James
Henry
Blower
Born about in Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Ancestors 
Son of John Blower
and Eliza (Smith) Blower
Brother of
Isabella (Blower) Hancock, John George Blower, Walter Blower, Leonard Blower, Hilda Jane Blower, Jessie Ellen Blower and Doris May Blower
Husband of
Elizabeth (Marshall) Blower
— married
5 Apr 1910 in St. Wilfrids, Wilford, Nottingham, England
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
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Biography
James Henry Blower, the son of John Blower and Eliza (Smith) Blower, was born in Apr, May or Jun 1886 in Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
Some years before, his family had moved to Swanwick in Derbyshire to work as colliers. And then to Radford in Nottingham where he was born.
James married Elizabeth Marshall on 5th Apr 1910 at St. Wilfrid’s Church, Wilford, Nottingham.
1891 Census
Residence: Vane St., Radford,, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
| Household | Role | Gen | Age | Birthplace | Occupation |
| John Blower | Head | M | 30 | Staffordshire | Coal miner |
| Eliza Blower | Wife | F | 28 | Northamptonshire | |
| Isabella Blower | Dau | F | 9 | Nottinghamshire | |
| John G Blower | Son | M | 7 | Nottinghamshire | |
| James V Blower | Son | M | 5 | Nottinghamshire | |
| Walter Blower | Son | M | 2 | Nottinghamshire |
NB James V is James H Blower
1901 Census
Residence: Old Radford, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
| Household | Role | Gen | Age | Birthplace | Occupation |
| John Blower | Head | M | 39 | NK Worcestershire | Coal Miner Hewer |
| Eliza Blower | Wife | F | 38 | NK Northamptonshire | |
| George Blower | Son | M | 17 | Nottingham | Coal Miner Ganger |
| James Hy Blower | Son | M | 15 | Nottingham | Apprentice Hosiery |
| Walter Blower | Son | M | 12 | Nottingham | |
| Leonard Blower | Son | M | 9 | Nottingham | |
| Isabella Blower | Dau | F | 19 | Nottingham | Laundress |
| Jane Blower | Dau | F | 7 | Nottingham | |
| Nellie Blower | Dau | F | 6 | Nottingham | |
| Walter Hy Hancock | Boarder | M | 23 | NK Gloucestershire | Agent Window Cleaning Co |
| Kate Knight | Boarder | F | 20 | Nottingham | Laundress |
NB John Blower was born in Staffordshire, not Worcestershire George is John George, Jane is Hilda Jane and Nellie is Jessie Ellen. Walter Henry Hancock later marries Isabella.
1911 Census
Residence: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
| Household | Role | Gen | Age | Birthplace | Occupation |
| James Henry Blower | Head | M | 25 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire | Warehouseman |
| Elizabeth Blower | Wife | F | 24 | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire |
Sources
Birth
England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth (https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed [14 Oct 2020]), database entry for Blower, James Henry (Mother's maiden surname: Smith. GRO Reference: 1886 J Quarter in Nottingham Volume 7B Page 276.
Marriage
"Marriage Index" ("Marriage “https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/districts.pl?r=124364674:8750&d=bmd_1600692744" ( : accessed [14 Oct 2020]) FreeBMD, database online for James Henry Blower and Elizabeth Marshall, Marriages 1910 Jun Quarter District: Basford Vol: 7b Page 363.
CENSUS
1891
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4CKN-K2M : 5 May 2019), James V Blower in household of John Blower, Radford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Nottinghamshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
1901
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSND-8K9 : 21 May 2019), James Hy Blower in household of John Blower, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Nottingham North West subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
1911
"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWSF-BX9 : 3 July 2019), James Henry Blower, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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