Has anyone a Charles Bown in their family tree?

[tyr]

Hello Everyone
We have a "mystery man" named Charles Bown in our family tree. We have his birth date from the family bible as 25th July 1824, but no birth place. All we know is that he was born somewhere in England.

Can anyone help us out with where he may have been born please?

This man is equally mysterious at the end of his life. We know he migrated to Australia and that he went to the Victorian gold fields. We can only think he must have fallen down a mine shaft, never to be heard of again!
Any help greatly appreciated.
Cheers
tyr

[Catswhiskers]

I have Bown Bowns Bownes and Barnes all the same family different spellings at different times  from Sheffield including seveal Charles

[tyr]

Hello Catswhiskers
Thank you for replying. We've one or two possible candidates for our CB, but none that has the birthdate shown above. If you do have a CB with that birthdate would be very grateful to know his details.
kind regards
tyr

[dbown100]

Hello, came across your message during a search on 'Bown' on dogpile search engine, which then led me to rootschat.

Checked my own records and did not have a Charles Bown of that date .
Then did a quick search on Charles Bown at familysearch.org(LDS) and found the following:
31. CHARLES BOWN - International Genealogical Index / BI
Gender: Male Christening: 25 JUL 1824 Forest Green Chapel Nailsworth Independent, Avening, Gloucester, England
This looks like the one, certainly has the right date.

My own researches are on the Bown's of Middlezoy, nr Bridgwater, Somerset, UK. My web pages are at
http://dbown100.tripod.com/FAMILYHISTORY.htm

Best of luck

Dave Bown.

[tyr]

Thank you very much Dave. This CB seems the most likely candidate, although the family bible does say that he was born on the date you mentioned. I'm curious by the way, do you pronounce your surname to rhyme with "Brown" or like "Bow", with an "n " attached? My maternal granfather wouldn't hear of "Brown" without the "r"
kind regards
Trevor

[Catswhiskers]

A message for Dave  where are your Bowns from?

We pronounce ours to rhyme with Brown  My grandmother was a Bown (or Bownes or Bowns depending on which record you look at) married a Brown - confusion all round

Bown pronounced to rhyme with Bow is a corruption of Bowen and a different origin  Bone is similar

The best in Sheffield is Barnes, a way of writing the Sheffield pronunciation of Bowns or Bown which was BAHNES
with a very long A as in BAA (sheep)

I speak fluent Sheffield