Cecil Godfrey Bowden (1903 - 1982)

Born 31 Oct 1903 in Stroud, New South Wales, Australia

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Cecil Godfrey Bowden is born October 31, 1903 in or near Stroud, New South Wales, Australia, the son of John Robert Bowden (1864-1955) and Sarah Elizabeth Nix (1869-1943). Stroud is about 50 kilometres inland from Port Stephens.

In 1928 Cecil marries Ethel A. Scott (1907-1934) in Muswellbrook. Muswellbrook is 123 kilometres northwest of Newcastle.

They have one child:

• Gloria Mae Bowden 1929<2015 + (1950) Arnold George Fishburn 1927-2015

Ethel dies in 1934 in Muswellbrook.

Cecil then marries Elsie Elizabeth Chivers (1915-1999) in 1937 in Scone. Scone is 30 kilometres north of Muswellbrook. They have four children:

• Beverley Bowden 1938-? + Ian Ferguson

• John Raymond Bowden 1942-2017 + Ann Gill 1946-?

• Margaret Bowden 1944-? + Ian Affleck ?-?

• Fay Bowden 1947-? + Richard Deas ?-?

Cecil dies on September 8, 1982 and is buried in the Dawson River (Taree) Lawn Cemetery. Elsie dies in 1999 and is buried with him.

Sources

[1] Helene Shepherd’s family tree: “.CECIL GODFREY BOWDEN was born on 31 Oct 1903 in Paterson, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 08 Sep 1992 in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Australia. He married (1) ETHEL ALICE SCOTT on 05 Sep 1928. She was born in 1907. She died in 1934. He married (2) ELSIE ELIZABETH CHIVERS in 1937. She died before 2004. “ She shows 5 children (1) [Ethel is mother] Gloria 1929-? + Arnold Fishburn; (2) Beverley 1938-? + Ian Ferguson; (3) John Raymond 1942-2017 + Ann Gill 1946-? (4) Margaret 1944-? + Ian Affleck; & (5) Fay 1947-? + Richard Deas.

[2] NSW BDM registration # 34592/1903 Cecil G. Bowden was born in Stroud in 1903. His parents were John R. & Sarah E. Bowden.

[3] NSW BDM registration #12403/1928 Cecil I. Bowden marries Ethel A. Scott in 1928 in Muswellbrook

[4] NSW BDM registration #15106/1934 Ethel A. Bowden dies in 1934 in Muswellbrook. Her parents’ names are Edward H. & Rebecca J.

[5] NSW BDM registration # 15320/1937 Cecil Godfrey Bowden marries Elsie Elizabeth Chivers in 1937 in Scone.

[6] Australian Electoral Roles from ancestory.com shows a Cecil Godfrey Bowden in New England, NSW up to abt 1943. After that there is a Cecil Godfrey Bowden in Lyne, NSW up to abt 1980. (The “New England” electoral district in the period up to 1943 covered a large portion of NSW in the north-east of the state –up to border with Queensland. Lyne district was to the east of New England covering such places as Port Macquarie.)

[7] http://www.family.joint.net.au/index.php?cid=665&mid=14 shows a Cecil Godfrey Bowden, b 31 Oct 1903 d 8 Sept 1982 buried in the Dawson River (Taree) Lawn Cemetery. His wife, buried with him, was Elsie Elizabeth Chivers b 22 April 1915 d 7 Jan 1999. https://www.geni.com/people/Elsie-Bowden/6000000018620420703 shows a Elsie Elizabeth Bowden (Chivers) whose father was Samuel Chivers, whose mother was Lily May Chivers and whose husband was Cecil Godfrey Bowden. They had one child (not named). https://www.myheritage.com/names/elsie_chivers shows an Elzie Elizabeth Bowden (born Chivers) (1915-1999) who married Cecil Godfrey Bowden in 1937.