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Marian

Marian Report 3 Oct 2007 15:51

Trying to find any info on the Bowman family who emigrated to Canada in 1913 from West Hartlepool. Horatio and Ada Bowman and their children Horace, Ethel, Sidney and Eric. Also any info on Horatio's parents (Charles and Annie).

Grabagran

Grabagran Report 3 Oct 2007 16:09

This from 1881 Census

Charles Bowman aged 28 b Leeds Railway guard
Annie Bowman aged 28 b Catterick
Horatio aged 4 b Hartlepool
Clar aged 4m b Hartlepool
James Hammond aged 34 Lodger

living at 27 Stainton Street
Stranton
Durham
Hope this is of some help to you.

Grabagran

Grabagran Report 3 Oct 2007 16:11

Sorry, I forgot to say, on the census they are listed as BOWMONT. Good Luck.

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 3 Oct 2007 16:27

Do you know where in Canada they emigrated to? -- I assume you're looking for info on them post-emigration.

BMDs in Canada are by province, so there is no central database to search. Also, privacy laws are very stringent, so no births for the last 100 years, or marriages or deaths for the last 70 or 80, are generally available. They missed the 1911 census, and the 1921 census of Canada won't be available until 2013, I think it is (92 years).

I checked at Ancestry for marriages of their children in Ontario up to 1924 (don't know how old they were when they immigrated), but none show.

I also checked WWI enrolments (in case they had a son old enough for the war), but no, and also none of the three boys appears at the Virtual War Memorial site as casualties of any war.

Far too common a name to go looking at canada411 ...

If you do have any details and I might do anything to help, let me know!

Kathryn
in Canada

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JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 3 Oct 2007 16:35

Bowmont in 1881 ... and it gets better in 1891 ...


Name: Harry Bownon
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1878
Relation: Son
Mother's Name: Annie
Gender: Male
Where born: West Hartlepool, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Stranton
Ecclesiastical parish: All Saints Church
Town: West Hartlepool
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Registration district: Hartlepool
Sub-registration district: Hartlepool
ED, institution, or vessel: 48

Household Members: Name Age
Annie Bownon 39
Clara Bownon 10
Evan Bownon 8
Frederick Bownon 4
Harry Bownon 13
Martin Keogh 42

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