Family of George Henry Bowtle and Edith Maud Unwin

Husband:
George Henry Bowtle (1892-1931)
Wife:
Edith Maud Unwin (1894-1966)
Children:
Muriel Edith Bowtle (1913-2012)
Kathleen Bowtle (1920-1998)
Status:
Divorced
Marriage:
8 Sep 1912
United Methodist Church, Wanstead, London, England¹ ²
Divorce:
bef May 1922³

Husband: George Henry Bowtle

Name:
George Henry Bowtle⁴ ⁵
Sex:
Male
Nickname:
Georgie
Father:
George Bowtle (1857-1940)
Mother:
Charlotte Ann Fewell (1856-1937)
Occupation:
tennis racquet and hockey stick maker³ ⁶
Birth:
17 Mar 1892
207 Smarts Lane, Loughton, Essex, England¹ ⁴ ⁷ ⁶
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 9)
Earls Road, Loughton, Essex, England⁷
son as Georgie living with his parents George and Ann, sisters Alice, Dorothy and Edith, and brothers William and Bertram. Born in Loughton Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 19)
207 Smarts Lane, Loughton, Essex, England⁶
unmarried son working as an apprentice tennis bat and hockey (stick?) maker and living in a tenement house of four rooms with his parents George and Charlotte, sister Dorothy and brother Bertram. Born in Loughton Essex
Miscellaneous:
btw 1914 and 1918¹
George was a concientious objector during the First World War and spent time in gaol, period unknown. No doubt as a result of the conditions, he suffered from poor health thereafter
Death:
19 May 1931 (age 39)
207 Smarts Lane, Loughton, Essex, England¹ ⁵ ⁸
Cause: 1a-cardiac syncope, 1b-dropsy, 1c-chronic pleuritis and pericarditis, 2-appendicitis (no pre) certified by B.F. Pendred MRIS

notification by his brother B. J. Bowtle who was present at the death
Burial:
May 1931
Loughton Cemetery, Church Lane, Loughton, Essex, England³
Family grave 1448
Probate:
27 Jun 1931
Principal Registry, High Holborn, Holborn, London, England³ ⁸
of 207 Smarts Lane Loughton Essex died 19th May 1931, effects of £62 13s 1d (~£2,800 in 2017) to Benjamin George Platten accountant

Wife: Edith Maud Unwin

Name:
Edith Maud Unwin⁹ ²
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
domestic servant¹⁰
Birth:
10 Jun 1894
High Road, Loughton, Essex, England³ ⁹ ¹¹ ¹⁰ ¹²
Possibly 4 Albert Cottage. 1939 register gives date of birth as 10th June 1893
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 6)
High Road, Loughton, Essex, England¹¹
daughter living with her widowed mother Emily, brothers Bertie and Frank, and sister Ruby. Born in Loughton Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 17)
Inglenook, High Road, Loughton, Essex, England¹⁰
an unmarried general domestic servant living in nine rooms with Robert and Florence Proud and family. Born in Loughton Essex
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 45)
48A The Mall, Ealing, London, England¹²
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her bus conductor husband Hubert Proudman, and her daughter Kathleen. Born on 10th June 1893
Death:
Q3 1966 (age 72)
Waltham Forest "Registration District", Greater London, England¹³

Child 1: Muriel Edith Bowtle

Name:
Muriel Edith Bowtle³ ¹⁴
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Joffre French Riches (1914-1989)
Note:
Geoff Bowtle - no children, Muriel told me Oct 1997 that her mother left her and her father when she was quite young.
Birth:
25 Jan 1913
Snaresbrook, Essex, England³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 26)
43 Letchmere Avenue, South Woodford, Essex, England¹⁵
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband. Born on 25th January 1913
Death:
21 Feb 2012 (age 99)
Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England¹⁶

Child 2: Kathleen Bowtle

Name:
Kathleen Bowtle³ ¹⁷
Sex:
Female
Nickname:
Cathie
Spouse:
Robert Porter ( - )
Occupation:
dressmaker¹²
Birth:
10 Jan 1920
102 City Road, Shoreditch, London, England³ ¹⁷ ¹² ¹⁸
Father not named. Edith was a Housekeeper of 423 East India Dock Road, Popular. Birth registered Holborn Mar 1920 1b 1517, sub-district of St. Luke. ex Birth Certificate.
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 19)
48A The Mall, Ealing, London, England¹²
an unmarried assistant dressmaker as Kathleen Proudman living with her mother Edith and bus conductor step-father Hubert Proudman. Born on 10th January 1920 and married a Porter at a later date
Death:
10 Sep 1998 (age 78)
Chippenham "Registration District", Wiltshire, England¹⁸ ¹⁹
Probate:
29 Apr 1999
Probate Registry, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England¹⁹
grant only, died 10th September 1998

Note on Wife: Edith Maud Unwin

June Bowtle advises that from information she received, due to poor health of George Henry after the war, Edith ran off with another man. She divorced George and married Hubert Proudman (b15th January 1884) in 1922 in Poplar London³ ²⁰

Sources

1.: Geoff Bowtle personal communication.

2.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). West Ham 1912 quarter:3 volume:4a page:847. Cit. Date: 25 June 2019.

3.: Geoff Bowtle personal communication. letter.

4.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Epping 1892 quarter:2 volume:4a page:365. Cit. Date: 18 January 2017.

5.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Epping 1931 quarter:2 volume:4a page:346. Cit. Date: 25 June 2019.

6.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9778 class:RG78 piece:515 registration district:189 sub-district:1 enumeration district:15 schedule:248. Cit. Date: 25 June 2019.

7.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1639 folio:79 page:20. Cit. Date: 25 June 2019.

8.: UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). 1931 page:380. Cit. Date: 18 January 2017.

9.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Epping 1894 quarter:3 volume:4a page:345. Cit. Date: 25 June 2019.

10.: England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:9777 class:RG78 piece:515 registration district:189 sub-district:1 enumeration district:14 schedule:211. Cit. Date: 25 June 2019.

11.: England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1639 folio:62 page:46. Cit. Date: 25 June 2019.

12.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:0723G page:14 line:9 letter code:BCGW. Cit. Date: 4 December 2017.

13.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Waltham Forest 1966 quarter:3 volume:5e page:298. Cit. Date: 25 June 2019.

14.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). West Ham 1913 quarter:1 volume:4a page:653. Cit. Date: 9 May 2018.

15.: UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1155C page:2 line:42 letter code:CDVQ. Cit. Date: 9 May 2018.

16.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ancestry only. Cit. Date: 9 May 2018.

17.: England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Holborn 1920 quarter:1 volume:1b page:1517. Cit. Date: 4 September 2017.

18.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chippenham 1998 quarter:3 district:7881A register:A3 entry:137 date:0998. Cit. Date: 2 February 2021.

19.: UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Oxford 1999 no:110261. Cit. Date: 2 February 2021.

20.: England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Popular 1922 quarter:2 volume:1c page:843. Cit. Date: 25 June 2019.