Mary Bowden

Mary Emma Bowden

Born: 1851, Hayfield 

Father: William Bowden (b. 1820)

Mother: Sarah Jane Bowden (b. 1823)

Brothers: Samuel Bowden (b. 1855)

In 1861 – 

She is at Turf Lee, Marple, Stockport. Mary, her mother and her brother, Samuel, are visiting her aunts: Elizabeth Adshead (b. 1861), a ‘Schoolmistress’, and Hannah Adshead (b. 1821), a ‘Dressmaker’. 

In 1871 –

She is listed as ‘Student’ at LDTC. 

In 1881 –

She is at 102 St. Mary’s Road, Glossop. Her father is listed as ‘Builder Employing 4 Hands’. Mary is listed as ‘Governess’. Her brother, Samuel, is listed as ‘Joiner’. Her mother is unlisted.

In 1891 –

She is at St. Mary’s Road, Glossop. Her father is listed as ‘Joiner’. Her mother is unlisted. Mary is listed as ‘Retired Teacher Elementary School’. 

In 10/97 – 

Address is 102 St Mary's Road, Glossop.

In 1901 –

She is at 102 St. Mary’s Road, Glossop. Mary is listed as ‘Retired Day School Teacher’. Her nephew, William Bowden (b. 1885), is listed as ‘Musical Student’. 

In 1911 –

She is at 102 St. Mary’s Road, Glossop. Mary is listed as ‘Own Housekeeper’. Her grandniece, Olive Bowden (b. 1907) is unlisted. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 102 St. Mary’s Road, Glossop. Mary and her grandniece, Olive Bowden (b. 1907), are unlisted.

d.         10 January 1927, Glossop 

BOWDEN, Mary Emma of 102 St. Mary’s Road, Glossop, Derbyshire, spinster died 10 January 1927. Probate Derby 12 February to William Bowden, musician and John Woolley Sykes, auctioneer. Effects £3697, 11s.