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Bowman family tree

BOWMAN

  1. English and Scottish: occupational name for an archer, Middle English bow(e)man, bouman (from Old English boga ‘bow’ + mann ‘man’). This word was distinguished from Bowyer, which denoted a maker or seller of the articles. It is possible that in some cases the surname referred originally to someone who untangled wool with a bow. This process, which originated in Italy, became quite common in England in the 13th century. The vibrating string of a bow was worked into a pile of tangled wool, where its rapid vibrations separated the fibers, while still leaving them sufficiently entwined to produce a fine, soft yarn when spun.

  2. distribution of Bowmans in England in 1891

have hit a brick wall going further back in records - I can trace two Henry Bowmans listed with a son David bn about 1878 but their son David was not born in Willington Quay .... David Bowman`s marriage cert shows fathers name as Henry Bowman a shipyard rivetter

Grandfather DAVID BOWMAN bn 1878 Willington Quay????? Northumberland - died Jarrow 7th December 1931 of cancerous growth on renal glands and deposits in kidneys

Grandmother EDITH PIPER bn South Shields 1881 - died Liverpool 7th August 1959 of ovarian cancer

They married in St Hildas Church South Shields on 27th June 1900 - St. Hilda’s Church ......Standing on the edge of the Market Place in South Shields there has been a church (or monastery) on this site since 647 A.D. Founded by the Northumbrian monk Saint Aidan the monastery became a religious house under the governance of Saint and Abbess Hild before she had the Abbey at Whitby consecrated. St. Hilda’s church is now known as the parish church of South Shields. It’s churchyard was heavily damaged by a bombing raid in WWll and holds the grave of William Wouldhave, the inventor of the first self righting lifeboat.

 

1901 census

David W Bowman

abt 1878

Willington Quay, Northumberland,

Head

South Shields

Durham

Edith Bowman

abt 1881

South Shields, Durham,

Wife

South Shields

Durham

 

My grandmothers sister (Great Aunt Jennie) marriage record BMD index

KING, James Henry

1910

March

Marriages

South Shields

Co. Durham

Piper, Jennie

1910

March

Marriages

South Shields

Co. Durham

David and Edith Bowman and children Rhoda, Hilda and Robert William abt 1918

 

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descendants of David and Edith Bowman (nee Piper)

 

Hilda

bn Jarrow 29th April 1901

died Brockweir 21st Jan 1981

married Roy Johnston

children

Alan, Amy, Andrew and Jean

Alan married Babs

no children

Amy married Bill

had one child -Jeremy who was critically injured in an accident while serving in a British army base in Germany and died a few years later in a military hospital in London

Jean married ??? and died in Canada

Andrew unmarried Los Angeles USA

Rhoda

bn 190?

died ?

married Harry Clark

children

Robin - Brian

Robert William

bn. Jarrow 23rd Nov 1911

died Newcastle 10th July 1987

married Margaret C Liunberg

children

Valerie - Muriel

Val married Les no children

Muriel married Richard

children

David and Jeanette

David married 1 Janelle

children Matt and Brittany

David married 2 Mary

no further children

Jeanette married Alan

children

James, Elloise and Liam