That's a pretty interesting one all right. I can hardly wait to see Charles Bowles results. Should be soon. > > From: Charles Hartley <hartley@iglou.com> > Date: 2005/07/21 Thu PM 05:19:59 CDT > To: BOWLES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Bowles in Gloucestershire, England > > Our DNA participant #31624 traces back to Edward Booles of > Oxfordshire, England. In his chart located at > [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gensoup/bowlesdna/31624.html] > his line seems to come down to the family of Thomas and Sarah Bowles > of Daglingworth in Gloucestershire. I have located this family in the > 1861 England census and then traced part of it in 1871, 1881 and > 1891. The results are given below. > > 1861 England Census: Gloucestershire, Daglingworth, District 10, page 15 > Thomas Bowles, head, married, 52, shepherd, birthplace: Kempsford, > Gloucestershire > Sarah Bowles, wife, married, 45, birthplace: Quenington, Gloucestershire > John Bowles, son, unmarried, 18, shepherd, birthplace: Hatherop, > Gloucestershire > William Bowles, son, unmarried, 14, shepherd, birthplace: Hatherop, > Gloucestershire > Edward Bowles, son, unmarried, 10, shepherd, birthplace: Hatherop, > Gloucestershire > Fanny Bowles, daughter, 8, scholar, birthplace: Westwell, Oxfordshire > Mary Bowles, daughter, 6, scholar, birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > Thomas Bowles, son, 4, scholar, birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > George Bowles, son, 2, birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > Elizabeth Bowles, daughter, 3 months, birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > > 1871 England Census: Gloucestershire, Daglingworth, District 10, page 5 > Thomas Bowles, head, married, 64, shepherd, birthplace: Kempsford, > Gloucestershire > Charlotte Bowles, wife, married, 53, shepherd's wife, birthplace: > Cirencester, Gloucestershire > Edward Bowles, son, unmarried, 20, butcher, birthplace: Daglingworth, > Gloucestershire > Sarah Shill, step-daughter, unmarried, 16, outdoor servant, > birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > Thomas Shill, step-son, 13, farm servant, birthplace: Daglingworth, > Gloucestershire > George Bowles, son, 13, farm servant, birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > Bessy Bowles, daughter, 10, scholar, birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > > On page 2, Thomas Bowles, age 14, appears to be working with William > Archer, a butcher. > > 1881 England Census: Gloucestershire, Dglingworth, District 10, page 2 > Charles Shill, head, unmarried, agricultural laborer, birthplace: > Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > Thomas Shill, brother, unmarried, agricultural laborer, birthplace: > Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > George Bowles, brother-in-law, unmarried, agricultural laborer, > birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > -- > Charlotte Bowles, head, widow, 64, birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > Sarah Shill, step-daughter, 26, domestic servant, birthplace: > Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > > 1881 England Census: Gloucestershire, Daglingworth, District 10, page 7 > William Bowles, head, married, 34, shepherd, birthplace: > Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > Charlotte Jane Bowles, wife, married, 34, shepherd's wife, > birthplace: Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire > William George Bowles, son, 9, scholar, birthplace: Duntisbourne > Rouse, Gloucestershire > Frederick Bowles, son, scholar, birthplace: Duntisbourne Rouse, Gloucestershire > Eliza Ann Bowles, daughter, 4, scholar, birthplace: Daglingworth, > Gloucestershire > Emily Bowles, daughter, 1, birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > > 1891 England Census: Gloucestershire, Driffield, District 14, page 6 > William Bowles, head, married, 44, shepherd, birthplace: Westwell, Oxfordshire > Charlotte Jane Bowles, wife, married, 44, birthplace: Duntisbourne > Rouse, Gloucestershire > Emily Bowles, daughter, 11, scholar, birthplace: Daglingworth, Gloucestershire > Walter Emily Bowles, son, 9, scholar, birthplace: Driffield, Gloucestershire > Ernest Thomas Bowles, son, 5, scholar, birthplace: Driffield, Gloucestershire > Abel Percy, nephew, 10 months, birthplace: Union, Gloucestershire > > Perhaps this information will inspire some of the descendants of this > line to join our DNA project. > > Charlie Hartley > Bowles DNA Project Administrator > [mailto:hartley@iglou.com] > > Tom LaPorte