See also

Family of Michael Bower and Hannah Thorn

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: Hannah Thorn

  • Name:

  • Hannah Thorn

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 18 Sep 1828

  • Deptford, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 13 Oct 1828 (age 0)

  • Deptford, Kent

  • Census (1):

  • 1851 (age 22-23)

  • Wife in household (birthplace = Langton Matravers, c1829)

  • Census (2):

  • 1861 (age 32-33)

  • Wife in household

  • Death fact:

  • 1865 (age 36-37)

  • 1865 Sep Qtr, Wareham, 5a/185

  • Death:

  • 1865 (age 36-37)

  • Wareham, Dorset

  • Burial:

  • 5 Aug 1865

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset (aged 36)

Additional Information

  • Baptism:

  • Parents: Joseph Thorn & Ann

Child 1: Reuben Bower

  • Name:

  • Reuben Bower

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Thirza Phippard (1859-1903)

  • Birth:

  • 1852

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Aug 1852 (age 0)

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Birth fact:

  • 1852 (age 0)

  • 1852 Sep Qtr, Wareham, 5a/277

  • Census (1):

  • 1861 (age 8-9)

  • Living with parents

  • Census (2):

  • 1871 (age 18-19)

  • Quarrier, living with father & stepmother

  • Census (3):

  • 1881 (age 28-29)

  • Stone mason, living with father & stepmother

  • Census (4):

  • 1891 (age 38-39)

  • Mason, North Street, Langton Matravers, Dorset (2 daughters)

  • Census (5):

  • 1901 (age 48-49)

  • Stone mason, 1 North Street, Langton Matravers, Dorset (1 son & 2 daughters)

  • Death fact:

  • 1924 (age 71-72)

  • GRO Reference: 1924 M Quarter in WAREHAM Volume 05A Page 372 (aged 71)

  • Death:

  • 1924 (age 71-72)

  • Wareham, Dorset

Child 2: Maria Anne Bower

Child 3: Thirza Bower

  • Name:

  • Thirza Bower

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse:

  • James George Russell Upward (1860-1948)

  • Note:

  • UPWARD Thirza of 83 Newbridge Hill Bath widow died 7 March 1948. Probate Bristol 23 June to Sidney Harold Spencer company director. Effects £903 9s. 7d.

  • Birth:

  • 1859

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Baptism:

  • 25 Sep 1859 (age 0)

  • Langton Matravers, Dorset

  • Birth fact:

  • 1859 (age 0)

  • 1859 Sep Qtr, Wareham, 5a/297

  • Census (1):

  • 1871 (age 11-12)

  • Living with father & stepmother

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 21-22)

  • Draper's assistant, visitor (to James Smith, retired draper & grocer), Cottage, Langton Matravers (unmarried)

  • Census (3):

  • 1901 (age 41-42)

  • Wife in household

  • Death:

  • 7 Mar 1948 (age 88-89)

  • 83 Newbridge Hill, Bath, Somerset

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: Thirza Bower

UPWARD Thirza of 83 Newbridge Hill Bath widow died 7 March 1948. Probate Bristol 23 June to Sidney Harold Spencer company director. Effects £903 9s. 7d.