[Index]
Mary BOWCHER (1788 - 1827)
dressmaker/milliner
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Mary BOWCHER (1788 - 1827) John BOWCHER (1762 - 1828) John BOWCHER (1730 - ) John BOWCHER
Mary (BOWCHER)
Deborah CHOWNE (1727 - 1788) Henry CHOWNE (1702 - 1770)
Ann COOKNEY (1705 - 1775)
Mary REED ( - 1805)











b. 1788 at Exeter, Devon, England
d. 24 Jun 1827 aged 39
Parents:
John BOWCHER (1762 - 1828)
Mary REED ( - 1805)
Siblings (11):
Sarah BOWCHER (1792 - 1814)
John BOWCHER (1794 - 1862)
William BOWCHER (1800 - 1804)
Ann BOWCHER (1801 - 1898)
Frederick James BOWCHER (1806 - 1877)
Edward BOWCHER (1807 - 1877)
Charles Henry BOWCHER (1808 - 1826)
Eliza Ann Jane BOWCHER (1808 - 1892)
Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854)
William Townsend BOWCHER (1813 - 1877)
Henry James Cann BOWCHER (1815 - 1864)
Events in Mary BOWCHER (1788 - 1827)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1788 Mary BOWCHER was born Exeter, Devon, England
abt 12 Jan 1805 17 Death of mother Mary REED St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, England 2
24 Jun 1827 39 Mary BOWCHER died 68
Source References:
2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997
- Reference = 15 (Name, Notes)
- Notes: The eldest child Mary 1789, never married but was a well-qualified
dressmaker/ milliner with business premises at 39 High Street, a central area of the
city opposite the Guildhall. The business later traded as M & A Bowcher. Her
partner was probably Ann, wife or widow of Mary's uncle, Henry Bowcher.
One of Mary's advertisements from the Exeter Flying Post of 16 May 1822 invites
friends and the public to inspect a genteel and fashionable assortment of dresses,
millinery, etc from London'. The business obviously flourished as in May the
following year they were advertising their Fashions, Millinery and Dress Rooms and
were also looking for an apprentice.
A notice of Mary's death from consumption on 24 Jun 1827 appeared in the
Flying Post of 05 July but trading continued after her death. Advertisements were
more fulsome than we are used to but this one from the 18 May 1830 Flying Post is
well worth repeating in full ...
"Mrs Bowcher informs the Nobility, Gentry, her friends & the public that she has
taken eligible rooms immediately over Mr Whipple, Ironmonger, 232 High Street,
where she intends carrying on the business of Milliner, Dressmaker, etc and hopes
by unremitting attention, to merit their patronage and support. Mrs B (sic) has
selected, during the past week, the NEWEST and RICHEST ASSORTMENT of
MILLINERY, DRESSES, PELISSES, etc which she trusts are well worth the
inspection of those ladies who may honour her with a call. Her ROOMS will be
open on MONDAY 17th inst."
68. Type: Gedcom File, Abbr: Bowcher Gedcom, Title: Bowcher Gedcom, Auth: Katharine Wale, Date: 27 Aug 2011
- Reference = (Death)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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