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Archibald Bowles 10/05/1914 Hastings England

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Greg

Greg Report 17 Jan 2015 03:54

Archibald was my father, he had brothers William, Reginald, Leonard and a sister Florence May all born in Hastings. I have never met any of my English relatives.









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patchem

patchem Report 17 Jan 2015 07:39

Have you looked to see if any of his family appear in any trees on here?

patchem

patchem Report 17 Jan 2015 07:41

Just putting up some of the family for reference

Births Mar 1912
Bowles Florence M M Downer Hastings 2b 59
Births Jun 1914
Bowles Archibald Downer Hastings 2b 39
Births Dec 1916
Bowles Reginald F Downer Hastings 2b 42
Births Dec 1927
Bowles Leonard P Downer Hastings 2b 26

William?

Added:
Parents' marriage
Marriages Dec 1908
BOWLES Archibald Hastings 2b 58
DOWNER Florence Hastings 2b 58

patchem

patchem Report 17 Jan 2015 07:56

Was William born before the marriage?

States married 2 years, 2 children born.

1911 census
Archibald Bowles
Age in 1911: 26
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male Birth Place: Hastings, Sussex Civil Parish: Hastings
County/Island: Sussex Country: England
Street address: 12 Duke St St Leonards On Sea
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Labourer House Painter
Registration district: Hastings
Registration District Number: 69
Sub-registration district: St Mary Magdalen
ED, institution, or vessel: 15 Household schedule number: 145 Piece: 4765
Archibald Bowles 26
Florence Bowles 22
William Bowles 3
Caleb Bowles 1

?
Births Jun 1908
Downer Charles William Hastings 2b 36

Births Dec 1909
BOWLES Caleb Hastings 2b 30

patchem

patchem Report 17 Jan 2015 08:04

Wonder if this is Caleb's death?

Martin Caleb Bowles
Birth Date: 19 Sep 1909
Date of Registration: Sep 1980
Age at Death: 71
Registration district: Worthing
Inferred County: West Sussex
Volume: 18
Page: 2203

Possible marriage from free bmd
Marriages Jun 1936
BOWLES Martin C Henley Brighton 2b 597
Henley Doris Bowles Brighton 2b 597

patchem

patchem Report 17 Jan 2015 08:09

Have you looked for marriages, deaths and children for his siblings, as lots can be found from free bmd, and it should not be too difficult to find the first generation.

patchem

patchem Report 17 Jan 2015 08:15

Do you have access to records outside free bmd?

Just putting this in case you have not:

Reginald Frederick Bowles Birth: 1 Oct 1916 Death Jan 1996 - Bromley, Kent,
(Could have married a few times?)

Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 17 Jan 2015 11:01

Death
First name(s) LEONARD PERCY
Last name BOWLES
Gender Male
Birth day 18
Birth month 9
Birth year 1927
Age -
Death quarter 4
Death year 1989
District HASTINGS & ROTHER
Register number 1089
County Sussex
Volume 18
Page 796

Burial
First name(s) LEONARD PERCY
Last name BOWLES
Birth year 1927
Death year 1989
Age 62
Burial year 1989
Burial day 7
Burial month 11
Place HOLLINGTON
Church description ST LEONARD
Church denomination ANGLICAN
County Sussex

Find his marriage on freebmd

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

His wife's burial

First name(s) RUBY DOROTHY
Last name BOWLES
Birth year 1932
Death year 1989
Age 57
Burial year 1989
Burial day 16
Burial month 1
Place HOLLINGTON
Church description ST LEONARD
Church denomination ANGLICAN
County Sussex

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Jacqueline

Jacqueline Report 17 Jan 2015 22:07

At least one other member has Leonard in his GR tree. Try to make contact. Chances are that it's Leonard's son

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Greg

Greg Report 18 Jan 2015 04:03

Thanks, I am not sure about his older brothers, the only one my dad mentioned was William.