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Title: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: amandar on Monday 16 September 19 19:38 BST (UK)
Hi

Edward Bowen married Rebecca Jones registered Dec 1908 in Wakefield. He was born circa 1876 in cefn, Denbighshire. Looking for his parents please. 1911 census he is in Normanton, West Yorkshire. Rebecca’s father James Jones is a widower and his with them

Any help much appreciated 😊
Title: Re: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: Gadget on Monday 16 September 19 19:45 BST (UK)
Hi

In 1881 they are in Acrefair, Ruabon  (Acrefair is adjacent to Cefn Mawr)
RG11/5513/132/21

His Parents are Benjamin and Mary A Bowen

Benjamin, was aged 40, and born Ruabon
Mary A was aged 28 and born Wrexham

Gadget

Title: Re: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: Gadget on Monday 16 September 19 19:48 BST (UK)
A number of my ancestors moved from the area to Normanton in the 1870s-80s. They were all coal miners and might well have known the family  :)

What was their address in Normanton?

Gadget
Title: Re: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: Gadget on Monday 16 September 19 19:50 BST (UK)
Mary A was a Mary Ann Swin(n)erton . They married Q4, 1859, Wrexham
Title: Re: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: osprey on Monday 16 September 19 19:54 BST (UK)
Edward's first marriage was 6 July 1896 at St Thomas, Penycae, he was 21, a brickmaker, residence Acrefair, father Ben, pudler. His wife Elizabeth Owen was 20, residence Rhos, father Joseph, collier, both signed, witnesses John Lloyd and Sarah Roberts.
Title: Re: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: Mabel Bagshawe on Monday 16 September 19 19:58 BST (UK)
Just to clarify, there's another Benjamin Bowen, just a few years younger, also married to a Mary and living in Cefn. He;s a shopkeeper/grocer
Title: Re: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: Gadget on Monday 16 September 19 20:02 BST (UK)
The marriage that Osprey found has Benjamin as a puddler.  The Edward that I found in 1881 had his father(Benjamin)  listed as a labourer.
Title: Re: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: Gadget on Monday 16 September 19 20:08 BST (UK)
GRO has a James Edward Sept Q 1877, Wrexham with mother's mn as Griffiths


No Edward



Add - this one was in Ruabon sub-district so looks a possible  (North Wales BMD)

See next post
Title: Re: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: Gadget on Monday 16 September 19 20:15 BST (UK)
Found him

1874 Q2, Wrexham, MMN Swinnerton
Title: Re: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: Gadget on Monday 16 September 19 20:46 BST (UK)
 1891
Acrefair
RG12/4613/61/25
Benjamin, 50, living on his money (!!), b. Ruabon
Mary Ann, 47, b.Wrexham
Edward, 17, ?, b. Ruabon
Margaret, 15, b. -do-
Edith L, 9, b. -do-

The Benjamin, shopkeeper, is living in Well Street in 1881 and 1891, No son named Edward.
Title: Re: Edward Bowen parents
Post by: amandar on Monday 16 September 19 21:01 BST (UK)
Thank you for your help x