Records of Joseph Bowles on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Joseph Bowles and the Bowles Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bowles Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Bowles family tree.

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Some Famous People called Joseph Bowles

Joseph Bowles (cricketer)

Joseph Bowles (christened 6 July 1798 – 8 February 1879) was an English first-class cricketer active 1834–35 who played for Oxford University. He was born in Farringdon, Berkshire and died in Stanton Lacy, Shropshire. He appeared in two first-class matches.

Bowles was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford (now Hertford College). After graduating he became a Church of England priest and was rector of Woodstock, Oxfordshire from 1841 to 1847, then Stanton Lacy in Shropshire from 1847 until his death. He married Ellen Mary Walker, daughter of Sir William Walker of Leicestershire.

Source: Joseph Bowles (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Bowles

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