John Bowker (1795 - 1842)

Descendants

Died 8 Apr 1842 at about age 47 in Hyde, Cheshire, England

Biography

John Bowker was born in England.

John was born about 1795 in Cheshire, England.

He married and had nine children.

John Bowker died of asphyxiation along with his eldest son in the Black Mine Flowery Field Colliery Explosion on 8-Apr-1842

He and his eldest son were employed as colliers in the Black Mine Flowery Field Colliery. On 8 Apr 1842 at mid-day, there was a carburated gas explosion (fire damp) at the lower level of the mine. John and his son, William both perished from asphyxiation. He was buried on 12 April 1842 at the cemetery at St George, Hyde, Cheshire.

John Bowker was killed in the Black Mine Flowery Field Colliery Explosion on 8-Apr-1842

Sources

• https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10210351106644616&set=pcb.291281574612693&type=3&ifg=1
• "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F35C-NQW : 10 February 2018), John Bowker, 12 Apr 1842, Burial; citing item 5 p 12, St George, Hyde, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,069,088.
• https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheHydonianChronicles/permalink/291281574612693/
• England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7ML-8VJ : 13 December 2017), John Bowker, Mottram In Longden Dale, Cheshire, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Research Notes

left a widow and 8 children. died of asphyxiation. His oldest son John also perished in the explosion.