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Post by jmg on Feb 14, 2010 21:36:34 GMT -5
I think I may have solved the mystery of William Davis of Paul 1799/1800/1801.
William Davis married Mary Gendall 21st May 1826 in Madron.
I had a fresh look at William Davis Bowling baptized Paul in 1801. He was the illegitimate son of John Davis and Mary Bowling.
1841 Census.
Living at Trevarrack, Gulval
William George 60 (shoemaker)
Mary Boylin 60
Mary James 20
Catherine Davis 5 (This is the daughter of Frederick & Honor Davis)
Death of William George 14/4/1849 aged 68, and death of Mary Bowline 7/2/1851 aged 78
I order the CDs of Paul and Gulval baptisms. I found William Davis Bowling baptism in 1801. Next I ordered the death certificate for Mary Bowline. It arrived today.
Details:- Third of Feb 1851 at Cross, Gulval - Mary Bowline - Female - 79 years - Spinsters - cause of death - ?? Hard to read but for 4 weeks and no medical attendant - informant - William Daves Bowline (present at the death, of Causewayhead, Penzance) - registered 6th Feb 1851 - Registrar John James.
Causewayhead is the address given on the death certificate for our William Davies who died in 1870 aged 70.
John Davis and Mary Bowling - children were John Davies Bowling 1797, William Davis Bowling 1801, Thomas Bowling 1803, & Frederick Wendell Bowling 1807 all in Paul then Elizabeth Davis or Bowling 1821 in St. Buryan. Mary Bowling also had John Beard Bowling 1795 baptized Paul in 1798 and Mary Beard Bowling 1796 in Madron.
Death of this John Davis of Street an Nowan in Paul aged 72 on 27/2/1827 (birth 1755).
John Davis is the son of William Davey and Grace Bennetts married Paul 5/11/1753 and children were – John 1755, Joan 1757, Rebecka 1759, William 1761, Rebecka 1764 and Christopher 1767.
The only problem with all of this is that a well known genealogy web site has a burial for William Davis Bowling in 1801, birth 1801. It is the only records I have been able to find of this burial. Is there any other source I can use?
Which brings us to who is Mary Bowling/Bowline/Boylin? Anyone researching this name.
Another family to add and more research for me.
jmg
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Post by Mal on Feb 15, 2010 6:49:03 GMT -5
Well it certainly seems a very strong theory...
Causewayhead is the address given on the death certificate for our William Davies who died in 1870 aged 70.
Good link here. We need to check the Causewayhead address on the census returns. After Gulval/Chyandour William Davies seems to have spent out the rest of his days on Causewayhead.
John Davis and Mary Bowling - children were John Davies Bowling 1797, William Davis Bowling 1801, Thomas Bowling 1803, & Frederick Wendell Bowling 1807 all in Paul then Elizabeth Davis or Bowling 1821 in St. Buryan. Mary Bowling also had John Beard Bowling 1795 baptized Paul in 1798 and Mary Beard Bowling 1796 in Madron.
What I don't understand is why we have two Johns? Even if our Mary were not a one-guy-girl ;D and the two Johns had different fathers why call two brothers John? Did the first John die before the second?
The other problem I have is with the name "Beard"- I haven't been able to link it to anything. Wendell also seems a bit of a mystery.
Death of this John Davis of Street an Nowan in Paul aged 72 on 27/2/1827 (birth 1755).
I also came to this conclusion re John Davis Stret-an-Nowan.
John Davis is the son of William Davey and Grace Bennetts married Paul 5/11/1753 and children were – John 1755, Joan 1757, Rebecka 1759, William 1761, Rebecka 1764 and Christopher 1767.
Okay...
The only problem with all of this is that a well known genealogy web site has a burial for William Davis Bowling in 1801, birth 1801. It is the only records I have been able to find of this burial. Is there any other source I can use?
This is my MAJOR problem here. I also had William Davis Bowling as being deceased in 1801- unless there has been a massive transcription error or something here we need to solve this problem. We can't have ghosts floating around in 1851! ;D
The only other niggle I have with is about the names. Why does William use Bowling as his surname in 1851 but on the other records he only ever appears as William Davis/Davies? He also gives his children the surname Davies, as does Frederick his presumed brother? Were they perhaps not to keen on advertising their base birth- given the times? I don't know, but it is another issue that needs to be looked at. Perhaps some other researchers could give their opinion based on similar situations.
It's certainly looking very, very likely but I am likewise reluctant to jump to a conclusion too quickly, not at least until we find a solution to a couple of these "niggles" with the information.
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