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Constance Eliza Cowan (1879–1963)

She was baptised on 1 Apr 1879 in Lambeth, London.

In the 1891 English Census she was boarding at a girls' school in Eastbourne and in 1901 was living with her aunt, Eliza Betty, in Warwickshire. By 1911 they had moved to Wandsworth and were renting rooms in the house of George Reid, a fine art dealer.

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'Cowan, Constance Eliza (1879–1963)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/cowan-constance-eliza-21916/text31951, accessed 29 March 2024.

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Life Summary [details]

Alternative Names
  • Cohen, Constance Eliza
  • Allport, Constance Eliza
Birth

1879
London, Middlesex, England

Death

14 July, 1963 (aged ~ 84)
Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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