See also

John William Bowtle (1861-1938)

Individual Events and Attributes

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1861 birth certificate John William Bowtle

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • grocers and post office assistant then a grocers clerk4 6 7 8

  • Birth:

  • 9 Sep 1861

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England1 2 3 4 6 7 8

  •  

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

  • Baptism:

  • aft 9 Sep 1861 (age 0)

  • Congregational Church, Silver Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England9

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 9)

  • Wethersfield, Essex, England10 3

  •  

  • 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, England4

  •  

  • 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)

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  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 37)

  • 59 Kingston Hill, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England6

  •  

  • 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, England7

  •  

  • 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, England8

  •  

  • 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, England5 11

  • Probate:

  • 28 Jul 1938

  • Probate Registry, Winchester, Hampshire, England11

  •  

  • 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

Sources

1.

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.

2.

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

3.

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.

4.

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.

5.

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.

6.

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.

7.

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.

8.

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.

9.

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

10.

Geoff Bowtle personal communication. letter.

11.

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.