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Sidney Cowdrill
Boston Passenger Lists:
Sidney Cowdrill from UK going Boston 1820-1943.
Submitter: wiltshiresue


Elizabeth Cowdrill
Canada around 1929.
Elizabeth Cowdrill 51 1929 Southampton Canada Montreal.
Sydney Cowdrill was the reason for her divorce from Wilfred Scrivens.
There was a daughter born 1907 so would be 22 when they went out there.
Her name was Constance Lester Cowdrill.
Submitter: wiltshiresue


1901 England Census about Sidney Cowdrill
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Frank
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Male
Where born: Birmingham,
   Warwickshire, England
   Civil Parish: Birmingham
Ecclesiastical parish:
   Summerfield Christchurch
County/Island: Warwickshire
Country: England
Registration district:
   Birmingham
Sub-registration district:
   Lady Wood
   Household Members: Name Age
Frank Cowdrill 46
Sarah Cowdrill 46
Laura Cowdrill 22
Sidney Cowdrill 20 jeweler
Elsie Cowdrill 17
Frank Cowdrill 16
Letitia Cowdrill 14
Alfred Cowdrill 12
Charles L Cowdrill 10
Oscar Cowdrill 8
Walter Cowdrill 4

Several Passenger Lists
Boston Passenger Lists, 1820-1943
about Sidney Cowdrill

Arrival Date: 7 Jul 1910
Age: 29 Years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Gender: Male
Ethnic Background: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Cymric
Port of Arrival: Boston, Massachusetts
Last Residence: England
Birthplace: Birmingham, England


   Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945
about Elizabeth Cowdrill

Arrival Date: 21 Nov 1910
Age: 32 Years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Gender: Female
Ethnic Background: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Friesland
Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Friend's Name: Sidney Cowdrill
Last Residence: England
Birthplace: Redditch, England


Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945
about Constance Cowdrill

Arrival Date: 21 Nov 1910
Age: 3 Years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1907
Gender: Female
Ethnic Background: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Friesland
Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Friend's Name: Sidney Cowdrill
Last Residence: England
Birthplace: Redditch, England
   


Death Notes
Ontario, Canada Deaths, 1869-1934
about Sidney Cowdrill

Death Date: 26 Aug 1934
Death Location: York
Gender: Male
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Birth Location: Birmingham Eng
Father: Frank Cowdrill
Mother: Sarah Bray
   Ontario Cemetery Records
SCRIVENS Elizabeth Bell's Corners / Union, Richmond Rd Carleton Nepean
SCRIVENS Elizabeth St John's, South March Carleton March
SCRIVENS Elizabeth (Hart) Metcalfe Union Carleton Osgoode

Probable some Relatives
Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1945
about Walter Cowdrill

Arrival Date: 21 Jul 1913
Age: 18 Years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1895
Gender: Male
Ethnic Background: English
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ship Name: Dominion
Port of Arrival: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Friend's Name: Leonard Cowdrill
Last Residence: England
Birthplace: Bfham, England
Occupation: jeweler
Destination: Baltimore, Maryland.
Contact person: Mrs Oaks, sister in
   Birmingham, England.

This man is related to Sidney somehow,
lists a Frank Cowdrill as father in
Birmingham as contact. He is also
listed as a jeweler, brother, cousin???????.
Note he came on different boat and in 1913.


   Name: Semaid Cowdrill
Home in 1920: Baltimore Ward 27,
   Baltimore (Independent City),
   Maryland
Age: 29 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Birthplace: England
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse's Name: Maud M
Father's Birth Place: England
Mother's Birth Place: England
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Own
Year of Immigration: 1912

Household Members: Name Age
Semaid Cowdrill 29
Maud M Cowdrill 29 (she immigrated in 1914)
Leonard Cowdrill
English
Last Residence: London, England
date of Arrival: Jan 20, 1913
Age 22yrs and 4months
Marital status: Single
Ship of travel: The Baltic
Occupation: Jeweler
Port of Departure: Queenston
Contact person:
   Mother, Mrs. Lightbown Edgbaston,
   Birmingham, England
Destination Place: Maryland, Baltimore

Scribbled across his last name
is Toronto, Canada, 08/01/10 or 12...........


   Other Proof:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
about Leonard Cowdrill

Arrival Date: 20 Jan 1913
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Age: 22 Years 4 Months
Gender: Male
Port of Departure: Liverpool, England
Ethnicity/Race­/Nationality: English
Ship Name: Baltic
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Nativity: England
Birth Location: England
Birth Location Other: Birmingham

Possible relatives that Leonard and Walter both went to see in Baltimore, Maryland or if you really think about could be Leonard himself.

Some other Records
Immigration Records (1925-1935)

Cowdrill
Given Name: Maude
Age: 36
Sex: F
Nationality: En
Date of Arrival: 07 April 1929
Port of Arrival: Bridgeburg


   Immigration Records (1925-1935)

Cowdrill
Given Name: Charles Leonard
Age: 37
Sex: M
Nationality: En
Date of Arrival: 07 April 1929
Port of Arrival: Bridgeburg


British Columbia Death Index
Deaths (1872-1987) Index:

Name: Charles Leonard Cowdrill
Place: Greenwood
Date: 02 April 1954
Age: 62


   British Columbia Death Index
Deaths (1872-1987) Index:

Name: Maude Mary Cowdrill
Place: Vernon
Date: 02 January 1974
Age: 84


Soldiers of the First World War - CEF

Cowdrill, Walter
Regimental number(s): 2005764
Date of Birth: 27/04/1896

Living in Ontario. Only one of familiar names to serve in Canadian International Force during WW1.



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