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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Derbyshire => Topic started by: PLB on Tuesday 01 April 14 04:47 BST (UK)
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I am trying to get some information on my ancestor, David Bowen, and his wife Sarah Palethorp. David was born in 1815 in Llandeilo Fawr in Wales but moved to Alfreton where he became a watch maker. He died in Jan 1879 in Derbyshire but I do not have more detail on his death or where he is buried. We have a family myth that he was Mayor of Alfreton but I do not know how to verify whether this is true.
His first wife Sarah Palethorp was born in Sheffield on 10 Feb 1812 and died 24 May 1872 in Alfreton. I have no further information on her or where she was buried.
I believe that David had a second wife, Dinah but have no information or maiden name.
Many thanks,
Pat Bowen
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Hi Pat
A couple of burials for you
David Bowen 25 Jan 1879 aged 64
Sarah Bowen 27 May 1872 aged 52
Both at Alfreton
Carol
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Children baptised to David & Sarah Bowen
Owen Thos 14 Jan 1840 - Watch Maker (buried 25 Feb 1840 aged 9 weeks)
Sarah Ann 26 Sept 1844 - Watch Maker (buried 4 Mar 1846 aged 18 months)
Mary 28 May 1847 - Jeweller
Sarah Elizabeth 28 Mar 1847 - Jeweller
Alfred David 5 Aug 1849 - Watch Maker
Llewellyn 23 May 1856 - Jeweller (buried 7 Oct 1856 aged 7 months)
Carol
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Two marriages
David Bowen m Sarah Palethorpe 30.11. 1837 at Shelford St Peters, Nottingham
David Bowen m Dinah Bentley 9.7. 1874 at Newark, St Marys, Nottingham
Carol
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David Bowen of Alfreton Jeweller & Watchmaker died 21 Jan
Probate Date: 24 Feb 1879 proved at Derby
by George Brundall Sharp Draper & Frederick Stanley Rickards Solicitor
both of Alfreton the Executors
personal estate under £4000
Some info. on familysearch regarding David Bowen see link below
1851c & details of Will (2/3/1878) , David died 10mths after his Will was signed
https://familysearch.org/photos/stories/2155920
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If he was Mayor of Alfreton, I suspect this place would know about it
http://www.alfretonheritage.org.uk/index.php
STG
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Many thanks to SmallTownGirl, Ladyhawk, and Sunflower for your very helpful assistance.
Pat
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Hello Pat, Came across your posting while browsing the web. A good few years ago my husband and I did quite a bit of research regarding David Bowen (Clock and Watch Maker) and his family (before the days of web sites) and acquired quite a lot of information and copies of b/m/d certificates etc. I don't know how much further on you have got in the past year since your posting? but we would be very pleased to share with you the information we have found and would be grateful if you could help us with some of the gaps we have in our research. Kind regards, Susan and David
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You may already have this possible by now;
DAVID Bowen Baptised 24 Oct 1813, Parish Church, Llandeilo Fawr, Carmarthenshire
Parents OWEN/MARY
Sibling;
JOHN, 15 May 1816
(FreeREG)
Owen BOWEN, Bachelor, Married Mary THOMAS, Spinster, 15 Feb 1805 same Church
(FreeREG)
There is a large gap between this possible Marriage and Baptisms but there is also this Child to a Owen and occp may explain gap in Children as they may be born elsewhere
MARY Bowen, 9 Feb 1814, Henllan Church, Henllan Amgoed, Carmarthenshire
Father OWEN
Occp Excise Man
Abode Landisilio
(FreeREG)
Trish :)
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My information is that David Bowen was born in 1815 in Llandeilo Fawr and died 21 Jan 1879 in Alfreton, Derbyshire. Buriel 25 Jan 1879. He married Sarah Palethorpe 30 Nov 1837. She is in the 1851 census. Last year I viewed one of his clocks which is with a collector.I have copies of his will and death cert.
His father was Owen Bowen. 1781 - 1851. Baptised 30 May 1781 in Llandeilo. His wife was Mary Thomas 1777 - 29 Oct 1874. He was a shoemaker in the 1851 census. His grave stone is legible.
His father was David Bowen, born 1744 in Llandeilo. His will is available. His wife was Joan - I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW HER MAIDEN NAME.
David's parents could be David Bowen and Hannah Davis but I do not have any source documents to support this.
BACK TO DAVID BOWEN IN ALFRETON - his son Alfred David Bowen was born 19 Nov 1848 in Alfreton, baptised 5 Oct 1849. He died 2 Feb 1918 in Fort Hill, Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He left from Southampton on 25 Nov 1875 for the Cape. He kept a detailed daily diary which is held in the Grahamstown Museum in the Cape. He married Caroline Georgina Smith 17 July 1883 in the Transkei. She was born 14 Nov 1860 and died 30 Dec 1950.
Their son Hugh Charles Bowen was my grandfather.
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Hello Pat, The information we have about David Bowen's marriages are as follows:- First wife Sarah PALETHORPE died 2/10/1857 and David's second wife was also called Sarah (surname unknown) who died 2/5/1872 she was from Stamford, Lincolnshire. She is named on the headstone (along with 1st wife and David) which is in St. Martins burial ground ALFRETON. We didn't know about Dinah and wondered whether she could have been David's 3rd wife?
Susan
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Unfortunately unable to help with Joan's maiden name. Our interest in the family stems from a grandfather clock we purchased several years ago. The name on the dial reads JS BOWEN (which we assume is JAMES) of ALFRETON and inside the clock the retailers trade label of DAVID BOWEN of ALFRETON. At the time of purchase we assumed they were related but so far have been unable to make a connection with the two names. So we are left with a mystery! The clock is all original and the dial unrestored. We also know all the provenance of the clock from leaving ALFRETON early in the 1900's.
Susan