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| Title: | Lewis Owen & Nellie 'Davies' Owen |
|---|---|
| Internal ID: | 0492.0035 |
| Medium: | Photograph |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Collection: | 0492 |
| City: | Cranbrook, BC |
| People: | Davies, Willicome, Owen, Phillips |
| Date Created Approx: | Yes |
| Source External ID: | CBI |
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Lewis Owen and wife Rose Nellie 'Davies' Owen. Lewis was born in 1885 at Langwith, Nottingham, England. He came to Canada in 1905 and started with the CPR at Calgary, Alberta. He came to Cranbrook as a fireman in 1916 and retired in 1950 as a CPR engineer. Lewis Owen died May 4, 1956 in Cranbrook, with a brother Walter Owen surviving him in England. Nellie Rose Davies was born June 21, 1893, at Llanvihangel, Crucorney, Wales and married Lewis Owen in Cranbrook on March 15, 1926. Nellie was the half sister of Winnifred Irene (Phillips) Willicome, and worked at the Cranbrook Post Office until she married Owen. Nellie Owen died in Cranbrook on May 31, 1956.
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