Birth

4 Aug 1902
Barrow-in-Furness, County Barrow, England

Christening

31 Aug 1902
Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England

Death

25 Nov 1966
General Hospital, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa

Biography

Fred Leslie Cowen was born on 4 Aug 1902 at Barrow-in-Furness, County Barrow, England.

He was the son of Joseph William Cowen and Selina Humble Cruikshanks.

He was christened on 31 Aug 1902 at Dalton-in-Furness, Lancashire, England.

He was recorded in the census in 1911 at Barrow In Furness, Walney Barrow-In-Furness, Lancashire, England.

He emigrated on 11 Aug 1922, from Southampton, England to Cape Town, South Africa, aboard the Walmer Castle.

He married Ida Florence Bruce on 16 Mar 1929 at Turffontein, Johannesburg, South Africa. Ida Florence was the daughter of Charles Bruce and Catherine Christie. She was born in 1901.

They had one child: Living.

He died on 25 Nov 1966 at General Hospital, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa at the age of 64.