Oswald Francis Bowker- Keenan

1862 - 1906  (44 years)

• Name	Oswald Francis Bowker- Keenan
  Birth	3 Mar 1862	Jocks Lodge, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	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
  		Bowker, Oswald Francis [132475] birth Caption Note: per Gerry Keenan - Scotlands People. Keywords: Birth Certificate
  Gender	Male
  Name	Oswald Francis Bowker
  Occupation	Iron Turner
  Residence	1901	175 Cumberland St, Govan, Glasgowm Scotland
  Death	4 Mar 1906	Kelvin, Glasgow, Scotland   [2]
  		Keenan, Oswald Francis Bowker [132475] DN Caption Note: Scotlands People per Gerry Keenan Keywords: Death Notice
  Person ID	I132448	master
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	John Hinde Durham Bourchier Bowker,   b. 1830, Morpeth, Northumberland, England
  Mother	Elizabeth Cummins,   b. Abt 1838, Ireland d. Abt 1862, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 24 years)
  Family ID	F47145	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Graham,   b. Abt 1868, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1935, Milton, Glasgow, Scotland (Age 67 years)
  Children	> 1. James O Keenan,   b. 27 Feb 1895, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Abt 1972, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 76 years)   2. Elizabeth Keenan,   b. Abt 1895, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Between 1902 and 1910, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 7 years) + 3. John J Keenan,   b. 1898, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Abt 1975, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 77 years) + 4. Joseph Francis Keenan,   b. 1903, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Abt 1964, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F47215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2016

  
  

• Census Returns » Slide Show	3 Census Returns
  	1871_Oswald_Bowker_census Keywords: Census
  	1881_Oswald_Bowker_census Keywords: Census
  	1891_Oswald_Bowker_census Keywords: Census

  
  

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• 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQQ4-7V6 (Reliability: 3). [S3156] Keenan, Gerard.