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Patricia...Would you like me to look in the Parish Records for you??? I live just outside Oxford and go into Oxford Library Rural Studies about every 3/4 weeks checking on info for wife's trees....Only to glad to be of assistance if required...Could trace the names of both people you mentioned and see if any connection..Regards...LES.

thank you Reggie. Pat x

Child Surname Child Forename Father Surname Mother Surname Mother's Former Name Year District Office Register Entry

GARDNER Phyllis E GARDNER GARDNER COWLEY 1910 Cheltenham Cheltenham, Cheltenham 26A 145
GARDNER Robert H GARDNER GARDNER COWLEY 1909 Cheltenham Cheltenham, Cheltenham 24A 78

For INFO

1911 census


Person: GARDNER, Nellie Address: Jessamine Cottage Sherborne Place

GARDNER, Alfred Head Married M 30 1881 Mechanic Motor And Electrical Warwickshire Birmingham VIEW
GARDNER, Nellie Wife Married2 years F 25 1886 Hempton Oxfordshire VIEW
GARDNER, Henry Robert Son M 1 (18 MONTHS) 1910 Cheltenham VIEW
GARDNER, Phyllis Eileen Daughter F 0 (5 MONTHS) 1911 Cheltenham VIEW

thanks everyone for your help
Pat x

This looks like her birth:-


Name: COWLEY, Ellen
Registration district: Woodstock
County: Oxfordshire
Year of registration: 1889
Quarter of registration: Apr-May-Jun
Mother's maiden name: Not available before 1911 Q3
Volume no: 3A
Page no: 866

Kath. x

This does appear to possibly be her marriage.


MarriageFinder: Nellie Cowley married Charles H Truss
Name: COWLEY, Nellie
Registration district: Woodstock
County: Oxfordshire
Year of registration: 1919
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse's last name: Truss
Volume no: 3A
Page no: 2001

Name: TRUSS, Charles H
Registration district: Woodstock
County: Oxfordshire
Year of registration: 1919
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Spouse's last name: Cowley
Volume no: 3A
Page no: 2001

For ref.


1891 census transcription details for: Hempton, Deddington, Hempton
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG12
Piece: 1172
Folio: 98
Page: 28
Reg. District: Woodstock
Sub District: Deddington
Parish: Deddington
Enum. District: 7
Ecclesiastical District: Deddington
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Hempton, Deddington, Hempton
County: Oxfordshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
COWLEY, John Head Married M 47 1844 Agricultural Labourer
Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire
COWLEY, Ester J Wife Married F 43 1848
Easington, Gloucestershire
COWLEY, John Son Single M 16 1875 Agricultural Labourer
Turkdean, Gloucestershire
COWLEY, George Son M 14 1877 Agricultural Labourer
Salford, Gloucestershire
COWLEY, Alfred Son M 10 1881 Scholar
Hempton, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, William Son M 8 1883 Scholar
Hempton, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, Annie Daughter F 7 1884 Scholar
Hempton, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, Charles Son M 4 1887 Scholar
Hempton, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, Ellen Daughter F 3 1888
Hempton, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, Elizabeth Daughter F 0 (3M) 1891
Hempton, Oxfordshire



1901 census transcription details for: Hempton, Deddington, Deddington & Hempton
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National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG13
Piece: 1390
Folio: 90
Page: 23
Reg. District: Woodstock
Sub District: Deddington
Parish: Deddington
Enum. District: 6
Ecclesiastical District: Deddington St Peter & St Paul
City/Municipal Borough:
Address: Hempton, Deddington, Deddington & Hempton
County: Oxfordshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
COWLEY, John Head Married M 58 1843 Agricultural Laborer
Stow on the Wold, Gloucestershire
COWLEY, Esther J Wife Married F 54 1847
Eastington, Gloucestershire
COWLEY, George Son Single M 23 1878 Waiter
Salford, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, Annie Daughter Single F 16 1885
Hempton, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, Charles Son Single M 15 1886 Plough Boy On Farm
Hempton, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, Ellen Daughter Single F 13 1888
Hempton, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, Elizabeth Daughter F 11 1890
Hempton, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, Louise Daughter F 8 1893
Hempton, Oxfordshire
COWLEY, Sarah A Grand Daughter F 1 1900
Sheffield, Yorkshire

Are you certain that they actually married?

There is a marriage for a Nellie Cowley in Oxfordshire in 1919 but NOT to Robert Gardner.

Perhaps they weren't free to marry each other and just lived as man and wife - it happened quite a lot between the wars.

Kath. x

Hello, can you help me at all please?
Has anyone any information on an Ellen or Nellie Cowley born Hempton Oxfordshire about 1886,and married Robert Alfred Gardner ?
Apart from finding them on the 1911 census, I have drawn a blank with marriage details. Pat