Born in Bromley, London, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Morris Frederick Elliss
and Ada Lilian (Tungay) Elliss
Sister of
Morris Frederick Elliss, Grace Louisa (Elliss) Buist, Leonard Thomas Elliss, [private brother (1920s - unknown)], Rose (Elliss) Hillier, Betty (Elliss) Hulf and Richard Elliss
Wife of
Geoffrey Richard Bowden
— married
21 Dec 1940 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Ivan Geoffrey Bowden and Keith Bowden
Died
at age 91
in Westward Ho!, Devon, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
Lil (Elliss) Bowden was born in Kent, England.
Lil was married for over 60 years.
Early Years
Ada Lilian (Lil) Elliss was born on 28 January 1913 and her birth was registered at Bromley, Kent, England between Jan-Mar 1913.[1]
Lil was the eldest of 8 children born to Morris Frederick (Fred) Elliss (1885-abt.1963) and Ada Lilian (Tungay) Elliss (1887-abt.1977):
- Ada Lilian Elliss, born 1913
- Morris Frederick Elliss (1914-2007) born 1914
- Grace Louisa (Elliss) Buist (1916-2012) born 1916
- Leonard (Len) Elliss (abt.1919-2008) born 1919
- Stan Elliss born 1921
- Rose Elliss born 1925
- Betty (Elliss) Hulf born 1929
- Richard Elliss born 1933
In the 1939 Register, Lil (Ada) was living at Gladstone Road, Orpington with her father, Frederick, mother Ada, and sister Grace.[2]
Marriage and Family
Lil married Geoffrey Richard Bowden on 21 December 1940 at Bromley, Kent.[3]
Lil and Geoff moved into a house in Hayes Wood Avenue, Hayes, Kent.[4]
Lil and Geoff had 2 children:
- Ivan Bowden born 1943
- Keith Bowden born 1949
Death
Lil died on 18 October 2004 at a nursing home in Westward Ho![5][4]
Sources
- ↑ Birth Registration "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008,"
Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FP5-DP1 : 1 October 2014), Ada L Elliss, 1913; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Bromley, Kent, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England. Accessed and entered on 4 Jan 2023 by Keith Bowden. - ↑ 1939 Register "1939 England and Wales Register"
Ancestry.com [database-on-lin] Ancestry Sharing Link 1939 England and Wales Register for Ada L Elliss (misrecorded as Ellin) The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/1269a. Accessed and entered on 4 Jan 2023 by Keith Bowden. - ↑ Marriage "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005,"
Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV8L-NCZD : 8 October 2014), Ada L Elliss and null, 1940; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1940, quarter 4, vol. 2A, p. 2466, Bromley, Kent, England, General Register Office, Southport, England. Accessed and entered on 4 Jan 2023 by Keith Bowden. - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Personal recollections, Keith Bowden, 1 November 2022
- ↑ Death "England Death Records, 1998-2015"
Database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CGV4-LD6Z : 25 January 2021), Mrs Ada Lilian Bowden, 2004. Accessed and entered on 4 Jan 2023 by Keith Bowden.
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