Family of Michael Bower and Hannah Thorn Bower
Husband: Michael Bower
| Name: |
Michael Bower |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Father: |
Jesse Bower (1799-1847) |
| Mother: |
Charlotte Bower (1802-1845) |
| Birth |
1827 |
Langton Matravers, Dorset |
| Baptism |
6 May 1827 (age 0) |
Langton Matravers, Dorset |
| Census |
btw 1851 and 1861 (age 23-34) |
Stone quarrier, Langton Matravers, Dorset |
| Census |
1871 (age 43-44) |
Quarrier, Langton Matravers, Dorset |
| Census |
1881 (age 53-54) |
Stone mason, Acton Cottage, Langton Matravers, Dorset |
| Occupation |
1883 (age 55-56) |
Stone mason |
| Census |
1891 (age 63-64) |
Quarryman, Acton, Langton Matravers, Dorset |
| Census |
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 Bower
| Name: |
Hannah Thorn Bower |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
- |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
c. 1829 |
Deptford, Kent |
| Census |
1851 (age 21-22) |
Wife in household (birthplace = Langton Matravers, c1829) |
| Census |
1861 (age 31-32) |
Wife in household |
| Death fact |
1865 (age 35-36) |
1865 Sep Qtr, Wareham, 5a/185 |
| Death |
1865 (age 35-36) |
Wareham, Dorset |
| Name: |
Charlotte Bower |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
George White (c. 1841- ) |
| Birth |
c. 1847 |
Langton Matravers, Dorset |
| Census |
1851 (age 3-4) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1861 (age 13-14) |
Housemaid, Pooley Green, Egham, Surrey |
| Name: |
Reuben Bower |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Thirza Phippard (1859- ) |
| 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 |
1861 (age 8-9) |
Living with parents |
| Census |
1871 (age 18-19) |
Quarrier, living with father & stepmother |
| Census |
1881 (age 28-29) |
Stone mason, living with father & stepmother |
| Census |
1891 (age 38-39) |
Mason, North Street, Langton Matravers, Dorset (2 daughters) |
| Census |
1901 (age 48-49) |
Stone mason, 1 North Street, Langton Matravers, Dorset (1 son & 2 daughters) |
| Name: |
Maria Anne Bower |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
John Edward Frederick Otten (1859-1922) |
| Birth |
16 Jun 1856 |
Langton Matravers, Dorset |
| Baptism |
27 Jul 1856 (age 0) |
Langton Matravers, Dorset |
| Birth fact |
1856 (age 0) |
1856 Sep Qtr, Wareham, 5a/291 (Maria Ann Bower) |
| Census |
1871 (age 14-15) |
Dressmaker, living with father & stepmother |
| Residence |
1883 (age 26-27) |
Acton Cottage, Langton Matravers, Dorset (on marriage cert.) |
| Census |
1911 (age 54-55) |
Wife in household (married 27 years, 10 children, 4 living, 6 dead) |
| Death fact |
1944 (age 87-88) |
1944 Mar Q, Ilford, 4a/530 (aged 87) |
| Death |
1944 (age 87-88) |
Ilford, Essex |
| Name: |
Thirza Bower |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
James George Russell Upward (1860-1948) |
| 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 |
1871 (age 11-12) |
Living with father & stepmother |
| Census |
1881 (age 21-22) |
Draper's assistant, visitor (to James Smith, retired draper & grocer), Cottage, Langton Matravers (unmarried) |
| Census |
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.
