COWLEY Family of Bletchingley then Coulsden/Mitcham

[doverrog]

Hello. I wonder if anyone can help please?
I'm trying to find out the surnames of three of the Cowley family of Bakers from Bletchingley.
The earliest is the wife of William Cawley, born app 1806 in Bletchingley whose wife's first name was Ann - also born Bletchingley in app 1806.
The next is the wife of the aboves son. Edwin Cawley born app 1837 whose wife's first name was Emma born app 1841 Bletchingley.
The third is the wife of their son Walter H. Cowley born app 1872 in Bletchingley whose wife's first name was Eliza. I believe Eliza was born in Kingston, Surrey. I know that this couple lived in MItcham (from the 1901 census). I would also like to find Walter H. in the 1891 census but have been unable to do so.
All help would be gratefully accepted.

[Tati]

Hi Doverrog,

To start you off:
Marriages Dec 1897
Walter Harry Cawley  - Eliza Padgett
Croydon  2a 557   

[lizdb]

Possible for Edwin:

Edwin Cawley

JAS 1869 East Grinstead area

Others on page include an Emma Charlwood

[doverrog]

Hi Doverrog,

To start you off:
Marriages Dec 1897
Walter Harry Cawley  - Eliza Padgett
Croydon  2a 557   

Many thanks Tati. That's got me off to a good start!!!

[doverrog]

Possible for Edwin:

Edwin Cawley

JAS 1869 East Grinstead area

Others on page include an Emma Charlwood

Many thanks lizdb. However I'm the 1869 date looks wrong as I have the birthdate of their first child Marion as 1859/60. (From the 1861 census where she is 6 months old). I should have provided more information. Sorry.
The couple are shown as living in "Reigate Foreign" District but they all say they were born in Bletchingley.
I'm afraid I don't know what areas "Reigate Foreign" covers.
Do you happen to have a possible marriage date in the 1857/1860 region?

[doverrog]

Hi Doverrog,

To start you off:
Marriages Dec 1897
Walter Harry Cawley  - Eliza Padgett
Croydon  2a 557   

Hello Tati. I've had a more detailed look at Walter and Eliza.
According to the 1901 census they have two children Florence F. aged 7 and Winifred D. aged 2. So I would have expected a marriage date before 1894/5 although it could still be OK.
Also the place of birth given for Eliza is difficult to read but has been transcribed as Kingston with the transcriber adding Surrey although this is not on the original.
I can't find any Eliza Padgett entry for the right age in earlier census who have Kingston or Surrey as a place of birth although it could be another place of birth.
So I'm stuck again.
Any more help would be really appreciated.

Many thanks Tati. That's got me off to a good start!!!

[Tati]

Hi again,

The children's ages are:
Winifred D age 2
Florence T or I age 1

both born Couldson, which registers in Croydon.

Birth Walter Harry Cawley March 1872 Godstone

Eliza's birthplace is quite clearly Kingston in 1901.
I can't see an exact match, but there is an Eliza Padgett on the 1891 census for Bletchingley - birthplace Surrey Epsom, niece to Edward and Mary Barden.

Tanja 

IF she's the one, then this should be her in 1881:
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1881&indiv=try&h=4868151
and tracing her elder brother back to 1871, it leads us to a parents Edwin Padgett c. 1841 Yorks Guiseley and Jemima b. ca. 1843 in Devon Exeter (who dies in 1877 Godstone registration district)

[Tati]

... and lizdb's 1869 was a slip of the finger ... it's 1860.

You can check it for yourself at FreeBMD.
http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

[Little Nell]

William Cawley married Ann Gasson, both otp, 25 Feb 1837 in Bletchingley, by banns.

Nell