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Hi everyone,
I wonder if someone could recheck this 1851 census for me please as I realise that I only have the second page of a 2 page transcript & need to verify the info on the other page.

HO107/2386 page 25. Crook & Billy Row, Durham. Page 2 gives me
John Hopper/son/age 6mths/b. Durham
John Bowmer/Lodger/widower/age 55/coal miner/b. Northumberland.
John Bowmer/lodger/26/U/coal miner/b.Durham.

Could someone please have a look at page 24 for me to tell me who else is in this household. It may help me to discover what happened to John Bowmer snr.

I cannot understand why he is listed as a widower when there is no trace of his wife's death. She was Dorothy Bowmer & my 4 x gt grandmother. The only trace of a death for her is in 1865 which does not tie in with the info on the above mentioned 1851 census.

Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks- Suzy.

1851 England Census
Name: John Bowmer
Age: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Northumberland, England

Civil Parish: Crook and Billy Row
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Auckland
Sub-registration district: Hamsterley
ED, institution, or vessel: 8a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 91
Household Members: Name Age
William Hopper 34
Ann Hopper 29
William Hopper 8
Robert Hopper 3
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John Hopper 6 Mo
John Bowmer 55
John Bowmer 26

This is the household

Name: John Bowmer
Age: 55
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1796
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Male
Where born: Northumberland, England

Civil Parish: Crook and Billy Row
County/Island: Durham
Country: England


Registration district: Auckland
Sub-registration district: Hamsterley
ED, institution, or vessel: 8a
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 91
Household Members: Name Age
John Bowmer 55
John Bowmer 26
Ann Hopper 29
John Hopper 6 Mo
Robert Hopper 3
William Hopper 34
William Hopper 8


Does Dorothy appear with the two Johns in 1841?

Reg

1841............

Name: John Bowmen
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
Gender: Male
Where born: Durham, England

Civil Parish: St Andrew Auckland
Hundred: Darlington (North West Division)
County/Island: Durham
Country: England


Registration district: Auckland
Sub-registration district: Bishops Auckland
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Dorothan Bowmen 40
John Bowmen 40
John Bowmen 15
George Gatien 6
John Gatien 15
Richand Gatien 9
Shick Gatien 11

Reg

Hi Ozibird & Reg,
thanks for the checks. Does it say where Ann Hopper was born? I think this could be John Snr's daughter born 1822 in Gateshead.

Reg, yes Dorothy is with John Snr on the 1841 along with her youngest Gatiss children from her first marriage & yes John Jnr is age 15 & with them too.

I just have not traced Dorothy on the 1851 census or any death either. Most unusual.
The possible deaths for all the Bowmers are also in the Belper area of Derbyshire too, which makes it all the stranger?
Best regards
Suzy

Yes Reg,
that is the family on the 1841 although the spellings are all wrong. It is GATISS & Shick is actually LUKE!
That's enumerators for you.
Suzy

Born Durham

Thanks for your help Ozibird & Reg, much appreciated.
Best regards
Suzy

Suzy

It may be worth asking for an NBI lookup for Dorothy...not sure if Durham is well-covered, but nothing lost by asking...........

Reg

Hi Reg,
I have access to NBI but there is nothing there for her!
Good thought though
Suzy