William Bowles of Carlow's Family Tree

William Bowles b. ~ 1800

(based on his age of 86 given upon his death in the Carlow Workhouse but it could be perhaps as late as 1810 if the age given was unreliable which it probably was)

m. Anne Byrne ~ 1836

(records show William lived on Dublin Road from 1834 until at least 1853; )

1. Anne bp. July 8, 1837 Carlow ref.

(the family is listed in the church register as living at Barnard's Lane which crosses the Dublin Road)

2. Richard b. ~ 1838

m. Mary Donnelly (b. 1838 John, Margaret) 1863 ref.

(Richard was a shoemaker and also lived on Dublin Road; probably in his parent's former house)

2.1 Harriet Bowles bp. Dec. 29, 1863 Carlow ref.

(did not marry)

d. Oct. 11, 1886 (age 22) bur. Carlow RC Cathedral ref.

(a seamstress on Dublin Road in burial record)

2.2 Margaret Bowles bp. Feb. 6, 1866 Carlow

d. June 13, 1868 Dublin Road, Carlow (age 2)

(child of a shoemaker on Civic Death registration)

2.3 Mary Bowles b. Apr. 24, 1868 Carlow bp. May 5, 1868 Carlow

Cathedral ref.

m. William Ellis (father: John) Apr. 29, 1895 Carlow

(Carlow Cath. Reg. vol. 3, p. 307)

(William is a Compositor and Mary a dressmaker on the Civic Marriage registration)

(they lived on Dublin Road until about 1900 and then on Charlotte Street in Carlow)

2.3.1 John Ellis bp. May 24, 1896 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 8 p. 48)

2.3.2 Mary Ellis bp. May 30, 1897 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 8 p. 56)

2.3.3 William Ellis bp. Jan. 21, 1900 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 8 p. 75)

2.3.4 Harriet Ellis bp. Aug. 25, 1901 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 8 p. 86)

2.3.5 Richard Ellis bp. Apr. 5, 1903 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 9 p. 7)

2.3.6 Gertrude Ellis bp. July 25, 1905 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 9 p. 26)

2.3.7 Mary Ellis bp. Nov. 25, 1906 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 9 p. 37)

2.3.8 Joseph Ellis bp. Jan. 10, 1909 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 9 p. 52)

2.3.9 Francis Ellis bp. Nov. 27, 1910 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 9 p. 66)

Richard d. April 7, 1869 (age 31) bur. Carlow RC Cathedral ref.

Mary d. Nov. 15, 1906 bur. Carlow RC Cathedral

(living with her daughter Mary Ellis' family on Charlotte Street in the 1901 census and "of Charlotte St." in burial record) 1901 Census

(Index to Carlow Cathedral Register vol. 11, p. 133)

(Mary and her daughter Harriet are buried with her Donnelly family in the Carlow Old Graves cemetery) ref

3. James bp. Nov. 14, 1841 Carlow RC Cathedral ref.

(alive in 1869 when he registered his brother Richard’s death with the civic authority)

4. William bp. 1844 Carlow RC Cathedral ref.

William d. Apr. 24, 1886 (at age 86) Carlow Workhouse, Carlow