See also

Family of David Bowtle and Lucy May Pratley

  • Husband:

  • David Bowtle (1895-1944)

  • Wife:

  • Lucy May Pratley (1906-1982)

  • Children:

  • Anthony William David Bowtle (1926-2023)

  • Marriage:

  • 6 Feb 1926

  • Holy Trinity Church, Church Street, Rayleigh, Essex, England1 2

  •  

  • David a labourer, both single of this parish, groom's father William David Bowtle labourer, bride's father William Pratley engineer, married by banns and witnessed by William David Bowtle and William Pratley

Husband: David Bowtle

  • Name:

  • David Bowtle3 1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • William David Sadler Bowtle (1861-1944)

  • Mother:

  • Hannah Laver (1866-1941)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • hay binder then a labourer4 1 5 6

  • Birth:

  • 6 Jan 1895

  • Tillingham, Essex, England3 7 4 1 5 6

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • Groves Farm, Dengie, Essex, England7

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his parents William and Hannah, brother William, and sisters Annie, Lizzie, Rachel and Martha. Born in Tillingham Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 15)

  • Bradwell Road, Tillingham, Essex, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a hay binder and living in five rooms with his with parents, a brother and two sisters. Born in Tillingham Essex

  • Military Beginning:

  • 9 Nov 1914 (age 19)

  • Bradwell Road, Tillingham, Essex, England8

  •  

  • Regt. No. 2499 ??Bn Essex Regt.

  • Military Ending:

  • 2 Aug 1919 (age 24)

  •  

  •  

  • 2499 Pte Essex\Regt.

    26 7289 Gloucester\Regt.

     

    Awarded Victory and Britisha medals.

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 26 yrs 5 mns)

  • Bradwell Road, Tillingham, Essex, England5

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a threshing machine labourer and living in five rooms with his parents William and Hannah, brother John, sister Martha, and niece Edith. Born in Tillingham Essex

  • Address:

  • 6 Feb 1926 (age 31)

  • Rayleigh, Essex, England1

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 44)

  • 44 Weir Gardens, Rayleigh, Essex, England6

  •  

  • a married general labourer (heavy worker) living with his wife and a closed record (presumably son Anthony). Born on 6th January 1895

  • Death:

  • Q1 1944 (age 49)

  • Rochford "Registration District", Essex, England9

Wife: Lucy May Pratley

  • Name:

  • Lucy May Pratley10 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 26 May 1906

  • St. Marylebone "Registration District", London, England10 1 6

  • Address:

  • 6 Feb 1926 (age 19)

  • Rayleigh, Essex, England1

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 33)

  • 44 Weir Gardens, Rayleigh, Essex, England6

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband and a closed record (presumably son Anthony). Born on 26th May 1906. She married a Spencer at a later date

  • Death:

  • Mar 1982 (age 75)

  • New South Wales, Australia11

  • Burial:

  • 23 Mar 1982

  • St. James Church, 15 King Street, Turramurra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia11

  •  

  • aged 75 of 316 Bobbin Head Road North Turramurra

Child 1: Anthony William David Bowtle

  • Name:

  • Anthony William David Bowtle12 13 14 15

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Tony

  • Spouse:

  • Ivy Mary Gannon (1921-2016)

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1926

  • Rochford "Registration District", Essex, England12

  • Emigration:

  • 25 Nov 1950 (age 24)

  • to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia13

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 1954

  • 135 Crosby Road, Albion, Queensland, Australia16

  •  

  • head of the household male manufactrurer

  • Death:

  • 12 Oct 2023 (age 97)

  • Peregian Springs, Queensland, Australia13 14 15

Note on Wife: Lucy May Pratley

After David's death Lucy married Arthur Spencer (c1914-?) in 1950 in Rochford registration district17 18

Sources

1.

Marriage Certificate. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Rochford 1926 quarter:1 volume:4a page:853. Cit. Date: 6 July 2018.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maldon 1895 quarter:1 volume:4a page:587. Cit. Date: 6 July 2018.

4.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10190 class:RG78 piece:535 registration district:196 sub-district:1 enumeration district:12 schedule:45. Cit. Date: 22 February 2019.

5.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9101 registration district:196 sub-district:1 enumeration district:13, 14 schedule:44. Cit. Date: 3 February 2025.

6.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1531I page:18 line:13 letter code:DCFB. Cit. Date: 3 March 2018.

7.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1689 folio:55 page:10. Cit. Date: 22 February 2019.

8.

Ancestry UK, British Army WWI Service Records 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Rochford 1944 quarter:1 volume:4a page:925. Cit. Date: 3 March 2018.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Marylebone 1906 quarter:2 volume:1a page:528. Cit. Date: 6 July 2018.

11.

Ancestry Australia Sydney, Anglican Parish Registers, 1814-2011, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Turramurra St. James burials 1965-1988page:78 entry:620. Cit. Date: 6 July 2018.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Rochford 1926 quarter:3 volume:4a page:1118. Cit. Date: 10 September 2017.

13.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Pratley Family Tree by merlewatts14. Cit. Date: 10 September 2017.

14.

Ibid. My Tree by Anthony Sarkozi. Cit. Date: 18 October 2017.

15.

Katherine (Kathy) Brunckhorst personal communication. email dated 19th October 2023. Cit. Date: 19 October 2023.

16.

Ancestry Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

17.

Deb Woollard personal communication. BDM.

18.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Rochford 1950 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1314. Cit. Date: 6 July 2018.