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James Bowden was born 1828 in Phillack, Cornwall. He died 18 APR 1865 in Kingdown, Kent.. He was the son of James Bowden (1801-?) and Jane Uren (1804-1848). His siblings were Joseph Bowden (1830-1914), Richard Bowden (1831-?), Elizabeth Jane Bowden (1833-?), Simon Bowden (1834-?), Jane Bowden (1835-?), Thomas Bowden (1839-?), Philip Bowden (1841-?).
James Bowden's wife was Alice Enderson (1832-1911). They were married 26 DEC 1850 in St Edmunds King and Martyr, West Kingsdown, Kent.. They had three known children named James Bowden (1852-1929), William Charles Bowden. (1859-1874), and Arthur Bowden (1863-?).
He was baptized 5 OCT 1828 in Trevassack Fathers..
He was listed in a census 1851 in Little Chelsea.
He was buried 24 APR 1865.
James was shown on his marriage certificate as a bachelor of full age wh
o was an iron founder residing in Kingsdown Kent. His father was also ca
lled James also an Iron Founder. The witnesses of the marriage were Jame
s Longhurst and Martha Ann Enderson. Alice's father on the marriage cert
ificate was called William Enderson who was a farmer by profession. It w
ould appear that however his real name was William Hill who was a farmer
. His housekeeper Jane Enderson bore him two daughters one of who was Al
ice. The witness Martha being Alice's sister.
In the 1861 census James and Alice lived at 4 Medway Cottages, Rochester
. In the 1871 census there is no sign of James and Alice but their thre
e sons were living in John Street (no number) Rochester, with Richard an
d Sarah Bartlett and their son. It can only be assumed that as William a
nd Arthur were baptized in 1865, that something happened to James and Al
ice between 1865 and 1871 that caused the three children to go and liv
e with the Bartlett family. It is now known that their Father had died a
nd their Mother was ill in Balming Heath Asylum.
On the 1861 James senior was shown as 32 years of age born in Phillack
, Cornwall.
Information received from Cornish Family History Society that at his bap
tism James Father was shown as an artisan.