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Joshua Bowers (bef. 1836 - 1914)

Joshua Bowers
Born before in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, Englandmap
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Husband of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of — married 1 May 1859 in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, Englandmap
Husband of — married about 1864 in Sudbury, Suffolk, Englandmap
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Father of , , , , , and
Died after age 78 in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, Englandmap
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Biography

Joshua Bowers was born about 1836 and was baptized on 13 Nov 1836 in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England, son of Peter Bowers (1811 - 1892) and Mary Nicholson (~1809 - 1882).[1]

His siblings were:

  1. Peter Bowers (<1832 - 1832)
  2. Elizabeth Ann Bowers (1838 - )
  3. James Daniel Bowers (1840 - 1924)
  4. Henry Bowers (1842 - 1918)
  5. Sarah Ann (Bowers) Girling (~1845 - 1912)
  6. Peter J. Bowers (~1848 - 1947)

In the 1841 census Joshua (age 4) was in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.[2]

In the 1851 census Joshua (age 14) was the son of Peter Powers in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.[3]

Joshua (~22) married Emma Bird (~19) (1839 - 1863) on 1 May 1859 in Great Waldingfield.[4]

Their children were:

  1. Henry Bowers (1859 - )
  2. Phillip Edmund Bowers (1861 - )
  3. Elizabeth Sarah Bowers (1863 - 1863)

In the 1861 census Joshua (age 23) was the head of household in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.[5]

In 1863, Emma and their daughter died in childbirth.[6][7]

Joshua (~28) married Susannah King (~20) (~1844 - ) in 1864 in Sudbury, Suffolk.[8]

Their children were...

  1. Robert Bowers, 1865
  2. Elizabeth Bowers, 1868
  3. Arthur Bowers, 1871
  4. Frances Elizabeth Ruth (Bowers) Butcher (1873 - 1958)
  5. Emily Alice Bowers, 1877-1881
  6. Harry Bowers, 1878
  7. Laura Bowers, 1879-1881
  8. Walter William Bowers, 1880

In the 1871 census Joshua (age 33) was the head of household in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.[9]

Susannah died in 1881.[10]

In the 1881 census Joshua (age 44), Agr Labr, was the widowed boarder of Charles Carter in Upsher Green, Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.[11]

In the 1891 census Joshua (age 55) was the head of household in Great Waldingfield, Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.[12]

In the 1901 census Joshua (age 65) was the head of household in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.[13]

Joshua had a relationship with Anna Maria Gallant (1842 - 1902).

Their children were:

  1. Bowers Peter Gallant, 1882-1883
  2. Bowers Gallant, 1883-1884
  3. Harry Arthur Bowers Gallant (1885 - ~1971)
  4. George Bowers Gallant (~1886 - )
  5. Benjamin Bowers Gallant (1887 - 1915)
  6. Arthur Gallant, 1888-1889

Joshua died in Dec 1914 in Great Waldingfield aged ~78.







Sources

  1. ↑ "England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980"
    Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition
    Ancestry Record 1351 #33646 (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Joshua Bowers baptism on 13 Nov 1836, son of Peter Bowers & Mary Bowers, in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.
  2. ↑ "1841 England Census"
    Class: HO107; Piece: 1012; Book: 13; Civil Parish: Great Waldingfield; County: Suffolk; Enumeration District: 9; Folio: 8; Page: 8; Line: 3; GSU roll: 474634
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8978 #9787904 (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Joshua Bowers (4) in Great Waldingfield in Sudbury registration district in Suffolk, England. Born in Suffolk, England.
  3. ↑ "1851 England Census"
    Class: HO107; Piece: 1789; Folio: 292; Page: 10; GSU roll: 207438; ED, institution, or vessel: 2a; Household Schedule Number: 46
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8860 #6410356 (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Joshua Powers (14) son in household of Peter Powers (40) in Great Waldingfield in Sudbury registration district in Suffolk, England. Born in Gt Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.
  4. ↑ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915"
    England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office; Volume: 4a; Page: 581
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8913 #3103001 (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Joshua Bowers marriage registered Apr-May-Jun 1859 in Sudbury.
  5. ↑ "1861 England Census"
    Class: Rg 9; Piece: 1131; Folio: 68; Page: 7; GSU roll: 542760; ED, institution, or vessel: 6; Household schedule number: 45
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8767 #23663874 (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Joshua Bowers (23) head of household in Great Waldingfield in Sudbury registration district in Suffolk, England. Born in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.
  6. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office"
    GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Bowers, Emma (Age at death: 24).
    GRO Reference: 1863 Jan-Feb-Mar in Sudbury Volume 04A Page 303.
  7. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office"
    GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Bowers, Elizabeth Sarah.
    GRO Reference: 1863 Jan-Feb-Mar in Sudbury Volume 04A Page 303.
  8. ↑ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915"
    England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office; Volume: 4a; Page: 618
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8913 #3103002 (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Joshua Bowers marriage registered Apr-May-Jun 1864 in Sudbury.
  9. ↑ "1871 England Census"
    The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 1717; Folio: 84; Page: 10; GSU roll: 830760; ED, institution, or vessel: 7; Household schedule number: 63
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7619 #7570806 (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Joshua Bowers (33) head of household in Great Waldingfield in Sudbury registration district in Suffolk, England. Born in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.
  10. ↑ "England & Wales General Register Office"
    GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Bowers, Susannah (Age at death: 38).
    GRO Reference: 1881 Jan-Feb-Mar in Sudbury Volume 04A Page 339.
  11. ↑ "1881 England Census"
    Class: RG11; Piece: 1829; Folio: 70; Page: 11; GSU roll: 1341443; ED, institution, or vessel: 7
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7572 #19943664 (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Joshua Bowers (24), widowed boarder, Agr Labr, in household of Charles Carter (44) in Upsher Green, Great Waldingfield in Sudbury registration district in Suffolk, England. Born in Gt Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.
  12. ↑ "1891 England Census"
    The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 1443; Folio: 28; Page: 13; GSU roll: 6096553
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6598 #22540422 (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Joshua Bowers (55) head of household in Great Waldingfield, Great Waldingfield in Sudbury registration district in Suffolk, England. Born in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.
  13. ↑ "1901 England Census"
    Class: RG13; Piece: 1745; Folio: 21; Page: 4; ED, institution, or vessel: 3; Household schedule number: 22
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7814 #9999499 (accessed 20 February 2023)
    Joshua Bowers (65) head of household in Great Waldingfield in Sudbury registration district in Suffolk, England. Born in Great Waldingfield, Suffolk, England.

See also:

  • Bowers Family, Gt. Waldingfield, SFK Title: The Life and Times of My Ancestors The Bowers Family of Great Waldingfield Author: Gwendoline Rose Bowers Publication: Doncaster, South Yorkshire: TenFold Press of Bessacarr, 1995.


Acknowledgements

Thank you to Joanna Maby for creating WikiTree profile Bowers-2403 through the import of Crissie Ancestors All.ged on Dec 8, 2013.





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