Died
at about age 13
in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England
Problems/Questions
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Mar 2018
This page has been accessed 205 times.
Biography
Albert Bowker was born in Cheshire, England.
Albert Bowker died young.
Albert Bowker was killed in theAstley Deep Pit Colliery Explosion on 14-Apr-1874
Albert was born in 1861 to Orlando and Eve Bowker.[1] He was christened in 1864[2]
He was the second son of seven children. His father and older brother worked in the coal mines. He was twelve years old when he was severely injured in an explosion at the Astby Deep Pit mine where he worked as a pony driver. He survived for several days before he died on 25 April 1874.
He was buried in Newton, Cheshire on 28 Apr 1874.[3]
Sources
↑ BOWKER, ALBERT Mothers Maiden Name. ELKIN GRO Reference: 1861 S Quarter in ASHTON UNDER LYNE Volume 08D Page 409
↑ "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N419-7QQ : 10 December 2017), Albert Bowker, 24 Jan 1864, Christening; citing item 1, Newton (near Ashton-under-Lyne), Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,647,522.
↑ "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQSR-ZZJ : 10 February 2018), Albert Bowker, 28 Apr 1874, Burial; citing item 7 p 126, , Newton (near Ashton-under-Lyne), Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 2,149,186.
This week's featured connections are
Redheads:
Albert is
24 degrees from Catherine of Aragón, 30 degrees from Clara Bow, 33 degrees from Julia Gillard, 25 degrees from Nancy Hart, 25 degrees from Rutherford Hayes, 26 degrees from Rita Hayworth, 31 degrees from Leonard Kelly, 25 degrees from Rose Leslie, 27 degrees from Damian Lewis, 29 degrees from Maureen O'Hara, 36 degrees from Jopie Schaft and 40 degrees from Eirik Thorvaldsson
on our single family tree.
Login to see how you relate to 33 million family members.