Nigel Bartlett Fitzpatrick COBB

Nigel Bartlett Fitzpatrick COBB

Male 1897 - 1978  (81 years)

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  • Name Nigel Bartlett Fitzpatrick COBB 
    Birth 1897 
    Gender Male 
    Death 9 Jan 1978  Pembroke, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11047  Whitewater Region Early Families
    Last Modified 18 May 2023 

    Father Rev. Dr. Arthur J. F. COBB   d. Bef 1959 
    Mother Annie F. BARTLETT,   b. Abt 1868, Ditchling, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1959, Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 91 years) 
    Family ID F25150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marguerite BOWLAND,   b. 1896   d. 1985 (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 9 Sep 1922  Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Marguerite Shirley COBB,   b. 17 Nov 1927   d. 6 Jan 2012, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     2. Arthur Bowland COBB,   b. 16 Mar 1929   d. 26 Nov 2016, Cobden, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     3. Edna Constance COBB,   b. 9 Apr 1931   d. 12 Mar 2013, Brampton, Peel, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Documents
    Cobb, Nigel & Marguerite nee Bowland celebrate 50th Anniversary
    Cobb, Nigel & Marguerite nee Bowland celebrate 50th Anniversary
    The Cobden Sun, Sep 14, 1972
    Newspaper Clipping from the 1971-72 Scrapbook of Irene McLaren,
    provided to Fay Bennett by Jack McLaren
    Family ID F6004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 10 Mar 2021 

  • Photos
    CHx-48 Crawford St. - Home of Nigel Cobb & Marguerite Bowland
    CHx-48 Crawford St. - Home of Nigel Cobb & Marguerite Bowland
    photographed by Ken Francis c1982

    Documents
    CHx-Legion will hold charter night
    CHx-Legion will hold charter night
    The Cobden Sun, Jan 14, 1954 p. 1
    CHx-Cobden History article #3 (part 1)
    CHx-Cobden History article #3 (part 1)
    Newspaper clipping, The Ottawa Citizen 12 Mar 1953, p. 23
    CHx-Cobden History article #3 (part 2)
    CHx-Cobden History article #3 (part 2)
    Newspaper clipping, The Ottawa Citizen 12 Mar 1953, p. 23
    CHx-Cobden High School Board, 1947
    CHx-Cobden High School Board, 1947
    from the Cobden High School yearbook 'Scarlet and Gold', 1947 in the collection of Gladys Francis
    Cobb, Nigel obituary
    Cobb, Nigel obituary
    Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of Harold Bennett
    CHx-Cobden Legion President Dr. Edgar Murphy and Vice President Nigel Cobb
    CHx-Cobden Legion President Dr. Edgar Murphy and Vice President Nigel Cobb
    The Cobden Sun, Nov 22, 1956
    CHx-Cobden Town Planning and Industrial Committee looking forward to attracting new businesses.
    CHx-Cobden Town Planning and Industrial Committee looking forward to attracting new businesses.
    Newspaper article in The Evening Citizen, Mar 13, 1953 p. 21
    CHx-Cobden Legion Cribbage winners 1957
    CHx-Cobden Legion Cribbage winners 1957
    Newspaper clipping from the collection of Gladys Francis
    Cobb, Nigel & Marguerite married 40 years.
    Cobb, Nigel & Marguerite married 40 years.
    Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook collection of Jack & Janice McLaren compiled by Irene McLaren

    Headstones
    Gravestone-Cobb, Nigel & Marguerite nee Bowland
    Gravestone-Cobb, Nigel & Marguerite nee Bowland
    Block 2 - Anglican
    Cobden Union Cemetery
    photographed by Fay Bennett, Sept 2016

  • Notes 
    • From Cobden of the Past, March 8-9, 2021 researched by this author:
      1.Where is the house depicted on this page located?
      A very recognizable brick home that most Cobden students passed on the way to school. It is located at the corner of Crawford & Cowley. You can see both schools in the background.

      2.Who has lived in this home in the PAST?
      The upstairs tenants that were identified, were Roy & Edna Lester, Jack & Eve Arnott, William & Edna Reynolds and Florence Wilson.
      Roy & Edna Lester were closely connected to the Cobbs. Edna Lester & Marguerite Cobb were sisters. Roy Lester passed away in 1966. Edna married again in 1968 to William Reynolds.
      Jack Arnott didn?t have far to walk to work ? across the street to CDHS.
      Do you know of any others?

      The owners who lived in this home - more recently ? Ed & Shirley (nee Cobb) Stairs.

      1945- Shirley?s parents Nigel Cobb (1897 -1978) & Marguerite Bowland (1896-1985) purchased the house in Sept 1945 from Carrie Jack.

      1936-Carrie, (Caroline 1881-1956) Jack had inherited the property in 1936 from her mother Elizabeth Jack nee Cowdry. Jim Cobb mentioned that a ?Carrie? made a ghostly appearance to several people in this home. I couldn?t find any other female named Carrie associated with this property.

      1914-Elizabeth Jack nee Cowdry purchased the house in April, 1914. Elizabeth (1860-1936) who was the widow of John Jack (1853-1913) from Almira Ferrier (wife of James Ferrier) nee Strong.

      1906-Almira Ferrier (1862-1942) was the widow of Robert Andrew Caswell (1868- Dec 1905) when she inherited the property in March 1906. She later married James Ferrier. The significant jump in value when Robert?s widow received the property and the general timeframe suggests a change on the property such as a new building. Some of you may have realized by now the Robert Caswell was the brother of Edgar Caswell. The Caswell brothers were in partnership in brickworks and building construction. This is one of the homes that they built as noted in posts previously commenting on the brickworks and other homes they built. However, it would seem that this home was built for Robert himself. I find it interesting that the executers of Robert Andrew Caswell?s estate were the who?s who of Cobden: Edgar Caswell, James R Delahey, Robert Boyle.

      1903-Robert Caswell purchased this property in 1903. There were many land transfers prior to this one however the value of the property remained relatively the same.

      3.What is the significance & business connection of this multifamily home?
      The wives of Roy Lester & Nigel Cobb were Bowland sisters. Both couples lived in this home. Roy & Edna moved to Cobden in 1935 to manage the Cobden Grain Elevator owned by C. W. Hall & Co. A year later he purchased the business. In 1945 he was joined by his brother-in-law Nigel Cobb to be General Manager.
      4.Who built this home?
      As previously indicated, it was built by the Caswell brothers. Judging by the land records, the home was built somewhere between Oct 1903 when the property was purchased by Robert Caswell and Mar 1906 when Almira his widow, inherited the property.