Montagu
William
Coward
Born before in Streatham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Son of George Frederick Coward
and Catherine (Hope) Coward
Brother of
Kate Hope (Coward) Randall
Husband of
Elizabeth (Bontoft) Coward
— married
1884 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Edith Hope Coward, George Montagu Coward, Kathleen Hope (Coward) Habbijam and Sydney John Coward
Died before
at about age 74
in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Jul 2020
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Biography
Montagu Coward was born in Surrey, England.
- FamilySearch profile
- Brewer + spirit dealer
- Montagu is the correct spelling, but is mispelt on occasion with an e on the end
- 1858 - Montagu William Coward was born to George Frederick Coward and Catherine in Wandsworth, London [1], christened 17 Nov 1858 in Streatham[2]
- 1861 (2) - living with parents and siblings Frederick, Kate, Catherine and 4 servants in Streatham[3]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace George F Coward Head M 44 Catherine Coward Wife F 41 London Middlesex Frederick G Coward Son M 6 Kate J Coward Daughter F 4 Montague W Coward Son M 2 Catherine Lee Visitor F 64 London Middlesex Mary Ann Robinson Servant F 29 Hannah Spiers Servant F 43 Clapham Surrey Elizabeth A Waterman Servant F 17 Jane Matthews Servant F 35 ... Middlesex
- 1871 (12) - living with widowed mother Catherine, siblings Frderick, Kate, aunty Mary, cousin Isabel and 3 servants in Paddington[4]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Catherine Coward Head F 50 London Middlesex Frederick G Coward Son M 16 London Middlesex Kate H Coward Daughter F 14 Streatham Surrey Montague W Coward Son M 12 Streatham Surrey Mary Lighton Sister F 43 Camberwell Surrey Isabl K Lighton Niece F 15 America Eliza Offord Servant F 27 West Hall Suffolk Emma Beddison Servant F 21 Westminster Mary Allen Servant F 25 Shoreditch
- 1881 (23) - brewer, employing 4 men, lodging with the Price family in Skirbec, Lincolnshire[5]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Alfred W Price Head M 41 Oundle Northamptonshire England Frances Price Wife F 41 Boston Lincolnshire England Arthur Price Son M 14 Boston Lincolnshire England Ada Price Daughter F 12 Boston Lincolnshire England Edith Price Daughter F 8 Boston Lincolnshire England Louisa Fox Servant F 20 Spalding Lincolnshire England Montague W Coward Lodger M 23 Streatham Surrey England
- 1884 - married Elizabeth Bontoft in Boston, Lincolnshire[6]
- 1885 - daughter Edith Hope Coward was born in Boston, Lincolnshire[7], mother's maiden name Bontoft[8]
- 1886 - son George Montagu Coward was born in Boston, Lincolnshire, England[9], mother's maiden name Bontoft[10]
- 1889 - daughter Kathleen Hope Coward was born 19 Feb 1889 in Boston St Botolph, Lincolnshire[11][12]
- 1891 (32) - brewer, living with wife Elizabeth and children Edith, George and Kathleen[13]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Montagu Wm Edward Head M 32 Surrey England Elizabeth Edward Wife F 30 Lincolnshire England Edith H Edward Daughter F 6 Lincolnshire England George M Edward Son M 5 Lincolnshire England Kathleen H Edward Daughter F 2 Lincolnshire England
- 1891 - son Sydney John Coward was born 1 Sep 1891 in Boston, Lincolnshire[14]
- 1895 - daughter Edith died in Boston at the age of 9[15]
- 1901 (42) - brewer, living with wife Elizabeth and children Elizabeth, Kathleen, Sydney and 2 servants, in Boston[16]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Montague W Coward Head M 42 Streatham London Elizabeth Coward Wife F 40 Boston Lincolnshire Kathleen H Coward Daughter F 12 Boston Lincolnshire Sydney I Coward Son M 9 Boston Lincolnshire Ellen Henson Servant F 27 Doncaster Yorkshire Bertha Bannister Servant F 21 Boston Lincolnshire
- 1911 (52) - brewer and spirit dealer, living with wife Elizabeth, daughter Kathleen and 2 servants in Boston[17]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Montagu William Coward Head M 52 Streatham Surrey Elizabeth Coward Wife F 50 Boston Lincolnshire Kathleen Hope Coward Daughter F 22 Boston Lincolnshire Lilley Cooper Servant F 23 Leak Lincolnshire Elizabeth Belcher Servant F 24 Gosberton Lincolnshire
- 1920 - named as beneficiary in his father's will[18]
- 1932 - died 13 Dec 1932 in Lincoln. Beneficiaries in his will were Reginald Scott Habbijam and Edmund Waite[19]
Sources
- ↑ Name: Montague William Coward
- Event Type: Birth Registration
- Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
- Registration Year: 1858
- Registration District: Wandsworth
- County: London
- Event Place: Wandsworth, London, England
- Volume: 1D
- Affiliate Line Number: 20
- Page: 416
- Citing this Record
- "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26Y2-VBF : 1 October 2014), Montague William Coward, 1858; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Wandsworth, London, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ Name: Montagu William Coward
- Event Type: Christening
- Event Date: 17 Nov 1858
- Event Place: Streatham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
- Event Place (Original): Saint Leonards, Streatham, Surrey, England
- Gender: Male
- Father's Name: George Frederick Coward
- Mother's Name: Catherine
- GS Film Number: 307725
- Digital Folder Number: 008044664
- Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C05519-1
- System Origin: ODM
- Citing this Record
- "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLF4-4JB : 23 March 2020), Catherine in entry for Montagu William Coward, 1858.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MG-X79N : 23 October 2019), Jane Matthews in household of George F Coward, Streatham, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VBXN-P5H : 25 April 2019), Mary Allen in entry for Catherine Coward, 1871.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27V-LNYL : 12 December 2017), Montague W Coward in household of Alfred W Price, Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 6, Piece/Folio 3219/76, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,947.
- ↑ Name: Montagu William Coward
- Event Type: Marriage
- Event Place: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
- Registration District: Boston
- County: Lincolnshire
- Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
- Registration Year: 1884
- Volume: 7A
- Affiliate Line Number: 158
- Possible Spouse: Elizabeth Bontoft
- Possible Spouse: John Thomas Hale
- Possible Spouse: John Thomas Hall
- Possible Spouse: Maria Moore
- Page: 533
- Citing this Record
- "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DJ9-28N : 6 January 2015), Montagu William Coward, 1884; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1884, quarter 1, vol. 7A, p. 533, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ :Event Type: Birth Registration
- Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
- Registration Year: 1885
- Registration District: Boston
- County: Lincolnshire
- Event Place: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
- Volume: 7A
- Affiliate Line Number: 250
- "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XGV-RBF : 1 October 2014), Edeith Hope Coward, 1885; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ GRO Search:COWARD, EDITH HOPE,BONTOFT,GRO Reference: 1885 J Quarter in BOSTON Volume 07A Page 437
- ↑ :Event Type: Birth Registration
- Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
- Registration Year: 1886
- Registration District: Boston
- County: Lincolnshire
- Event Place: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
- Volume: 7A
- Affiliate Line Number: 285
- "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XP6-BNP : 1 October 2014), George Montagu Coward, 1886; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ GRO Search:COWARD, GEORGE MONTAGU,BONTOFT,GRO Reference: 1886 J Quarter in BOSTON Volume 07A Page 460
- ↑ :Event Type: Birth Notice
- Event Date: 19 Feb 1889
- Event Place: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
- Event Place (Original): Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
- Event Place Note: 180-8172
- Gender: Female
- Birth Date: 15 Feb 1889
- Father's Name: Montagu William Coward
- Newspaper: Sheffield Daily Telegraph
- Page Number: 7
- Publication Date: 19 Feb 1889
- ↑ :Event Type: Baptism
- Event Date: 19 Mar 1889
- Event Place: Boston St Botolph, Lincolnshire, England
- Event Place (Original): Boston St Botolph
- Gender: Female
- Father's Name: Montagne William Coward
- Mother's Name: Elizabeth Coward
- Image Number: 00716
- Record Number: 11
- "England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTR-93DF : 17 January 2020), Elizabeth Coward in entry for Kathleen Hope Coward, 19 Mar 1889; citing Baptism, 19 Mar 1889, Boston St Botolph, Lincolnshire, England, Lincolnshire Record Office, Lincoln; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WRRT-FPZ : 5 May 2019), Kathleen H Edward in household of Montagu Wm Edward, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Lincolnshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ Name: Sydney John Coward Event Type: Birth Registration Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration Year: 1891 Registration District: Boston County: Lincolnshire Event Place: Boston, Lincolnshire, England Volume: 7A Page: 433 Affiliate Line Number: 93 Citing this Record "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XBB-1NB : 1 October 2014), Sydney John Coward, 1891; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ Name: Edith Hope Coward
- Event Type: Death
- Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
- Registration Year: 1895
- Registration District: Boston
- County: Lincolnshire
- Event Place: Boston, Lincolnshire, England
- Age: 9
- Birth Year (Estimated): 1886
- Volume: 7A
- Affiliate Line Number: 359
- Page: 247
- Citing this Record
- "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2JGR-43R : 31 December 2014), Edith Hope Coward, 1895; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSD9-H6D : 21 May 2019), Bertha Bannister in household of Montague W Coward, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Boston subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7YW-T4R : 15 July 2019), Elizabeth Belcher in household of Montagu William Coward, Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ Name: Frederick George Coward
- Event Type: Probate
- Event Date: 14 Feb 1920
- Event Place: Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
- Event Place (Original): Middlesex, United Kingdom
- Death Date: 6 Jan 1920
- Beneficiary's Name: Montagu William Coward
- Second Beneficiary's Name: Thomas Richard Hocking
- Other information in the record of Frederick George Coward
- Digital Folder Number: 007706186
- Image Number: 00310
- Citing this Record
- "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPLZ-7Y6F : 17 September 2018), Thomas Richard Hocking in entry for Frederick George Coward, 14 Feb 1920; citing Probate, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .
- ↑ Name: Montagu William Coward
- Event Type: Probate
- Event Date: 24 Mar 1933
- Event Place: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
- Event Place (Original): London, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
- Death Date: 13 Dec 1932
- Beneficiary's Name: Reginald Scott Habbijam
- Second Beneficiary's Name: Edmund Waite
- District: London
- Digital Folder Number: 007707372
- Image Number: 00438
- Citing this Record
- "England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:761P-FW2M : 27 August 2019), Reginald Scott Habbijam in entry for Montagu William Coward, 24 Mar 1933; citing Probate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Great Britain.; FHL microfilm .
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