Sidney Bowtle (1899-1918)

Individual Events and Attributes

Executive Summary:
was going to run the family business of bakers and millers with his brother William. As they both died there was no one to carry on after the death of their father in 1921
Birth:
26 Oct 1899
Wethersfield, Essex, England^1,4,5,6
Baptism:
30 Nov 1899 (age 0)
St. Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England⁷
son of Basil Bowtle (baker) and Helen Caroline of Wethersfield
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 1)
Silver Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England⁵
a son as Sydney Bowtle living with his parents and three siblings. Born in Wethersfield Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 11)
Wethersfield, Essex, England⁶
son attending school and living in eight rooms with his parents Basil and Helen, sisters Bessie, Gertrude, Doris and Flora, and brothers William and Frank. Born in Wethersfield Essex
Death:
Oct 1918 (age 19)
Wethersfield, Essex, England^8,9
killed by the influenza epidemic of that year killing more people than died in WW1, particularly young adults
Burial:
1 Nov 1918
St. Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England^9,10
aged 19 of Wethersfield

1.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1899 quarter:4 volume:4a page:767.

2.: Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Wethersfield St. Mary Magdalene Baptisms 1858-1981 ref:D/P 119/1/11 image:56.

3.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

4.: Helen Caroline Oakley, Birthday Book of Helen Caroline Oakley dated 17th June 1886 Wethersfield. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

5.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG13 piece:1722 folio:48 page:7.

6.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). class:RG14 piece:10392 class:RG78 piece:550 registration district:201 sub district:1 enum district:4 schedule:90. Cit. Date: 8 February 2019.

7.: Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Wethersfield St. Mary Magdalene baptisms 1858-1981 ref:D/P 119/1/11 image:56.

8.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1918 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1796.

9.: The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Cit. Date: 17 June 2017.

10.: Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Wethersfield St. Mary Magdalene burials 1863-1924 ref:D/P 119/1/8 image:50.