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To Do. 1841 Census for John Bowra and Margaret French.

Thomas William Bowra 1908

 

Born                                    31 August 1908 Islington London

Died                                    1984

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate          No          Date 1929 Winifred Maud Tranter

Death Certificate                   

Census Years                                                     

 

Thomas William Bowre born 18 August 1908Image from John.  Notes. Was born at either 4 Georges Yard Blundell Street or 4 Crescent Street N1.   He was living at 9 St Clement Street N1 when he married Winifred Maud Tranter

 

 

 


Siblings of Thomas William Bowra

 

Henry Bert Bowra

 

Born                                    6 September 1902 Islington London

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate               

Death Certificate                            1979

Census Years                                                     

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Richard Edward Bowra

 

Born                                    1905 Holborn London

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate                        1926 Islington London to Lilian Violet Wilkes

Death Certificate              4 August 2001

Census Years                                                     

 

Richard Edward Bowra 1 December 1905 - 4 August 2001

Richard Edward Bowra 1 December 1905 - 4 August 2001

 

 

 

 

 

Lucy Lily Bowra

 

Born                                    1907 Islington London

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate                        1927 Islington London to Leonard P Long

Death Certificate                   

Census Years                                                     

 

THOMAS WILLIAM BOWRA

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Sarah F Bowra

 

Born                                    1910 Islington London

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate                        1933 Islington London to George F Chapman

Death Certificate                   

Census Years                                                     

 

William Francis Bowra

 

Born                                    1912 Islington London

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate                       

Death Certificate                            15 February 1913

Census Years                                                     

 

Lily May Bowra

 

Born                                    1914

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate               

Death Certificate                   

Census Years                                                     

Family Tree

 

Joseph H Bowra

 

Born                                    7 November 1916 Islington London

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate                        1937 Finsbury London to Grace Florence Barnard

                                                        1975 Surrey to Dodson

Death Certificate                            February 1999 Cranleigh Surrey

Census Years                                                     

 

Jane Ellen Bowra

Family Tree

 

 

Born                                    26 November 1918

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate                        1951 Ealing Middx to Alfred C Rastall

Death Certificate                   

Census Years                                                     

 

Edward Bowra

 

Born                                    1923 Islington London

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate               

Death Certificate                            10 November 1924 Islington London

Census Years                                                     

 

Siblings


GREAT GRANDFATHER

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Harold Oliver (Ethelbert) Bowra GGP 1872

 

Born                                    19 February 1872 Abingdon Berkshire

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate                        4 April 1903 Islington London to Lucy Eaton

Death Certificate                            13 August 1936 Shoreditch London aged 64

Census Years        

1911 Census

Harold is 39 years and a Postal Porter GPO and Lucy 33 years

They are living at 4 Crescent Street Islington

They have children, Henry, Richard, Lucy, THOMAS, and Sarah                                            

 

Harold Ethelbert Oliver Bowra 29 Feb 1872 Married Lucy Eaton born1878

Harold Ethelbert Oliver Bowra 29 Feb 1872 Married Lucy Eaton born 1878

His mother was spinster Sarah Mines. His father either Oliver Croxford of Thame or Henry Bowra (1847) from Shorne Kent.  Henry married Lucy Eaton when Harold was 4 years old.  Lucy's father was John Eaton a railway worker from 51 Barnsbury Road Islington.  John was dead by the time of the marriage and F Eaton signed the Register.    Notes from John

 

Harold Ethelbert Bowra in full Royal Scots Fusiliers uniform India 1890's John to confirm which man

Harold Ethelbert Bowra in full Royal Scots Fusiliers uniform India 1890's John's notes. To confirm which man

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harold Bowra as railway worker.  He enlisted with the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Slough c 1893 and served in India and Boer War for a total of 15 years.

Harold Bowra as railway worker. He enlisted with the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Slough c 1893 and served in India and Boer War for a total of 15 years. He returned to England and married Lucy Eaton.   Lucy died 18 July 1934 aged 56.  Both were burried in Islington Cemetery Finchley Chapel Ground Plots 17433 and 17363 sec 'z'.   Johns notes.

 

 

 

 

 

Lucy Eaton 1878

 

Born                                    1878

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate          4 April 1903 Islington London to Harold O E Bowra

Death Certificate                   

Census Years                                                     

 

Lucy Bowra nee Eaton 1878 London daughter of John Eaton a railway worker of 51 Barnsbury Road N1 Pictured with eldest child Henry Bert Bowra (Harry) b 1903 Picture taken at 4 Georges Yard Blundell Street N1 or 4 Crescent Street N1

Lucy Bowra nee Eaton 1878 London daughter of John Eaton a railway worker of 51 Barnsbury Road N1 Pictured with eldest child Henry Bert Bowra (Harry) b 1903 Picture taken at 4 Georges Yard Blundell Street N1 or 4 Crescent Street N1

Johns notes

 

 

 

 

 

Father John Eaton who was born around 1845 and lived in Marylebone Road when he married Fanny Dilley who lived in St James Terrace.   They Married in Holy Trinity Church Marylebon Road Westminster on 1 may 1867. Johns father was William Eaton who was a gardener and Fannys father was John Dilley who was a labourer.

Lucy attended the Gifford Street School 1890?

1881 census

They were living at 5 Bath Place and John (36) was a Railway Porter.  They had children: Mary A Eaton 14, Eliza 10, Minnie 7 and Lucy 3 years.

1891 Census

 

Fanny was the head of the household aged 44 and the only child mentioned is Lucy who was 12 years old and a Scholar.   The address was Grocer Shop Pembroke Street.  Lucy indicates she was born in Norfolk?

1901 Census

Fanny is 61 years old, a widow and working as a Charwoman.

Lucy is 23 years old and a General Servant Domestic

They live at 21 Maygood Street


Siblings of HAROLD O E BOWRA

 

Lily Mary Jane Bowra

 

Born                                    20 July 1877 Camberwell London

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate               

Death Certificate                            1955 Canterbury Kent

Census Years                                                     

 

Henry Bowra

 

Born                                    17 February 1879

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate               

Death Certificate                   

Census Years                                                     

 

Elsie Bowra

 

Born                                    About 1880

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate                        Married Rimmington

Death Certificate                   

Census Years                                                     

 

Siblings

 

 

 

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GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER

Henry Bowra 3GP 1848

 

Born                                 18 November 1848

Birth Certificate         

Christened                         25 December 1848

Marriage Certificate             19 June 1876 Penge Tabernacle Croydon Surrey

                                                  To Sara Mines

Death Certificate                21 May 1933 Walington Oxford

Census Years                                                     

 

Sarah Mines 3GP 1851

 

Born                                    1851

Birth Certificate         

Marriage Certificate                        19 June 1876 Penge Tabernacle Croydon Surrey

                                                        to Henry Bowra

Death Certificate                            6 February 1926 Malling Kent

Census Years                                                     

 

1891 Census

The surname is incorrect and shows Rosera - hence not showing up on searches!

Henry Bowra is 41 and the Proprietor of Independent Hotel

Sarah 42 (her father was a Miller) She is born at Saunderton Buckinghamshire (near to Princes Risborough)

Daughter Lily born East Dulwich

 

Henry and Sarah Bowra.  They were both buried in the same churchyard as Tom and Margaret Trottiscliffe Kent

Henry and Sarah Bowra. They were both buried in the same churchyard as Tom and Margaret Trottiscliffe Kent. Johns notes

They had a business in Aston Rowant

 

 

 

 

 

Henry and Sarah with three daughters.   Need to investigage the French connection

 

Henry and Sarah with three daughters. Need to investigage the French connection

 

 

 

 


Siblings

 Charlotte Mary Bowra

 Born                                    1831 Shorne Kent

Birth Certificate   Christened                                       30 January 1831 Shorne Kent

Marriage Certificate                      24 September 1863 Parish Church Milton Gravesend Kent to Charles Hickmott

Death Certificate                            About 1891

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

John Bowra

 

Born                                    1833

Birth Certificate         

Christened                                       21 July 1833 Shorne Kent

Marriage Certificate                        27 January 1864 Strood Kent to Margaret Hone

Death Certificate                            16 December 1901 Brompton Kent

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Mary Johnson Bowra

 

Born                                    14 July 1835

Birth Certificate   

Christened                         28 August 1835 Shorne Kent

Marriage Certificate          9 February 1854 Shorne Kent to Thomas George

Death Certificate                            12 January 1922 Shenandoah Page Iowa USA

Buried                                               15 January 1922 Corning Adams Iowa USA

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Charles George Bowra

 

Born                                    About 1837

Birth Certificate         

Christened                         18 September 1837

Marriage Certificate               

Death Certificate                            1838

Buried                                               2 March 1838 Shorne Kent

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Thomas Bowra

 

Born                                    5 February 1840

Birth Certificate         

Christened                         8 March 1840 Shorne Kent

Marriage Certificate          20 November 1867 Cuyahoga County Ohio to Mary Ashwell

Death Certificate              9 December 1927 Chicago Illinois

Buried                                 27 December 1927 Chicago

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

 

Matilda Bowra

 

Born                                    About 1842 Shorne Kent

Birth Certificate         

Christened                         18 June 1842 Shorne Kent

Marriage Certificate          9 October 1864 South Hackney London to Samuel Turner

Death Certificate                   

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Hezekiah Bowra

 

 

Born                                    Abt 1844 Shorne Kent

Birth Certificate         

Christened                         1 June 1844

Marriage Certificate          13 January 1876 Shoreditch London to Emma Greenaway

Death Certificate              1921 Pancras London

Buried                                 1921 Finchley London

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

James Bowra

 

 

Born                                    Abt 1846 Shorne Kent

Birth Certificate         

Christened                         13 December 1846 Shorne Kent

Marriage Certificate                        27 February 1871 Sydney Australia to Jane Woods

                                                        1882 Sydney NSW to Catherine R Vine

Death Certificate              7 October 1903 Sydney

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

HENRY BOWRA



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 GREAT GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER

John Bowra 4GP 1802

 

Born                                 16 August 1802

Birth Certificate         

Christened                         26 December 1802

Marriage Certificate             1828 Marylebone London to Mary French

Death Certificate                            Abt 1880 Chicago Illinois USA

Census Years                                                     

 

Siblings

 

 

Family Tree

 

Mary French 4GP 1808 approx

 

Born                                                  1808 approx Shorne Kent

Birth Certificate         

Christened                                       2 October 1808 Shorne Kent

Marriage Certificate                        1828 Marylebone London to John Bowra

Death Certificate                            10 August 1858 Little Higham Kent

Census Years                                                     

 

Siblings


Thomas Bowra 5GP1776

 

Born                                    Abt 1776 Groombridge Kent

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate               

Death Certificate                            6 February 1843 Shorne Kent

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

 


William Bowra 6GP 1756

 

 

Born                                    1756 Speldhurst Groombridge Kent

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate                       Elizabeth Botten

Death Certificate                            1789 Speldhurst Groombridge Kent 

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

 

 

Elizabeth Botten 1760

 

 

Born                                    Abt 1760

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate                       William Bowra

Death Certificate                   

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

 


Thomas Bowra 7GP1725

 

Born                                    Abt 1725 Speldhurst Groombridge Kent

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate                       Grace Weller

Death Certificate                            After 1794

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

Family Tree

 

Grace Weller

 

Born                                    Abt 1725

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate                       Thomas Bowra

Death Certificate                           

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

 


John Bowra 8GP 1683

        

Born                                    1683 Sevenoaks Kent

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate                        Ann

Death Certificate                            1738 Speldhurst Groombridge Kent

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

Family Tree

 

Ann (wife of John Bowra) 1690

 

Born                                    Abt 1690

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate                        John Bowra

Death Certificate                            July 1736 Speldhurst Groombridge Kent

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

Family Tree

 


Thomas Bowra 9GP1655

 

Born                                    1655 Abt East Grinstead Sussex

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate                        Avia Humphreys

Death Certificate              1690 Sevenoaks Kent

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

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Avia Humphreys 1660

 

Born                                    Abt 1660 Rotherfield Sussex

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate                        Thomas Bowra 1655

Death Certificate                   

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

 


Thomas Boorer 10GP 1628

        

Born                                    1628 East Grinstead Sussex

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate          Kathren

Death Certificate                   

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

Family Tree

 


              Thomas Boorer 11GP 1590

 

Born                                    Abt 1590

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate                        Elizabeth Estland

Death Certificate                            1645 East Grinstead Sussex

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

Family Tree

 

Thomas Boorer 12GP 1570

 

Born                                    Abt 1570 Warnham Sussex

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate               

Death Certificate                   

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

 

 

 

Family Tree

 

Elizabeth Butcher 5GP 1779

 

Born                                    Abt 1779 Chalk Kent

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate                        Married Thomas Bowra

Death Certificate                            30 March 1850 Shorne Kent

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

 

 

                                                   

Siblings

 

Family Tree

 

John Butcher 6GP 1755

 

Born                                    Abt 1755 Chalk Kent

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate               

Death Certificate                   

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

Family Tree

 

Elizabeth Allsop 6GP

 

Born                                    Abt 1750

Birth Certificate         

Christened                              

Marriage Certificate               

Death Certificate                   

Buried                                      

Census Years                                                     

                                                   

Siblings

 

 

Family Tree

 

 

 

 

                            James French GGGGGP

 

                            Sarah GGGGGP

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William Mines 4GP 1820 abt

 

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Mary Elizabeth       4GP 1825 abt

 

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