Winifred Helen COWD

  General Notes:

Births Mar 1890
Cowd Winifred Helen St. Thomas 5b 33

Birth Certificate
Born on Twenty Eighth December 1889 at Chapel Street, Withycombe Raleigh, Exmouth in the Exmouth sub district of St Thomas district, Devon
Winifred Helen, Girl, Gilbert Morris Cowd, Helen Hyde Cowd formerly Hulme, Railway Clerk.
Registered by Gilbt M Cowd, Father, Chapel Street Withycombe Raleigh, Twenty Fifth January 1890

Marriages Mar 1916 Elham 2a 2401
Cowd Winifred H to Freeman
Freeman Carrol A to Cowd
Metcalfe Mary J to Nol_n
Nolan Edward to Metcalfe

Mariage certificate details
Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage Pursuant to the births, deaths and
marriages Registration acts 1836 to 1856.
District of Elham Marriage Solemnized at The Register Office, District of
Elham, County of Kent.
No. 56 on First February 1916
Carrol Ashton Freeman, 2x years, Bachelor, Corporal Royal Canadian Dragoons (Farrier), Thorncliffe Camp. Father Spencer Gifford Freeman, Carpenter
Winnifred H. Cowd, 2x years, Spinster, , 102 Harborough Road ?trea?ham. Father Gilbert Morris Cowd, Stationmaster (deceased)
Witnesses R. H? Coleman, F. E (or) G Willson
Column 3 - The original certificate is damaged where the column for age is. All that can be read for him is 2
something years and for her what appears to be the top of a 2 and maybe a 1 years. Ages should be 24 and 25.

1891 census
RG12/1676 F67 P2 & F68 P3
1 Albion Street, Exmouth (Withycombe Raleigh), Devon
Gilbert Cowd, Head, M, 39, Railway Clerk, Devon Exeter
Helen H do, Wife, M, 28, , London Camberwell
Henry Geo do, Son, , 3, , London Lambeth
Maud G do, Daur, , 2, , Devon Exmouth
Winifred H Cowd, Daur, , 1, , Devon Exmouth
Jessie B Doble, Serv, S, 15, General Servant (Dom), Somerset Bristol

1901 census
RG13/2019 F40 P20
L&SW Railway Station House, Colyton, Axminster, Devon
Gilbert M Cowd, Head, M, 49, Station Master, Exeter Devon
Helen H do, Wife, M, 38, , Camberwell London
Henry G do, Son, , 13, , Clapham London
Winifred H do, Daur, , 11, , Exmouth Devon

A transcribed version of Winnifred's obituary from the Olds, Alberta newspaper:
"Last Rites Held for Mrs. Freeman
Funeral services for the late Winnifred Helen Freeman, beloved wife of Carl
Freeman of Olds were held on Wednesday, September 8th, from the Orme Funeral
Chapel with Rev. W. H. Moss in charge. Pallbearers were Tom Somers, Joe
Cowie, Vic Larson, H. Willy, John Tofin and Ian Haynes and internment took
place in Queensland Cemetery in Calgary. Mrs. Freeman passed away at the
Olds Municipal hospital after a brief illness. Born in Bournemouth, England
in 1889, Winnifred Gowd, there grew up a young lady later working in a large
department store. In 1916 she met and married Carl Freeman at Folkstone and
in 1919 came to Canada with her husband. For a time they resided at Halifax
and later lived at Waldeck, Saskatchewan, Edmonton, Wetaskiwin, Alder Flats,
Lethbridge and Calgary. In 1946, Mr. Freeman came to Olds and purchased the
blacksmith business of Tom Elliott. Since that time Mr. and Mrs. Freeman
have made their home here and have a wide circle of friends in the
community. During her lifetime Mrs. Freeman was affiliated with the Church
of England. Besides her husband there are surviving three sons, Gilbert of
Calgary, LeRoy of Calgary, Brant of Montreal and one daughter, Mrs. Joan
Somers of Olds."
Source: obituary in the Olds, Alberta paper.
- errors in this piece; she is buried in Union Cemetery in
Calgary, not Queens Park and the maiden name was Cowd, not
Gowd.

Family info was that she died on 15th September, but other documents state this to be 5th.
e.g. Estate papers "Whereas Winnifred Helen Freeman, married woman, died intestate on the 5th day of September A. D., 1948, and left surviving as her only ....."

Winifred married Carrol Ashton FREEMAN, son of Spencer Gifford FREEMAN and Susan Melvin DUNLOP, on 1 Feb 1916 in Elham, Kent, England. (Carrol Ashton FREEMAN was born on 13 Apr 1891 in Sable River, Shelburne Co, Nova Scotia, Canada, died on 23 Apr 1975 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and was buried in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.)