BOWEN FAMILY

[Julz83]

Hi,

Thought I would pop a message on here, I have only just started looking at the Knowles side of family as Sarah Knowles (daughter of John Knowles and Mary Darlington) was married to my Great Great Great Grandfather Joseph Davies.

I've still got a long way to go and look at other family members through marriages as originally was just trying to search my line which was the Davies.

Julie.

[barrow girl]

Hi Julie,
good to hear from you and yes we must be related as I am also descended from John Knowles and Mary Darlington re my great great grandfather Daniel.  My initial mission in family history was to trace the 11 surviving children of John and Mary.  Sarah was the last I found and then only by using first name searches in the census.  It was further complicated as she was baptized Sally and this is a family name on the Darlington side of that family.  This is still the branch I have the least information on.  There are Bowens in another branch of this family - it looks like a connection but not quite sure at this point.  Will check it out in the near future.

Any help you need, just ask - I am still very active in researching this family line.

Andrea

[Julz83]

Hi Andrea,

Thanks for replying. I have only started a few weeks ago and had a lot of help from members on here as I would be lost trying myself. I had to order a certificate to find Sarah's maiden name but then was told today that she was born Sally, just to confuse me a bit more.
I have concentrated on the Davies side but then found maiden names and then more and more extended families are appearing, I haven't even looked at where and what happened with quite a lot of the children from the Davies family yet! I do find it interesting though.

I have more family to research, who I have bits of info on, but every surname is very common and especially for the area they are all from which is in North Wales.

It would be good to stay in touch about anything we both discover.

You can throw a Davies into it now via marriage!

Julie.

[Julz83]

Andrea,

I have just noticed you had said you were originally tracing the 11 surviving children, I must be missing some.

I have

George Moore Knowles 1797
Sally Knowles 1799
John Knowles 1801 (died)
John Knowles 1803
Thomas Knowles 1806
Joseph Knowles 1808
William Knowles 1809
Mary Knowles 1811
Samuel Knowles 1813
Daniel Knowles 1819

I'd be grateful if you could fill in who I'm missing.

Julie.