This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cowper, Murphy, Mackay, Howes Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jMQ.2ACIB/69 Message Board Post: My mother : Vera Cowper b.28.02.1921 at St Pancras, London. married : Edward (Ted) Robert Murphy of Shoreditch (Hoxton), London b.12.06.1920- d.05.05.1985 Vera was the (illegitimate) dau. of : Marie Elizabeth Cowper b.13.10.1902 at Penrith, dau. of : John Cowper b.c.1864 & d.c.1939 John married a lady whose name is unknown, who d.c.1915. John moved to Newcastle Upon Tyne (date unknown) John Cowper was a Steam Locomotive Engineer & travelled between Newcastle and London (employer unknown) John Cowper's children included : Amy, (emigrated to Australia) known to live in/around Darwin Sadie, married : Murdoch Mackay (River Policeman) Margaret b.c.1895, married : George Howes (River Policeman) John, married : Norah (surname unknown) Anne b.c.Sept.1890 Marie b.13.10.1902 (see above) If you have any knowledge, connection or are related with any named here, then please contact me, will share info. My Regards Peter Murphy