Margaret Keenan

Notes:

WWI records:
John Keenan
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records
Name John Keenan
Event Type Military Service
Event Year 1914
Age 17
Military Company/Regiment Royal Army Service Corps
Military Regiment 1837
Military Battalion 9th Battalion
Birth Year (Estimated) 1897
Birthplace Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Affiliate Publication Number WO 363
GS Film Number 007384537
Digital Folder Number 007384537
Image Number 00640

John + Margaret. Margaret was born about 1896 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died about 1980 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Seamstress

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