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Pembrokeshire Lookup Requests / Re: Haverfordwest - BOWEN
« on: Tuesday 01 June 10 19:35 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, Heather.

I've been searching for Fanny's parents for about 20 years, every so often I chip away a bit more!  I really think I should go and visit sometime!

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Pembrokeshire Lookup Requests / Re: Haverfordwest - BOWEN
« on: Tuesday 01 June 10 13:09 BST (UK)  »
Hi Heather,
This does seem very hopeful!
My great grandmother was Fanny Bowen from Haverfordwest, and gives her father's name as Isaac Bowen on her marriage certificate in 1878.  Her age at marriage makes it likely that she's born around 1850.  That's as much information as I know - except that she died in 1899 in St Bartholomew's Hospital, London!

Any information you might have would be very welcome!

Jan

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Perthshire / Re: Census lookup Perth
« on: Friday 22 January 10 17:54 GMT (UK)  »
That's really good of you, thanks.

I've had a break from the tree for a bit, but information like this rekindles the spark!

Look forward to hearing from you

Jan

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Perthshire / Re: Census lookup Perth
« on: Tuesday 01 December 09 10:25 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks for that.  It'd be great if anyone had some additional info!  We went to Rivenhall and Cressing churchyards.  Edward Tokeley seems to have been non conformist, so Parish records aren't complete for his side of the family.  I suppose I should post this onto the Essex side too!
Jan

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Perthshire / Re: Census lookup Perth
« on: Monday 30 November 09 23:26 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks a lot. 

It's definitely the right family - Joseph was a prison warder!  I'll add it in! 

I've been searching for his wife Ada in Essex in torrential rain this week!  Perth is a bit further to go!

Jan

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Perthshire / Re: Census lookup Perth
« on: Sunday 29 November 09 21:19 GMT (UK)  »
Joe
I'm so sorry, I've only just seen this reply - years after you sent it! 

I'll add it into my information, thanks, and try to follow it up further!

Jan

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Pembrokeshire Lookup Requests / Re: Haverfordwest lookup please - Bowen
« on: Tuesday 08 July 08 20:16 BST (UK)  »
Back to Fanny Bowen - she seemed determined to avoid being found.  Another problem is that she died in 1899 in St Bartholomews Hospital in London (so no 1901 census to use!).

Haven't found a baptism yet, either.

Thanks again for all your help....

JB

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Pembrokeshire Lookup Requests / Re: Haverfordwest lookup please - Bowen
« on: Tuesday 08 July 08 20:09 BST (UK)  »
Thanks everyone. 

I too found Fanny as a servant girl in 1871 (I only found her once though - lost it afterwards, never to be found again!).  You are of course right about the marriage - it was in Kensington, not Kent.  Their son was born in Kent, and I was working from memory.  Sorry for the confusion!

I'll work through the messages and see whether anything fits in with any other information I have.  It hadn't occurred to me that Isaac could have been a fictitious father's name.  That's of course possible.  Without knowing the correct birthdate, I can't get the birth certificate which would confirm father's name - and don't know her mother's name!  If she wasn't a servant in 1871, she might have been at home with her parents!  Which is a shame!
JB

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Pembrokeshire Lookup Requests / Haverfordwest lookup please - Bowen
« on: Monday 07 July 08 22:54 BST (UK)  »
My great grandmother Fanny Maria Bowen gives her birthplace as Haverfordwest on the 1891 census.  She married Thomas Noble in 1878 in Kent, and gave her father's name as Isaac Bowen, Farmer. 

I've been unable to find any online entries - I have Ancestry, so have searched the census - that will confirm this.  Does anyone have any ideas where else I can search?  or access to Haverfordwest records?

I'd be grateful for any help - I'm based in London!  Thanks

JB

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