Anne Bowen

Other Events:

• Occupation: Housemaid at marriage in 1873

Notes:

By the 1901 census James was a widower, so she died between 1891 and 1901.

Anne married James James on 8 Sep 1870 in Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales. James (son of John James) was born about 1850 in Dinas, Pembrokeshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

There was another possible marriage for James James and Ann Bowen at about the right time in the right place.
In 1873, at the Harmony Chapel of the Particular Baptists in Haverfordwest, Pembroke. He was 24, a Labourer in Coal Works, residing Penwithin, Manorowen, father Thomas James a Farm Labourer. She was 24, a housemaid, residing in Penrhyn, Llanwnda. father Henry Bowen a Farmer. They both signed ie could write.
Reasons for rejecting this were
(a) The first child was born in 1871 - but sometimes people married late.
(b) On Anne's daughter Sarah's birth certificate her mother made her mark ie could not write.
(c) James is everywhere else described as a labourer, sometimes as a farm labourer, not in a coal works.
(d) Newport is more likely than Haverfordwest.
(e) In the 1871 census,in Owen Bowen's household, his daughter Ann is there, married, name James, with a son Thomas. James James is also in the census, married but residing at the farm where he worked.

In the 1891 census all the family is said to have been born in Pembrokeshire but lived in Cardigan. In 1901 her mother Anne was dead, and whoever filled in the form said the children were born in Cardigan. However the two counties seem very flexible - on her birth certificate Sarah is said to have been born in Llantood, Pembrokeshire but registered in Cardigan.

1. Thomas James was born about 1871 in Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
2. Mary Anne James was born about 1874 in Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
3. John James was born about 1876 in Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
4. Margaret James was born in 1880 in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
5. Martha James was born about 1882 in Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
6. Phoebe James was born about 1885 in Eglwyswrw, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
7. Sarah James was born on 05 Aug 1886 in Llantood, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
8. William James was born in 1888 in St Dogmells, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
9. Hannah James was born in 1892 in Cardigan, Cardiganshire, Wales.

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer 100 acres of land

Owen married Anne. Anne was born about 1815 in Nevern, Pembrokeshire, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her husband Owen was a widower in the 1891 census so she died between 1881 and 1891.

Notes:

Census 1861. In this district the piece was RG 9/4173, and it is known that some of the parishes are missing.