Fowls/Fowles/Vowles of Street

[mark foot]

I am having difficulty with some of my Fowles relations.
Robert and Ann Fowls had children
Robert 1831. He married Elizabeth Somers but after the 1861 census I loose him.
Jane 1833
John 1835
Elizabeth 1838 -1838 seems she died as an infant.
Henry is my decendant.

I can't seem to track what happened to Jane, John and Robert. Did they emigrate or have I just somehow missed them/ Many thanks for any help.  Mark

[Milliepede]

Where does Henry fit in?

What happened to Elizabeth Somers?

[Milliepede]

Have you ruled out this burial 17 Mar 1870

Bristol

Robert Fowles age 38

[Milliepede]

That seems to tie in with this 1871 entry as transcribed

Eliza C Fowels 40 widow
Alfred H 13 son
Jane A 11 dau
Robert S 8 son
Eliza 6 dau
Julia A 4 dau

Add is the same as on the burial in 1870 - Strafford St

On Alfred's marriage in 1883 father is Robert shoemaker deceased

[CaroleW]

Jane is alive in 1841 so have you found her in 1851 or used freebmd to look for a marriage or death?  Same for John

Have you already investigated the 1854 marriage in Gloucs for Jane Fowles?  She may not have married in Somerset

Henry - your ancestor - appears to have been born Dec qtr 1841 so you presumably have him on censuses through to his death

[Mabel Bagshawe]

JOhn can be followed

1871 - aged 34, cordwainer b Walton. With wife Elizabeth. Surname Vowels
Piece 2452, Folio 49, p14

1881 - in West End, Street. Shoemaker b Street, aged 44 with wife Caroline, 38. Surname Vowles
RG11; 2414; 67; 22;

1911 - in Wells workhouse. Widowed shoe factory hand b Street. Surname Vowles

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Still in Wells 1921

Possible death

John Vowles
Age:    86
Q1 1922
Wells Volume 5c, p645

1891 - possible in Goswell Lane, Street. Shoemaker, lodging with the Dunston family. Widower. Age is slightly out - 50
Mother Ann is also visiting Elishu and Amelia Hawkins in the same street

John in the same place in 1901- age 60

[Mabel Bagshawe]

Jane Vowels b Walton c1833 is a servant in Long Sutton in 1851 - HO107; 1926; 213; 7;

Jane Fowles
Robert Scriven
Banns     July 1854 Long Sutton, Somerset, England

Added: marriage registered Q3 1854, Langport, Volume 5c p737

A tree on Ancestry has them emigrating to Australia before 1860

[KGarrad]

I was born & bred in Somerset.

In my part of Somerset Vowles was the usual spelling - never knew of any Fowles.
We had a Vowles shop in Portishead High Street, but there was also a Fowlers.