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The Edith Bowman and George Hooper marriage is correct, and the addresses are listed as hillcrest, queensbury.

She is listed Edith Bowman, formerly Bridget Bowman, Father James McAnulty a welder of a poultry cage manufacturer, George Hooper is a lorry driver.

So I now know it is the correct person in the birth certs.

So she has 2 children with Hugh David Bowman (no marriage details found yet)
then her first marriage is dissolved and she married George Hooper in 1965.

I think I have found her death in Sheffield in 1989 as Edith Hooper as the date of birth is correct.

I am missing her first child, and her marriage to Hugh Bowman still

Thanks Flip - I have now ordered the marriage certificate.

My dad has confirmed that Queensbury sounds familiar, and he is sure they lived here -so it looks like she is going by Edith and not Bridget from 1946 (at least) onwards.

Now I have to see if I can find a marriage between Hugh David and Bridget/Edith pre 1946

It does look like the correct marriage (and birth for John L) - looks like she was know as Bridget or Edith - hence the double (mis-transcribed) entries on the 1965 marriage:

Marriages Mar 1965 (>99%)

Bowman Bridget Hooper Calder 2b 1483 Scan available - click to view
Bowman Edith Hooper Calder 2b 441 Scan available - click to view

Marriages Mar 1965 (>99%)

HOOPER George Bowman Calder 2b 601 Scan available - click to view
HOOPER George Bowman Calder 2b 601 Scan available - click to view

Thanks Pam - that birth is the one I had ordered, and the mother is Edith not Bridget as expected.

I am intending on ordering the wedding cert at some stage, but hoping to build up some more evidence of it potentially be correct before spending another £9.25!

Births Jun 1946
Bowman John L McNulty Halifax 9a 704

Edited:

There is a 1965 marriage for Bridget and/or Edith Bowman to George Hooper on Freebmd.
The page number given on the entry is 1483 which is incorrect and should be 601.

Well,

I ordered the birth cert for John L Bowman, and it looks like the wrong person, as the mother is listed as Edith and not Bridget and the father is Hugh David Bowman.

I was looking for marriage details between Edith McNulty and Hugh Bowman, just incase Bridget decided to use a different name, but I can't find one, and can't find any records for them.

They lived in Mountain Place, Queensbury (which unfortunately doesn't seem to exist anymore!)

So I am back to square one, and no where to go from here, except order more certs, which will have to wait to I get a bit more money

I don't know how anyone affords to do family searches in England - In Ireland most certs are free online, and the ones that aren't are €4

The probate record does not give much info on Edgar, but states "of 45 Elland Street Yorks, died 16 Oct 1968 Administration 12 November, London. £3092". So unless there is a will, not much to go on.

Thanks guys,

I have ordered the cert for the wedding to George Hooper as I had previously seen that, hadn't seen the death for Edgar Bowman - so its a possibility.

My dad thinks Margaret may not be Bowman, but was born before she got married.

I am planning on visiting the public records in Northern Ireland, as there are no birth records from post 1917 online for Northern Ireland

Could this be the death of her hubby

Edgar Bowman
Death Age: 67
Birth Date: abt 1901
Registration Date: Dec 1968
Registration district: Calder
Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
Volume: 2b
Page: 293

John L born 1946
Stephen P born 1951

Not seeing Margaret , perhaps she was born in Co Down?

Possible marriage for a Bridget Bowman in Calder 1965, but to George Hooper?

I am looking for Brothers Stephen and John Bowman who were born in Halifax/Calder in West Yorkshire.

They also have an older sister who I think is called Margaret.

Their mother is Bridget McAnulty (or McNulty) from near Castlewellan in Co.Down, Ireland.

We think Bridget's husband (Mr Bowman) died and she married again (Possibly to Mark, or Markie) in the 60's or 70's.

Bridget was born in 1911 and died in the mid 1990's

Bridget is a sister of my Granny Lizzie McAnulty who married Rafferty, another sister married Holland, both sisters remained in Co.Down