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Sex:
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Father:
Mother:
Executive Summary:
Bessie was crippled when as a young girl, she was being wheeled in a pram by some of her brothers/sisters, the pram ran away, tipped over and injured Bessie. Bessie was a first class needlewoman and made many wedding dresses for brides from Sible Hedingham
Occupation:
seamstress4
Birth:
2 Nov 1894
Baptism:
12 Dec 1894 (age 0)
St. Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England11 2
daughter of Basil Bowtle (baker) and Helen Caroline of Wethersfield
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 5)
Wethersfield, Essex, England7
a granddaughter living with her widowed grandfather Richard F Oakley, aunt Jane Oakley, uncle Richard Oakley and a servant. Born in Wethersfield Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 15)
Wethersfield, Essex, England8
unmarried daughter working as mother's help and living in eight rooms with her parents Basil and Helen, sisters Gertrude, Doris and Flora, and brothers William, Sidney and Frank. Born in Wethersfield Essex
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 26 yrs 7 mns)
The Green, Wethersfield, Essex, England9
unmarried and invalided daughter living with her parents Basil and Helen, sister Doris, and brothers Frank and Leonard. Born in Wethersfield Essex
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 44)
14 Alexandra Road, Sible Hedingham, Essex, England10
unmarried and incapactitated living with her mother Ellen and brothers Frank and Leonard. Born on 2nd November 1894
Death:
25 Dec 1949 (age 55)
Burial:
29 Dec 1949
St. Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Wethersfield, Essex, England13 14
aged 55 of 14 Alexandra Road Sible Hedingham
Probate:
18 Feb 1950
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12
a spinster of 14 Alexandra Road, Sible Hedingham, effects of £128 12s 9d (~£4,000 in 2017) administered by her sister Gertrude Edith Bowtle spinster
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Braintree 1894 quarter:4 volume:4a page:670. Cit. Date: 17 June 2017.
Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Wethersfield St. Mary Magdalene Baptisms 1858-1981 ref:D/P 119/1/11 image:52 page:93 entry:732. Cit. Date: 17 June 2017.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Halstead 1949 quarter:4 volume:4a page:594. Cit. Date: 17 June 2017.
Harold Eric Wilkinson personal contribution. from my mother, Flora Bowtle.
Helen Caroline Oakley, Birthday Book of Helen Caroline Oakley dated 17th June 1886 Wethersfield. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.
Geoff Bowtle personal communication. letter.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1722 folio:52 page:15. Cit. Date: 17 August 2021.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10392 class:RG78 piece:550 registration district:201 sub district:1 enum district:4 schedule:90. Cit. Date: 8 February 2019.
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9230 registration district:201 sub-district:1 enumeration district:4, 5 schedule:26. Cit. Date: 16 October 2022.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1575B page:13 line:4 letter code:DDKK. Cit. Date: 9 February 2017.
Wethersfield, St, Mary Magdalene, Church Records.
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). 1950 page:723. Cit. Date: 17 June 2017.
Seax - Essex Record Office Parish Records, (on-line at www.essexcc.gov.uk). Wethersfield St. Mary Magdalene Burials 1924-1997 ref:D/P 119/1/14 image:12 page:19 entry:151. Cit. Date: 5 June 2017.
The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy). Cit. Date: 17 June 2017.