George Bowman (1732)

Born 1732 in Crail, Fife, Scotland

Husband of Margaret (Mill) Bowman — married 1 Mar 1763 in Crail, Fife, Scotland

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Biography

Birth: George was baptised on 3 June 1732 at Crail, Fife, the register recording his father's name as James "Buman", and his mother's name as Katharin Ramsay.^[1][2] His parents, James "Buman" and Katharin Ramsay, had married in 1714 at Crail.^[3]

Marriage: George Bowman and Margaret Mill married in 1763: the marriage was recorded on 29 January and 1 March in 1763 at Crail, Fife. ^[4]

George was a shoe maker. George and Margaret had seven known children. We know from the births of the children that they were living at Crail, in Fifeshire until about 1768, then crossed the Forth to Dirleton in East Lothian, and in 1779 they were living in the neighbouring parish of North Berwick.

Their children were:

1. John Bowman (1763 - 1825)
2. William Bowman (1766 - 1811)
3. Katherine Bowman (1768 - )
4. James Bowman (1771 - )
5. Margaret Bowman (1774 - )
6. Robert Bowman (1778 - )
7. Jean Bowman (1779 - ).

Two of the sons, John and William, migrated to Australia. They had gone "to London at an early age and were apprenticed to an uncle, Mr Mills(sic), their mother's brother, who is said to have maintained a large cabinet-making establishment in Bond Street and they were taught their trade under his guidance. They were also placed under the protection of their slightly older first cousin Thomas Bowman of New Bond Street and lived with him for several years".^[5]

Research Notes

Incorrect parents: This profile originally had incorrect parents Thomas Bowman (~1671 - ) and Mary (Clark) Bowman for George Bowman, and they have been unlinked, for the following reasons:

1. Extensive research in the books by S. M. Bowman, The History of a Bowman Family in Australia : The First 200 Years 1798-1998 : Free Settlers, Free Enterprise, and E. S. Bowman, John and Honor Bowman of Richmond, New South Wales, and Their Family show that the family came from Crail in Fifeshire
2. Genealogical information in Affadavit, George Bowman, 29 Jan 1868, Norton & Barton, Notaries, in Bowman papers, Mitchell Library, Sydney.
3. Scottish naming pattern for the children
4. George's birth in CRAIL and his marriage to Margaret MILL confirmed from Old Parish Registers in ScotlandsPeople.

Heather Stevens, 18 February 2023, 18 March 2023

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of George Buman: National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople database, Old Parish registers: 1732 BUMAN, GEORGE (Old Parish Registers Births 417/ Crail) Page 339 of 407
2. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYV6-XHV : 11 February 2020), George Buman, 1732.
3. ↑ Marriage of James "Buman" and Katharin Ramsay: The register appears to have: "contract", banns[?] on 19 October 1714, and they were married on 22 December 1714. National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople database, Old Parish registers: 1714 BOWMAN, JAMES (Old Parish Registers Marriages 417/ Crail) Page 225 of 407
4. ↑ Marriage of George Bowman and Margaret Mill: National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople database, Old Parish registers: 1763 BOWMAN, GEORGE (Old Parish Registers Marriages 417/ Crail) Page 159 of 478
5. ↑ Affadavit, George Bowman, 29 Jan 1868, Norton & Barton, Notaries, in Bowman papers, Mitchell Library, Sydney, cited in Bowman, E. S. John and Honor Bowman of Richmond, New South Wales, and Their Family

• Bowman, S. M. The History of a Bowman Family in Australia : The First 200 Years 1798-1998 : Free Settlers, Free Enterprise / S. M. Bowman. Dubbo, N.S.W.: Development and Advisory Publications Australia, 2000.
• Bowman, E. S. John and Honor Bowman of Richmond, New South Wales, and Their Family / E.S. Bowman. Singleton, [N.S.W.]: Archer Press, 1999.