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James H with parents and another sister:

(Though of course we don't know if this is definitely the right James.
James and Fanny's marriage cert would give his father's name )

W. H. Harry Bower
in the Hamburg Passenger Lists, 1850-1934
Name: W. H. Harry Bower
Gender: männlich (Male)
Ethnicity/Nationality: Großbritannien (English)
Marital Status: verheiratet (Married)
Departure Age: 26
Birth Date: abt 1902
Residence Place: London
Departure Date: 14. Jun 1928 (14 Jun 1928)
Departure Place: Hamburg, Deutschland (Germany)
Destination: Nordkap
Arrival Place: Nordkap; Hamburg
Occupation: Kaufmann
Ship Name: Oceana
Shipping Clerk: Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft)
Shipping Line: Hamburg-Amerika Linie (Hamburg-Amerikanische Packetfahrt-Actien-Gesellschaft)
Ship Type: Dampfschiff, kein Auswandererschiff
Emigration: n
Accommodation: ohne Angabe
Volume: 373-7 I, VIII A 1 Band 356
Household Members (Name)
W. H. Harry Bower
W. H. Mathilde Bower - 30
James H. Bower - 5
Rosemary Bower - 3


BOWER, ROSEMARY BARBARA mmn HOLLIGER
GRO Reference: 1925 D Quarter in HENDON Volume 03A Page 522

Going back to the 1903 Hackney birth - NOT the right one.

Baptism record has a note saying DOB 18 Dec 1902.

William Harry Bower
in the London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923
Name: William Harry Bower
Gender: Male
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 14 Jan 1903
Baptism Place: St Bartholomew, Dalston, Hackney, England
Father: Thomas Alfred Bower
Mother: Emily Mary Bower
Register Type: Parish Register


Marriages Jun 1890 (>99%)
BERRY Emily Mary Shoreditch 1c 328
Bower Thomas Alfred Shoreditch 1c 328

That William H (18 Dec 1902) is in London in 1939 with wife Irene.

Posting just to rule this out as William's birth, even though it would fit with DOB given in 1939 (I was thinking maybe reason for BAWER spelling) :

BAUER, WILLIAM mmn COWLEY
GRO Reference: 1902 J Quarter in BROMLEY Volume 02A Page 528


William Bauer
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: William Bauer
Age: 0
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1902
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Death Registration Place: Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom
Death Date: Jun 1902
Inferred Death Place: Kent, United Kingdom
Volume: 2a
Page: 273


Mis-spelled on GRO:

BANER, WILLIAM 0
GRO Reference: 1902 J Quarter in BROMLEY Volume 02A Page 273

Parents' marriage:

Marriages Jun 1923 (>99%)
Bower William H Holliger St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 1018
Holliger Mathilde Bower St.Geo.H.Sq. 1a 1018


Possible William's birth ?? (Though doesn't fit with DOB stated in 1939.)

BOWER, WILLIAM HARRY mmn BERRY
GRO Reference: 1903 M Quarter in HACKNEY Volume 01B Page 499

Fanny's death:

BOWER, FRANCES ELIZABETH 1921
GRO Reference: DOR Q3/2015 in WEST SUSSEX (785-1J) Entry Number 512654079

Have PMd you links to articles about the 1950 child.


With the Sussex connection - maybe a possibility for James H's death???

BOWER, JAMES HARRY 1924
GRO Reference: DOR Q4/1997 in WORTHING (7864B) Reg 4B15C Entry Number 78

James Harry Bower
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: James Harry Bower
Death Age: 73
Birth Date: 6 May 1924
Registration Date: Dec 1997
Registration District: Worthing
Inferred County: West Sussex
Register Number: 4B15C
District and Subdistrict: 7864B
Entry Number: 78


James H Bower
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: James H Bower
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Birth Date: 6 May 1924
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 802
Residence Place: Croydon, Surrey, England
Occupation: At School
Line Number: 14
Schedule Number: 4
Sub Schedule Number: 3
Enumeration District: Clls
Borough: Croydon
Registration district: 39-2
Inferred Father:
William H Bower
Inferred Mother:
Mathilda Bower
Household Members (Name) Age
William H Bower 37 - 26 June 1902, traffic manager, travel agent, ARP Ambulance service
Mathilda [Mathilde on image] Bower 50 - 2 Oct 1889, wool shop manager
James H Bower 15
Celia H Bower 5
Walbrook K W Offermann 29


BOWER, CELIA HELEN mmn HOLLIGER
GRO Reference: 1934 J Quarter in CROYDON Volume 02A Page 792


BOWER, HARRY JAMES mmn HOLLIGER
GRO Reference: 1924 J Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 938

WOW, ArgyllGran,

That is an amazing find and totally amazing research.

I will start in the morning checking your details.

WELL DONE top marks

Ian

Perhaps BAwer is a mis-spelling??

There were two BOwer/Tune births:
1944 Doncaster, and 1950 Wharfedale.

I don't see a Bower/Tune marriage.

The 1950 child is now living in Sussex - per 1922 ER on GR, and 2010 ER on Ancestry. Was a policeman in Yorkshire at one time, from a Google search.


The 1944 child :

Births Jun 1944 (>99%)
Bower Adrian J Tune Doncaster 9c 1517


Adrian James Bower
in the Web: France, Death Records, 1970-2018
Name: Adrian James Bower
Gender: homme (Male)
Death Age: 69
Birth Date: 30 avr. 1944 (30 Apr 1944)
Birth Place: Doncaster, Royaume-Uni (United Kingdom)
Death Date: 22 févr. 2014 (22 Feb 2014)
Death Place: Creteil, Val-De-Marne, France
Certificate Number: 301

He had lived and worked in Fremantle at some stage:

https://www.facebook.com/120732064645094/photos/sad-news-professor-adrian-bower-first-dean-of-the-school-passed-away-suddenly-on/689873747730920/


"The first Medicine intake – over 80 graduate entry candidates – began their
course in January 2005. This new Medical School, under its Foundation Dean, Adrian Bower, and his deputy, Jenny McConnell, rapidly gained a reputation for the quality of its staff and curriculum. . ."
https://www.notredame.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0029/32789/Founding-and-Establishment-of-Notre-Dame-WEB.pdf

Thank you all for your kind help.

I spoke to an elderly family member tonight she said that Fanny was known as Frances?
and that she died in Australia a few years back and that she was in a care home but not sure where it was.
she does not remember who it was that told her about the death.

I have been searching for them for some time and have not found any Australian records so far
The one thing I don't have which might help me is a copy of the marriage cert for this couple
Ian

The only record of the name James H Bawer on FMP is the marriage

Not seeing them under those names on Ships Passenger lists which go up to c 1960 online
nor on Electoral Rolls in Australia which go up to 1980 online (sure someone once said in Australia, you have to be on the ER"s after 2 years of arrival)

Any details on James H Bawer?

Emigrated shortly after a 1942 marriage.? Probably from 1946 onwards due to the war.

Added: according to Google there was mass emigration from 1945. Mostly on Assisted Passage. As those on AP only had to stay for a set number of years are you sure they didn’t return?

Where have you looked?

Birth and marriage are in the name FANNY. Second forename Elizabeth

Hi,
I am trying to find a family in Australia James H Bawer married Frances (Fanny) E Tune in 1942 in Don Valley. Fanny was born 1921 Worksop 1921
They Emigrated to Australia soon afterwards I have not found records of them leaving, where they stayed, Children or deaths.

I have all their parent's details etc just need their Australian details.
Thank you.
Ian