Hi everyone, My name is Sharon and I have been researching my relatives in Kent for a short time, I found out about this list purely by accident and my interests and reason for being on this list follow, I have only recently learnt of the name BOWLES being part of my family history so I hope someone out there has a common interest. >My great great grandfather James BAILEY married Catherine BOWLES (born >Lamberhurst 1846) August 1868 in Lamberhurst Kent. Her father according >to their marriage certificate was James BOWLES a carpenter. > >James and Catherines children were: Charles Edwin, Mary Ann, George Pitt, >Emily, Bert James (my great grandfather) and Frederick. >James was a shepherd. > >I have found reference to a James BOWLES and his wife Mary Ann EDWARDS on >the I.G.I. getting married in 1832. I have also found Catherines >christening on there with the same two names for parents. > >Anyone with connections to these families with any pointers as to whether >this is the correct couple would be welcome. Due to distance I am unable to >travel to Kent ! > >I thought I would post here before I go to order yet more certificates, >(christmas expense in the way!) and yes I do know that the IGI has to >viewed as an index rather than a definate fact. > > >Thank you >Sharon. > > >BARDEN, BENGE, BAILEY, EXCELL, BOWLES. (all in Kent

Hi Sharon, I have all of these surnames as well. I have my tree on Rootsweb, Ancestry.com,Genealogy.com and my favorite the LDS Site called One Great Family. Listed as Bowles of Ohio. Inthe search category type in Harley E. Bowles , United States Ohio. My site will show up on theAncestry Tree and the One World Tree on Ancestry.com. Also K.W. Bailey who is my second cousin has Harley listed as well. I have more on the Bowles side and he has more on the Bailey side. Further back in my tree is an Ann Edwards from England but you can search the names by going through my index alphabetically. I havent updated this site in a while so there are only about 500 names on this site. However I have about 1200 names input on the One Great Family site. If any one wants to join me on that, my group name is Randimwin1. Sharon What county are you in ? I need some info on Bowles Relatives in Derbyshire. sharon piddock <sharon.piddock@btinternet.com> wrote:Hi everyone, My name is Sharon and I have been researching my relatives in Kent for a short time, I found out about this list purely by accident and my interests and reason for being on this list follow, I have only recently learnt of the name BOWLES being part of my family history so I hope someone out there has a common interest. >My great great grandfather James BAILEY married Catherine BOWLES (born >Lamberhurst 1846) August 1868 in Lamberhurst Kent. Her father according >to their marriage certificate was James BOWLES a carpenter. > >James and Catherines children were: Charles Edwin, Mary Ann, George Pitt, >Emily, Bert James (my great grandfather) and Frederick. >James was a shepherd. > >I have found reference to a James BOWLES and his wife Mary Ann EDWARDS on >the I.G.I. getting married in 1832. I have also found Catherines >christening on there with the same two names for parents. > >Anyone with connections to these families with any pointers as to whether >this is the correct couple would be welcome. Due to distance I am unable to >travel to Kent ! > >I thought I would post here before I go to order yet more certificates, >(christmas expense in the way!) and yes I do know that the IGI has to >viewed as an index rather than a definate fact. > > >Thank you >Sharon. > > >BARDEN, BENGE, BAILEY, EXCELL, BOWLES. (all in Kent