See also

Family of Michael Bower and Ann Briggs Bower

Husband: Michael Bower

  • Name:

  • Michael Bower

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Jesse Bower (1799-1847)

  • Mother:

  • Charlotte Bower (1802-1845)

  • Note:

  • BOWER Michael of Acton-in-Langton Matravers Dorsetshire stonemason died 12 September 1904. Probate Blandford 10 July 1905 to Robert Thorne wood-cutter. Effects £669 13s. 4d.

  • Birth:

  • 1827

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Baptism:

  • 6 May 1827 (age 0)

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 13-14)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • btw 1851 and 1861 (age 23-34)

  • Stone quarrier, Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Census (3):

  • 1871 (age 43-44)

  • Quarrier, Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Census (4):

  • 1881 (age 53-54)

  • Stone mason, Acton Cottage, Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Census (5):

  • 1891 (age 63-64)

  • Quarryman, Acton, Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Census (6):

  • 1901 (age 73-74)

  • Retired stonemason, Narblers Cottage, Acton, Langton Matravers (widower)

  • Death fact:

  • 1904 (age 76-77)

  • 1904 Sep Qtr, Wareham, 5a/157 (aged 77)

  • Death:

  • 12 Sep 1904 (age 76-77)

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

Wife: Ann Briggs Bower

  • Name:

  • Ann Briggs Bower

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • Charles Allen Bower (1806-1892)

  • Mother:

  • Martha Briggs Corben (1798-1863)

  • Birth:

  • 1831

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Baptism:

  • 17 Apr 1831 (age 0)

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Death fact:

  • 1898 (age 66-67)

  • 1898 Dec Qtr, Wareham, 5a/165 (aged 67, Ann Briggs Bower)

  • Death:

  • 1898 (age 66-67)

  • Wareham, Dorset

Child 1: Walter Bower

  • Name:

  • Walter Bower

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Alice Maud Mary Hicks (1869-1953)

  • Birth:

  • 2 Jan 1868

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Birth fact:

  • 1868 (age 0)

  • 1868 Mar Qtr, Wareham, 5a/293

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 2-3)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 12-13)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 22-23)

  • Mason, boarder, 3 Charles St, Blandford Forum, Dorset (unmarried)

  • Census (4):

  • 1901 (age 32-33)

  • Stone mason, 15 Victoria Place, Portland, Dorset (2 daughters)

  • Census (5):

  • 1911 (age 42-43)

  • Stone mason, 38 Channel View Portland, Portland, Dorset (3 sons, 2 daughters)

  • Occupation:

  • 1939 (age 70-71)

  • Stoneman (retired), 163 Portland Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset

  • Death fact:

  • 1945 (age 76-77)

  • GRO Reference: 1945 S Quarter in WEYMOUTH Volume 05A Page 268 (aged 77)

  • Death:

  • 1945 (age 76-77)

  • Weymouth, Dorset

Child 2: Martha Bower

  • Name:

  • Martha Bower

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • John Curtis (c. 1868- )

  • Birth:

  • 1870

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Birth fact:

  • 1870 (age 0)

  • 1870 Sep Qtr, Wareham, 5a/307

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 0-1)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 10-11)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1891 (age 20-21)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (4):

  • 1901 (age 30-31)

  • Wife in household

Child 3: Charlotte Bower

  • Name:

  • Charlotte Bower

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • Oliver Marsh (1876-1970)

  • Note:

  • MARSH Carlotte of Westdrove Langton Matravers Dorsetshire (wife of Oliver Marsh) died 30 June 1929 at Swanage Cottage Hospital Swanage Dorsetshire. Administration London 12 August to the said Oliver Marsh builder. Effects £373 19s.

  • Birth:

  • 1875

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Birth fact:

  • 1875 (age 0)

  • 1875 Sep Qtr, Wareham, 5a/280

  • Census (1):

  • 1881 (age 5-6)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1891 (age 15-16)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 25-26)

  • Tailoress, living with father (unmarried)

  • Census (4):

  • 1911 (age 35-36)

  • Visiting Albert & Annie Bower, 15 Clarance Road, Easton, Portland (married 7 years, 3 children, 3 living)

  • Death fact:

  • 1929 (age 53-54)

  • GRO Reference: 1929 S Quarter in WAREHAM Volume 05A Page 262 (aged 54)

  • Death:

  • 30 Jun 1929 (age 53-54)

  • Swanage Cottage Hospital, Swanage, Dorset

Note on Husband: Michael Bower

BOWER Michael of Acton-in-Langton Matravers Dorsetshire stonemason died 12 September 1904. Probate Blandford 10 July 1905 to Robert Thorne wood-cutter. Effects £669 13s. 4d.

Note on Child 3: Charlotte Bower

MARSH Carlotte of Westdrove Langton Matravers Dorsetshire (wife of Oliver Marsh) died 30 June 1929 at Swanage Cottage Hospital Swanage Dorsetshire. Administration London 12 August to the said Oliver Marsh builder. Effects £373 19s.