The Bower & Collier Family History
Research by Colin Bower
Bower Family
Mini-Project - Letters from Australia
In 2019/10, a distant Australian relative on the Pitts side of the family provided me with an extraordinary sussceesion of e-mails with information that was new and extremely important at that time:
21.9.09
Passenger List 1853
James Benjamin Pitts & his wife Kezia Plume
Bp of his daughter Louisa 1822
22.9.09
Marriage of George Henry Pitts 1827
(Elizabeth Bower a witness)
23.9.09
Death of Elizabeth Bower 1878
Death of Mary Bower 1875
Birth of Elizabeth Bower 1845
(Parents Benjamin Bates Bower & Mary Pitts)
Death of another Elizabeth Bower 1868
1851 Census
Elizabeth Bower (80) & family
Marriage of Mary Louise Bower 1885
1871 & 1881 Censuses
Mary Louisa Bower (14) and M.L. Bower (24) respectively
Marriage Certificates
- Alice Elizabeth Bower 1882
- Louisa Bower 1894
(father George Bower, Pastry Cook)
24.9.09
Bp Christopher Bower 1794
25.9.09
Transcription of Wills
- Elizabeth Bower, Widow 1820
- Elizabeth Pitts, Widow 1841
Marriage of Elizabeth Bates 1788
1841 Census
Peterboro Lane, Fulham
Elizabeth (80*) & Maryt Pitts
Benjamin (20*Tailor) & Alfred Bower
Christopher (46 Tailor)& Elizabeth and family
*to the nearest 5 years
26.9.09
Extract from Book Fulham Old & New
27.9.09
Original wills (see 25.9.09)
1841 Census
Crab Tree, Fulham
George Bower (65) & family
17.11.09
My photos from visit to Fulham
11.2.10
Marriage of James Pitts & Louisa Pinnion 1812
(Witness Elizabeth Pitts)
14.8.10
Index of Wills & Administrations for the Pitts family
Conclusions
She told me that she subscribed to Ancestry and it prompted me to do the same.
Looking back, I had forgotten that my correspondent had sent me copies of:
- the book extract
- the Wills
Since then, the dissertation has given me further information about Rowberry Mead plus the discovery of William Bower's middle name was Gux enabled me to find the marriage of William Bower and Elizbathe Gux in 1775 in the Dartford area.
Colin Bower
27 January 2024
