| [Index] |
| Edward BOWCHER (1807 - 1877) |
| spirit dealer, dealer in wine and spirits, Vintner |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Edward BOWCHER (1807 - 1877) + Matilda SNELL (1806 - 1886) |
John BOWCHER (1762 - 1828) | John BOWCHER (1730 - ) | John BOWCHER | |
| Mary (BOWCHER) | ||||
| Deborah CHOWNE (1727 - 1788) | Henry CHOWNE (1702 - 1770) | |||
| Ann COOKNEY (1705 - 1775) | ||||
| Elizabeth TOWNSEND (1772 - 1858) | William TOWNSEND (1734 - 1817) | William TOWNSEND (1711 - ) | ||
| Ellenor PHILLIPS | ||||
| Alice ROWE | William ROWE | |||
| Elizabeth CANN |
| b. 17 Jun 1807 at Exeter, Devon, England |
| m. abt Dec 1855 Matilda SNELL (1806 - 1886) at Exeter, Devon, England |
| d. abt Jun 1877 at Exeter, Devon, England aged 70 |
| Parents: |
| John BOWCHER (1762 - 1828) |
| Elizabeth TOWNSEND (1772 - 1858) |
| Events in Edward BOWCHER (1807 - 1877)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 17 Jun 1807 | Edward BOWCHER was born | Exeter, Devon, England | |||
| 28 Feb 1828 | 20 | Death of father John BOWCHER (aged 65) | Exeter, Devon, England | ||
| 1851 | 44 | Census | St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England | ||
| abt Dec 1855 | 48 | Married Matilda SNELL (aged 49) | Exeter, Devon, England | Note 1 | 2, 68 |
| 16 Apr 1858 | 50 | Death of mother Elizabeth TOWNSEND (aged 85) | Exeter, Devon, England | Free BMD Jun 1858 5b 66 | |
| 1861 | 54 | Census | St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England | Note 2 | |
| 1871 | 64 | Census | St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England | retired wine merchant | |
| abt Jun 1877 | 70 | Edward BOWCHER died | Exeter, Devon, England | FreeBMD Jun 1877 5b 70 | |
| Will | 2 | ||||
| Note 1: Free BMD Dec 1855 5b 163 BOWCHEN |
| Note 2: assisting mother in wine and spirit trade |
| Personal Notes: |
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Events in Edward Bowcher's life
1807 - - Edward Bowcher was born; Devon, England 17 Jun 1807 - - Christening; St Stephen, Exeter, Devon 1828 21 - Death of father John Bowcher (aged 66); City of Exeter 1841 34 - spirit dealer; Exeter, Devon 1841 34 - Fore Street; St Petrock, Devon, England 1851 44 - Residence; Exeter St Petrock, Devon, England (Note.1) 1851 44 - dealer in wine and spirits; St Petrock, Exeter, Devon (Note.2) 1855 48 - Married Matilda Snell (aged 49); Exeter 16 Apr 1858 51 - Death of mother Elizabeth Townsend (aged 85); Exeter, Devon 1861 54 - 72 High Street (retailer of wine and spirits); Exeter St Petrock, Devon, England 1861 54 - Vintner; 72 High Street, Exeter, Devon 1871 64 - Residence; St Sidwell, Devon, England 1877 70 - Edward Bowcher died; Exeter May 1877 70 - Will; No 26 Dix's Field, Exeter (Note.1) Address: 72 High Street (Note.2) Address: 72 High Street |
| Source References: |
| 2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997 |
| - Reference = 18 (Will) |
| - Notes: Searching for Edward's will it was revealed that at some unknown date he had
married his first cousin, Matilda Snell, daughter of his mother's sister Mary nee Townsend and Samuel Snell. Edward left his house and 200 pounds to his dear wife Matilda, 150 pounds to his brother Frederick James Bowcher (the one I couldn't find) and legacies to his half-sister Ann and her daughter, his half-brother John's son and to a niece. To his brother William he left 8/- a week during Matilda's life AND a bequest to his nephew James Elworthy in Australia! Much family data was gained from the surnames in this will. Matilda, baptised at Exeter on 09 Jul 1806, lived to be eighty. She left the house and 'all appurtenances' to her niece Eliza Jane DREW on condition that Matilda's younger brother Samuel, a tailor from Kenton, be paid five shillings per week every week of his life, rental for an apartment or cottage 'befitting his station in life' and payment of his grocer's and medical bills. Eliza Ann bap 04 Dec 1808 at St Stephen wed Thomas TOBY, also a spirit merchant, on 27 Jun 1835 at St David's in Exeter. Charles Henry was baptised the same day as Eliza but it is not safe presuming siblings are twins because they share a baptismal date. Because of the short time between their baptism and Edward's, in this case I think they were. Charles was only 18 when he died on 19 July 1826. |
| - Reference = 8, 17 (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: Edward Bowcher 17 Jun 1807 was 21 when his father died and his mother
Elizabeth took over the running of the wine and spirit business at 71/72 High Street, Exeter. As Bowchers had porter and ale stores, Edward probably helped look after the bonded liquor store that I visited whilst in Exeter. A civic-minded man, Edward was elected a Commissioner of Improvement for the Parish of St Petrock in 1859. Following his mother's death in 1858, he ran the business until he sold it to Henry Blacking in July 1867 just after his 60th birthday. The firm of "BOWCHER - WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS" had been carried on for more than half a century in the same premises! Under Edward's management the business continued to flourish. He lived at 26 Dix's Field, one of the more prosperous areas of Exeter which unhappily was destroyed in World War II. Whilst staying in that city in 1990 I was actually, but unknowingly, only about 500 yards from where Edward had lived! |
| - Reference = 18 (Marriage) |
| 18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool |
| - Reference = Taclowcoth (Name, Notes) |
| - Notes: I came across your site when researching an old spirit bottle I have which says impressed in it Bowcher Exeter, it is stoneware and mid nineteenth centiry
Did they have a spirit business? |
| 68. Type: Gedcom File, Abbr: Bowcher Gedcom, Title: Bowcher Gedcom, Auth: Katharine Wale, Date: 27 Aug 2011 |
| - Reference = (Marriage) |