Kevin Fowler

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William Edwards. He was shown to have John as his father and Elizabeth as his mother. This is incorrect. The Baptismal Records show no parents.

From the six family trees I have been involved in, one thing stands out, particularly for the years 1400 - 1900. The name of the father appears somewhere among the male children, either first or later children. If not in the first generation, at least in the second. Whilst William appears as his son, nowhere does John appear in 8 generations, except as Clarence John. Therefore it can be strongly assumed that John was not William's father.

William at the age of 17 joined the 95th Rifles and 12 weeks after joining, he was on a ship for Walcheren, Netherlands, as the British went to capture their ships before Napoleon could get them. Unfortunately, this venture failed and 3,000 soldiers died from the Walcheren Fever and 12,000 returned to England and were hospitalized. This included William. He then went to Spain, to Cadiz, where he was involved in fighting the French during the Peninsular War. By the end of this war, he had fought in eight major battles and many minor ones. He then went on and fought at the Battle of Waterloo, where he was bayoneted in his right hand and received a bullet under his heart, which went to the grave with him.

The name of the Church is Easebourne, not Eastbourne where he married Eleanor Ayling.

In 1830, William, with his wife and four children, sailed to Western Australia on the Rockingham, under the Thomas Peel scheme. They lived at Pinjarrah, with William working between Mandurah and Pinjarrah, before going to Guildford, York and Beverley. Matilda, his daughter, was born on the banks of the Murray River, the first European child born in the Peel area. He had another three sons born at Guildford.

Could you please amend the article on him that is incorrect?

Fowler Family Tree and History edited Kevin Lindsay Fowler Th. C. (Hons).

"Kevin's Kapers" - Autobiography of Kevin Lindsay Fowler Th. C. (Hons). Published by Challenge Literature Fellowship, Orange Grove WA. Copies sent to most places recorded in the Book.

Family Tree and History William Edwards edited Kevin Lindsay Fowler Th. C. (Hons)

Granddad's Story edited Kevin Lindsay Fowler Th. C. (Hons)