William BOWES

William Bowes was named as the father of Peter Bowes at the latter’s wedding in 1887. Here, he is referred to as deceased, and it is possible that he had died perhaps as early as 1878, as Peter’s next-of-kin at his army attestation (in 1878) was his elder brother. The family is believed to have lived in Ballycapple, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, in the parish of Dunganstown, although the army papers refer to Ballycoppin - probably a mistake in transcription. The parish registers of Dunganstown reveal a thin presence of Boweses during the mid-1800s. In Kilmanoge, about … miles from Ballycapple, there was a private baptism of John, illegitimate child of William Bowes, farmer, of Kilmanogue [sic] and Anne Kean of Kilboy, both of the parish of Dunganstown. One William Bowes is known to have lived in Kilmanoge in the parish of Dunganstown, Co. Wicklow, appears in the parish registers of Redcross and Wicklow. He had two children: 1) John Bowes bapt Redcross, Co. Wicklow 25 Oct 1850. Baptisms cover 1830-1852. It seems entirely possible that this is one and the same John Bowes, Peter Bowes’s older brother. 2) Elizabeth, b 24 Apr 1852, bapt Wicklow 7 May 1852, dau of William Bowes, farmer, of Kilmanogue, and Anne Connor, servant, of Kilenamana (?). One James Bowes is listed in Griffiths Valuation of Ireland in Kilmanoge, Co. Wicklow, Ireland (1868). James Bowes, of Kilmanogue [sic], Dunganstown, bur Glenealy 11 May 1860 aged 77. A ‘Mrs Susan Bowes’, who d 27 Jul 1857 aged 80, bur Dunganstown 29th Jul 1857. A William Bowes of Kilmanoge, Co. Wicklow, had a son, John, who was bapt had two illegitimate children. ‘Plan of Dunganstown Graveyard’ lists three graves with the name ‘Bose’ (in area nos 74 and 92). Appears in the Irish Petty Sessions Court Register for 1854 1853 1862 1853 1852

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