When Charles Gilbert Cowled was born on 2 March 1882, in South Australia, Australia, his father, Humphrey David Cowled, was 39 and his mother, Harriet Mary Badcock, was 34. He married Jessie Lamb on 4 November 1915, in Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 16 November 1977, in Ungarie, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 95.