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I have 1901 census record for Thomas Bowling (59) living at 3 Walpole Street West Derby. He is recorded as widower. Living with three daughters, Elizabeth (17) Margaret (22) Caroline E (15) and son Henry (13)
Thomas is stated to have been born in Preston, and all the children in Liverpool.
I cannot trace this family in the 1891 census records.
Can anyone help me please.

1901 census for information

Name: Thomas Bowling
Age: 59
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1842
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Preston, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: West Derby
Ecclesiastical parish: Edge Hill St Catherine
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: West Derby
Sub-registration district: West Derby, Western
ED, institution, or vessel: 50
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 41
Household Members:
Name Age
Caroline E Bowling 15
Elizabeth Bowling 17
Henry Bowling 13
Margaret Bowling 22
Thomas Bowling 59

Thanks for the information, I wonder if you could have a quick look and see if you can find the family in 1891.
I have tried through every family member, and cannot come up with anything.
I have experienced names being mis scribed both in the census and then copying onto web accessible records, but have usually got round this by various means. This family is just not coming up in 1891.
I would be grateful if you could find something I have missed.

1891 England Census
about Caroline Bowling
Name: Caroline Bowling
Age: 6
Estimated birth year: abt 1885
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: Hugh T
Mother's name: Mary
Gender: Female
Where born: Lpool, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Wavertree
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: West Derby
Sub-registration district: Wavertree
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Caroline Bowling 6
Elizabeth Bowling 9
Henry Bowling 2
Hugh Bowling 18
Hugh T Bowling 45
Margaret Bowling 13
Mary Bowling 36
Mary J Bowling 15
Thomas Bowling 11

I can't see them on the 1891 but heres the 1881

Thomas Bowling
Age: 28
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Elizabeth
Gender: Male
Where born: Preston, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: Preston
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street address: 5 Evan St
Condition as to marriage: Married
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Engine Driver Cotton Mill

Registration district: Preston
Sub-registration district: St Peter
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Elizabeth Bowling 25
Margaret E. Bowling 3
Thomas Bowling 28
John Cookson 20


Thomas age is out by 11 years

Hi Susan
i put the 1901 up for information to help other peeps in finding the 1891 census which i can't find at the moment, but still trying. Do you know who Thomas married?

Here you go Reg
marriage
Hugh Thomas Bowling 1875 Jul-Aug-Sep Liverpool (1837-1934) Lancashire
Mary Postlethwaite Jones 1875 Jul-Aug-Sep Liverpool (1837-1934) Lancashire
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birth
Hugh Thomas Bowling 1845 Apr-May-Jun Chorley Lancashire
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death
Mary Postlethwaite Bowling abt 1856 1892 Jul-Aug-Sep West Derby Lancashire

Marriage of the chap Jim posted for 1891

Hugh Thomas Bowling 1875 Jul-Aug-Sep Liverpool (1837-1934) Lancashire
Mary Postlethwaite Jones 1875 Jul-Aug-Sep Liverpool (1837-1934) Lancashire
Patrick McLoughlin 1875 Jul-Aug-Sep Liverpool (1837-1934) Lancashire
Mary Ellen Walker 1875 Jul-Aug-Sep Liverpool (1837-1934) Lancashire


Birth

Name: Hugh Thomas Bowling
Year of Registration: 1845
Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun
District: Chorley
County: Lancashire
Volume: 21
Page: 415

Reg

I thought your posting of 1891 looked hopeful, Jim...........

Reg

In the 1881 census he was married to an Elizabeth from Weeton Lancs.
They have a Margaret E (dght) the right age. Still Living in Preston.

There is a similar family of Hugh Thomas Bowling who links through the census records mainly in Toxteth Park with some similar named children.
He comes from Chorley. However I am almost sure it is another distinct family as I cannot find a blood link.

I simply cannot find Thomas and his family anywhere in 1891. All children should be around as they were all over 10 years of age in 1901.

Really puzzling is this one.

Thanks for helping

Thomas is a widow by the 1901 census. I have not yet found where Ellizabeth died, or whether thomas married again or not. Possible as there is a 20 year gap.

I have sent for some birth cert of two daughters to see if they throw up the same mothers. (Eldest and youngest)

study this
birth
Caroline Bowling 1869 Jul-Aug-Sep Chorley Lancashire
Caroline Bowling 1881 Apr-May-Jun Bolton Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Caroline Bowling 1903 Apr-May-Jun West Derby Lancashire
Caroline Esther Bowling 1886 Apr-May-Jun Toxteth Park Lancashire
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1901
Caroline E Bowling Thomas abt 1886 Liverpool Daughter West Derby Lancashire
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1891
Caroline Bowling Hugh T,Mary abt 1885 Lpool, Lancashire, England Daughter Wavertree Lancashire

Thank you for the info around Hugh Thomas.
I have previously tracked his census records through and not all the children tie up.

I have linked through on Margaret Ellen Bowling (AMJ 1878 ) who I am almost sure is the daughter of Thomas Bowling, to a marriage with a Robert Walls (AMJ 1903 West Derby) and down a generation to a definate validated child, Nellie Walls (3.1.1914) Liverpool who died in 2000.

This leaves me to think that it must be Thomas, (not Hugh Thomas),

If I could find the 1891 census for Thomas it would really help to sort out exactly who Margaret Ellen belongs to, but I think it is a Thomas Bowling.

Hope this sounds logical, but I have been trying to crack this one for the past few days.

Susan

The Thomas you posted for 1881 looks more likely to be this one in 1901...........his occupation is the same in both years (Engine Driver Cotton Mill)

Name: Thomas Bowling
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1853
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Agnes
Gender: Male
Where born: Preston, Lancashire, England

Civil Parish: Preston
Ecclesiastical parish: Emmanuel
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England


Registration district: Preston
Sub-registration district: St Peter
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 298
Household Members: Name Age
Agnes Bowling 36
Thomas Bowling 48
Thomas Cookson 75

'Your' Thomas in 1901 is a Dock Labourer

Reg

Caroline Esther Bowling (1886 AMJ Toxteth Park) I think is the sister of Margaret Ellen (1878 AMJ Preston)

Father, Thomas Bowling, was born in Preston, and moved to Liverpool.
Margaret Ellen appears to be the only child born in Preston.
Elizabeth, Caroline, Margaret and Henry all born in Liverpool.
I dont think they are children of Hugh Thomas Bowling, there seems to be two very similar families.
Hugh Thomas appears to come from Chorley.
I would love to be wrong on this one, as it is really perplexing.

Sorry delete Margaret out of the children born in Liverpool bit !!

I am not as certain about the 1881 census as the 1901.
This is due to being able to follow through on the marriage of Margaret Ellen.

Would it be possible to pick an alternative Bowling family if you consider the 1881 suspect. The alternative you suggest does not consist of the right names, there would need to be the one child Margaret Ellen, as she is recorded as 22 in the 1901 census, so would be around in 1881, unless she was at grannys.

I had concentrated on the names, and taken my eye off the ball with the occupations. It is necessary to keep cross referencing isnt it!!