Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Birth12 Jan 1882, Brecon, Breconshire
Baptism3 Mar 1882, St Mary, Brecon, Breconshire
Death7 Feb 1947, The War Memorial Hospital, Brecon
Notes for Lt Col Hugh Griffith Coke Fowler DSO
In the 1911 census he was an office in a barracks in Brecknock, born in 1882 at Brecknock.

In the 1901 census he was with his parents and siblings at home in Brecon where he had been born in 1882.  He was a Lieut in the Highland Light Infantry.  His father was then a retired architect aged 55; they were then living in Tonbridge Wells.

Census ref:
Archive reference RG13
Piece number 754
Folio 46
Page 30
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His birth index not found on FindMyPast but was on FreeBMD:

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page
Births Mar 1882   (>99%)
FOWLER Hugh Griffith C Brecknock 11b 99
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His baptism indix was eventually found, mistranscribed as Hugh Griffith Ann:

First name(s) HUGH GRIFFITH ANN [sic]
Last name FOWLER
Birth year 1882
Birth day 12
Birth month Jan
Baptism year 1882
Baptism day 03
Baptism month Mar
Place BRECON, ST MARY
Mother's first name(s) Anna Jane
Father's first name(s) John Bacen
County Breconshire
Country Wales
Record set Powys Baptisms

The index included that his birth date was 12 Jan 1882.
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His death index:

First name(s) HUGH G C
Last name FOWLER
Gender Male
Birth year 1882
Age 65
Death quarter 1
Death year 1947
District BRECKNOCK
County Breconshire
Volume 8A
Page 59
Country Wales
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for Lt Col Hugh Griffith Coke Fowler DSO
His probate index:

FOWLER Hugh Griffith Coke of Nytha Brecon Breconshire died 7 February 1947 at The War Memorial Hospital Brecon Probate Gloucester 1 July to Muriel Powys Aveline Fowler widow.
Effects £8968 8s 6d.
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Notes for Hugh Griffith Coke & Muriel Powys Aveline (Family)
Their banns:

First name(s) MURIEL POWYS AVELINA
Last name MAYBERY
Banns year 1912
Banns day 07
Banns month Jul
Marriage year 1912
Place BRECON, ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST
Spouse's first name(s) HUGH GRIFFITH COKE
Spouse's last name FOWLER
Bride's parish St John
Groom's parish Wareham
County Breconshire
Country Wales
Record set Powys Banns

And banns were also read on July 14th and 21st.
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Their marriage, noting the misspelling of her surname:

First name(s) MURIEL P A
Last name MAYBERRY [sic]
Marriage quarter 3
Marriage year 1912
MarriageFinderâ„¢ MURIEL P A MAYBERRY married
HUGH G FOWLER
Spouse's last name FOWLER
District BRECKNOCK
County Breconshire
Country Wales
Volume 11B
Page 129
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
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Last Modified 10 Oct 2016Created 14 May 2022 by Tim Powys-Lybbe
Re-created by Tim Powys-Lybbe on 14 May 20220