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Arthur Edward P. Bowser

Male 1871 - 1922  (50 years)


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  • Name Arthur Edward P. Bowser 
    Birth 1 Dec 1871  #7 Aubin Street, Waterloo Road, Lambeth, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 29 Jul 1922  Airdrie, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Burial Airdrie, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6  Clarke
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2016 

    Father Henry Bowser,   b. 13 May 1836, St. George, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1904, Southwark, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Sarah Ann Pine,   b. 10 Jul 1839, St. George, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1887, Lambeth, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 7 Feb 1859  Register Office, St. Giles, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16] 
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Esther Annie Croxford,   b. 1 Jan 1874, Postcombe, Oxfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Aug 1964, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Marriage 7 Dec 1895  Calgary, North WestTerritories, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18] 
    Children 
     1. Mabel Edith Bowers,   b. 4 Nov 1896, Calgary, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1984, Whiterock, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. Gordon Arthur Bowers,   b. 22 Feb 1900, Innisfail, Northwest Territories, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1964, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
     3. Lillian Victoria May Bowers,   b. 26 May 1902, Innisfail, Northwest Territories, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Oct 1983, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     4. Kathleen Esther Bowers,   b. 21 May 1904, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1981, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     5. Stanley Victor Bowers,   b. 3 Jul 1906, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Jul 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     6. Gladys Irene Bowers,   b. 22 Jul 1908, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Sep 2004, Red Deer Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 96 years)
    Family ID F4  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Mar 2016 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 29 Jul 1922 - Airdrie, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Airdrie, Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • info probably from Ornal : was a member of 32 Royal Fusiliers on board the
      "Royal Arthur" (not sailor, fighter)(found not to be a Fusilier,summer 1997)
      -born within the sound of Big Ben
      - could have a brother Harry

      info from Auntie Gladys - Father joined the "Royal Marines" and sailed to
      Canada on the HMS Royal Arthur which was commisioned March 2, 1893.

      info from Lois - He left the ship in Victoria and changed his
      name. We think the name was BOWSER. He came to Calgary to the Alberta Hotel
      where Grandma was working.

      info from Norm Jean - Have pursued the Bowser*Pine line trying to locate them
      on the Sommerset House marriage records. Was led astray for a while with
      data from Ornal (source unknown) that they were married in 1844. After
      reading all the quarters for 1844 a light bulb came on saying NO WAY did
      they marry then and have Arther in 1871. Have now read all quarters from
      1871 back to 1854 and came up with a Sarah Ann Pines of Poplar (part of
      London) in 1868. What troubles me is that Henry Bowser is not in those
      records. Even read all B's trying to match to the "1 1149" which is where
      Sarah's reacords are found at Catherine House London. No luck. Her spouse
      should match. ... I am going to read beyond 1871 just in case they married2
      later than Arthurs birth.

      info from pictures at Madelyns - Cousins on Bowers side, Harry, Maude, Annie, and Ada

      info from Duncan - written in Arthurs hand

      Sarah Ann Mothers name
      Henry Father
      Auburn St. Waterloo Rd. born at
      Dec 1st /71

      Info from Britain - summer 1997
      We took the picture of Art in uniform to the Royal Fusiliers Museum and talked to an archivist. It is NOT a Royal Fusilier uniform. Probably a Royal Marine. The helmet was not in use before 1891.

      Info from newspapers - researched in September 1997
      The Victoria newspaper of June 1893 reports that the HMS Royal Arthur arrived from England on its maiden voyage with officers (who were listed in article)and 400 men. A Nov 1893 article in the same paper reports that 150 men were being sent overland from Vancouver to Halifax to be returned to England. They were sent with an officer.

      Info from Lois, Sept 21, 1997
      She thought Grandpa entered the merchant marine at an early age as his father had remarried and his step mother was kind of rough on him.

      (Is there a diary? I did not get a chance to persue the brief mention of one)

      Sept. 25 Info from LDS, thanks to Rene Dusome.
      Arthur Edward P. Bowser listed in 1881 census as a 9 year old born in Lambeth Surrey, which is part of south London. 1881 census index has family listed in Surrey County (not Middlesex)

      Info from Auntie Gladys, May 6 2001; Thomas Croxford was part owner and manager of the Empress Theater, Victoria BC about 1908. update was likely arthur 27 feb 2014 Clen.

      1881 England Census lists family

      A.E. Bowers Land
      Sec N 03, Twp 27, Rg 29, W 4

  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Civil Records England - London, D-100.
      Birth cert.

    2. [S10] Census Record Britain - 1881, D-100.
      12 King St. Lambeth Surrey
      FH.L. film 1341133

    3. [S70] Free BMD, 21 Feb 2014.
      Lambeth 1d 346 dedin't print

    4. [S2] Blank, 24 Feb 2014.
      p 12 D1077 cert copy birth

    5. [S2] Blank, 25 Feb 2014.
      p56B & p5 &56c 1891 census The barracks D1059 p&stick

    6. [S2] Blank, 25 Feb 2014.
      p61 D1089 & p61 D1090 1901 census

    7. [S2] Blank, 25 Feb 2014.
      p65 D1091 & p1092 1906 census

    8. [S2] Blank, 25 Feb 2014.
      p72 D1094 &p95 D1095 1911 census also seep 121 D11
      also see p131 D1189

    9. [S2] Blank, 25 Feb 2014.
      p74 D1096 &p75 D1097 1916 census

    10. [S2] Blank, 27 Mar 2014`.
      p123 &124 Dd1033.1 &1033.2 1921 census

    11. [S53] Ancestry.c0m, 21 Apr 2015, 02/2011.
      D 1392 1891 census on stick

    12. [S2] Blank, Jan 2016.
      D 01119 land pat.

    13. [S2] Blank, 27 Mar 2014.
      p102 newspaper clippings

    14. [S21] Certificate - Britain, 26 Mar 2014.
      p11 D01076 marr cert.

    15. [S11] International Genealogical Index.
      1868

    16. [S2] Blank, 24 Feb 2014.
      p11 D1076

    17. [S77] Marriages, D118.

    18. [S2] Blank, 8 Mar 2014.
      977 &78 D118 mar. Doc &marr cert.


 

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