Agnes Cowper (buried 1897)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Cowper
First name: 
Agnes
Other Christian names: 
Cecil
Gender: 
Female
Burial number: 
279
Born: 
0/0/1864
Died: 
01/07/1897
Buried: 
03/07/1897
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
SWS
Cemetery row: 
7
Cemetery plot: 
7
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
Agnes Cecil Cowper called home July 1st 1897 aged 33 R.I.P. "Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler: the snare is broken and we are delivered"

Life story

Life story

Agnes Cecil Cowper was born in 1864 in Twickenham to Edward Alfred Cowper, Civil Engineer, 44yrs, and Juliana, 35yrs, nee Hanson. Agnes was the youngest of 9 children, Charles 15, Julia Edith 12, Grace Evelyn 10, Mary Emily 9, Percy 5, Ann Florence 4, Helen Nina 2, and Alice Maud 1. Her brother, Vernon, was born in 1872. In 1871 Agnes 7yrs, lived with her family at Leigham Avenue, Streatham, they employed a Cook, Housemaid and Nurse. When Agnes was 17yrs in 1871, the family lived at Hill Hurst, Amberley Road, Lewisham, her brother, Charles, 32yrs, was a Civil Engineer, her sisters, Annie, 21yrs, and Alice, 18yrs, were both Artists, Vernon was 9yrs. In 1891 Agnes, 27yrs, and Helen, 29yrs, both lived at the home of their wealthy parents, Rastricke, Pine Grove, Weybridge, Surrey, on private incomes, their brother, Vernon, 19yrs, was an Actor. They employed a Cook and Housemaid. In 1893, Agnes's father, Edward Alfred, died aged 73yrs, his estate of £24329 15s 11d in 2020 would be worth £3.1m. Agnes and her mother moved to Worthing where they lived in Heene Road, naming their house, Rastricke, but in 1897, on 1st July, Agnes died aged 33yrs.

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1864

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
01/07/1897
Age (at time of death): 
33
Cause of death: 
Appendicitis operation; Meningitis; Coma;
Address at time of death: 
Rastricke, Heene Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Charles Cowper status: Civil Engineer
Probate pounds: 
£3,757

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Living at Leigham Avenue, Streatham - Edward A. Cowper, 51yrs, Civil Engineer, wife, Juliana, 42yrs, 8 children, Julia E. 19, Grace E. 17, Mary E. 16, Percy 14, Ann F. 11, Helen N. 9, Alice M. 8, and Agnes C. 7, and employ a Cook, Housemaid and Nurse.

1881 census: 

Living at Hill Hurst, Amberley Rd. Lewisham - Edward A. Cowper, 61yrs, Civil Engineer, 6 children, Charles E. 32, Civil Engineer, Annie F. 21, Artist, Helen N. 19, Alice M. 18, Artist, Agnes C. 17, and Vernon 9, and employ a Cook and Housemaid.

1891 census: 

living at Rastricke, Pine Grove, Weybridge, Surrey - Agnes C. 27yrs and Helen N. 29yrs, both living on own means, Vernon, 19yrs, Actor, employing 2 domestic servants.