BOORMAN Ardeley /Walkern/Cromer

[jonw65]

Marriage, 13 Sep 1820, St George the Martyr, Southwark
William Boorman + Mary Long

Sarah Long was a witness.

[softly softly]

Evening John, looks as though we have another Joseph Reeves on our hands--well almost,

John

[jonw65]

Oh no, not another one!

[Maggott]

Thank you all for your suggestions-I'm grateful for your help.  But what's with James Reeves??

[jonw65]

Hi
Mr. Reeves is a reference to a recent topic on Rootschat, where we don't have any sign of the chap on a census, we don't know when he was born, or when he died.
I think things with your William Alfred are not as bad as that!

I wouldn't rule out the Lewisham baptism at the moment, because of the Long connection.
But there is not a lot else to back it up!
John

[jonw65]

Could this be him in 1851, in Tewin, Hertfordshire?
Alfred Bowman, Servant, Unmarried, 28, Shoeing Smith, born Herts Tewin.
Transcribed as Howman on ancestry!
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGPN-49Y

Head is Thos Ford, 41, Smith employing 4 men.
Perhaps Tewin is given as place of birth simply because he was living and working there!

My Boorman lady was baptized as Bowman!

[Maggott]

Hi, & many thanks for more help.
I've dug out my Family Search password (which I'd noted in a Safe Place which I'd forgotten (duh!) & I'll see what they've got.  One complication is that there was a local family called BOWMAN, which makes me leery about alternative spellings
The Youngs were related to Emily Ensom, William Alfred's wife - who ran the mill & forge  after his death
I had the reverse of Mr Reeves,  I was haunted by two Henry Budds, seemingly the same age, children attended the same school, lived  in the same district of London....
Maggott