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John Coward 1803–1858 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Mar 1803

Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England

Death Date: 9 Mar 1858

Death Location: Low Gill House, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England

Father: John 🧬

Mother: Isabella Birkett

Spouse(s): Jane Johnson

Children(s): Henry Coward, Isaac Coward, Edward Coward, Margret Coward, William Coward, Isabella Coward, Mary Coward, John Coward, Sarah Coward, Elizabeth Coward, Nancy Coward, Jane Coward, James Coward

John Coward was born in 1803 in Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England, the child of John Coward And Isabella Bella Birkett. In 1841, John Coward resided in Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England. In 1851, John Coward resided in Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England. John Coward married Jane Johnson, and had children including Edward Coward, Elizabeth Coward, Henry Coward, Isaac Coward, Isabella Coward, James Coward, Jane Coward, John Coward, Margret Coward, Mary Coward, Nancy Coward, Sarah Coward, William Coward. John Coward passed away in 1858 in Low Gill House, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England.

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Biography

  • John Coward was born in 1803 in Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England, the child of John Coward And Isabella Bella Birkett.
  • In 1841, John Coward resided in Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England.
  • In 1851, John Coward resided in Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England.
  • John Coward married Jane Johnson, and had children including Edward Coward, Elizabeth Coward, Henry Coward, Isaac Coward, Isabella Coward, James Coward, Jane Coward, John Coward, Margret Coward, Mary Coward, Nancy Coward, Sarah Coward, William Coward.
  • John Coward passed away in 1858 in Low Gill House, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

John 🧬
1777–1855
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Head Cragg, Lancashire, England
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Isabella Birkett
1777–1842
Birth Location: Thwaites, Millom, Cumberland, England
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Spouses(s)

Jane Johnson
1810–1883
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
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Children(s)

Henry Coward
1840–1882
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
HC
Isaac Coward
1855–1934
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
IC
Edward Coward
1846–1864
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
EC
Margret Coward
1848–1875
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
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William Coward
1853–1921
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
WC
Isabella Coward
1832–1907
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
IC
Mary Coward
1833–1864
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
MC
John Coward
1835–1909
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
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Sarah Coward
1838–1907
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
SC
Elizabeth Coward
1842–1871
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
EC
Nancy Coward
1844–1931
Birth Location: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
NC
Jane Coward
1836–1906
Birth Location: Wallend, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
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James Coward
1850–1850
Birth Location: Kirkby in Furness, Lancashire, England
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John Coward's Ancestors

Self
John Coward
1803–1858
Birth Place: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
Parents
John Coward 🧬
1777–1855
Kirkby Ireleth, Head Cragg, Lancashire, England
Isabella ((Bella)) Birkett
1777–1842
Thwaites, Millom, Cumberland, England
Grandparents
James (Coward) 🧬🧬
1755–1817
Kirkby Ireleth, Head Cragg, Lancashire, England
Betty (Fallows) 🧬🧬
1752–1795
Soutergate, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
Great-Grandparents
William 🧬🧬
1720–1774
Elizabeth Park
1722–1762
John Fallows
1720–1799
Mary Baldwin
–1784
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Matthew 🧬🧬
1696–1746
Margaret 🧬🧬
1698–1780
Randall Fallows
1687–1777
Elizabeth Hodgson
1689–

John Coward's Descendants

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John Coward (18 Mar 1803–9 Mar 1858) m. Jane Johnson (Sep 1810–28 Jun 1883)
  1. 1. Henry Coward 1840–1882 m. Mary Stackhouse 1843–1904
    1. 1. John (Stackhouse) Coward 1864–1917 m. Elizabeth (Amana) Page 1858–1939
      1. 1. Alice (Eliza) Coward 1894–1973 m. David Thompson 1886–1942
        1. 1. David (MacGowan) Thompson 1912–1914
        2. 2. John (Keith) Thompson 1914–2002 m. Ethel (Merle) Clout 1916–2007
      2. 2. John (Christopher) Coward 1900–1901
      3. 3. William (Henry) Coward 1898–1963 m. Alice (Sarah) Lucas 1898–1993
        1. 1. Gordon (Page) Coward 1923–1987 m. Daphne (Jeanne) Waldruck 1921–2018
      4. 4. Mary (Elizabeth) Coward 1893–1893
    2. 2. Mary (J) Coward 1863–
    3. 3. Emma Coward 1869–1923 m. William Jackson 1869–1930
      1. 1. William (Henry) Jackson 1891–
      2. 2. John Jackson 1895–1932
      3. 3. Robert Jackson 1896–1919
      4. 4. Frank Jackson 1899–
      5. 5. Tamar (Annie) Jackson 1899– m. Walter Dickinson 1900–
      6. 6. Agnes (Jane) Jackson 1901–
      7. 7. Sarah (Margaret) Jackson 1906–
      8. 8. Thomas Jackson 1904–
      9. 9. Mary (Jane) Jackson 1892–1894
    4. 4. Sarah Coward 1872–1894
    5. 5. William (Stackhouse) Coward 1874–
    6. 6. Steele Coward 1876–1942 m. Harriet (Eliza) Wilcox 1879–1954 m. Mary (Charlotte Elizabeth) Lucas 1872–1922
      1. 1. Alice (Maud) Coward 1912–1985 m. Ralph Galloway 1908–1985
      2. 2. Hilda Coward 1901–1969 m. Christopher (Huson) Carnall 1899–1960 m. William Taylor 1895–1945
        1. 1. Christopher Gordon-Carroll 1921–1987 m. Madelaine (Vernia) Rack 1913–2002
        2. 2. Muriel (E) Carnall 1925– m. William (Stanley) Peers 1925–
        3. 3. Albert (James) Carnall 1923–2007 m. Irene (Eva Estelle) Walsham 1924–2013
        4. 4. Henry Carnall 1927–1930
        5. 5. James Taylor 1935–1935
        6. 6. Douglas (Adrian) Taylor 1944–1945
        7. 7. William Taylor 1932–2006
      3. 3. Sarah Coward 1902–1982 m. Peter Gill 1901–1974
      4. 4. Evelyn Coward 1913–1966 m. William (Slater) Perris 1901–1981
      5. 5. Mary (Agnes) Coward 1899–1978 m. Robert Martin 1898–1975
      6. 6. John (William) Coward 1905–
      7. 7. Hannah Coward 1907–
      8. 8. Steele Coward 1910–
      9. 9. Albert (Lucas) Coward 1914–2003
      10. 10. Elsie Coward 1900–1900
    7. 7. Agnes (J.) Coward 1879–
  2. 2. Isaac Coward 1855–1934
  3. 3. Edward Coward 1846–1864
  4. 4. Margret Coward 1848–1875
  5. 5. William Coward 1853–1921
  6. 6. Isabella Coward 1832–1907 m. James (Quilliam) Christian 1828–1909
    1. 1. George (Coward) Christian 1853–1932 m. Alice Heaton 1889–1956
      1. 1. Georgina Christian 1919–2013 m. Trevor ("Jimmy") James 1912–1983
    2. 2. Thomas Christian 1855–1861
    3. 3. Mary (Jane) Christian 1857–1921 m. Nicholas Kitchen 1855–1929
    4. 4. James Christian 1859–1922 m. Mary (Eleanor) Shuttleworth 1863–1930 m. Agnes Black 1871–1934 m. Priscilla Burrow 1880–1942
      1. 1. Joseph Christian 1886–1935 m. Mary (Ethel) Kuehn 1891–1915 m. Letitia (Grace) Kuehn 1897–1984
        1. 1. Malve (Henry) Christian 1914–1914
        2. 2. Wilbur (Cartwright) Christian 1915–1966 m. Lena Koontz 1918–2020
        3. 3. Margaret (Priscilla) Christian 1913–1999 m. James (Carl) Morris 1894–1972
        4. 4. Victor (Edson) Christian 1911–1975 m. Melba (Marian) Yarnell 1920–1973
        5. 5. Donald (James) Christian 1921– m. Geraldine (G) Childs 1927–1991
        6. 6. Loren (Neil) Christian 1934–1990 m. Patricia (Ann) Seifried 1936–2018
      2. 2. Sarah (Isabel) Christian 1894–1972
      3. 3. Robert Black 1898–1951 m. Eva Robinson 1904–1980
        1. 1. Edward Black 1938–1993
      4. 4. John (James) Christian 1899–1974 m. Marjorie (Thelma) Chute 1899–1984
      5. 5. Mary (Jane) Christian 1901–1990 m. George (Washington) Brown 1895–1987
      6. 6. Florence (Emily) Christian 1900–1980 m. Ernest (Newman) Gess 1893–1984
        1. 1. Robert (Leroi) Gess 1924–2005 m. Margaret (Maria) Delva 1921–2016
        2. 2. Priscilla (Jeanne) Gess 1931–2005 m. Larry (Dee) Richmond 1931–2011
    5. 5. John (Coward) Christian 1861–1920 m. Margaret (Anne) Lancaster 1857–1932
      1. 1. Mary (Jane) Christian 1883–1956 m. Casson Hornby 1881–1967
        1. 1. Elsie Hornby 1911–2006 m. John (Kermode) Skillicorn 1917–2002
        2. 2. Harry (Christian) Hornby 1904–1980 m. Frances Acton 1905–1935 m. Florence (Jean) Pannell 1915–2003
        3. 3. John Hornby 1922–1997 m. Mary (Elizabeth) Carroll 1923–2005
        4. 4. Casson Hornby 1918–1969 m. Dorothy (Margaret) Davis 1926–2009 m. Maud Fenn 1911–1991
      2. 2. Isabella Christian 1885–
        1. 1. Harold Christian 1909–
      3. 3. Maggie (Mary) Christian 1888–1962 m. William Woodend 1874–1945
      4. 4. Florence Christian 1890–
        1. 1. William (Oliver Christian) Woodend 1909–1997
        2. 2. Ada Christian 1913–
      5. 5. John (Coward) Christian 1896–1954 m. Elizabeth (Messenger) Poole 1888–1958
      6. 6. Grace (Annie) Christian 1894– m. William (George) Russel 1890–
      7. 7. Richard Christian 1901–1902
    6. 6. Henry Christian 1866–1891
    7. 7. William Christian 1868–1947 m. Mary (Jane R) Glessal 1870–1950
      1. 1. William (Henry Glessal) Christian 1889–1958 m. Bertha Rusling 1900–1982
        1. 1. Ethel Christian 1922–2012 m. Victor Storey 1921–2008
      2. 2. Harry (Christian) VC 1892–1974 m. Ellen Adams 1889–1970
      3. 3. Maggie (Ann) Christian 1893–1978 m. Arthur (Everett) Jackson 1894–1961
        1. 1. Everett (Christian) Jackson 1919–1969 m. Joan (W) Williams 1925–2018
      4. 4. John (Thomas) Christian 1896–1986 m. Doris Gough 1899–
        1. 1. Jack Christian 1921–
      5. 5. Martha Christian 1899– m. John (Sydney) Amor 1900–
        1. 1. Marjorie Amor 1920–1974 m. Harry Longdon 1918–1999
      6. 6. James Christian 1901–
      7. 7. Walter Christian 1905–
    8. 8. Lucy (Annie) Christian 1872–1947 m. Matthew Pearson 1869–1939
      1. 1. William (Henry) Pearson 1897–1980 m. Laura (Elvina) Carter 1893–1975 m. Mabel (Kate) Wilson 1909–1995
      2. 2. Lucy (Annie) Pearson 1900–1976 m. William (Claud) Holland 1885–1957
        1. 1. David (Roe) Holland 1935–2009
        2. 2. Mary (Joyce) Holland 1937–2016 m. Harry (Hartley) Topping 1936–2014
        3. 3. Virgil (Lee) Holland 1925–2008 m. Margaret (Ruth) Markham 1931–2017
        4. 4. Neal (Roy) Holland 1926–1971
        5. 5. Nancy (Ruth) Holland 1939–2005
        6. 6. Joseph (William) Holland 1941–2019
        7. 7. Paul (Dale) Holland 1943–2007
        8. 8. Dora (Mae) Holland 1923–1995 m. Hersey (Frederick) Burt 1901–1993
        9. 9. Fay (Lucinda) Holland 1928–2004 m. Clifford (William) Hartill 1924–1994
        10. 10. Helen (Isabelle) Holland 1929–2019 m. Gary (Wayne) Shill 1930–2013
      3. 3. Richard (James) Pearson 1905–1989 m. Juanita (Louise) Musser 1912–1967 m. Vera (G) Brickson 1910–2006
      4. 4. Gladys (Patricia) Pearson 1910–1994 m. August (Loren Herman) Wagner 1903–1993
      5. 5. Ethel (Lorraine) Pearson 1903–1985 m. George (Howard) Abbott 1896–1971 m. John (Harvey) Lemon 1913–1986
      6. 6. Isabella Pearson 1896–1973 m. Bernard Peternell 1885–1966
        1. 1. Ray (Edwin) Peternell 1931–2004
        2. 2. Roy (Eugene) Peternell 1931–2013 m. Corinne (Andrea) Droter 1938–2015 m. Norma (Jean) Shepard 1942–1998
        3. 3. Lillian Peternell 1925–1925
    9. 9. Richard Christian 1873–1941 m. Catherine Hill 1877–
    10. 10. Margret Christian 1863–
    11. 11. Isaac Christian 1870–1871
  7. 7. Mary Coward 1833–1864 m. Richard Southward 1831–
    1. 1. John Southward 1858–1923
    2. 2. William Southward 1860–
    3. 3. Isaac Southward 1864–
  8. 8. John Coward 1835–1909 m. Elizabeth (Jane) Wood 1839–1895
    1. 1. John Coward 1860–1928 m. Janet ('Jessie' Rentoul) Smyth 1867–1942
      1. 1. John Coward 1887–1961 m. Janet (Kate) Inglis 1889–1967
        1. 1. Edna (May) Coward 1912–1997
        2. 2. John Coward 1916–1991
        3. 3. Donald (Dudley) Coward 1933–1993
        4. 4. Rodney (Andrew) Coward 1923–1987
        5. 5. Malcolm (William Coward) Snr 1927–1990 m. Patricia (Margaret) McKone 1928–2011
      2. 2. Janet ('Jessie' Rentoul) Coward 1890–1974
      3. 3. William (Thomas) Coward 1892–1973
      4. 4. Herbert (Alvin) Coward 1895–1897
      5. 5. Alexander (Edward) Coward 1900–1973
      6. 6. Leslie (Harold) Coward 1907–1950
      7. 7. Olive (May) Coward 1910–1972
      8. 8. William Coward 1889–1889
    2. 2. William (Leonard) Coward 1862–1932
    3. 3. James Coward 1858–1910
    4. 4. Elizabeth (Jane) Coward 1864–1897
    5. 5. Henry Coward 1866–1900
    6. 6. Edward Coward 1869–1951
    7. 7. Frances (Mary) Coward 1873–1958
    8. 8. Richard Coward 1877–1960 m. Lucy Nicholas 1880–1955
      1. 1. George (Cyril) Coward 1918–1993 m. Enid (Alma) Norman 1920–2011
      2. 2. Edith Coward 1904–1990
      3. 3. Hilda Coward 1905–1961
      4. 4. Freda Coward 1907–1974
      5. 5. Richard (Clifford) Coward 1915–1986
  9. 9. Sarah Coward 1838–1907
  10. 10. Elizabeth Coward 1842–1871 m. Henry Wilcock 1839–1912
  11. 11. Nancy Coward 1844–1931 m. Nicholas (Newby) Tyson 1847–
    1. 1. Agnes (Jane) Tyson 1872–
    2. 2. Elizabeth Tyson 1874–
    3. 3. John Tyson 1876–
    4. 4. Hannah Tyson 1880–
    5. 5. William (James) Tyson 1881–
    6. 6. Thomas (John) Tyson 1883–
  12. 12. Jane Coward 1836–1906
  13. 13. James Coward 1850–1850

John Coward's Timeline

5 Records

1803
18 Mar 1803
Birth of John Coward in Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
1841
Jun 1841
Age 38
John Coward resided here in Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
1851
Apr 1851
Age 48
John Coward resided here in Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
1858
9 Mar 1858
Age 55
Death of John Coward in Low Gill House, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
Low Gill House, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
1858
15 Jun 1858
Age 55
John Coward - Probate in Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Mar 1803
    Event Place: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2275; Folio: 283; Page: 22; GSU roll: 87302
    [2] 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 529; Book: 14; Civil Parish: Kirkby Ireleth; County: Lancashire; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 5; Page: 4; Line: 3; GSU roll: 306915

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Jun 1841
    Event Place: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: 1841 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 529; Book: 14; Civil Parish: Kirkby Ireleth; County: Lancashire; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 5; Page: 4; Line: 3; GSU roll: 306915

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: Apr 1851
    Event Place: Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 2275; Folio: 283; Page: 22; GSU roll: 87302

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 9 Mar 1858
    Event Place: Low Gill House, Kirkby Ireleth, Lancashire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941
    [2] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Probate
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1858
    Event Place: Lancaster, Lancashire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941
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