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Family of Charles Phillips Bowtle and Frances May Lester

Husband: Charles Phillips Bowtle

  • Name:

  • Charles Phillips Bowtle1,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Charles Bowtle (1821-1885?)

  • Mother:

  • Susannah Phillips (1822?- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • cabinet maker and upholsterer's fixer4,5,6,7

  • Birth:

  • 8 Mar 1850

  • The Wash, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England1,4,5,6,7,8

  •  

  • as Charles Phillips Bowtell

  • Census:

  • 7 Apr 1861 (age 11)

  • 21 Northumberland Street, Marylebone, Westminster, Middlesex, England9

  •  

  • son aged 11 attending school born Hertfordshire living with parents.

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 21)

  • Walton House Dairy, Earls Court Road, Kensington, Middlesex, England10

  •  

  • unmarried son aged 21 Cabinet maker born Hertford Hertfordshire living with parents

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 31)

  • 90 Culvert Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a cabinet maker and living with his wife Frances, daughters Frances, Amy and Milly, and sons John and William. Born in Hertford

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 41)

  • 15 Wilna Road, Earlsfield, London, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a cabinet maker fitter and living with his wife Francis, daughters Francis and Milly, and sons William and Phillip. Born in Wash Hertfordshire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 50)

  • 10 Jeypore Road, Wandsworth, London, England6

  •  

  • married head of the household working as an upholsterers fixer and living with his wife Frances, and sons William and Philip. Born in The Wash Hertford

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 61)

  • 42 Elmsleigh Road, Wandsworth, London, England7

  •  

  • married head of the household working as an upholsterers fixer and living in five rooms with his wife Frances and son George. Born in The Wash Hertfordshire

  • Witness:

  • 13 Jul 1912 (age 62)

  • Charles Phillips Bowtle witnessed the marriage of George Phillips Bowtle and Alice Dorcas Myall on Saturday on 13 July 1912 in St. Faith's Church, Ebner Street, Wandsworth, London, England

  • Death:

  • 1 Sep 1939 (age 89)

  • St. John's Hospital, 162-164 St. Johns Hill, Battersea, London, England1,3,11

  • Probate:

  • 13 Oct 1939

  • Probate Registry, London, England1,11

  •  

  • of 3 Honeywell Road Battersea London died 1st September 1939 at St. John's Hospital Battersea, probate of effects £645 5s 3d (~£27,000 in 2017) to George Phillips Bowtle clerk to LCC and Amy Falkingham (wife of Edwin Falkingham)

Wife: Frances May Lester

  • Name:

  • Frances May Lester1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Father:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 29 Dec 1850

  • Chelsea, Middlesex, England1,4,5,6,7

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 30)

  • 90 Culvert Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Charles, daughters Frances, Amy and Milly, and sons John and William. Born in Chelsea Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 40)

  • 15 Wilna Road, Earlsfield, London, England5

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Charles, daughters Francis and Milly, and sons William and Phillip. Born in Chelsea London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 49)

  • 10 Jeypore Road, Wandsworth, London, England6

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Charles, and sons William and Philip. Born in Chelsea London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 60)

  • 42 Elmsleigh Road, Wandsworth, London, England7

  •  

  • married wife living in five rooms with her husband Charles and son George. Born in Chelsea London and married for thirty-nine years with six children, all of whom are still living

  • Death:

  • 2 Feb 1927 (age 77)

  • Wandsworth "Registration District", London, England1,12

Child 1: Frances Elizabeth Bowtle

  • Name:

  • Frances Elizabeth Bowtle1,13

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John William Standish (1875- )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • upholsterer5

  • Birth:

  • 16 Mar 1872

  • West Brompton, Middlesex, England1,4,5,13,14

  •  

  • 1881 census says born in Celsea Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 9)

  • 90 Culvert Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Charles and Frances, sisters Amy and Milly, and brothers John and William. Born in Chelsea Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 19)

  • 15 Wilna Road, Earlsfield, London, England5

  •  

  • daughter working as an upholsteress and living with her parents Charles and Francis, sister Milly, and brothers William and Phillip. Born in West Brompton London

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 67)

  • 193 Cowick Road, Wandsworth, London, England14

  •  

  • married as Elizabeth F Standish doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband. Born on 16th March 1872

  • Death:

  • 10 Nov 1945 (age 73)1

  •  

Child 2: John Bowtle

  • Name:

  • John Bowtle1,15,16

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Ellen Ansell (1872-1942)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • waiter then a club cashier and steward17,18,19,20,21

  • Birth:

  • 22 Jul 1873

  • Brompton, Middlesex, England1,4,15,18,19,20,21

  •  

  • 1881 census says born in Chelsea Middlesex, 1891, 1901 and 1921 census say born in Kensington London

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 7)

  • 90 Culvert Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • son attending school and living with his parents Charles and Frances, sisters Frances, Amy and Milly, and brother William. Born in Chelsea Middlesex

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 17)

  • District Constitutional Club, Northumberland Avenue, St. Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, England18

  •  

  • an unmarried waiter living with 164 others. Born in Kensington London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 27)

  • 49 Tradescant Road, Vauxhall, London, England19

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a cashier at a club and living in three rooms with his wife Ellen. Born in Kensington London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 38)

  • 68 Melody Road, Wandsworth, London, England20

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a club steward and living in seven rooms with his wife Ellen, son Fred and daughter Ellen, and John and Harriet Mills. Born in Brompton London

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 47 yrs 10 mns)

  • 143 Wakehurst Road, Battersea, London, England21

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a steward at the Travellers Club 106 Pall Mall and living in six rooms with his wife Ellen, son Frederick, and daughter Ellen. Born in Kensington London

  • Death:

  • 2 Mar 1931 (age 58)

  • Battersea "Registration District", London, England1,16,22

  • Probate:

  • 30 Apr 1931

  • Principal Registry, High Holborn, Holborn, London, England1,22

  •  

  • of 143 Wakehurst Road Clapham Common Surrey, probate of effects of £2,061 0s 7d (~£96,000 in 2017) to Frederick John Oliver Bowtle buyer and Ellen Louisa Milly Bowtle spinster

Child 3: Amy Bowtle

  • Name:

  • Amy Bowtle1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Arthur Edwin Falkingham (1868- )

  • Birth:

  • 13 Aug 1875

  • Battersea, Surrey, England1,4,23,24

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 5)

  • 90 Culvert Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Charles and Frances, sisters Frances and Milly, and brothers John and William. Born in Battersea Surrey

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 64)

  • 3 Honeywell Road, Battersea, London, England24

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband. Born on 3th August 1875

  • Beneficiary:

  • 13 Oct 1939 (age 64)

  • Beneficiary in probate of the will of Charles Phillips Bowtle

  • Death:

  • 19 Mar 1943 (age 67)1

  •  

Child 4: Milly Bowtle

  • Name:

  • Milly Bowtle1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Francis James Wilshere (1876?-1946)

  • Birth:

  • 26 Oct 1877

  • Battersea, Surrey, England1,4,5,25

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 3)

  • 90 Culvert Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • daughter attending school and living with her parents Charles and Frances, sisters Frances and Amy, and brothers John and William. Born in Battersea Surrey

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 13)

  • 15 Wilna Road, Earlsfield, London, England5

  •  

  • daughter living with her parents Charles and Francis, sister Francis, and brothers William and Phillip. Born in Battersea London

  • Death:

  • 23 Sep 1953 (age 75)1

  •  

Child 5: William Bowtle

  • Name:

  • William Bowtle1

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Louisa Mary Ann Turner (1883-1963)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • upholsterer's fixer, cutter for a furnishing drapery then an upholsterer6,26,27,28

  • Birth:

  • 21 Feb 1880

  • Battersea, Surrey, England1,4,5,6,27,28,29

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 1)

  • 90 Culvert Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, Surrey, England4

  •  

  • son living with his parents Charles and Frances, sisters Frances, Amy and Milly, and brother John. Born in Battersea Surrey

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 11)

  • 15 Wilna Road, Earlsfield, London, England5

  •  

  • son living with his parents Charles and Francis, sisters Francis and Milly, and brother Phillip. Born in Battersea London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 21)

  • 10 Jeypore Road, Wandsworth, London, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son working as an upholsterers fixer and living with his parents Charles and Frances, and brother Philip. Born in Battersea London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 31)

  • 14 Oberstein Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, London, England27

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a cutter in a furnishing drapery living in three rooms with his wife and son Charles. Born in Battersea London

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 4 Feb 192430

  •  

  •  

  • In Transit Estimator aged 44 born c 1880 ship Port Victoria from Hamilton Bermuda to New York

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 19 Feb 192431

  •  

  •  

  • Royal Mail Steam Packet 'Orduna' from New York to Cherbourg and then Southampton. William aged 44 of 58 Wakehurst Road, London, Cabin Class, Estimator.

  • Miscellaneous:

  • 21 May 1925

  • 58 Wakehurst Road, Wandsworth, London, England31

  •  

  • Callao Peru to Liverpool on the Pacific Steam navigation Company 'Ortega' aged 44 Estmator.

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 59)

  • Morden, London, England28

  •  

  • a married upholsterer living with his wife, a son, a daughter and her husband. Born on 21st February 1880

  • Death:

  • 13 Dec 1946 (age 66)

  • Surrey "Mid Eastern Registration District", Surrey, England1,32

Child 6: George Phillips Bowtle

  • Name:

  • George Phillips Bowtle1,33,34

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Alice Dorcas Myall (1889-1978)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • stationer's assistant then a London County Council clerk6,7,35

  • Birth:

  • 18 Jul 1885

  • Battersea, Surrey, England1,5,6,7,33,35

  • Baptism:

  • 5 Aug 1885 (age 0)

  • St. Paul, 90 Culvert Road, Battersea, Wandsworth, Middlesex, England36

  •  

  • Fathers occupation - Cabinet Maker

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 5)

  • 15 Wilna Road, Earlsfield, London, England5

  •  

  • son as Phillip living with his parents Charles and Francis, sisters Francis and Milly, and brother William. Born in Battersea London

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 15)

  • 10 Jeypore Road, Wandsworth, London, England6

  •  

  • unmarried son as Philip working as a stationer's assistant and living with his parents Charles and Frances, and brother William. Born in Battersea London

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 25)

  • 42 Elmsleigh Road, Wandsworth, London, England7

  •  

  • unmarried son working as a clerk in London County Council's housing department repairs section and living with his parents Charles and Frances. Born in Battersea London

  • Military Service:

  • btw 24 Apr 1915 and 18 Aug 1919 (age 29-34)

  • Royal Army Service Corps as a private, corporal then a sergeant37,38,39

  •  

  • worked for LCC's housing department and served in France for three years. He was 5' 6½" tall with a chest of 33" and expansion of 2½" and was hospitalised twice in 1917 with gonorrhea. See personal record for further details

  • Medals:

  • 2 Oct 192037,38

  •  

  •  

  • Victory and British war medals as Sergeant S4/211697 in the R.A.S.C.

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 54)

  • 65 Finlay Street, Fulham, London, England35

  •  

  • a married higher clerical officer valuers department L.C.C living with his wife Alice, son Lawrence and nephew Frederick O Myall. Born on 18th July 1885

  • Beneficiary:

  • 13 Oct 1939 (age 54)

  • Beneficiary in probate of the will of Charles Phillips Bowtle

  • Death:

  • Q4 1965 (age 80)

  • Fulham "Registration District", Greater London, England1,40

Note on Wife: Frances May Lester

parents Charles and Emma Lester

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