Notes:

Joined the Royal Navy: see http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/60522/43343_563_0-00357
Name: James Keenan
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 27 Feb 1895
Birth Place: Glasgow, Lanark
Service number: F1858
First Service Date: 2 Nov 1914
First Ship Served On: Pembroke III
Last Service Date: 31 Mar 1918
Last Ship Served On: Daedalus

Family/Spouse: Agnes Cairney. Agnes was born about 1900 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died about 1970 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Oswald Francis Bowker
• Occupation: Iron Turner
• Residence: 1901, 175 Cumberland St, Govan, Glasgowm Scotland

Notes:

Oswald was taken in as a boarder by Julia Keenan of Jock's Lodge in South Leith, as shown in the 1871 Scottish census. It may have been due to his mother's death and his father missing in action, as he was an army/naval man. Julia Keenan was from Ireland and may have had a connection to Oswald's mother, who was also Irish. Julia is listed as a widow: her husband was Thomas Keenan, a boot and shoemaker, and her maiden name was Murray.
By 1881, per the census, it appears that Oswald had been 'adopted' by Julia Keenan, as he is shown with the Keenen surname, and as an iron turner. In the 1891 census he is shown as a brother to the Keenans and as an engineer fitter. He apparently worked on the installation of the Firth of Forth bridge.


In the 1901 Scotland census he is married to Helen, living at 175 Cumberland St, Govan, Glasgow, with three children, James aged 6, Elizabeth aged 5 and John aged 3.

Birth:
Name Oswald Francis Bowker
Gender Male
Birth Date 03 Mar 1862
Birthplace LEITH,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
Father's Name John Hinde Durham Bourchier Bowker
Mother's Name Elizabeth Cumming

Oswald + Helen Graham. Helen was born about 1868 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1935 in Milton, Glasgow, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Seamstress

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 1 Jul 1830, Morpeth, Northumberland, England

Notes:

Listed as a Sergeant in the 2nd Dragoons (Royal North British), service number 1433 based in Dublin - per The National Archives, WO 12/546

in 1848 he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Navy based in Plymouth.

Birth:
Name: John Find Durham Bourchier Bowker
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 1 Jul 1830
Baptism Place: Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Father: John Harrison Bowker
Mother: Margaret
FHL Film Number: 1469097
Reference ID: item 6 p 30

John married Elizabeth Cummins on 21 Nov 1856 in Greatconnel, Co. Kildare, ireland. Elizabeth was born about 1838 in Ireland; died about 1862 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Cumming

Notes:

Married:
Name: John Hinde Durham Bowker
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Date: 1830
Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1856
Marriage Place: Greatconnel, Kild, Ire
Father: John Bowker
Spouse: Elizabeth Cummins
FHL Film Number: 101379
Reference ID: 2:3R1SP0P

Other Events and Attributes:

• Title: Lieutenant
• Baptism: 25 Apr 1794, Morpeth, Northumberland, England

Notes:

BOWKER. (COMMANDER, 1845. F-P., 20; H-P., 24.)
JOHN HARRISON BOWKER entered the Navy, in May, 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the CULLODEN 74, Capt. Harrington Dacres, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Edw. Pellew on the East India station; previously to proceeding whither he appears, on 2 Sept. 1803, to have assisted in chasing the French 74-gun ship Duguay Trouin and 40-gun frigate Guerrière into Corunna. In Sept. 1807, after a servitude of two years as Midshipman in the DUNCAN, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, and BELDONE, Capt. John Bastard, both in the East Indies, Mr. Bowker was discharged; but he re-embarked, in Nov. 1809, on board the AMETHYST 36, Capt. Jacob Walton, and continued to serve in that ship on the Home station, until wrecked in Plymouth Sound, 16 Feb. 1811. He was subsequently, until the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 7 Feb. 1815, employed in the Mediterranean and West Indies, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the UNDAUNTED 38, Capt. Rich. Thomas, EURYALUS 36, Capt. Chas. Napier, STROMBOLI bomb, Capt. John Stoddart, EURYALUS again, Capt. C. Napier, VENERABLE 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, and COLUMBINE 16, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle. While in the UNDAUNTED we find him engaged in co-operating with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and also in blockading the port of Toulon. On 28 July, 1815, being at the time Senior Lieutenant of the FAIRY sloop, Capt. Henry Loraine Baker, he was detached in command of the boats to cut out a convoy at St. François, Guadeloupe, in the execution of which service, however, he was desperately wounded by a musketball passing through the right lobe of the lungs. He invalided in consequence immediately afterwards; and, on 23 Jan. 1817, was awarded a pension of 91£ 5s. His subsequent appointments were – 21 April, 1821, and 26 March, 1823, to the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Thos. Harvey, and BRISK sloop, Capts. Edw. Stewart and Adolphus FitzClarence, both employed at Sheerness – 1 Jan. 1824, to the TRIBUNE frigate, Capt. Gardiner Henry Gnion, stationed in the Mediterranean – 4 Feb. 1825, to the WINDSOR CASTLE 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and Edw. Durnford King, lying at Plymouth, where he was placed on half-pay in 1826 – and, 31 Aug. 1840, to the command of the SAVAGE 10, in which vessel he served in the Mediterranean until the close of 1844. He attained his present rank 17 Jan. 1845; and has since been on half-pay. AGENTS – Messrs. Stilwell.
from https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary#Bo_._._. per Gerry Keenen

John + Margaret. Margaret was born about 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 17 Mar 1760, Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, England

Notes:

Benjamin, with his elder brother Miles, took over the ships and the trade of their father. He would not discharge his old servants when the trade was ruined by the European wars, so lost heavily. Farmed sheep in the Cheviots. Entered the Navy on the Leocadia and was drowned off the coast of the Baltic. [Barbers of the Peak, p 212]

Benjamin, with his elder brother Miles, took over the ships and the trade of their father. He would not discharge his old servants when the trade was ruined by the European wars, so lost heavily. Farmed sheep in the Cheviots. Entered the Navy on the Leocadia and was drowned off the coast of the Baltic. [Barbers of the Peak, p 212]

Did Benjamin have another child Dorothy?
Name Dorothy
Event Type Burial
Event Place Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Gender Female
Birth Date Sep 1787
Father's Name Benjn Bowker
Citing this Record
"England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR5-YLGG : 25 July 2018), Benjn Bowker in entry for Dorothy, .

Baptism:
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NL-231 : 30 December 2014), Thomas Bowker in entry for Benjamin Bowker, 17 Mar 1760; citing ST NICHOLAS PARISH REC AND NONCONF ,NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,NORTHUMBERLAND,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 95,017, 95,018, 847,912, 847,913.

Benjamin + Betty, - wife of Benjamin Bowker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 21 Oct 1726, Holy Trinity, Salford, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Ivan Mitford-Barberton's research show that Thomas' parents were Thomas Bowker and Elizabeth Brabbin.

PaulTT has found a marriage in Wigan of a Joseph Bowker marrying Elizabeth Brabbin, both of Manchester.
His death is recorded as being in Morpeth, and father being Joseph Bowker.
Name: Thos. Bowker
Gender: Male
Age: 72
Birth Date: 1726
Death Date: 3 Sep 1798
Burial Date: 5 Sep 1798
Burial Place: Morpeth Parish, Northumberland, England
Father: Joseph Bowker
FHL Film Number: 1469099
Reference ID: P. 7 No. 60
Therefore, Thomas' father was the Joseph Bowker who married Elizabeth Brabbin!

Thomas inherited Deckham Hall from his uncle John Bowker, who had purchased it in 1720..

Advertisement in the 'Newcastle Courant' May 27th 1809:
"DECKHAM'S HALL. To be sold by private contract, called Deckham's Hall, otherwise Mitford House...."

William James purchased 'Deckham's Hall' (otherwise Mitford House) in May 1817 for the sum of £7,100.
A.R.P.
Hall, Gardens & Orchard1" - 8" formerly in the occupation of J. Collins viewer (afterwards of Thomas Bowker & late of Wooler.)
Close adjoining 8. 3. 9
4 nooked close 18. 0.27
& 2 pieces of Gard held of Dean & Chapter of Durham on Lease, but afterwards made Freehold by said G. Wooler.
Dwelling house adjoining....formerly William Row Millright (afterwards Bowker)

Thomas married Dorothy Falconer Monkhouse on 16 Jul 1754 in Kirkby Stephen, Westmoreland, England. Dorothy was born about 1725 in Bloan, Westmorland, England; died on 12 Sep 1810 in Walton, Near Morpeth, Northumberland, England; was buried on 15 Sep 1810 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]