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Personal data William Bowman 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Household of William Bowman

He is married to Jane Miller.

They got married on June 21, 1845 at Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, he was 23 years old.Source 9


Child(ren):

  1. Agnes Bowman  1853-???? 
  2. Janet Bowman  1851-???? 
  3. James Bowman  1849-????
  4. Lawrence Bowman  1856-????
  5. David Bowman  1861-????
  6. William Bowman  1863-????
  7. Ebenezer Bowman  1865-????
  8. Alexander Bowman  1867-????
  9. Henry Bowman  1870-????
  10. John Bowman  1847-????

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Bowman

John Bowman
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Ann Drummond
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William Bowman
1821-1891

1845

Jane Miller
1825-????

Agnes Bowman
1853-????
Janet Bowman
1851-????
James Bowman
1849-????
Lawrence Bowman
1856-????
David Bowman
1861-????
William Bowman
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Ebenezer Bowman
1865-????
Alexander Bowman
1867-????
Henry Bowman
1870-????
John Bowman
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  1. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Bowman Parish: Beath; ED: 4; Page: 9; Line: 21; Roll: CSSCT1871_70 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for William Bowman
    Name: William Bowman
    Age: 46
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Jean Bowman
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
    Registration Number: 410
    Registration district: Beath
    Civil parish: Beath
    County: Fife
    Address: 42 Brick Row
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 39
    Line: 21
    Roll: CSSCT1871_70
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Bowman 46 Head
    Jean Bowman 46 Wife
    James Bowman 22 Son
    Agnes Bowman 18 Daughter
    Lawrence Bowman 15 Son
    David Bowman 10 Son
    William Bowman 8 Son
    Elmeyer Bowman 6 Son
    Alexander Bowman 4 Son
    Henry Bowman 1 Son
  2. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1871 STEIN, JAMES, BOWMAN, JANET (Statutory register Marriages 410/ 5) Beath (Fife)
    STEIN, JAMES, BOWMAN, JANET (Statutory register Marriages 410/ 5) Beath (Fife)
    Marriages in the Parish of Beath in the County of Fife 1871.
    1871 Second January at Beath House, parish of Beath.
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
    signed
    James Stein, Coal Miner , Bachelor
    Age 21, Cowdenbeath, Beath,
    Parents, William Stein Coal Miner , Janet Stein M.S. Adamson,
    Signed Janet Bowman, Pithead worker
    Spinster Age 20. Cowdenbeath, Beath
    Parents: William Bowman, Coal Miner ,
    Jane Bowman M.S. Miller,
    Signed
    Alex. Mcphail,
    Minister of Beath.
    Signed
    James Bowman, Witness.
    Margaret Robertson, Witness
    Registered
    1871 January 3rd, Beath
    Thomas Scott
    Registrar
  3. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Bowman Parish: Dunfermline; ED: 5A; Page: 26; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1851_87; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for William Bowman
    Name: William Bowman
    Age: 29
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1822
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Jean Bowman
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
    Parish Number: 424
    Civil Parish: Dunfermline
    County: Fife
    Address: Halbeath Colliery
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 5A
    Page: 26
    Household Schedule Number: 94
    Line: 16
    Roll: CSSCT1851_87
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    William Bowman 29
    Jean Bowman 24
    John Bowman 4
    James Bowman 2
    Janet Bowman 7 Months
  4. 1891 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Bowman Parish: Beath; ED: 5; Page: 14; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1891_124 1891 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1891 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 5/6 April 1891. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for William Bowman
    Name: William Bowman
    Age: 70
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
    Relationship: Head
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Halbeath, Fife
    Registration Number: 410
    Registration district: Beath
    Civil parish: Beath
    County: Fife
    Address: Broad Street
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 5
    Household schedule number: 85
    Line: 18
    Roll: CSSCT1891_124
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Bowman 70 Head
    Henry Bowman 21 Son
  5. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Bowman Parish: Beath; ED: 4; Page: 28; Line: 22; Roll: CSSCT1861_53 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for William Bowman
    Name: William Bowman
    Age: 36
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1825
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Jane Bowman
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
    Registration Number: 410
    Registration district: Beath
    Civil parish: Beath
    County: Fife
    Address: Subscription School
    Occupation: Miner
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 158
    Line: 22
    Roll: CSSCT1861_53
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Bowman 36 Head
    Jane Bowman 35 Wife
    John Bowman 14 Son
    James Bowman 12 Son
    Janet Bowman 10 Daughter
    Anne Bowman 8 Daughter
    Lawrence Bowman 4 Son
    David Bowman 7 Mo. Son
  6. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for William Bowman Parish: Beath; ED: 4; Page: 32; Line: 17; Roll: CSSCT1881_114 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
    Record for William Bowman
    Name: William Bowman
    Age: 60
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Jane Bowman
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Dunfermline, Fife
    Registration Number: 410
    Registration district: Beath
    Civil parish: Beath
    County: Fife
    Address: Oakley Rows
    Occupation: Coal Miner
    ED: 4
    Household schedule number: 147
    Line: 17
    Roll: CSSCT1881_114
    Household Members Age Relationship
    William Bowman 60 Head
    Jane Bowman 55 Wife
    William Bowman 18 Son
    Ebenezer Bowman 16 Son
    Alexander Bowman 14 Son
    Henry Bowman 11 Son
  7. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1821 BOWMAN, WILLIAM, (Old Parish Registers Births 424/ 120 159) Dunfermline Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/10270282/person/24669142189/media/56347cb0-3168-4f6f-8f11-546bc5fc1f41
    1821 BOWMAN, WILLIAM, (Old Parish Registers Births 424/ 120 159) Dunfermline
    December 1821
    John Bowman collier Halbeath and Agnes Drummond his wife had a Son born the 10th Baptized and named William Witnesses Robert Davie and William Lindsay
  8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1872 STEIN, GEORGE, BOWMAN, AGNES, (Statutory register Marriages 410/ 7, Beath) (Fife)
    1872 STEIN, GEORGE AGNES BOWMAN (Statutory registers Marriages 410/ 7)
    Marriages in the Parish of Beath in the County of Fife, 1872
    1872, Seventeenth June at the Manse, Parish of Beath,
    After Banns according to the Forms of the Established Church of Scotland.
    signed, George Stein, Coal Miner , Bachelor. Age 20, Cowdenbeath, Beath.
    Parents: Robert Stein, Pitheadman, Euphemia Stein, M.S. Wilson.
    Signed Agnes Bowman, Pithead Worker, Spinster, Age 19. Cowdenbeath, Beath.
    Parents: William Bowman, Coal Miner , Jane Bowman, M.S. Miller.
    Signed A.G. McPhail, Minister of Beath,
    (Signed)
    Lawrence Bowman, Witness,
    Robert Stein, X Witness.
    Registered
    1872 June 19th at Beath.
    Thomas Scott,
    Registrar
  9. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1845 BOWMAN, WILLIAM, JEAN MILLER (Old Parish Registers Marriages 424/170 99) Dunfermline Downloaded from Ancestry @ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/10270282/person/24669142189/media/c6708608-97fc-480c-9aa2-73cabf4e6186
    1845 BOWMAN, WILLIAM, JEAN MILLER (Old Parish Registers Marriages 424/170 99) Dunfermline
    21 June 1845.
    William Bowman Collier Halbeath and Janet Miller residing there gave in their names for Proclamation in order to Marriage, being regularly proclaimed and no objections made their Certificate to that effect was granted
  10. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1891 BOWMAN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 410/ 126)
    1891 BOWMAN, WILLIAM (Statutory registers Deaths 410/ 126)
    Deaths in the Parish of Beath in the County of Fife 1891.
    William Bowman
    Coal Miner
    (Widower of Jane Miller)
    1891 December Fourth 4h 30m A.M.
    39 Broad Street, Cowdenbeath M. 71 Years
    Parents: John Bowman, Coal Miner . (Deceased)
    Ann Bowman M.S. Drummond (Deceased)
    COD: Influenza and Bronchitis, 8 days
    As cert by William Craig MBCM
    Inf. Lawrence Bowman, Son, Present
    Registered
    1891 December 4th, Oakfield
    Geo. Terris
    Registrar

Historical events

Birthday December 10, 1821

  • The temperature on December 10, 1821 was about 7.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1821: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 21 » Benderli Ali Pasha arrives in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remains in power for only nine days before being sent into exile.
    • May 12 » The first major battle of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks is fought in Valtetsi.
    • June 19 » Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia).
    • June 24 » The Battle of Carabobo takes place. It is the decisive battle in the war of independence of Venezuela from Spain.
    • August 10 » Missouri is admitted as the 24th U.S. state.
    • August 21 » Jarvis Island is discovered by the crew of the ship, Eliza Frances.

Day of marriage June 21, 1845

  • The temperature on June 21, 1845 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1845: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
    • January 29 » "The Raven" is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
    • March 1 » United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.
    • March 11 » Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
    • May 19 » Captain Sir John Franklin and his ill-fated Arctic expedition depart from Greenhithe, England.
    • May 30 » The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.
    • December 27 » Ether anesthetic is used for childbirth for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Jefferson, Georgia.

Day of death December 4, 1891

  • The temperature on December 4, 1891 was about 10.9 °C. There was 1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • April 1 » The Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago, Illinois.
    • May 16 » The International Electrotechnical Exhibition opens in Frankfurt, Germany, and will feature the world's first long-distance transmission of high-power, three-phase electric current (the most common form today).
    • May 20 » History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.
    • August 16 » The Basilica of San Sebastian, Manila, the first all-steel church in Asia, is officially inaugurated and blessed.
    • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.


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