William
Sowry
Born in Waitaki Canterbury New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Sowry
and Hannah (Strother) Sowry
Brother of
Annie Sowry, Arthur Sowry, Albert Sowry, Herbert Sowry, Mary Sowry, Hannah Howgate Sowry, Ernest Sowry, Marmaduke Joseph Sowry, George Sowry, Walter Joseph Sowry, Wilfred Leonard Sowry, Evangeline Anne Marie (Sowry) Noedl [half], Lavinia Fredrika (Sowry) McCormick [half], Mabel Beatrice (Sowry) Malcon [half] and Ivy Woodvine Sowry [half]
Husband of
Elizabeth Jane (Thomas) Sowry
— married
1893 in Woodville Tararua Manawatu-Wanganui New Zealand
Father of
Hector Lyle Sowry and Mavis Myrtle (Sowry) Houlbrooke
Died
at age 68
in Waiotu, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 12 Apr 2017
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Biography
William Sowry was born in 1863 in Waitaki, Canterbury, New Zealand.
William marries Elizabeth Jane Thomas in 25 Dec 1893 at Free Methodist Church in Woodville, New Zealand and they had 11 children: 5 sons and 6 daughters [1].
He passed away in 1932 in Waiotu, Whangarei, New Zealand. Newspaper article shows he was out farming with his sons and sat down by a tree and passed away [2]. His find a grave profile [3]. His will in probate [4].
Sources
- ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-G7QM : accessed 30 September 2017), William Sowry and Elizabeth Jane Thomas, 1893; citing Marriage, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1893/3231
- ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19320318.2.73?
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59843442/william-sowry
- ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2VCC-HM4 : 28 May 2019), William Sowry, 1932; citing , Palmerston North probate files [second sequence], 1922-1994, record number 0042/32, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 007043771
- https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WOODEX18840815.2.23.1?
- https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WOODEX18850428.2.12.4?
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