The Bower & Collier Family History
Research by Colin Bower
The Big One!
Template for Family History Research Reports
The 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.
.....Family - Progress To Date
Great Grandparent:
- His/Her Parents:
- His/Her Grandparents:
Mini Family Tree (Direct Ancestors)
The Family Tree to date may be summarised:
Either Bower/Brecht/Collier/Hunt plus ancestors
Bower Family
William Bower b 23.10.1867
Married 06.06.1897
Charlotte Hayes b 15.08.1876
Frederick Bower b 12.09.1910
d 10.9.2006
Married 11.07.1936
Doris Ivy Brecht b 15.03.1912
d 29.6.2003
Colin Malcolm Bower b 12.01.1944
Married 15.10.1966
Christine Elizabeth Collier b 26.03.1946
Brecht Family
Arthur Brecht b 28.01.1877
Married 25.12.1899
Ellen Elizabeth * Creah Curran Saunders b 6.11.1877
*the additional name Creah was adopted after registration of birth
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
Collier Family
Walter James Collier b 09.06.1862
d 10.2.1942
married St Luke’s, Hackney 13.05.1894
Mary Peryer/Perrier b 02.12.1869
d 10.02.1949 (Age 79)
Leonard Stanley Collier b 30.11.1909 d 9.5.1988
Married 6.06.1936
Phyllis Marjoram Hunt b 6.06.1912 d 1991
Christine Elizabeth Collier b 26.03.1946
Married 15.10.1966
Colin Bower b 12.01.1944
Hunt Family
Arthur Henry Hunt b 1.07.1866
Married 25.12.1889
Eliza Marjoram b 11.04.1870
Phyllis Marjoram Hunt b 6.06.1912 d 1991
Married 6.06.1936
Leonard Stanley Collier b 30.11.1909 d 9.5.1988
Christine Elizabeth Collier b 26.03.1946
Married 15.10.1966
Colin Bower b 12.01.1944
Summary of Research To Date
Progress (Year)
Progress (Year)
Things we wish we knew
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
