Oswald Francis Bowker- Keenan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Oswald Francis Bowker
• Occupation: Iron Turner
• Residence: 1901, 175 Cumberland St, Govan, Glasgowm Scotland

Notes:

Oswald was taken in as a boarder by Julia Keenan of Jock's Lodge in South Leith, as shown in the 1871 Scottish census. It may have been due to his mother's death and his father missing in action, as he was an army/naval man. Julia Keenan was from Ireland and may have had a connection to Oswald's mother, who was also Irish. Julia is listed as a widow: her husband was Thomas Keenan, a boot and shoemaker, and her maiden name was Murray.
By 1881, per the census, it appears that Oswald had been 'adopted' by Julia Keenan, as he is shown with the Keenen surname, and as an iron turner. In the 1891 census he is shown as a brother to the Keenans and as an engineer fitter. He apparently worked on the installation of the Firth of Forth bridge.


In the 1901 Scotland census he is married to Helen, living at 175 Cumberland St, Govan, Glasgow, with three children, James aged 6, Elizabeth aged 5 and John aged 3.

Birth:
Name Oswald Francis Bowker
Gender Male
Birth Date 03 Mar 1862
Birthplace LEITH,MIDLOTHIAN,SCOTLAND
Father's Name John Hinde Durham Bourchier Bowker
Mother's Name Elizabeth Cumming

Family/Spouse: Helen Graham. Helen was born about 1868 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in 1935 in Milton, Glasgow, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James O Keenan was born on 27 Feb 1895 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died about 1972 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
2. Elizabeth Keenan was born about 1895 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died between 1902 and 1910 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
3. John J Keenan was born in 1898 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died about 1975 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
4. Joseph Francis Keenan was born in 1903 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died about 1964 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Notes:

Listed as a Sergeant in the 2nd Dragoons (Royal North British), service number 1433 based in Dublin - per The National Archives, WO 12/546

in 1848 he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Navy based in Plymouth.

Birth:
Name: John Find Durham Bourchier Bowker
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 1 Jul 1830
Baptism Place: Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Father: John Harrison Bowker
Mother: Margaret
FHL Film Number: 1469097
Reference ID: item 6 p 30

John married Elizabeth Cummins on 21 Nov 1856 in Greatconnel, Co. Kildare, ireland. Elizabeth was born about 1838 in Ireland; died about 1862 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Elizabeth Cumming

Notes:

Married:
Name: John Hinde Durham Bowker
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Birth Date: 1830
Marriage Date: 21 Nov 1856
Marriage Place: Greatconnel, Kild, Ire
Father: John Bowker
Spouse: Elizabeth Cummins
FHL Film Number: 101379
Reference ID: 2:3R1SP0P

Notes:

BOWKER. (COMMANDER, 1845. F-P., 20; H-P., 24.)
JOHN HARRISON BOWKER entered the Navy, in May, 1803, as a Volunteer, on board the CULLODEN 74, Capt. Harrington Dacres, flag-ship afterwards of Sir Edw. Pellew on the East India station; previously to proceeding whither he appears, on 2 Sept. 1803, to have assisted in chasing the French 74-gun ship Duguay Trouin and 40-gun frigate Guerrière into Corunna. In Sept. 1807, after a servitude of two years as Midshipman in the DUNCAN, Capt. Lord Geo. Stuart, and BELDONE, Capt. John Bastard, both in the East Indies, Mr. Bowker was discharged; but he re-embarked, in Nov. 1809, on board the AMETHYST 36, Capt. Jacob Walton, and continued to serve in that ship on the Home station, until wrecked in Plymouth Sound, 16 Feb. 1811. He was subsequently, until the receipt of his first commission, bearing date 7 Feb. 1815, employed in the Mediterranean and West Indies, latterly as Acting-Lieutenant, on board the UNDAUNTED 38, Capt. Rich. Thomas, EURYALUS 36, Capt. Chas. Napier, STROMBOLI bomb, Capt. John Stoddart, EURYALUS again, Capt. C. Napier, VENERABLE 74, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Philip Chas. Durham, and COLUMBINE 16, Capt. Rich. Henry Muddle. While in the UNDAUNTED we find him engaged in co-operating with the patriots on the coast of Catalonia, and also in blockading the port of Toulon. On 28 July, 1815, being at the time Senior Lieutenant of the FAIRY sloop, Capt. Henry Loraine Baker, he was detached in command of the boats to cut out a convoy at St. François, Guadeloupe, in the execution of which service, however, he was desperately wounded by a musketball passing through the right lobe of the lungs. He invalided in consequence immediately afterwards; and, on 23 Jan. 1817, was awarded a pension of 91£ 5s. His subsequent appointments were – 21 April, 1821, and 26 March, 1823, to the NORTHUMBERLAND 74, Capt. Thos. Harvey, and BRISK sloop, Capts. Edw. Stewart and Adolphus FitzClarence, both employed at Sheerness – 1 Jan. 1824, to the TRIBUNE frigate, Capt. Gardiner Henry Gnion, stationed in the Mediterranean – 4 Feb. 1825, to the WINDSOR CASTLE 74, Capts. Hugh Downman and Edw. Durnford King, lying at Plymouth, where he was placed on half-pay in 1826 – and, 31 Aug. 1840, to the command of the SAVAGE 10, in which vessel he served in the Mediterranean until the close of 1844. He attained his present rank 17 Jan. 1845; and has since been on half-pay. AGENTS – Messrs. Stilwell.
from https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Naval_Biographical_Dictionary#Bo_._._. per Gerry Keenen

John + Margaret. Margaret was born about 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Benjamin, with his elder brother Miles, took over the ships and the trade of their father. He would not discharge his old servants when the trade was ruined by the European wars, so lost heavily. Farmed sheep in the Cheviots. Entered the Navy on the Leocadia and was drowned off the coast of the Baltic. [Barbers of the Peak, p 212]

Did Benjamin have another child Dorothy?
Name Dorothy
Event Type Burial
Event Place Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Gender Female
Birth Date Sep 1787
Father's Name Benjn Bowker
Citing this Record
"England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR5-YLGG : 25 July 2018), Benjn Bowker in entry for Dorothy, .

"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V5NL-231 : 30 December 2014), Thomas Bowker in entry for Benjamin Bowker, 17 Mar 1760; citing ST NICHOLAS PARISH REC AND NONCONF ,NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE,NORTHUMBERLAND,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 95,017, 95,018, 847,912, 847,913.

Benjamin + Betty, - wife of Benjamin Bowker. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]