The Bower & Collier Family History
Research by Colin Bower
The Big One?
The Big One!
Family History Research Reports
The Walland Family
Introduction to Bower/Collier Family Tree
When I set out to study the Bower/Collier Family Tree, my initial aim was to identify my 8 Great Grandparents (Bower) and my wife Chris’ 8 Great Grandparents (Collier).
Though I have tended to study the Family History of the 16 Great Grandparents, I have also sought to find out the additional 16 Great Great Grandparents’ family names, and any 3 x Great Grandparents along the way!
The names that I have identified to date are:
Bower/Brecht Family Tree
Great Grandparents
Bower
Jones
Hayes
Gardner
Brecht
Walland/Worland
Saunders
Seabourne(e)/Saban
2 x Great Grandparents
Pitts (Bower)
Counter (Jones)
Bradbrook (Hayes)
Tunstell/Tunstill (Gardner)
Somes/Piper (Brecht)
Hutley (Walland/Worland)
Neville (Saunders)
Holbrook (Seabourn(e)/Saban)
3 x Great Grandparents
Pinnion (Pitts)
Spence (Jones)
Mason (Hayes)
Robinson (Bradbrook)
Shocke (Brecht)
Reynolds (Walland/Worland)
Hunt (Piper)
Howard (Seabourn(e)/Saban)
4 x Great Grandparents
Bates (Pitts)
Smithers (Pinion)
March (Jones)
Venice (Robinson)
Juliane (Brecht)
Adamson (Neville)
Siggins (Walland/Worland)
5 x Great Grandparents
Cook/Cock (Jones)
Wyat (Robinson)
Jahns (Brecht)
Odell (Walland/Worland)
6 x Great Grandparents
Amears (Robinson)
7 x Great Grandparents
Amore/Mills (Robinson)
Collier/Hunt Family Tree
Great Grandparents
Collier
Gardiner
Peryer/Perrier
Smith
Hunt
Farrow/Pharoah
Marjoram
Ransome(e)
2 x Great Grandparents
Adams (Collier)
Goodchild (Gardiner)
Mitchell (Peryer/Perrier)
Nye (Smith)
Sheldrake (Hunt)
Smith (Farrow)
Rookyard (Marjoram)
Aldous/Aldis or Alhous/Ollis (Ransome(e))
3 x Great Grandparents
Mason (Collier)
Ridett (Adams)
Sly (Nye)
Snelling (Peryer/Perrier)
Spall (Hunt)
Shepherd (Farrow)
Allen (Ransome(e))
More (Aldous/Aldis or Alhous/Ollis)
4 x Great Grandparents
Trigg (Peryer/Perrier)
My research has included a One-Name Study into the name Brecht, my mother’s maiden name.
Names Index
The additional surnames in this Report have been listed in the Names Index below.
Walland Family - Progress to date
Great Grandparent: Mary Ann Walland
- Her Parents: William Edward Walland and Susan Hutley
- Her Grandparents: Edward Walland & Mary Reynolds
Mini Family Tree (Direct Ancestors)
The family tree to date may be summarised:
Walland/Whorland Family
Thomas Whorland/Whirland b c 1670, d 1714
Married c 1690
Elizabeth (Whorland/Whirland) b c 1670, d 1728
Had 3 children
Benjamin Whirland/Whorland b or bp 13.04.1712
Married 12.2.1736
Elizabeth Odell c 1715
Had 10 children
Edward Walland b 6.07.1755
Married 16.04.1781
Alice Siggins b 20.4.1760
Had 3 children
Edward Walland b 16.10.1782
Married 21.06.1813
Mary Reynolds b c 1781
Had 9 children
Edward William Walland b c 1814
Married 14.08.1837
Susannah Amey Hutley b 1.08.1815
Had 8 children
Mary Ann Walland b 17.11.1838
Married 12.12.1856
George Frederick Brecht b c 1834/5
Arthur Brecht b 28.01.1877 d 28.12.1946
Married 25.12.1899
Ellen Elizabeth Curran Saunders b 6.1.1877 d 19.3.1960
Doris Ivy Brecht b 15.03.1912
d 29.6.2003
Married 11.07.1936
Frederick Bower b 12.09.1910
d 10.9.2006
Colin Malcolm Bower b 12.01.1944
Married 15.10.1966
Christine Elizabeth Collier b 26.03.1946
Summary of Research To Date
Progress 2004/7
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Progress 2008
I did make the effort to find some entries in the 1861, 1871. 1881, 1891 and 1901 Censuses.
Progress 2009
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Progress 2010
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Progress 2011
On my visit to Meldreth Church near Cambridge in 2001 I found the local use of the family name Abbis:
At that time, I saw a grave for an Abbis Worland who died 26.11.1893 (age 58) and the caretaker told me that he had gone to school with an Abbis Worland.
A correspondent contacted me to say that Abbis Worland, who died in 1893, was his Great Grandfather. My correspondent told me that his father was an Abbis Worland and his own middle name was Abbis.
Wonderful!
Also see Progress 2024 below.
Progress 2012/23
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Progress 2024
Mary Ann Walland married George Frederick Brecht and the couple provided the foundation of the Brecht family in London.
A distant cousin contacted me regarding Mary Ann's sister Margaret Walland:
In fact, when Margaret married Caleb Andrews in 1867, her sister Mary Ann Brecht was a witness.
My correspondent provided me with the following family tree:
William Edward & Susan Walland
Daughter
Margaret Walland born Stepney 1843 died 1913
married
(1) Caleb Andrews from Hampshire in 1867 (Caleb died Marylebone 1884 (age 51)
(2) Edward Cook in Islington in 1887
Daughter
Alice Andrews born St Pancras 1869 Died 1946
married in St Pancras 1869
Henry Wykes
See Parish Records
I had not received any new information on the Walland Family for some 12 years so this was a nice surprise.
Research Undertaken
Birth Marriage & Death Certificates Held (see below)
- Birth:
- Marriage:
- Death:
Census Records Obtained (see below)
- 1841 -
- 1851 –
- 1861 -
- 1871 –
- 1881 -
- 1891 -
- 1901 –
- 1911 -
- !939 Register -
Other Research Undertaken (see below)
- IGI -
- Parish Records -
- Wills -
- Businesses -
- Correspondence inc Genes Reunited
- Visits -
- Photographs -
- Misc Info/Documents -
Summaries
Where they were & what they did
The attached table summarises the name of my ancestors, where they lived and their occupations.
Family Tree Maker Sheets
The family details of have been summarised in the attached Family Tree Maker sheets which I may enter in to the relationship database, Family Tree Maker.
Names Index
The following surnames appear in this Report in addition to the names at the start of this Report.
Colin Bower
7 January 2021
Appendices
Direct Ancestors have been highlighted
Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates Held
Census Records Obtained
Parish Records
Misc Information Obtained
