The Bowles of Ballickmoyler's Family Tree

See The Bowles of Ballickmoyler for this family's story

As some of the church records found did not give any other relations names it was often very hard to identify where each person fit in. Eventually, small clues found here and there helped to sort most of it out. There are some best guesses in here but each place there is a guess it is identified as a "likely" or a "possibly". Hopefully further proof will follow.

???? and Mary Bowles

(John Bowles' father's name is not yet known but his mother's name is specified on a land deed memorial signed by John Bowles in 1750)

1. John Bowles b. before 1723 (a peruke (wig) maker)

m. Ann ~ 1741 (they lived in Killeshin, Queen’s county, Ireland in 1747 record and in Ballickmoyler in Deed Memorials)

1.1 Michael b. ~ 1742 Killabban parish, Ireland

(moved to Manchester, England at about 18; was a labourer and a soldier; returned with his family to Ireland about 1800)

See Michael Bowles of Ballickmoyler

m.(1) Alice Fletcher Dec. 21, 1768 Cathedral, Manchester, Lancs.

(her parents probably William and Elizabeth Fletcher based on child naming conventions)

1.1.1 Ann bp. Sept. 3, 1769 Cathedral, Manchester, Lancs.

Ann d. Aug. 1779, bur. Aug. 15, 1779 Manchester Cathedral

1.1.2 Elizabeth bp. Nov. 18, 1770 Cathedral, Manchester, Lancs.

1.1.3 Mary b. ?, d. Apr. 1772, bur. Apr. 7, 1772 Manchester Cathedral

1.1.4 John bp. July 11, 1773 Cathedral, Manchester, Lancs.

m. Anne Mills ~ 1799 Ireland

(John and his family emigrated to Canada in 1819, see The Bowles of Ballickmoyler in Canada)

1.1.4.1 William b. Sept. 22, 1800 co. Carlow (from cemetery record in Canada, have not found birth record)

1.1.4.2 Sarah b. July 10, 1802 co. Cork (according to death record in Canada but Cork seems strange)

1.1.4.3 Thomas b. July 30, 1808 bp. Aug. 21, 1808 Dunleckney, co. Carlow

1.1.4.4 John b. June 22, 1811 bp. July 2, 1811 Dunleckney, co. Carlow

1.1.4.5 Mary b. ~ 1812 (or possibly between Sarah and Thomas above) Ireland

1.1.4.6 Robert b. Sept. 27, 1813 bp. Sept. 30, 1813 Dunleckney, co. Carlow

1.1.4.7 Anne b. Feb. 5, 1817 bp. Feb. 12, 1817 Dunleckney, co. Carlow

(See John Bowles of Quebec City's Family Tree for the next generations of this family)

John d. Mar. 30, 1840 Quebec City

1.1.5 William b. ? d. May 1776, bur. May 15, 1776 Manchester Cathedral

Alice d. Feb. 1776 bur. Feb. 6, 1776 Manchester Cathedral

m.(2) Jane Dyson of Oldham June 12, 1776 Prestwich, Lancs.

1.1.6 Joseph bp. Jan. 1, 1777 Cathedral, Manchester, Lancs.

(was a shoemaker on Burrin St. in Carlow in 1824 Pigot Directory; emigrated to Canada in 1831;

see The Bowles of Ballickmoyler in Canada)

m. Jane Feltus Feb. 27, 1808 St. Mary's Carlow, Carlow co.

1.1.6.1 Eliza bp. “about” May 7, 1810 St. Mary's Carlow, Carlow co.

1.1.6.2 John bp. Sept. 9, 1811 St. Mary's Carlow, Carlow co.

1.1.6.3 Margaret bp. Jan. 26, 1812 St. Mary's Carlow, Carlow co.

(likely here but baptism register says parents were Joseph & Elizabeth)

1.1.6.4 Joseph bp. April 17, 1814 St. Mary’s Carlow, Carlow co.

1.1.6.5 Eliza bp. May 17, 1821 St. Mary’s Carlow, Carlow co.

(one of them marries in Canada in 1837 giving age as 20)

1.1.6.6 William b. 1827

1.1.6.7 James b. 1827 (twins)

(See Joseph Bowles of Quebec City's Family Tree for the next generations of this family)

Joseph d. Sept. 7, 1843 Quebec City, Quebec

Jane d. Jan. 10, 1846 Quebec City, Quebec

1.1.7 Michael bp. Sept. 27, 1778 Cathedral, Manchester, Lancs.

(emigrated to Canada and settled in Reach, township, Ontario county in 1842 with sons Robert, Michael and Joseph;

see Michael Bowles of Reach township for the family trees for those three sons)

m.(1) before 1806 (in England or Ireland but she was Protestant)

1.1.7.1 John b. July 6, 1806 Ballickmoyler, Queen's co.

bp. July 20, 1806 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

(emigrates to Quebec City in 1819 with his Uncle, 1.1.4 John Bowles and later settles in Southern Ontario near his father and half-brothers; see John Bowles of Whitby township, Ontario county for his story

and see Michael Bowles of Ontario county's Family Tree for his family tree)

John d. March 8, 1871 Whitby, Ont.

1.1.7.2 Sarah b. Dec. 29, 1807 Ballickmoyler, Queen's co.

bp. Dec. 30, 1807 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

Michael’s first wife d. after 1807 probably in Queen’s county, Ireland

m.(2) ? ~ 1819 (she was Catholic and children baptized Catholic but he remained Protestant)

1.1.7.3 Robert b. Sept. 30, 1820 Queen's co.

(possibly married in Ireland ~ 1838 to Mary (b. ~ 1823) as a Robert and Mary Bowles were witnesses to a Catholic baptism in Arles in June 1842 and possibly a son Michael was born in Ireland in 1839 as a Michael Bowles, born Ireland, died in Reach county in 1892 at age 53; emigrated to Canada with father in 1842 and settled in Reach county, Ontario)

Robert d. Dec. 26, 1902 Reach twp., Ontario

1.1.7.4 Michael b. ~ 1825 Queen's co.

(settled in Reach township, Ontario, Canada and raised a family, have not found his death record)

1.1.7.5 Joseph b. June 15, 1827 Queen's co.

(settled in Reach township, Ontario, Canada and raised a family which has spread out across Canada and the U.S.)

Joseph d. May 20, 1913 Port Perry, Ont.

Michael d. May 19, 1872 near Raglan, Ont.

(See Michael Bowles of Reach Township for Michael Sr., Robert, Michael Jr. and Joseph's family tree in Canada)

Michael d. ?, Ireland

1.2 John b. ~ 1743

m. Elizabeth McGrath July 9, 1764 St. Mary’s Carlow, co. Carlow

1.2.1 Jane bp. May 21, 1775 St. Mary's Carlow, Carlow co.

(I believe she fits here but her parents are stated to be John and Mary Bowles; she fits here only if Mary is actually Elizabeth; sometimes women were christened Mary along with their commonly used name and later only used the name Mary for church records; I haven't found any other John and Mary Bowles in the area at all and there are no John Bowles who are unaccounted for.)

1.3 Joseph bp. (illegible month) 31, 1747 St. Mary’s Carlow, co. Carlow

m. Ann Tunstead Apr. 12, 1772 St. Mary’s Carlow, co. Carlow

1.3.1 John Bowles b. ~ 1782

(he probably fits in here but also could have been the son of 1.2 John or 1.7 William)

m. Elizabeth before 1809

1.3.1.1 Thomas b. July 4, 1809 Ballickmoyler, Queen's co. bp. Aug. 2, 1809 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

Thomas d. Jan. 16, bur. Jan. 17, 1825 Quebec City

1.3.1.2 Joseph S. b. ~ 1811 (per records in the US but no record found in Ireland yet)

1.3.1.3 Jane b. Dec. 8, 1812 Ballickmoyler, Queen's co. bp. Dec. 26, 1812 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

1.3.1.4 Eliza b. Oct. 12, 1814 Ballickmoyler, Queen's co. bp. Nov. 12, 1814 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

1.3.1.5 Robert b. Feb. 15, 1817 Ballickmoyler, Queen's co. bp. Mar. 2, 1817 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

John d. May, 1818 Ballickmoyler, Queen's co., bur. May 19, 1818 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

Elizabeth m.(2) Thomas Taylor (illegible date), 1821 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

(Thomas Taylor, Elizabeth and family emigrated to Canada by 1825; children Joseph, Jane and Robert settled in New Orleans, LA; see The Bowles of New Orleans)

Joseph d. Oct. 1815 Ballickmoyler, Queen’s co., bur. Oct. 20, 1815 Castletown-Killabban church, Queen’s co.

1.4 Anne b. ~ 1747 d. Nov. 1817 Ballickmoyler, bur. Dec. 1, 1817 Castletown-Killabban church, Queen’s co.

1.5 Lucinda (Lucy) b. ~ 1750

m. ?

d. May 17, 1828 Ballickmoyler bur. May 20, 1828 Castletown-Killabban church, Queen’s co. (age 78)

1.6 Elizabeth b. ~ 1756 d. Nov. 1846 Ballickmoyler bur. Nov. 12, 1846 Castletown-Killabban church, Queen’s co.

1.7 William b. ~ 1759

m. Sarah Moore

1.7.1 Robert bp. June 20, 1774 St. Mary's Carlow, Carlow co. (Church of Ireland)

bp. June 25, 1774 Carlow RC Cathedral

(Robert was baptized in both of the principal churches which indicates that his mother, Sarah, may have been Catholic; Robert then married a Quaker; their children adopted the Quaker faith and settled in Dublin; see Robert Bowles of Ballickmoyler's Family in Dublin for their story and their family tree)

(possibly Robert married previously and had one son William, see note at bottom of page)

m. Ann Waring ~ 1810 (widow of a Quaker, Thomas Baker of Ballickmoyler who d. 1809)

1.7.1.1 Robert b. June 13, 1811 Ballickmoyler, Queen's co. bp. July 26, 1811 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

m. Hannah Wardell Sept. 13, 1833 Dublin (Quaker church)

children born Dublin: Anne, Lucy, Jane, Samuel

1.7.1.2 Lucy b. Oct. 9, 1813 Ballickmoyler, Queen's co.

bp. Oct. 31, 1813 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

m. Jonah Wardell of Dublin Apr. 12, 1843 Monkstown, co. Dublin

1.7.1.3 Thomas b. Feb. 25, 1816 Ballickmoyler, Queen's co. bp. Mar. 12, 1816 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

m. Ellen ~ 1839

children born Dublin: Anne Mary, Sarah, Abigail Elinor, Thomas William, Lucy

1.7.2 Anne b. ~ 1788 (she probably fits in here, but also possibly other places)

m. Francis Young (of Newtown Barry parish, co. Wexford) June 28, 1808 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

(note: Newtownbarry in co. Wexford is today called Bunclody)

William d. Apr. 1831 Ballickmoyler bur. Apr. 27, 1831 Castletown-Killabban church, Queen’s co.

John d. 1802 Ballickmoyler, Killabban parish, Queen’s co (Index to Leighlin Administrations Intestate, 1803 bond)

Ann d. Nov., 1817 (age 70) bur. Dec. 1, 1817 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

2. Ann b. ~ 1728

m. Robert Carr Aug. 27, 1748 St. Mary’s Carlow, co. Carlow

3. William b. ~ 1730-36

m. Mary Harborne Oct. 17, 1756 St. Mary’s Carlow, co. Carlow (witness: Rev. Richard Mills)

(they lived in Carlow in 1757)

3.1 James bp. July 24, 1757 St. Mary’s Carlow, co. Carlow

3.2 William b. ~ 1765

(William was “of Wingfield, co. Wexford” when he signed a deed with their landholder William Cooper to take over his father’s land in Ballickmoyler in 1793)

3.2.1 Lucinda b. ~ 1790

m. John Graham Aug. 31, 1812 St. Mary’s Carlow, co. Carlow

(William Bowles signed the Ballickmoyler land over to his son-in-law in 1813)

William d. Dec. 1816 Dunleckney, co. Carlow (at age 51) bur. Dec. 16, 1816 Castletown-Killabban, Queen's co.

(note: Feltus family also lived at Dunleckney)

There is one more Bowles line which I cannot, with confidence, fit into this tree, or rather there are just too many possible locations for the line to fit to pick one. A William Bowles, who was born about 1800, had a 'huckster' shop in Carlow and who died penniless in the Carlow Workhouse in 1886, clearly fits in with this family somewhere. There are too many untraced lines to say just where yet. My preferred idea would be that he was a son of 1.7.1 Robert Bowles by a first wife except there is no indication on his later marriage record that Robert was a widower. Please see William Bowles of Carlow