Phoebe Harriet COWLE (1862

Phoebe Harriet COWLE (1862 - 1955)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Phoebe Harriet COWLE (1862 - 1955) + George Henry FOUNTAIN (1855 - 1914)	Charles STIRRIP COWLE (1831 - 1912)	Possibly Joseph GRIFFITH

			(alias Elizabeth Harrison) Phoebe STIRRUP (1806 - 1885)	Thomas STIRRUP
				Mary CLOWETH
		Mary MCDONALD (1826 - 1926)

Pic P1. In Loving Memory of
GEORGE H. FOUNTAIN
died 22nd January 1914, aged 68 years
Honest & True
PHOEBE
died ? February 1955, aged 98 years

Pic S1. In Loving Memory of
GEORGE H. FOUNTAIN
died 22nd January 1914, aged 68 years
Honest & True
PHOEBE
died ? February 1955, aged 98 years

Pic 1. In Loving Memory of
GEORGE H. FOUNTAIN
died 22nd January 1914, aged 68 years
Honest & True
PHOEBE
died ? February 1955, aged 98 years

b. 1862 at Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia

m. 1884 George Henry FOUNTAIN (1855 - 1914) at Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia

d. 1955 at Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia aged 93

Near Relatives of Phoebe Harriet COWLE (1862 - 1955)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Possibly Joseph GRIFFITH
Grandmother	(alias Elizabeth Harrison) Phoebe STIRRUP	abt 1806	Warrington, Lancashire, England	1885	Windeyer, Mudgee,New South Wales, Australia	79

Father in Law	Isaac FOUNTAIN
Mother in Law	Alice UNKNOWN

Father	Charles STIRRIP COWLE	1831		1912	Granville, NSW, Australia	81
Mother	Mary MCDONALD	abt 1826	Inverness, Invernesshire, Scotland	1926	Marrickville, NSW, Australia	100

Self	Phoebe Harriet COWLE	1862	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	1955	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	93

Husband	George Henry FOUNTAIN	1855	Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England	1914	Marrickville, NSW, Australia	59

Half Brother	John Arthur TURNER	1853		1943	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	90
Sister	Mary Jane COWLE	1863	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	1868	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia	5
Brother	Amos Charles COWLE	1865	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	1933	Kogarah, NSW, Australia	68
Half Brother	James Thomas TURNER	1855	Rowan, New South Wales, Australia	1932	Auburn, NSW, Australia	77
Half Brother	William Henry TURNER	1857	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	1881	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	24
Half Brother	Edward TURNER	1858	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	1939	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia	81

Aunt	Harriet COWLE	1833		1898		65
Uncle	Henry Richard Cloweth MCALPINE	1841		1923	Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia	82

Nephew	William Henry TURNER	1882	Newtown, NSW, Australia	1970	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	88
Niece	Charlotte Ann TURNER	1886	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1965	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	79
Niece	Edith Mary TURNER	1890	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1973	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	83
Niece	Gertrude Sarah TURNER	1890	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1983	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	93
Nephew	Oscar John TURNER	1891	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1983	Walkerston, Mackay, Queensland, Australia	92
Niece	Ethel Maude TURNER	1895	Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia	1934	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	39
Nephew	Arthur Charles TURNER	1897	Newtown, NSW, Australia	1973	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	76
Niece	Ella May TURNER	1884	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nephew	Hilton Edward TURNER	1887	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia	1958	Circular Quay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	71
Niece	Bertha TURNER	1892	Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia

Sister in Law	Sarah Ann WHEELER	1857	Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1915	Mackay, Queenland, Australia	58
Sister in Law	Catherine (Kate) SETCHELL	1864	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia	1908	Kogarah, NSW, Australia	44
Sister in Law	Sarah Elizabeth PARSONS	1855	Kelso, NSW, Australia	1932	Auburn, NSW, Australia	77
Sister in Law	Alice Maud Mary HARRIS			1929	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia

Events in Phoebe Harriet COWLE (1862 - 1955)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1862		Phoebe Harriet COWLE was born	Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia	burial info
1884	22	Married George Henry FOUNTAIN (aged 29)	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1912	50	Death of father Charles STIRRIP COWLE (aged 81)	Granville, NSW, Australia	Note 1
1914	52	Death of husband George Henry FOUNTAIN (aged 59)	Marrickville, NSW, Australia	Note 2	17, 60
1926	64	Death of mother Mary MCDONALD (aged 100)	Marrickville, NSW, Australia	Note 3	17, 60
1955	93	Phoebe Harriet COWLE died	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 4
1955	93	Burial	Woronora Cemetery, Sutherland, NSW	Note 5	90

Note 1: NSW bdm
1589/1912 COLES CHARLES HEMUS PHOEBE GRANVILLE

Note 2: 4576/1914 FOUNTAIN GEORGE H ISAAC ALICE E MARRICKVILLE (Question Alice)

Sydney Morning Herald 23 Jan 1914
FOUNTAIN. - January 22, 1914, at his residence, Montrose, Junction-street, Marrickville, George Henry Fountain, aged 58 years. (Home papers please copy).

FOUNTAIN. The Friends of Mrs. G. H. FOUNTAIN
and FAMILY are kindly invited to attend the
Funeral of their dearly loved HUSBAND and FATHER,
George H. Fountain ; to leave his residence, Montrose,
Junction street, Marrickville, THIS DAY, at 1.30, for
Sutherland Cemetery, via Tempe Station.
FOUNTAIN. The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
COWLE and FAMILY are kindly invited to attend
the Funeral of their late beloved BROTHER-IN-LAW
and UNCLE, Mr. George Fountain ; to leave his resi-
dence, Junction street, Marrickville for Woronora
Cemetery.

Note 3: COWLE MARY
18532/1926
JOHN
ANN
MARRICKVILLE

Sydney Morning Herald 6 Dec 1926
COWLE.- The Relatives and Friends of Mr. and Mrs.
JAMES TURNER and FAMILY (of Booker Bay
Woy Woy), Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD TURNER and
FAMILY (of Coonamble), Mr. JOHN TURNER and
FAMILY (of Mackay, Queensland) are kindly invited
to attend the Funeral of their late beloved MOTHER
and GRANDMOTHER, Mary Cowle ; to leave Wood
Coffill's Mortuary Chapel, 810 George street, city, THIS
DAY, at 2 p.m., for Church of England Cemetery,
Rookwood. By road, motor funeral. By request, no flowers.
F. W. HARTLEY,
Motor Funeral Directors.
Marrickville-road, Marrickville.
COWLE. - The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. F.H.
FOUNTAIN and FAMILY, of 16 Junction-street,
Marrickville, are kindly invited t0 attend the Funeral
of their late beloved MOTHER, and their GRANDMOTHER, Mary Cowle; to leave Wood Coffill's
Mortuary Chapel, 810 George-street, city (next to
Christ Church), THIS DAY, at 2 pm., for Church
of England Cemetery, Rookwood, by road. Motor
Funeral. By request, no flowers.
F.W. HARTLEY,
Motor Funeral Directors.
FUNERALS.
COWLE—The Relatives and Friends of Mr. A. O.
COWLE and FAMILY are kindly invited to
attend the Funeral of his late beloved MOTHER
and their GRANDMOTHER, Mary Cowle; to leave
Wood Cofflll's Mortuary Chapel 810 George-street citv,
THIS DAY, at 2 p.m., for Church of England Ceme-
tery, Rookwood. By request, no flowers.

Sydney Morning Herald 7 Dec 1926
DEATH OF MRS. MARY COWLES
Mrs. Mary Cowles died at the residence of
her daughter, Mrs. P. H. Fountain, 16 Junc-
tion-street, Marrickville, on Friday night.
She celebrated her hundredth birthday about
seven weeks ago.
The late Mrs. Cowles was a native of In-
verness, Scotland, and was 21 years of age
when she arrived in Sydney. She was twice
married, her first husband being the late Mr.
Turner, of Merriwa. Her second husband
died just before the war. Thirteen of her
grandsons served at the front, and one was
killed. The eldest of her living children resides
at Mackay, Queensland, and is 74 years of age.
There are 97 descendants, the oldest of the
great-grandchildren being 21 years of age.

Mudgee Guardian 9 Dec 1926
THE LATE MRS. COWLES.
NINETY-SEVEN DESCEDANTS
ALIVE.
Mrs. Mary Cowles, who died last
night at the residence of her daught-
er, Mrs. P. H. Fountain, of 16
Junction-street, Marrickville, was
100 years and seven weeks old.
Her descendants— children, grand-
children and great grandchildren,
the eldest of the great-grand-
children being 21 years — number 97
living.
One of her sons, resident of Mac-
kay (Q.) — he used to visit his mother
every year — is 74 ; another, a resi-
dent of Woy Woy, is 73; and a
third, a resident of Coonamble, is
70.
Mrs. Fountain, the daughter, is
65, and she has a brother, living at
Rockdale, who is 62.
The late Mrs. Cowles, who was
born at Inverness (Scotland) was
married twice. Mrs. Fountain and
her younger brother are of the se-
cond marriage.
Arriving in Sydney by the sailing
ship James Gibb — her 21st birthday
was celebrated during the voyage —
deceased was married two years
later to the late Mr. Turner, who
kept the Traveller's Rest Hotel at
Hall's Creek, near Merriwa. Her
second husband died just before the
Great War.
Of 13 of her grandsons who served
at the war, one who was the thir-
teenth to enlist, was killed. All
the others returned safely, though
several of them had received serious
wounds in action.
The late Mrs. Cowles attributed
her longevity and general good
health to regular living and freedom
from worry. Until two years ago,
when her eyesight began to fail, she
never used glasses. Yet she was a
diligent reader, her favorite book
being the Bible. She almost knew
it by heart.
The end came suddenly. A few
hours before her death Mrs. Cowles
refused to believe that anything was
seriously wrong with her. Unknown
to her a doctor was called in. She
did not want a doctor, she said. A
little while afterwards the old lady
was dead.

Note 4: Death Notices:
FOUNTAIN, Phoebe Harriet. Feb 11,1955 at Convalescent Home, widow of the late George Henry Fountain, beloved mother of Thomas, Alice, Lillian, Sidney, George and Gertrude (deceased). aged 93 years.

Note 5: Phoebe Harriet Cowle Fountain

Birth
1862
Muswellbrook Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Death
11 Feb 1955 (aged 92–93)
New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Woronora Memorial Park
Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia Show Map
Plot
Bap I 0013

Source References:

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Phoebe Harriet Cowle Fountain

Birth
1862
Muswellbrook Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Death
11 Feb 1955 (aged 92–93)
New South Wales, Australia
Burial
Woronora Memorial Park
Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia Show Map
Plot
Bap I 0013

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