Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (1876

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 - 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. 1876 at Gundagai, NSW, Australia

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

d. 01 May 1955 at Mackay, Queensland, Australia aged 79

Near Relatives of Arthur Wellesley COWLEY (1876 - 1955)
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	Samuel SOPER	1862	Okehampton, Devonshire	20 Jun 1926	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	64
Mother in Law	Margaret Ann GUNN	1867	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	08 Dec 1930	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	63

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	Arthur Wellesley COWLEY	1876	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	01 May 1955	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	79

Wife	Emily Harriet Grace SOPER	17 Jul 1885	Queensland, Australia	21 Nov 1958	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	73

Son	Arthur Samuel COWLEY	1904	Queensland, Australia	1983	Queensland, Australia	79
Son	Percival Francis COWLEY	1905	Queensland, Australia	1984	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	79
Son	Mervyn Cecil COWLEY	01 Jan 1918	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	17 May 1945	Queensland, Australia	27

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 May COWLEY	1878	Gundagai, NSW, Australia	1957	Balmain, NSW, 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	Florence Irene CHAPMAN	1908	Queensland, Australia	1997	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	89
Daughter in Law	Jean Lindsay STRIKE	1912	Queensland, Australia	1969	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	57

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

Niece	Edna M POTTER	1912	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Grace I POTTER	1912	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Marjorie J POTTER	1914	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	William C POTTER	1916	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Niece	Isoline M POTTER	1920	Hornsby, NSW, Australia
Nephew	Charles Cedric POTTER	1921	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1986	Salisbury, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	65
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
Niece	Marjorie May SOPER	1914	Queensland, Australia	1971	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	57
Nephew	Samuel Thomas Stanley SOPER	1915	Queensland, Australia	1968	Queensland, Australia	53
Nephew	Cyril Francis Owen SOPER	1917	Home Hill, Queensland, Australia	1949	Cairns, Queensland, Australia	32
Niece	Florence Olivia Grace (Olga) SOPER	1920	Queensland, Australia	2009		89
Nephew	Walter Richard Samuel CORNISH			1942	Queensland, Australia

Sister in Law	Margaret Ann SOPER	1887	Queensland, Australia	1955	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	68
Brother in Law	Samuel SOPER	1890	Queensland, Australia	1968	Cairns, 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	Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia	71
Sister in Law	Olivia Pearl SOPER	1900	Queensland, Australia	1988	Janelli, New South Wales, Australia	88
Brother in Law	Ernest Arthur Frederick SOPER	29 Jun 1902	Selheim, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1984	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	82
Brother in Law	Herbert Cecil SOPER	1908	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1989	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	81
Brother in Law	James (4th son) GURNEY	1859		1941	Deewhy, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	82
Brother in Law	William Campbell POTTER	1871	Cooma, New South Wales, Australia	1957	Ryde, New South Wales, Australia	86
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 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 Catherine (Kate) Isobel PHILLIPS (aged 46)	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
1917	41	Death of father Frank COWLEY (aged 68)	Edmonton Infirmary, London, England
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
1940	64	Death of step mother Annie (Adeline Maud Florence) CAMPBELL	North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonon, London, England
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	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	Note 8	52
1995	119	Burial	Mount Bassett Cemetery, Mackay, Queensland	Note 9	90

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

Note 9: Arthur Wellesley Cowley
Birth 1876
Gundagai, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Death 2 May 1955 (aged 78–79)
Burial
Mount Bassett Cemetery
Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia
Plot C of E Section 1, Line 3, Plot 3
Gravesite Details Buried 02-May-1955 aged 78 yrs

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 = (Birth)

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Reg No 1903/001142 - page 24604

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

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189452932/arthur-wellesley-cowley (Burial)

- Notes: Birth 1876
Gundagai, Cootamundra-Gundagai Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia
Death 2 May 1955 (aged 78–79)
Burial
Mount Bassett Cemetery
Mackay, Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia
Plot C of E Section 1, Line 3, Plot 3
Gravesite Details Buried 02-May-1955 aged 78 yrs

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