The Bower & Collier Family History
Research by Colin Bower
Progress 2009
Progress in the following subjects in 2009 has been summarised under the following headings:
Visits to Places of Interest
Family History
Brecht One-Name Study
Naval History: Sinking of SS Britannia 1941
Local History: Find the Lady!
Visits to Places of Interest
Family History
Bower Family
Saunders Family
Silk Weavers named Collier
Progress with Other Names in 2009:
Gardiner
Gardner
Hayes
Hunt
Jones
Lotz
Peryer/Perrier
Seabourn(e)
Smith
Trigg
Walland
Brecht One Name Study
Naval History
Sinking of the S S Britannia
Local History
Find the Lady! (who kept a Victorian Calling Book in Lymington)
Found the Lady!?
Following a visit to the Hampshire Record Office in Winchester, I obtained additional information that proved to my satisfaction that Mary (Fawcett) Murray was the Victorian Lady who kept the Calling Book.
Colin Bower
31 January 2010
