See also

Family of John Bowtle and Harriet Harrington

Husband: John Bowtle

  • Name:

  • John Bowtle3 4 5

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Bowtle (1799-1877)

  • Mother:

  • Ruth Willis (1801-1874)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • carpenter then a baker6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • 21 May 1832

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Baptism:

  • 14 Oct 1832 (age 0)

  • Congregational Church, Silver Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England3 4

  •  

  • son of Ruth and John Bowtle

  • Census:

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 9)

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England1 5

  •  

  • aged 5, living with his parents and three siblings. Born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 18)

  • Silver Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England6

  •  

  • nephew aged 18 unmarried, carpenter journeyman, living with aunt Rebecca Whiteand a cousin. Born in Wethersfield Essex

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 28)

  • Chapel House, Wethersfield, Essex, England9

  •  

  • head of the household aged 29, Carpenter/Journeyman. Born Wethersfield.

  • Directory:

  • 1878 (age 45-46)

  • 75 Coggeshall Road, Braintree, Essex, England10

  •  

  • as a baker of

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 47)

  • 73 Coggeshall Road, Braintree, Essex, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a carpenter and living with his wife Esther, son Willie, and nephew Frank Bowtle. Born in Wethersfield Essex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 58)

  • Coggeshall Road, Braintree, Essex, England8

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a baker and living with his wife Esther. Born in Wethersfield Essex

  • Directory:

  • 1895 (age 62-63)

  • 75 Coggeshall Road, Braintree, Essex, England11

  •  

  • as a baker of

  • Death:

  • 12 Apr 1897 (age 64)

  • Coggeshall Road, Braintree, Essex, England12 13

  • Probate:

  • 29 May 1897

  • Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 13

  •  

  • a baker of Coggeshall Road Braintree Essex died 12th April 1897, probate of effects of £490 6s 10d (~£38,900 in 2017) to Esther Bowtle widow

Wife: Harriet Harrington

  • Name:

  • Harriet Harrington

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • plaiter

  • Birth:

  • 1835 (app)

  • Finchingfield, Essex, England14

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 25-26)

  • Chapel House, Wethersfield, Essex, England9

  •  

  • Wife aged 26, Plaiter. Born in Finchingfield, living with her husband.

  • Death:

  • Oct 1864 (age 29)

  • Braintree "Registration District", Essex, England15

  • Burial:

  • 7 Oct 1864

  • St. Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England16

Child 1: Josiah Bowtle

  • Name:

  • Josiah Bowtle17

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Death:

  • bef 17 Aug 1859 (age 0)

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England

  • Birth:

  • Aug 1859 (app)

  • Braintree, Essex, England17

  • Burial:

  • 17 Aug 1859

  • Congregational Church, Silver Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England16

Child 2: William Bowtle

  • Name:

  • William Bowtle18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Birth:

  • 18 Sep 1860

  • Braintree "Registration District", Essex, England18

  • Death:

  • Oct 1860 (age 0)

  • Braintree "Registration District", Essex, England19

  •  

  • as John Bowtle

  • Burial:

  • 5 Oct 1860

  • Congregational Church, Silver Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England16

Child 3: John William Bowtle

picture

1861 birth certificate John William Bowtle

  • Name:

  • John William Bowtle20 21 22 7 23

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Willie

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • grocers and post office assistant then a grocers clerk7 24 25 26

  • Birth:

  • 9 Sep 1861

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England20 21 22 7 24 25 26

  •  

  • son of John Bowtle (carpenter journeyman) and Harriett Bowtle formerly Harrington

  • Baptism:

  • aft 9 Sep 1861 (age 0)

  • Congregational Church, Silver Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England16

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 9)

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England1 22

  •  

  • attending school as Willie Bowtle and living with his grandparents John and Ruth Bowtle, aunts Sarah and Mary Bowtle, a cousin Frank Bowtle. Born in Wethersfield Essex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 18)

  • 73 Coggeshall Road, Braintree, Essex, England7

  •  

  • unmarried son as Willie working as a grocers and post office assistant and living with his father John, step-mother Esther, and cousin Frank Bowtle. Born in Wethersfield Essex

  • Census absence:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 29)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 37)

  • 59 Kingston Hill, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England24

  •  

  • unmarried boarder as Willie working as a grocers clerk and living with widowed Jane Russell and family, and another boarder. Born in Essex

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 45)

  • 41 Bostock Road, Abingdon, Berkshire, England25

  •  

  • unmarried boarder as William working as a grocers clerk and living in six rooms with Luke and Annie Whittingdon, and their daughter Annie. Born in Weathersfield (sic) Essex

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 56 yrs 8 mns)

  • 29 Kingsbury Street, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England26

  •  

  • an unmarried boarder as William working as a grocers clerk for Messers Stratton Sons & Mead grocers of Marlborough and living alone in two rooms. Born in Weathersfield (sic) Essex

  • Death:

  • 13 Jun 1938 (age 77)

  • Savernake Hospital, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England23 27

  • Probate:

  • 28 Jul 1938

  • Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England27

  •  

  • of 25 The Parade Marlborough Wiltshire died 13th June 1938 at Savernake Hospital Marlborough, probate of effects of £433 19s (~£19,000 in 2017) to Cyril Harry Bowtle electrician and Frederick Kenneth Radcliffe solicitor

Child 4: Edith Bowtle

  • Name:

  • Edith Bowtle28 29

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 16 Mar 1864

  • Braintree "Registration District", Essex, England28

  • Baptism:

  • Apr 1864 (app) (age 0)

  • Congregational Church, Silver Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England16

  • Death:

  • Q2 1864 (age 0)

  • Braintree "Registration District", Essex, England29

Sources

1.

Geoff Bowtle personal communication. letter.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Braintree 17 Dec Dec 1858 Ref: 4a 676.

3.

Chelmsford Record Office - Parish Records. Wethersfield Congregational Church Baptisms 1797-1837 ref:D/NC 31/1 reel:16. Chelmsford Record Office, Chelmsford

Essex.

4.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). England and Wales Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms Transcription ref:TNA class:RG04 piece:1768.

5.

England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:333 book:19 folio:7 page:9.

6.

England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1785 folio:136 page:2.

7.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1810 folio:34 page:7 schedule:241. Cit. Date: 25 August 2023.

8.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1426 folio:29 page:5. Cit. Date: 20 October 2019.

9.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1861/RG9/CD8/1113/P230.

10.

The Post Office Directory 1878, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). page:330.

11.

Kelly's Directory of Essex 1895, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). page:469.

12.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree Jun 1897 4a 339.

13.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1897 page:247. Cit. Date: 21 January 2017.

14.

England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

15.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree Dec 1864 4a 219.

16.

Wethersfield, United Reform Church Records, 5/8/1997.

17.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1859 quarter:3 volume:4a page:299. Cit. Date: 25 July 2026.

18.

Ibid. Braintree 1860 quarter:4 volume:4a page:288. Cit. Date: 25 July 2026.

19.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1860 quarter:4 volume:4a page:183. Cit. Date: 25 July 2026.

20.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1861 quarter:4 volume:4a page:302. Cit. Date: 24 July 2026.

21.

Birth Certificate. own copy, GRO digital image. Cit. Date: 26 July 2026. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

22.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1700 folio:107 page:9 schedule:53. Cit. Date: 26 August 2023.

23.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Marlborough 1938 quarter:2 volume:5a page:94. Cit. Date: 26 July 2026.

24.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:664 folio:93 page:11 schedule:52. Cit. Date: 25 July 2026.

25.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:6460 class:RG78 piece:318 registration district:117 sub-district:2 enumeration district:4 schedule:190. Cit. Date: 26 July 2026.

26.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:10000 registration district:245 sub-district:1 enumeration district:7, 8 schedule:41. Cit. Date: 25 July 2026.

27.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Winchester 1938 page:464. Cit. Date: 25 July 2026.

28.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2024, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1864 quarter:2 volume:4a page:341. Cit. Date: 19 October 2025.

29.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1864 quarter:2 volume:4a page:219. Cit. Date: 19 October 2025.