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Richard Bowles 1780–1863 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1780

Birth Location: Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 25 May 1863

Death Location: at his Kariega home near Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa

Father: Richard Bowles

Mother: Sarah Pitcher

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Taylor

Children(s): William Bowles, Joseph Bowles, Richard Bowles, Esther Bowels, Jemimah Bowels, John Bowles

Richard Bowles was born in 1780 in Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Richard Bowles And Sarah Pitcher. Richard Bowles married Elizabeth Ambrose Taylor, and had children including Esther Bowels, Jemimah Bowels, John Bowles, Joseph Bowles, Richard Bowles, William Charles Bowles. Richard Bowles passed away in 1863 in at his Kariega home near Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Richard Bowles was born in 1780 in Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Richard Bowles And Sarah Pitcher.
  • Richard Bowles married Elizabeth Ambrose Taylor, and had children including Esther Bowels, Jemimah Bowels, John Bowles, Joseph Bowles, Richard Bowles, William Charles Bowles.
  • Richard Bowles passed away in 1863 in at his Kariega home near Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa.

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Richard Bowles's Ancestors

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Richard Bowles
1780–1863
Birth Place: Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Richard Bowles
1755–1845
Sarah Pitcher
1757–1800
Fordwich, Kent, England
Grandparents
William Pilcher
1724–1781
Fordwich Kent England
Anne Barber
1734–1781
Bridge, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Pilcher
1702–1748
Mary Johncocke
1697–1776
John Barber
1698–1750
Mary Wall
1704–1783
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John **
1671–1744
Elizabeth **
1679–1720
William Johncocke
1671–1733
Sarah Manger
1670–1702

Richard Bowles's Descendants

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Richard Bowles (1780–25 May 1863) m. Elizabeth (Ambrose) Taylor (1781–19 Jan 1854)
  1. 1. William (Charles) Bowles 1823–1887
  2. 2. Joseph Bowles 1826–1916
  3. 3. Richard Bowles 1822–1851 m. Ruth Poulton 1818–1892
    1. 1. Edward (Charles) Bowles 1848–1916
    2. 2. Richard (George) Bowles 1845–1906 m. Harriet (Louisa) Wood 1846–1913
      1. 1. Ivy (Melicent) Bowles 1874–1941
      2. 2. Averel (May) Bowles 1871–1930 m. Henry (Harvey) Butcher 1874–1927
        1. 1. Nerissa (May) Butcher 1907–1981 m. Bertram (Olin) Sparrow 1902–1983
        2. 2. Ena (Everal) Butcher 1908– m. Stuart Sparrow 1900–
        3. 3. Gladys (Hazel) Butcher 1915–
        4. 4. Ivy (Joyce) Butcher 1911–1993 m. Wesley (Winston) Sparrow 1904–1985
      3. 3. Reuben (George) Bowles 1880–1960 m. Maria (Caroline) Mack 1879–1935
        1. 1. Eric (Montagu George) Bowles 1907–1975
        2. 2. Audrey (Millicent) Bowles 1914–1974 m. Ronald Kerr 1910–1991
      4. 4. Montague (Richard) Bowles 1882–1906
      5. 5. Daisy (Nerissa) Bowles 1884–
      6. 6. Harriet (Louisa) Bowles 1885–1906
    3. 3. Sarah (Ann) Bowles 1849–1850
    4. 4. Walter (Henry) Bowles 1851–1892
  4. 4. Esther Bowels 1810–1894
  5. 5. Jemimah Bowels 1819–1855 m. James (John) Baines 1817–1902
    1. 1. Annie Baines 1844–1923
    2. 2. Emma (Elizabeth) Baines 1840–1904
    3. 3. Cecilia (Jane) Baines 1842–1927
    4. 4. Fanny Baines 1846–
    5. 5. Mary (Ann) Baines 1847–1937
    6. 6. Stafford (John) Baines 1852–1938
  6. 6. John Bowles 1823–1904

Richard Bowles's Timeline

3 Records

1777
4 May 1777
Richard Bowles was baptized in Ewell, Kent, England
Ewell, Kent, England
1780
1780
Birth of Richard Bowles in Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1863
25 May 1863
Age 83
Death of Richard Bowles in at his Kariega home near Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa
at his Kariega home near Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1780
    Event Place: Temple Ewell, Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 4 May 1777
    Event Place: Ewell, Kent, England
    Record Source: England, Select Births and Christenings

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Sandwich, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 May 1863
    Event Place: at his Kariega home near Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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