Research Interests Forum Entry for WILLIAM BOWMAN at CORBRIDGE, NORTHUMBERLAND, ENGLAND

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Research Interest: Looking for information on my paternal Great Grandparents and their parents in Northumberland / Durham Co., UK Period: Before 1850 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Parents of William: James BOWMAN + wife unknown William BOWMAN b. 1827/1828 in Corbridge, Northumberland UK d.Jan.22, 1906, Guelph, ON, CANADA married Elizabeth WALKER b. Jan. 26, 1828,Northumberland or Durham, UK d: May 27, 1918, Guelph, ON, Canada (her father was Robert Walker, wife unknown) William & Elizabeth Married: St. Mary's Church, Gateshead, Durham, Co., June 10,1854 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Both fathers' names were obtained from the Marriage Record of William & Elizabeth. We believe that William Bowman's Headstone in a Guelph, Ontario cemetary lists his birth year as 1828. His marriage record indicates that he was 27 yr on June 10, 1854, which would have made his birth year 1827. At time of marriage, both William & Elizabeth resided on Charles St., Gateshead, DUR. Co. After their marriage, they left the UK on Aug. 29, 1854 from Liverpool on the sailing ship, THACKMAXAN, arriving in New York, Oct. 11, 1854, then travelling to Ontario, Canada. I have searched the 1851 census for both Corbridge, Northumberland AND Gateshead, Durham Co. without having located families having as the HEAD of family - "James" BOWMAN, OR "Robert" WALKER. We have NO information on their wives. I have extracted ALL of the BOWMAN & WALKER FAMILIES from both 1851 census records (Corbridge [5 pages, Wordperfect] & Gateshead [8 pages]) for anyone who is interested. We believe that Elizabeth Walker had a brother, Richard, as well as a sister, Jane, who may have married an Ellerington. Richard Walker and his wife accompanied William & Elizabeth to Canada. A Robert Walker "Jr" and A George Liston were witnesses on the marriage document.. Robert "Jr" was probably another brother of Elizabeth's.