAMPBELL COWLEY	1894	London, England
Half Brother	Clarence Cecil Campbell COWLEY	1896	Holborn, London, England
Half Brother	Valentine Sidney Frank COWLEY	1897	Walworth, Surrey, England	1964	Edmonton, Middlesex, England	67
Half Sister	Kathleen Emily Kate Winter COWLEY	1899	Southend On Sea, Essex, England
Half Sister	Nora Ethel Amy Sedgwick (Lavender) COWLEY	1900	Southend On Sea, Essex, England
Half Brother	Montague Campbell Levison Gower COWLEY	1904	Launceston, Cornwall, England
Half Sister	Ivy Hazel Adeline Mornington COWLEY	1905	Edmonton, Middlesex, England	1992	Haringey, Greater London, England	87
Half Brother	Olaf Carl Mornington COWLEY	1908	Edmonton, Middlesex, England	1981	St Albans	73
Daughter in Law	Georgina Patricia WATSON
Uncle	William COWLEY	abt 1851		1896	Walleragang (Welaregang - Upper Murray) New South Wales, Australia	45
Aunt	Mary Anne WHITE	1859	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1893	Temora, New South Wales, Australia	34
Aunt	Annie COWLEY	1852	Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire	1939	Lindfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	87
Aunt	Marianne COWLEY	1855	Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire	1949	Lismore, NSW, Australia	94
Aunt	Kate (daughter no 3) COWLEY	1859	Bury, Lancashire, England	1886	Germantown, New South Wales, Australia	27
Uncle	Julius SCOTT	1853	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England	1900	Bungendore, NSW, Australia	47
Uncle	Percy (youngest son) COWLEY	1861	Broughton, Lancashire, England	1948	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia	87
Aunt	Louisa Lillian (Lillie) FRANCES	1865		1943	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia	78
Aunt	Mabel Wilhelmina PHILLIPS	1844	Paterson, Dungog Shire, New South Wales, Australia	1917	Dunedin, New Zealand	73
Uncle	Joseph Sykes WEBB	1832		1896	Timaru, New Zealand	64
Uncle	James William PHILLIPS	1846	New South Wales, Australia	1920	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	74
Aunt	Annie HANLON	1842	Armagh, Ireland	1921	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	79
Uncle	Francis Alfred PHILLIPS	abt 1849	Paterson, Dungog Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt	Possibly Jane GILLES
Aunt	Lydia Frances Helen PHILLIPS	1853	Paterson, Dungog Shire, New South Wales, Australia	1925	Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	72
Uncle	Edward Neynoe Richard GORE-JONES	1849	Ireland	1936	Queensland, Australia	87
Cousin	Marian Emaline Edith COWLEY	1879	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	77
Cousin	Lillian Annie COWLEY	1882	Albury, New South Wales	1960	Roseville, New South Wales, Australia	78
Cousin	Stephen Percy Mayor COWLEY	1885	Cootamundra, NSW, Australia	1973	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	88
Cousin	Annie D COWLEY	1893	Temora, New South Wales, Australia	1894	Temora, New South Wales, Australia	1
Cousin	William SCOTT	1882	Cooma, New South Wales	1938	Hornsby, NSW, Australia	56
Cousin	Mary Cowley SCOTT	1884	Albury, New South Wales	1974	Glen Innes, NSW, Australia	90
Cousin	Unnamed SCOTT	1886	Albury, New South Wales	1886	Albury, New South Wales	0
Cousin	Beatrice Cobham SCOTT	1889	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	1966	Manchester, Lancashire, England	77
Cousin	Francis Cobham SCOTT	1892	Bungendore, NSW, Australia	1988	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	96
Cousin	Walter Seton SCOTT	1894	Bungendore, NSW, Australia	1971	London, England	77
Cousin	Norman Percy COWLEY	1886	Enmore, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1916	Pine Creek, Northern Territory, Australia	30
Cousin	Kate Frances COWLEY	1887	Albury, New South Wales	1972	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	85
Cousin	Leila Marion COWLEY	1889	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia	1890	Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1
Cousin	Eric. William COWLEY	1891	Tintaldra, Victoria, Australia	1962	Concord, New South WAles, Australia	71
Cousin	Amy Lillian COWLEY	1893	Tintaldra, Victoria, Australia	1921	St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia	28
Cousin	Jack Gordon COWLEY	1894	Tintaldra, Victoria, Australia	1962	Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	68
Cousin	Vera Marian COWLEY	1898	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia	1984	Ballina, NSW, Australia	86
Cousin	Madge Mayor COWLEY	1900	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia	1987	Chatswood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	87
Cousin	Annie Constance COWLEY	1902	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia	1944	Ballina, NSW, Australia	42
Cousin	Jean Battye COWLEY	1907	Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia	1996	Ballina, NSW, Australia	89
Cousin	Alice Mabel WEBB	1866	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1867	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1
Cousin	Mary Ann PHILLIPS
Cousin	Mabel Alice PHILLIPS	1869	Dykehead Station	1943	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	74
Cousin	May (Mary) Lydia PHILLIPS	1871	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	1957	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	86
Cousin	William James PHILLIPS	1872	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	1875	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	3
Cousin	Effie Isabel PHILLIPS	1874	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	1876	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	2
Cousin	Alfred James PHILLIPS	1876	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	1960	Sarina, Queensland, Australia	84
Cousin	Catherine Isabella (Kitty) PHILLIPS	1878
Cousin	Bridget Maude PHILLIPS	1880	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	1961	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	81
Cousin	Virgil Lyons PHILLIPS	1882		1959	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	77
Cousin	William Percival PHILLIPS	1884	Queensland, Australia	1885	Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	Edward John PHILLIPS	1886	Queensland, Australia	1886	Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Annie Dot PHILLIPS	1887	Queensland, Australia	1997		110
Cousin	Margaret PHILLIPS	1888	Queensland, Australia	1889	Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	John Hector GORE-JONES	1874	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1948	Manly, NSW, Australia	74
Nephew	Arthur Samuel COWLEY	1904	Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	Percival Francis COWLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1984	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	Mervyn Cecil COWLEY	01 Jan 1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 May 1945	Queensland, Australia	27
Nephew	Noel John Cowley MCCOMBE	1901	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	1981	Fremantle, WA, Australia	80
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	1964	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	47
Niece	Jean Heath COTTEE	1907	Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	Raymond COTTEE	1909	Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia	1986		77
Brother in Law	James (4th son) GURNEY	1859		1941	Deewhy, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	82
Sister in Law	Emily Harriet Grace SOPER	17 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	21 Nov 1958	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	73
Brother in Law	William Sampson MCCOMBE	1872	Port Chalmers, New Zealand	1942	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	70
Brother in Law	Herbert Wiliam COTTEE	1869	Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia	1948	Manly, NSW, Australia	79
Brother in Law	Arthur Samuel CLARK
Sister in Law	Violet H FRANKLIN

Events in Ethel May COWLEY (1878 - 1957)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1878		Ethel May COWLEY was born	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	Note 1	52
1894	16	Death of mother Catherine (Kate) Isobel PHILLIPS (aged 46)	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 2	52, 60
1911	33	Married William Campbell POTTER (aged 40)	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 3	52
1912	34	Birth of daughter Edna M POTTER	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	Note 4	17
1912	34	Birth of daughter Grace I POTTER	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia	Note 5	17
1914	36	Birth of daughter Marjorie J POTTER	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Note 6	17
1916	38	Birth of son William C POTTER	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Note 7	17
1917	39	Death of father Frank COWLEY (aged 68)	Edmonton Infirmary, London, England
1920	42	Birth of daughter Isoline M POTTER	Hornsby, NSW, Australia	Note 8	17
1921	43	Birth of son Charles Cedric POTTER	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 9	17
1940	62	Death of step mother Annie (Adeline Maud Florence) CAMPBELL	North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonon, London, England
1957	79	Ethel May COWLEY died	Balmain, NSW, Australia	Note 10	17
1957	79	Death of husband William Campbell POTTER (aged 86)	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia	Note 11	17

Note 1: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Ethel M Cowley Birth Date: 1878 Birth Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1878 Registration Place: Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia Father: Frank Cowley Mother: Kate I Registration Number: 13804

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: Ethel May Cowley in the Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011 Name Ethel May Cowley Gender Female Marriage Age 33 Record Type Marriage Birth Date abt 1878 Marriage Date 24 Jul. 1911 Marriage Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Parish as it Appears All Saints, Petersham Father Frank Cowley - surveyor Mother Isabel Cowley Spouse William Campbell Potter (39) - born Cooma Parents of spouse - Charles Potter (grazier) & Catherine Campbell

Note 4: POTTER EDNA M 20064/1912 WILLIAM C & ETHEL M @ PADDINGTON

Note 5: POTTER GRACE I 36754/1912 WILLIAM C & ETHEL M. @ WAVERLEY

Note 6: POTTER MARJORIE J 1817/1914 WILLIAM C & ETHEL M @ ASHFIELD

Note 7: POTTER WILLIAM C 14897/1916 WILLIAM C & ETHEL M @ ASHFIELD

Note 8: POTTER ISOLINE M 7939/1920 WILLIAM C & ETHEL M @ HORNSBY

Note 9: POTTER CHARLES C 34813/1921 WILLIAM C & ETHEL M @ RYDE

Note 10: POTTER ETHEL MAY 18211/1957 FRANK & KATE ISOBEL BALMAIN

Note 11: POTTER WILLIAM CAMPBELL 22198/1957 CHARLES & CATHERINE RYDE

Source References:

17. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: NSW bdm register, Title: NSW bdm register

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: POTTER ETHEL MAY 18211/1957 FRANK & KATE ISOBEL BALMAIN

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Ethel May Cowley in the Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011 Name Ethel May Cowley Gender Female Marriage Age 33 Record Type Marriage Birth Date abt 1878 Marriage Date 24 Jul. 1911 Marriage Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Parish as it Appears All Saints, Petersham Father Frank Cowley - surveyor Mother Isabel Cowley Spouse William Campbell Potter (39) - born Cooma Parents of spouse - Charles Potter (grazier) & Catherine Campbell

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Ethel M Cowley Birth Date: 1878 Birth Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1878 Registration Place: Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia Father: Frank Cowley Mother: Kate I Registration Number: 13804

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