Edward Austin Cowley Owen drowned 6th August 1917

[K8T]

Hi,
I am looking for any information relating to this person who drowned at Kirk's Ferry on 6th August 1917.
He appears to have been known as Austin and was a Civil Servant.
He was born in 1890 in Godstone, Surrey, England.
The death announcement was made in the Ottawa Journal on 10th August 1917.

Are there any records relating to the inquest, any immigration records available?

Thanks
K8T

[Milliepede]

Well he doesn't seem to be with his family in 1901/1911 

He is with them in 1891. 

[CaroleW]

1891 ref RG12/583/80/14

Parents Arthur F C Owen & Kathleen nee Staniforth or Stainforth

2 other children in 1891 not with parents in 1901.  Basil Cowley Owen b 1887 (in hospital) & Frank Denys Owen b 1888 at a school in Surrey

[CaroleW]

Can't find him on the 1901 & 1911.  Have you checked the Canadian 1901 & 1911?

[dbree]

Hi,

From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Aug. 7, 1917, page 5
Double Drowning in the Gatineau at Kirks Ferry, Norman S. MacDonald and E.A.C Owens, both
men lost their lives while swimming.....Owens was 26, his parents living in England.
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=QBJtjoHflPwC&dat=19170807&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

DB

[RJ137]

The Ottawa Citizen
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Saturday, August 11, 1917 - Page 4

[RJ137]

  Name                    Cemetery                                               County      Township     Reference
OWEN, E. Austin  /   Beechwood Burial Register (1901-1930) / Carleton /  Ottawa   /  OT-93-02

https://ocfa.islandnet.com/ocfa-search.php

[K8T]

Thank you dbree and RJ137, just what I have been looking for.  I appreciate the information.

Thank you CaroleW and Milliepede, I have all the information concerning his family in England, I am researching the circumstances concerning his death, but thank you for looking.

[K8T]

Milliepede and CaroleW - you are both quite right that he doesn't seem to appear on the 1901 and 1911 Census.  I am assuming he has been mistranscribed on the 1901 Census somewhere.  He may be away at school like his two older brothers.  He may turn up somewhere on the 1901 in the future when someone find him and edits the entry.

Thanks for looking