Mary (Wildgoose) Bowler (abt. 1760)

Wife of John Bowler — married 27 Aug 1783 in Darley,Derby,England

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Biography

poss Baptisms

Mary Wildgoose England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918 christening: 1 September 1754 Brassington, Brassington, Derbyshire, England

Mary Wildgoose father: John Wildgoose mother: MaryEngland Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 christening: 21 August 1763 BAKEWELL, DERBY, ENGLAND father: John Wildgoose

Mary Wildgoose England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 christening: 11 August 1765 BAKEWELL, DERBY, ENGLAND father: John Wildgoose mother: Catharine (1)

Marriage

John Bowler mentioned in the record of John Bowler and Mary Wildgoose Name John Bowler Spouse's Name Mary Wildgoose Event Date 27 Aug 1783 Event Place Darley,Derby,England (2)

Surname

Derbyshire. The main concentration of the name has in fact been in Derbyshire.

Here it may have come from a single-family origin. The most likely candidate is John Wildegos, recorded in 1327 from just across the Derbyshire boundary at Bradnop in Staffordshire. Wildgoose Farm in Bradnop is said to have existed from that time and Wildgooses were found at Alstonfield not too far from Bradnop in the 1500’s. It is thought that these Wildgooses could have moved across the border into Derbyshire as the lead mining there developed.

The village of Sheldon in Derbyshire's Peak District lies closest to the old Magpie lead mine and Wildgooses were to be found there. They were also at Matlock and Darley Dale. The name Wildgoose has cropped up frequently in the records at St. Giles church in Matlock and St. Helen's church in Darley. There were Wildgooses as well at Dronfield in northeast Derbyshire.

By the time of the 1881 UK census, some Wildgooses had spread north from Derbyshire into the neighboring counties of Yorkshire and Lancashire. Of the 802 Wildgooses recorded then: 40% were to be found in Derbyshire 18% in Yorkshire and 14% in Lancashire. (4)

Sources

• (1)https://www.familysearch.org/search/search/record/results?count=20&localeSubcountryName=Derbyshire&query=%2Bgivenname%3AMary~%20%2Bsurname%3AWildgoose~%20%2Bbirth_year%3A1750-1770~%20%2Brecord_country%3AEngland%20%2Brecord_subcountry%3A%22England%2CDerbyshire%22%20%2Brecord_type%3A(0)
• (2) "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVYH-CRM : 10 February 2018), John Bowler and Mary Wildgoose, 27 Aug 1783; citing Darley,Derby,England, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,102.
• (4)http://www.selectsurnames4.com/wildgoose.html