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     Joan Courteney married Nicholas Carew Baron Hydron, son of Thomas Carew Baron Hydron and Elizabeth Benville.
     She was co-heir of her mother. The Earls of Oxford descend from her second marriage to Sir Robert Vere.. Joan Courteney was born on 14 August 1411 in Haccombe, Devon. She was the daughter of Sir Hugh Courteney and Philippa Arcedekne.

     Margaret Courteney was born in England. She was the daughter of Hugh Courteney (of Boconnoc) and Margaret Carminow.
     Margaret Courteney married Sir John Arundell, son of Nicholas Arundell and Jane St John. She was the daughter of Sir Hugh Courtenay.

     Robert de Courtney married Alice FitzDuncan, daughter of William FitzDuncan Earl of Moray and Alice or Adeliza de Romelli, after 1192.
     Robert died between 1207 and 1209.

     Robert de Courtney married Mary de Redvers, daughter of William de Redvers (Earl of Devon & Albemarle?).

      Henry Frederick Courtney or Handy was also known as Handy in some records. He was christened on 1 January 1758 in St Catherine's, Dublin. He was the son of (?) Courtney and Mary Handy.
     In Mary Handy's will dated 13 May 1765 in Dublin, Henry Frederick Courtney or Handy was named as heir; Attested copy of the will of Mrs Mary Handy: I Mary Handy of Dublin, daughter of Thomas Handy, late of same city, merchant, deceased .... to my cousin Samuel Handy my silver jug, & my mourning gold ring
I leave to his daughter Margrit Ann Handy, my store shoe buckles
I leave to my niece Jane Pemberton my green glass breast bottle and blew patch box
I leave Sarah Davis, a silver sissors chain & pin cushion hoop,
I leave to my servant William Belfoord ...wage... 6 silver table spoons marked MH & 9 chairs, etc.
I leave to my servant Marget Craig ... others ... residue to my cousin Samuel Handy of Coolylough, co. Westmeath, gent & his heirs for the purpose to support my son Henry Frederick until 21 then to said son ... if son dies before 21 I then leave all to be divided among the poor people called Methodists except my son Henry Frederick has a mind to buy a commission or to put himself apprentice then he is at liberty to do so what he pleases with the money.
Samuel Handy to be guardian of my son & executor. 13 May 1765
Signed & sealed. Tell my sister Pim that is she attempts taking a genteel living from my son Frederick that if I am permitted I will haunt her day & night. Dated 23 July 1786, 9 August 1765.

     (?) Courtney married Mary Handy, daughter of Thomas Handy and Mary Hillary, before 1758.

     Margaret Coventry married John Leach, son of John Leach and Isott Curry, in July 1767 in Watlington, Oxfordshire, England.
     Margaret died in 1770 in Watlington, Oxfordshire.

     Betty Coward married John George on 8 April 1766 in St Mary's, Portsea, Hampshire.

     Joseph Cowgall married Dorothy Marsden, daughter of William Marsden and Ellen Rich, on 1 May 1794 in the Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire.

     Alan Hume Cowley was born in 1900 in Queensland. He was the son of Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Black.
     Alan died in 1931 in Woolahra district, New South Wales.

     Alice Mabel Cowley (Gurney) was born in 1872 in Queensland. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
     Alice died in 1948.

     Arthur Samuel Cowley was born in 1903. He was the son of Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriet Grace Soper.
     Arthur died in 1983.

     Arthur Wellesley Cowley was born in 1876 in Gundagai, New South Wales. He was the son of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
     Arthur Wellesley Cowley married Emily Harriet Grace Soper in 1903 in Queensland.
     Arthur died in 1955 in QLD.

     Cecil Francis Cowley was born in 1903 in Queensland. He was the son of Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Black.
     Cecil died on 21 January 1951 in Higaturu, New Guinea. On Sunday 21 January 1951 Mt Lamington exploded, killing more than 3,500 Orokaivan people in 29 villages and 35 expatriates stationed at Martyrs' Memorial School, Sangara Anglican Mission and Higaturu Government Station. He was the District Commissioner.
COWLEY Cecil Francis -January 21 1951 at Higaturu beloved son of the late Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Cowley beloved husband of Amalia and loving father of Erl (deceased) and Pamela and loved brother of Maurice and Marjorie aged 48 years.
COWLEY Erl Lewis Franceschi - January 21 1951 at Higaturu beloved son of Cecil (deceased) and Amalia, loved grandson of Isabel Cowley loved brother of Pamela, aged 16 years.
The Papua New Guinea Asoociation's website reports his wife's death: Amalia COWLEY (11 April 1998, aged 93): Amalia Cowley was the wife of Cecil Cowley (deceased), mother of Erl (deceased) and daughter Pamela. She is survived by Pamela, son-in-law Gerry and three grandchildren. Pamela Virtue
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     Claud Erroll Cowley was born in 1896 in Queensland. He was the son of Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Black.
     Claud Erroll Cowley served in the War between 1914 and 1917. The AIF ADFA website records: Erroll Claude Cowley - Regimental number135; School: Ingham and Nambour State Schools and Gatton College, Queensland; Protestant; Occupation: Experimentalist; Address - College, Gatton, Queensland; Single; Age at embarkation: 19, Next of kin     Father, Louis Jesse Cowley, 'Lorne,' Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills, New South Wales; Previous military service: Citizens Forces and Cadets; Enlistment date 22 August 1914; Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll:     22 September 1914; Rank on enlistment     Private; Unit name     2nd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron; AWM Embarkation Roll number:10/7/1;
Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A15 Star of England on 24 September 1914; Rank from Nominal Roll     Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll: 2nd Light Horse Regiment; Killed in Action 9 January 1917; Place of death or wounding     Rapa, Palestine; Age at death 20.9; Age at death from cemetery records: 21; Place of burial: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 197), Egypt; Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial: 3; Miscellaneous information from cemetery records     Parents: Lewis and Isabel COWLEY, Baulkham Hills, New South Wales. Native of Ingham, Queensland.
     Claud died in 1922 in QLD.

     Ethel May Cowley (Potter) was born in 1878 in Gundagai, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
     Ethel died in 1957.

     Francis Percival Cowley was born in 1905. He was the son of Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriet Grace Soper.
     Francis died in 1985.

     Frank Cowley was born on 25 November 1849 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire. He was the son of William Cowley and Marianne Mayor. See http://www.sydneyarchives.info/essays-a-histories/26-jesse-cowleyfor more information on this family.
     Frank Cowley married Kate Isobel Phillips, daughter of William Thomas Phillips and Mary Anne Lyons, on 17 August 1871 in the Presbyterian Manse, Brisbane, Queensland. Her marriage certificate stated that she was the daughter of William Phillips, gentleman, and born in Sydney. There was a correction in the margin, signed by Frank Cowley, stating that she was born at Bona Vista, Paterson River district.
Dell Cowley states that Frank Cowley apparently left Kate Isobel in the late 1880s.
     Frank died in 1907? In Springwood district, New South Wales. Son of Jesse & Ann therefore not the right age, this is probably the Frank C who was born in 1872 in the Paddington district.

     Grace Evelyn Cowley (MacCombe) was born in 1880 in Cootamundra, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.

     Jeanette Isoline Cowley was born in 1874 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
     Jeanette died in 1953 in Chatswood district, New South Wales. She never married.

     Jesse Cowley was born circa 1837 in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.
     Jesse Cowley married Ann Clara Fisher in 1858 in Sydney, New South Wales.
     Jesse died in 1924 in Sydney, New South Wales.

     John Peace Mornington Cowley was born in 1882 in Albury, New South Wales. He was the son of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
     John died in 1913 in Queensland. He never married.

     Lewis Jesse Cowley was born in 1866 in Sydney, New South Wales. See http://www.sydneyarchives.info/essays-a-histories/26-jesse-cowley for more information on this family. He was the son of Jesse Cowley and Ann Clara Fisher.
     Lewis Jesse Cowley married Isabel Black, daughter of Maurice Hume Black and Maria Frederica Hunn Davies, on 24 January 1893 in St John's, Brisbane, Queensland. COWLEY-HUME BLACK - On the 21th January, at St John's Pro Cathedral, Brisbane, by the Rev. A E David, Chaplain to the Bishop, Lewis Jesse, eldest son of Jesse Cowley, of Fairford, Sydney, to Isabel, fourth daughter of the Hon M Hume Black, MLA, of Mackay No cards. Her sister married on the same day.
     Lewis died in 1924 in 'Loretto', Seymour St, Drummoyne, New South Wales.

     Marian died in 1885. She was born in 1885. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.

     Marjorie Helena Cowley was born in 1906 in Queensland. She was the daughter of Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Black.
     Marjorie Helena Cowley lived at Sydney, New South Wales `, 1951.

      Maurice Alfred Cowley was also known as Morris in some records. He was born in 1894 in Queensland. He was the son of Lewis Jesse Cowley and Isabel Black.
     Maurice Alfred Cowley lived at Sydney, New South Wales `, 1951.
     Maurice died in 1980 in New South Wales.

     Mervyn Cecil Cowley was born in 1913. He was the son of Arthur Wellesley Cowley and Emily Harriet Grace Soper.
     Mervyn died in 1945 in Sandakan, Borneo. He died in a Japanese Prisoner of War camp at Sandakan.

     Olive Ivy Cowley (Cottee) was born in 1883 in Cootamundra, New South Wales. She was the daughter of Frank Cowley and Kate Isobel Phillips.
     Olive died in 1969.

     Sarah Eagles Cowley was born in 1795 in Winslow, Buckinghamshire, England.
     Sarah Eagles Cowley married Thomas Bowker J.P., Squire, son of Samuel Harris Bowker and Catherine Goodman, on 28 July 1827 in Winslow, Buckinghamshire.
     Sarah died on 1 May 1848 in the Manor House, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire. The burial register stated that she was aged 44 and The Times said she was in her 44th year. She was buried on 6 May 1848 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.