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Herefordshire / Help with Bowkett family in Herefordshire
« on: Thursday 05 August 10 22:49 BST (UK) »
Hi 
My great Grandfather was called William Charles Bowkett and he was born in 1896 in Townhope, Herefordshire.
I have found a William Bowkett on the 1901 census aged 5, living in Tarrington with his grandfather, other family members on the 1901 census are:
Thomas Bowkett, son aged 29,
Annie Bowkett Daughter, 27,
Lizzie Bowkett, Daughter, 20
Lucy Bowkett, daughter, 18.
I have also found the same William Bowkett on the 1911 census still living with his grandfather at aged 15.
I can find no trace of his mother or father. Could this William Bowkett be my William Charles Bowkett?
I do know that William Charles married Naomi Gertrude Howlett in 1918 in Mutford, Suffolk, had seven children and then left and married a woman in Hyde, Cheshire in 1940 and had another child with her. I have no idea wheather he was divorced or not.
I am quite baffled by this, so any advice would be really appreciated. Would the next step be getting a copy of his birth certificate, would that give me the info I need?
Thanks in advance,
Regards, Beth xx
My great Grandfather was called William Charles Bowkett and he was born in 1896 in Townhope, Herefordshire.
I have found a William Bowkett on the 1901 census aged 5, living in Tarrington with his grandfather, other family members on the 1901 census are:
Thomas Bowkett, son aged 29,
Annie Bowkett Daughter, 27,
Lizzie Bowkett, Daughter, 20
Lucy Bowkett, daughter, 18.
I have also found the same William Bowkett on the 1911 census still living with his grandfather at aged 15.
I can find no trace of his mother or father. Could this William Bowkett be my William Charles Bowkett?
I do know that William Charles married Naomi Gertrude Howlett in 1918 in Mutford, Suffolk, had seven children and then left and married a woman in Hyde, Cheshire in 1940 and had another child with her. I have no idea wheather he was divorced or not.
I am quite baffled by this, so any advice would be really appreciated. Would the next step be getting a copy of his birth certificate, would that give me the info I need?
Thanks in advance,
Regards, Beth xx