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I have been asked by a lady in Australia to assist her in tracing her family roots.
She has been advised (library info) that Sarah was born 1805/6, no place of birth mentioned.
She married Horatio Wood (born 10th October 1805) and both were buried 14th September 1849 (cholera victims) in Hunslet Leeds.
What I am trying to do is track down Sarah's parents and possibly find out where and when she was born?
I have spent this morning looking through the Hunslet parish registers for the years 1796-1812, but couldn't find any trace of Sarah.
Any help/advice appreciated.
Regards Brian
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I epect you already have this
1841
Hill House Place Leeds Yorks
Horatio Wood 35 solicitor
Sarah wife 35
Robert 5
Sarah 3
Horatio 1
plus 3 servnts
all b in county
HO107 1343 5 24 6 4
all the 1841 census tells us is whether they were born in the county they were living in
in this case the answer is yes - all that means is they were b in Yorkshire (not necessarily leeds)
Horation and sarah's ages are given as 35 -ages in 1841 were rounded down to the nearest 5 - so they could be age 35-39
this opens up your search more
Where were Horatio and Sarah married??
Often-but not always - marriages take place in bride's parish
Where were the children born???
Suz
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I noticed the children were living with older brothers in 1851 - they all give p.o.b. as leeds
There is a baptism IGI
Sarah ower 16 mar 1806 Marsden Yorks
father Robert Bower
wondered if this could be Sarah -as she named a son Robert
marsden is appro 27 miles from leeds
Suz
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I have found marriage on IGI
Horatio Wood
sarah bower
12 jan 1828 St Peter leeds
seems like Eldest son was baptised St John leeds
Horatios father was Joseph (I believe)
Horatio and Sarah's 1st son was Bower Wood
2nd son Joseph Wood (after Horatio's father?)
3rd son Joshua Wood (don't know where this name came from??)
4th son Robert Wood (after sarah's father -maybe????)
Suz
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Well thanks Suz.
The 1841 info is correct -information he was a solicitor correct.
As for 1851 don't think info correct, as Bower family all lived in Hunslet.
Brian
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I will have to come back to this later Suz.
Having to go out!
Brian
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Hunslet is in leeds!!!!!!
Suz
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here is 1851 census I was referring to
1851
Reform terrace
Township of Hunslet
City of leeds
Ecc district St Mary
Yorkshire
Bower Wood head U 29 commercial Clerk Leeds Yorks
Joseph Wood rother U 19 Commercial Clerk Leeds Yorks
Joshua Wood beother U 16 Commercial Clerk Leeds Yorks
Robert Wood Brother 14 scholar leeds Yorks
Horatio Wood brother 11 scholar Leeds Yorks
plus Housekeeper and dom servant
HO107 2318 572 38
I have found a Joshua Bower who may be a connection to Sarah??(only going y children's names
1851
Hilledge Rd
township of hunslet
Joshua bower Head m 77 Alderman of leeds, Crown Glass manufacturer 80 hands 2 app, Coal owner 300 men and boys, stone quarry 4 hands , farmer 12 acres 4 labourers
Elizabeth Wife 76
John son U 51 retired Glass maker
plus 2 servants
all b hunslet Yorks
HO107 2318 478 29
I think you need to look at the parish register to see if there are more details on the marriage reg
it may be as well tracing the children from census to census to see if they are with any relatives which may give furhter clues
Suz
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Hunslet is in leeds!!!!!!
Suz
I know that, thats where I live 8)
I was reffering to IGI entry. ::)
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I don't know about the time difference in Brisbane Australia, but I have just sent the lady (Colleen) an e-mail advising her of this conversation.
(I don't know if she is a 'chatter or not)
Hoping she will join in this conversation, maybe she will update on information gathered so far.
Regards Brian
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I know that, thats where I live 8)
I was reffering to IGI entry. ::)
Apologies if I misunderstood - I thought you were referring to the 1851 census of the Wood children
Now I realise you were stating that "the Bower family lived in Hunslet" - you hadn't posted that information before
Suz
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Correction to your post - Address given for 1841 should show Hill House Place, not Lane as stated.
But I bow to your greater knowledge of 'chasing the dead' :o
Regards Brian
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have edited 1841 - I had written "Place" and then posted "lane" - I think I was too interested in the word after Place - think it says Leeds - but the "d" looks like an "A"
Suz
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Hi Suz
I have just received an e-mail from Colleen stating that she has signed up to Rootschat.
Although she hasn't posted any additional information, she is following the conversation with interest.
And wishes to thank you for your input.
Regards Brian
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Content of e-mail recieved
I have taken your advise and signed up with rootschat.com and still in the process of learning how to use the site. Thanks for your entry I noticed it when I logged into the internet and was delighted to see so many responses thank everyone for their interest.
With regards to what I have discovered to date, which also seems to be the findings of others on your internet site are as follows -
Sarah Bower married Horatio Wood on the 12. 7. 1828. They had six children Bower b. 4 July 1830, Joseph b. 30. 11. 1831, Joshua b. 22. 8. 1834, Robert b. 10. 12. 1836, Sarah b. 8 4. 1838 and Horatio b. 28. 3. 1840.
In the census of 1841
Horatio and Sarah both recorded their ages in the Census of 1841 as being 35 which suggest that they were born either 1805/06.
I gather the first son was given the name Bower after her family name.
Their second son Joseph was the name of Horatio's father.
Joshua, the third son, was I believe her father's name since Joshua Bower mentioned her children in his will of 1855. Also the obituary for Horatio and Sarah Wood in the Leeds Mercury Saturday 15th 1849 pages 5 and 8 stated 'Horatio Wood Solicitor of this town and his wife, the former who was taken ill during his absence from home and died at an inn, in Wakefield on Thursday. Mrs Wood who is a daughter of Alderman Bower, who was taken ill during her husband's absence from home died about the same hour on Thursday. Neither of them knew the other's illness. their bodies were interned in the Hunslet Cemetery'. There appeared to be only two Aldermen during this period with the surname Bower - Joshua and his brother John both of Hunslet.
I feel that if someone is able to view the headstone for Horatio and his wife in the Hunslet cemetery I might be able to discover when she was born and possibly who her father was - do you know who I could get in contact with who may be able to assist me.
I don't know who Robert was named after I think however it must have been in the Bower family since no Robert's appear in the Wood family tree.
Sarah would have been named after her mother, Horatio after his father.
What is also interesting to note is that no birth entries exist for her brothers Joshua Wood b. 1801 (married Elizabeth Preston 31 .12.1827), John b. 1801 (never married), or sister Ann b.1808 (married Charles Grosvener 23.1.1828) yet they are all found in the census's and other official documents.
Hope these findings help.
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Content of e-mail recieved
With regards to what I have discovered to date, which also seems to be the findings of others on your internet site are as follows -
Sarah Bower married Horatio Wood on the 12. 7. 1828. They had six children Bower b. 4 July 1830, Joseph b. 30. 11. 1831, Joshua b. 22. 8. 1834, Robert b. 10. 12. 1836, Sarah b. 8 4. 1838 and Horatio b. 28. 3. 1840.
In the census of 1841
Horatio and Sarah both recorded their ages in the Census of 1841 as being 35 which suggest that they were born either 1805/06.
I gather the first son was given the name Bower after her family name.
Their second son Joseph was the name of Horatio's father.
Joshua, the third son, was I believe her father's name since Joshua Bower mentioned her children in his will of 1855. Also the obituary for Horatio and Sarah Wood in the Leeds Mercury Saturday 15th 1849 pages 5 and 8 stated 'Horatio Wood Solicitor of this town and his wife, the former who was taken ill during his absence from home and died at an inn, in Wakefield on Thursday. Mrs Wood who is a daughter of Alderman Bower, who was taken ill during her husband's absence from home died about the same hour on Thursday. Neither of them knew the other's illness. their bodies were interned in the Hunslet Cemetery'. There appeared to be only two Aldermen during this period with the surname Bower - Joshua and his brother John both of Hunslet.
I feel that if someone is able to view the headstone for Horatio and his wife in the Hunslet cemetery I might be able to discover when she was born and possibly who her father was - do you know who I could get in contact with who may be able to assist me.
I don't know who Robert was named after I think however it must have been in the Bower family since no Robert's appear in the Wood family tree.
Sarah would have been named after her mother, Horatio after his father.
What is also interesting to note is that no birth entries exist for her brothers Joshua Wood b. 1801 (married Elizabeth Preston 31 .12.1827), John b. 1801 (never married), or sister Ann b.1808 (married Charles Grosvener 23.1.1828) yet they are all found in the census's and other official documents.
Hope these findings help.
You have stated that Joshua as Sarah's father and he was an alderman - so it seems the Joshua Bower I have already posted on the 1851 census is a very strong possibility for her father
The older Woos children are not with parents on 1841 census - I found Bower at a private school - do you require the 1841 censii for the older children????
You state - Horatio and Sarah both have recorded age of 35 on 1841 census - which you state "suggests they were born 1805/6" I have already explained the workings of 1841 census in an earlier reply
In 1841 ages of persons over 15 were(supposed to be) rounded down to the nearest 5 years-so a recorded age of 35 (in 1841) suggests the age of between 35 and 39 - which widens the time scale when searching for a baptism.
Not all of the baptisms are on the IGI - but it is continually having additions.
Are you certain Alderman John Bower was the brother of Alderman Joshua -and not a son????
Suz
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Hi Brian,
Not easy! only having 41c info. Ages are with in 5 year round off and only County of birth in most Cases. Try the marriage Parish reg to see if its by banns or license Bond allegation. Also witnesses. Next a Will maybe being a solicitor. Last if you live in Yorkshire try Wakefield WYAS Volume by names also places index. (may hold clue) Next try family history societies- Leeds Library-Leeds and Wakefield
Archive offices for transcription by Surname index. Sheepscar is good but Wakefield archives BMD transcriptions is Awesome for the whole county. Then try deeper records Quarter sessions- Land tax- Relief Tax and Loads as ask their advice on what to search.
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Hi,
If this is her correct age on her burial record then it might help find her birth,
Sarah WOOD
Date of burial: 14 Sep 1849
Age at death: 45
Dedication: Hunslet Cemetery
Regards
Daisy
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Just by chance in a different internet search, I stumbled across this set of exchanges. I haven't read through all of them yet, but I'm so surprised to find them, that I'm responding straight away.
Sarah Bower was, I assume, the daughter of the very powerful Bower family who had a big bottling business in Hunslet (there until the 1960's).
In 1968, I used to deliver evening papers and would walk home through Hunslet cemetery. I was very taken by the grave of Horatio and Sarah Wood - which - as far as I can remember was rather grand, and had iron railings around it. What struck me also was that it had Horatio and Sarah's names in gothic script, and mentioned that he was a solicitor. I was also intrigued by the fact that they died on the same day. Even as a 14 year old, I thought that the coincidence must be due to them having died in the cholera epidemic.
When I visited the cemetary again in 1973, I was astonished to find that the grave had gone. (There are still a lot of other Bower graves there, however.) So Horatio has stayed in my mind ever since.
Many years later when back in Leeds, I researched Horatio in Leeds central Library. He voted in the general elections and his voting preferences are recorded. He was man of some means, and in addition to his legal practice, had a counting house down near the river
Horatio's legal business was in Bowers Yard - which is off Briggate in the city centre. I went there in 1999, and I suspect that the office he had is still there - though obviously the place has changed...I even went up to the Ellersby Road area in east Leeds where Hill House Place used to be.
Some years after this, when I became computer literate, I did an internet search for Horatio, and found that - unless there was another solicitor called Horatio Wood in Leeds at the time ( which seems wildly improbable) - he was a political radical having beeing elected as a Chartist representative to the Leeds Improvement Commission in 1841. I think his radicalism must have subsided somewhat, as, in the last general election he voted in, he gave votes to the Tory and Whig candidates (if I remember rightly).
Another net search some years later, indicated that he might have lived (after Hill House Place) at a grand house called Holbeck Lodge with central heating that was designed by the engineer matthew Murray. I'm not sure, however, whether this Holbeck Lodge is the same one as he was living in at the time of his death. Whatever, even though the building has been long demolished, there is a photo of the Matthew Murray Holbeck Lodge on the Leodis photographic archive (which is free, and fully accessible on-line).
As I'm not related in any way to this family, I haven't taken the research any further. I imagine that there must be archive material about the Leeds Improvement Commissioners. The only other thing I recall, is that a Horatio Wood was a member of the 'Leeds Philosophical and (something else)' society.
I think I also found that the Woods were buried in unconsecrated ground (maybe because they wanted them buried fast). This might explain why their grave was given the chop when others were left intact...
Hope these recollections are of interest.
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In relation to my other entry, if you are looking for Sarah Bower's birthplace, you must ask why the Woods were buried in Hunslet Cemetery - which is nowhere near Holbeck Lodge. The answer can only be that they were buried in the area where Sarah's kin lived. In 2001, I went back to Hunslet Cemetery again, and tried to see if there was any remnant or sign of Horatio's and Sarah's grave at all. I didn't find any, but I found a few Bowers in the place where I thought the grave had been located. All this would suggest that she was from Hunslet.
If Sarah was C of E she would most likely have been baptised at St. Peter's - the main Parish Church in Leeds. They used to have transcripts of the records for 1805 and before, in the Leeds Central Library. (I found Horatio's entry there.)
Best wishes,
Paul
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SARAH WOOD BAPT 8 TH OCT 1803 in Wakefield looks interesting as father John
Hunslet is well south of Leeds centre and the abode of this bapt could be well north of Wakefield Centre
There is Sarah Bower death in a Inn in Wakefield and the Wood's were 'well too do' so could be the Bowers as middleclass.
The A61 link road from Leeds (Includes Hunslet on)to Wakefield on the old staging turn pike road would or could link these families easy. Travel them days by stage coach would be as compatable as a bus at 30mph these days.
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A birth in October 1803 would fit Sarah Bower as being 45 for a death in September 1849.
Her Dad could easily have come from Wakefield but made his money in Hunslet and established a family home there. Born in Wakefield, she would have been baptised at the the Cathedral most likely.
Paul
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Content of e-mail recieved
I have taken your advise and signed up with rootschat.com and still in the process of learning how to use the site. Thanks for your entry I noticed it when I logged into the internet and was delighted to see so many responses thank everyone for their interest.
With regards to what I have discovered to date, which also seems to be the findings of others on your internet site are as follows -
Sarah Bower married Horatio Wood on the 12. 7. 1828. They had six children Bower b. 4 July 1830, Joseph b. 30. 11. 1831, Joshua b. 22. 8. 1834, Robert b. 10. 12. 1836, Sarah b. 8 4. 1838 and Horatio b. 28. 3. 1840.
In the census of 1841
Horatio and Sarah both recorded their ages in the Census of 1841 as being 35 which suggest that they were born either 1805/06.
I gather the first son was given the name Bower after her family name.
Their second son Joseph was the name of Horatio's father.
Joshua, the third son, was I believe her father's name since Joshua Bower mentioned her children in his will of 1855. Also the obituary for Horatio and Sarah Wood in the Leeds Mercury Saturday 15th 1849 pages 5 and 8 stated 'Horatio Wood Solicitor of this town and his wife, the former who was taken ill during his absence from home and died at an inn, in Wakefield on Thursday. Mrs Wood who is a daughter of Alderman Bower, who was taken ill during her husband's absence from home died about the same hour on Thursday. Neither of them knew the other's illness. their bodies were interned in the Hunslet Cemetery'. There appeared to be only two Aldermen during this period with the surname Bower - Joshua and his brother John both of Hunslet.I feel that if someone is able to view the headstone for Horatio and his wife in the Hunslet cemetery I might be able to discover when she was born and possibly who her father was - do you know who I could get in contact with who may be able to assist me.
I don't know who Robert was named after I think however it must have been in the Bower family since no Robert's appear in the Wood family tree.
Sarah would have been named after her mother, Horatio after his father.
What is also interesting to note is that no birth entries exist for her brothers Joshua Wood b. 1801 (married Elizabeth Preston 31 .12.1827), John b. 1801 (never married), or sister Ann b.1808 (married Charles Grosvener 23.1.1828) yet they are all found in the census's and other official documents.
Hope these findings help.
John is a common name but Wakefield was the major city those days in business and politically! thus would be a reason for a meeting of the Bowers and Woods. Bradford has a few Bower's baptisms around Clayton/Thornton district but nothing fits the death age of Sarah, also Thornton is on the far side of Bradford.
If some other info could be found linking these Wakefield Bower's and Leeds Wood's together at the parent level of Horatio and Sarah. One lead could be the other Bower grave headstone/tomb epitaphs in the cemetery at Hunslet. Deeds, Wills. 1801 to 1831 census if any.
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1 John Bower, Hunslet, cabinet maker
John Bower and Company, Hunslet, vitriol and
aqua fortis manufacturers
Calderdale GB 203
WYC:1089/226
Phone WYAS CALDERDALE Held at Halifax Library >WYAS ask for Ian
Manor Ct Normanton Wakefield 1849
And John Bower Birkenshaw/Hightown WaKefield/Bradford turn pike road 1812ish Bradford WYAS
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Thanks for the additional info.
I am awaiting Colleen getting back to me following an e mail I sent last night.
Regards Brian
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Happy New year Brian
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Likewise have good and prosperous 2010.
The only things that I haven't mentioned in this thread, I took a number of photographs whilst at Hunslet cemetery.
(File a bit on the large size at 6MB each photo, but have sent to Colleen in Aus).
Still awaiting reply from Colleen.
Brian
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Funny thing or coincidence I was over your way at Idle having my xmas din dins at my Neices house friday xmas day.
Good luck with your search! for Colleen
I'm in Wakefield archives some mondays and Halifax-Kirklees
Lancashire archires Preston & Manchester other times also Warwick & Lichfield in Summer so just shout if you need anything
Dave
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Hi
Being born in Leeds I was very interested in this post. I needed to find out where my Grandparents were buried and as long as you know the cemetary they will give you a map as to where in the cemetary they are. I also spoke to a lovely guy who organises for Leeds City Council, and he knows the dates of births as well as the deaths as I think they have all the original paperwork.
I say this as being retired now I have gone and walked around cemetaries for other people on this site but it is hard work and takes hours if you dont know where abouts in the graveyard they are.
I am going up to Leeds for a visit next week and am going to try and see the records in St Peters Church where most of my family were married. I noticed Horitio was married there too which is not far from Hunslet. I can have a look for the childrens births.
This is if I can get in on my visit and as long as it doesnt cost. I dont fancy wallking around Hunslet cemetary as it is quite big if my memory is right. It would be hard without a map.
I would advise anyone who hasnt walked around these old graveyards that alot of the old stones are now either worn out so you cant see the wording, they have green moss on them or they have fallen down so you cant see the wording.
If I find anything about the children I will repost some of the info but cant promise alot.
I have alot of children in my tree in Leeds dying in those years as well so probably Cholera was the epidemic of that time, bless them.
regards Sandymc
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1 John Bower, Hunslet, cabinet maker
John Bower and Company, Hunslet, vitriol and
aqua fortis manufacturers
Calderdale GB 203
WYC:1089/226
Phone WYAS CALDERDALE Held at Halifax Library >WYAS ask for Ian
Manor Ct Normanton Wakefield 1849
And John Bower Birkenshaw/Hightown WaKefield/Bradford turn pike road 1812ish Bradford WYAS
My interest, is where the burial of George Hood of Selby died Selby 18 September 1845 took place. (Not Staff Sgt George Hood of Leeds earlier that month).
Found this on a search of "Hood" ...
The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser of 23rd February 1839.
On Thursday week, in his 80th year, John Bower, Esq, of Hunslet, near this town, oil of vitriol manufacturer, and father of Mrs Wells Hood, of York. ... he belonged to the Methodist New Connexion, from its establishment, ...
There is a bit about Bower being a chemist, about his liberal politics and being chosen a member of the Town Council of Leeds at the first free election.
Yorkshire Gazette 10th February 1821 (see also Leeds Intelligencer, 12th Feb 1821 which also says Wells Hood, Wine Merchant of York)
On Wednesday last, at the Parish Church, Leeds, by the Rev. C. Clapham, Mr. Wells Hood, of Stamford Bridge, spirit-merchant and seedsman, to Ann, second daughter of Mr. J. Bower, oil and vitriol maker, &c. Hunslet, near Leeds.
Wells Hood likely related to Richard Hood of Stamford Bridge, who was born Leven [nr Catwick].
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=752071.0
British History Online says that William Wells devised the Manor of Catwick to a Richard Hood.
ER of Yorkshire Archives (via TNA)
Will of Mr William Hood of Catwick, farmer
Date of will: 22 Jan 1851
Date of probate: 29 Mar 1852
zDDWS/2/2/1/16
Somebody (online) appears to have got back to Wells Hood, born Dunnington, (aged 56, Wine & Sprit Merchant in 1851, married to Anne Hood born Leeds, aged 50) so I hope they find the above helpful.
Regards Mark
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I am interested in Joshua Bower's activities as a toll contractor. He leased tolls in a lot of places: Stamford Bridge (E of York), Grimston Smithy bar (3 miles E of York), Brough ferry and the turnpike thence to Market Weighton, Balderton bar (just S of Newark on Gt N Rd), Patrington Haven, Burslem market, Boston wharf. There may well be others. If one was leasing tolls one needed to appoint a collector and - very important - make sure he stayed honest. So how did Bower do this? Your investigations have shown he had a son-in-law at Stamford Bridge (who could probably keep an eye on Grimston Smithy as well. So did he have family at these other places? It certainly suggests places you might care to look.
Brough and Boston are places where the surveyor Anthony Bower worked. (He died 1823, leaving a son Samuel - an inferior surveyor and civil-engineering contractor who vanishes about 1843.) I should be very interested if Anthony turned out to be related to Joshua.
Incidentally, there is a lot more on the Bowers' industrial activities in the 1975 thesis by J Connell, "Industrial Development in South Leeds, 1790-1914" - available on-line. It seems to imply that Joshua's father was also called Joshua.
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Hello
Thank you for your message about the Bower family having interests at other places.
Mark
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Hi all,
I recently signed up to roots because I've seen your chats while I've been browsing on the internet and they have helped me to learn abit more of my family history, so thank you!
I know its been 10 years since the first post but If Calverley Lad (Brian) you can see this I have fairly recently come into the possession of a family tree written in 1966 where Joshua Bower of Hunslet had a unnamed daughter who married a Mr Wood, although it does not list their children. However, the child of niece of theirs is named Bower Brooks, possibly suggesting a connection as with Bower Wood.
If Colleen from Australia is on roots chat it may be intresting to swap information as my relations are the Bower family from Hunslet, which have been featured in the posts.
I understand its been along time so this may not come to anything.
Thanks all,
Ed.
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Hi Ed
Just seen your post, best of luck with your search.
Regards Brian
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I have fairly recently come into the possession of a family tree written in 1966 where Joshua Bower of Hunslet had a unnamed daughter who married a Mr Wood, although it does not list their children. However, the child of niece of theirs is named Bower Brooks, possibly suggesting a connection as with Bower Wood.
Ed.
Possibly BOWER BROOKE according to a newspaper?
Joshua Bower BROOKE, Deceased. London Gazette 1914
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28969/page/9186/data.pdf
Leeds Times, 14th October 1876
BROOKE - DOBSON.-October 11th, at St. Mary's Church, Hunslet, Joshua Bower Brooke, solicitor, Leeds, to Elizabeth, second daughter of Richard Dobson, the Grange, Middleton.
Middle surname (Bower Brooke) usually suggests a family link, if you work back through the England & Wales Census, along with the Marriages and Births etc., you will hopefully find the Bower Brooke link?
Some of the Hood Bower family were Independents (Nonconformist NC, not C of E) and after about 1838 - 1840 period some of these original NC Registers are not online and may be found in Record Offices if you know their NC religion and who has the Register now. If NC and from 1837, it can be quicker and easier to order the Civil Registrar Copy.
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Some of the Parish church Marriage Certificates are online from 1837 in the 19th Century.
If not online, England & Wales Copy Marriage Certificates can be obtained from either the District Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages OR from the UK General Register Office (GRO), back to 1837. GRO is a UK government (gov.uk) website. The details required for ordering are in the Index.
To find the Index and also check the Images of the Index to get the District, Year, Quarter, Vol and Page number required ...
https://www.freebmd.org.uk/
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Interesting my HOODs (not known to be linked Wells HOOD), are linked to the DOBSON surname.
Mark
The Northern Star and Leeds General Advertiser of 23rd February 1839.
On Thursday week, in his 80th year, John Bower, Esq, of Hunslet, near this town, oil of vitriol manufacturer, and father of Mrs Wells Hood, of York. ... he belonged to the Methodist New Connexion, from its establishment, ...
There is a bit about Bower being a chemist, about his liberal politics and being chosen a member of the Town Council of Leeds at the first free election.
Yorkshire Gazette 10th February 1821 (see also Leeds Intelligencer, 12th Feb 1821 which also says Wells Hood, Wine Merchant of York)
On Wednesday last, at the Parish Church, Leeds, by the Rev. C. Clapham, Mr. Wells Hood, of Stamford Bridge, spirit-merchant and seedsman, to Ann, second daughter of Mr. J. Bower, oil and vitriol maker, &c. Hunslet, near Leeds.
Wells Hood was related to Richard Hood of Stamford Bridge, who was born Leven [nr Catwick].
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=752071.0
British History Online says that William Wells devised the Manor of Catwick to a Richard Hood.
ER of Yorkshire Archives (via TNA)
Will of Mr William Hood of Catwick, farmer
Date of will: 22 Jan 1851
Date of probate: 29 Mar 1852
zDDWS/2/2/1/16
Wells Hood, born Dunnington, (aged 56, Wine & Sprit Merchant in 1851, married to Anne Hood born Leeds, aged 50)
Regards Mark
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That's very interesting.
Thanks Mark.
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Leeds Intelligencer, 17th January 1828
On Saturday last, at our parish church, Mr. Horatio Wood, solicitor, of this place, to Miss Bower, daughter of Mr. Joshua Bower, of the Crown Window glass-manufactory, Hunslet.
Register
Parish Church of Leeds 12th January 1828, by Licence
Horatio Wood of this Parish Solicitor and Sarah Bower, Spinster
Both signed their own names
In the Presence of H Bacchus and Robert Hargrave
H Bacchus might S ? Bacchus or another combination of two initials?
[You might also be interested to know that Robert Hargrave signed the Marriage beneath, so he might be a Church person]
Mark