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Robert Herbert GOWEN[1, 2, 3]

Male 1914 - 1986  (71 years)

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  • Name Robert Herbert GOWEN  [1, 2, 3]
    Birth 13 Nov 1914  Hazeldene, Islington, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Death 6 Jan 1986  Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3] 
    Person ID I12521474717  Hurst Improbable Family Tree
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

    Father Herbert Frederick GOWEN,   b. 23 Mar 1887, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1972, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    Mother Amy Elizabeth COOPER,   b. 14 May 1890, 2 Polebarn Buildings, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 1964, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Marriage 12 Aug 1911  Tabernacle Church, Trowbridge Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gwen Constance FRANCIS,   b. 13 Oct 1915, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Nov 1985, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Marriage 24 Jul 1940  Tabernacle Church, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Madeline F Gowen
     2. boy 1 GOWEN
     3. girl 2 GOWEN
     4. male GOWEN,   b. 2 Aug 1946, Hillbury Nursing Home, Hilperton Road, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1946, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F6015  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jun 2026

  • Sources 
    1. [S_2081219493] Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro).
      Birth date: 13 Nov 1914
      Birth place:
      Death date: Jan 1986
      Death place: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

    2. [S_2081219547] FreeBMD, England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office. © Crown copyright. Published by permission of the Contro).
      Birth date: Oct 1914
      Birth place: Wiltshire, United Kingdom

    3. [S_2080810673] Ancestry, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Trees.


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