1. | (F) Benjamin Bowker was born about 1760 in Deckhams Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England. Other Events and Attributes:
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] Family/Spouse: Betty, - wife of Benjamin Bowker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
|
2. | Thomas Bowker (1.Benjamin1) was born in 1789 in Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, England; died in Newcastle-On-Tyne, Northumberland, England; was buried on 10 May 1789 in All Saints' Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England. |
3. | (G) John Harrison Bowker, RN (1.Benjamin1) was born on 30 Oct 1792 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: BOWKER. (COMMANDER, 1845. F-P., 20; H-P., 24.) Family/Spouse: Margaret. Margaret was born about 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
|
4. | Dorothy Bowker (1.Benjamin1) was born on 14 Feb 1794 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. Other Events and Attributes:
|
5. | John Hinde Durham Bourchier Bowker (3.John2, 1.Benjamin1) was born in 1830 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. Other Events and Attributes:
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 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]
|
6. | (H) Elizabeth Margaret Bowker (3.John2, 1.Benjamin1) was born about 1832 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England; died on 3 Mar 1916 in Kensington, London, England; was buried in Hammersmith, London, England. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: never married |
7. | Kenneth Bourchier Bowker (3.John2, 1.Benjamin1) was born after 1825. Notes: died young, never married |
8. | Durham Bourchier Bowker (3.John2, 1.Benjamin1) was born after 1825. Notes: died young, never married |
9. | (J) Oswald Bourchier Bowker (3.John2, 1.Benjamin1) was born in 1833; died on 4 Feb 1896 in Fulham, London, England. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: of the 12 Lancers, Indian Army. never married |
10. | Frank Bourchier Bowker (3.John2, 1.Benjamin1) was born after 1825. Notes: died young and unmarried |
11. | Francis Bourchier Bowker (3.John2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 26 Aug 1835 in Low Harrogate, Yorkshire, England; died between Oct 1881 and Dec 1881 in Fulham, London, England. Family/Spouse: Frances Maher. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
|
12. | Oswald Francis Bowker- Keenan (5.John3, 3.John2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 3 Mar 1862 in Jocks Lodge, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland; died on 4 Mar 1906 in Kelvin, Glasgow, Scotland. Other Events and Attributes:
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. Family/Spouse: Helen Graham. Helen was born about 1868 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1935 in Milton, Glasgow, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
|
13. | Fanny Bowker (11.Francis3, 3.John2, 1.Benjamin1) was born about 1869 in Ireland. |
14. | Francis Bourchier Bowker (11.Francis3, 3.John2, 1.Benjamin1) was born on 17 Nov 1871 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
|