The Bower & Collier Family History

Research by Colin Bower

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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

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