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Timeline Context

1760 King George III; 1820 King George IV; 1830 King William IV; 1837 Queen Victoria; 1901 King Edward VII; 1910 King George V
1803-1815 Napoleonic Wars; 1805 Battle of Trafagar; 1815 Battle of Waterloo; 1850 Taiping Rebellion; 1853-1856 Crimean War; 1899-1902 Boer War
1817-1826 Aldington Gang; 1830 Swing Riots

Family Sheet Links & Information

Name Birth Birthplace 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 1901 1911
John Bower 1806 Thornton Bingley [e]
overlooker
Manningham [f]
Stuff manufacturer
Horton[l]
Power Loom
Pudsey [g] (1)
Stuff manufacturer
Mary Bower (Holdsworth) 1809 Horton Bingley [e] Manningham [f] Horton [l] Pudsey [g] Horton [j]
Wid, annuitant
Emma Binns (Bower) 1829 Thornton Bingley [e] Maningham Manningham [a] Manningham [a] Manningham [b] East Broughton [c] Blackpool [d] Brighton
wid
Sarah Wallbank (Bower) 1830 Thornton Bingley [e] Bingley [h]
Weaver, wife of Bradley Wallbank
Bingley
wife of Bradley Wallbank
Horton [j]
Wid, Housekeeper
Horton [j]
Wid, annuitant
Poulton Bare
Lodging house keeper
William Bower 1833 Thornton Bingley [e] Manningham [f]
overlooker
Horton
overlooker
Horton [k]
Worsted mill manager
Bradford [l]
overlooker
Bingley [m]
Worsted weaver
Bradford
Ret overlooker
Jonas Bower 1835 Thornton Bingley [e] Manningham [f]
Weaver at factory
Horton [l]
Cotton Warp Draper
Horton [j]
Cotton Dresser
Clayton [n]
Cotton dresser
Abraham Bower 1837 Thornton Bingley [e] Manningham [f]
Weaver at factory
Bradford
Warp dresser
Bradford
Painter
Bradford
Painter
John Bower 1839 Thornton Bingley [e] Manningham [f] Horton [l]
Power Loom
Pudsey
overlooker
Bingley
Manager worsted weaving
Bingley
Weaving mill manager
Poulton Bare
Widow
Mary Ann Bower 1842 Bingley Manningham [f] Horton [l]
Dress maker
Holdsworth Bower 1843 Bingley Manningham [f] Horton [l]
Cotton Warp Draper
Calverley
Warp dresser
Joseph Bower 1845 Bingley Manningham [f] Horton [l]
Cotton Twister
Pudsey [g]
overlooker
Alfred Bower 1847 Bingley Manningham [f] Horton
Weaving overlooker
Horton
Weaving overlooker
Horton
Widow

Address Key

[a] 28 Northfield Place, Manningham, Yorks.
[b] 11 Oak Lane, Manningham, Yorks
[c] Hazlewood Hydropalace, East Broughton.
[d] 8 Derby Road, Blackpool.
[e] Myrtle Grove, Bingley
[f] primrose terrace, Manningham
[g] littlemoor bottom, Pudsey
[h] Milgate, Bingley
[j] 107 shear bridge, Horton
[k] 59 richmond road, Horton
[l] 34 hill end, Horton
[m] 3 Thomas Street, Bingley
[n] beach street, Clayton
(1) Martha Holdsworth,board,wid,85,Alerton
Isabella Bower,DIL,m,19,Wibsey
Alfred Bower,GS,6,Horton
(2) Elizabeth Turner,wife,m,24,Bradford - sister of John & Mary Bower ??

Certificates

Joseph Arthur Binns (23, Bookkeeper, Bradford) married Emma Bower (21, Dressmaker, Manningham) 31st July 1849. @ Bradford Parish Church.
Fathers: John Binns (Shoemaker) & John Bower (Overlooker). Witness: Sarah Wallbank, William Binns. Minister – N.Cooper

Photographs

Emma Binns (Bower)

John Bower b.1786
John Bower b.1806
John Bower b.1736
Mary Holdsworth

Trade Directory -Pudsey

1870 – John Bower, Manufacturer – Littlemoor, Pudsey

Notes

Holdsworth Bower married Elizabeth Brown Batley, Sept 1862, Bradford, 9b, 93 } FreeBMD
John Bower died sept 1871, age 69, Bradford Y, 9b, 136 } FreeBMD?
Joseph Bower married Isabella Jackson, Mar 1871, Bradford, 9a, 159 } FreeBMD ????

Emma Bower born 28th feb 1828 @ Thornton by Bradford, to John & Mary Bower.} IGI

Ancestry.co.uk (from Lew156 family tree & Ed Bruce)

John Bower born 28th may 1805, Thornton to John Bower & Mary (Robinson)
John Bower born 1786, Thornton, to Jonas Bower & Sally (White)
Mary Robinson born 1788, Thornton, to Jonas Robinson & Elizabeth (Brier)
Jonas Robinson born 1758, Thornton, to Israel Robinson & Mary (Craven). Other children: Israel Robinson (1756), John Robinson (1768), Betty Robinson (1774)
Mary Craven born 1737, Thornton, to Isaac Craven & Mary (Binns). Other children: Betty (1730), Ann (1734), Betty (1739), Martha (1742), James (1745), Jonas (1745)
Isaac Craven born 1703, Bradford, to Joseph Craven (b.1672) & Ann (Pullen, b.1669)
Elizabeth Brier born 1760, Thornton, to George Brier & Sarah (Boocock)
Mary Holdsworth born 7th april 1808, Hornton, to William Holdsworth & Martha (White)
William Holdsworth born 4th Nov 1781, Leeds, to Samuel Holdsworth & Mary
Martha White born 1785, Allerton, to Jonas White & Martha (Firth)


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