Sorry for the long post, but I have a lot of information for my 2x GGF, Wilhelm Bowinkelmann, but a lot of confusion. Bowinkelmann isn't common, even in Germany, so I think I have the right man all the way through until the naturalisation papers.
1858: Arrived London from Rotterdam 29th March, occupation baker, country of origin Preus? (abbreviation of Prussia?)
1860: Marriage to Wilhelmina Freckenhauser 11th Nov St Mary's and St. Michael's RC Church, Shadwell. He is aged 22 and a scum boiler, address 12 Luntley Place, Whitechapel. I have the MC.
1861: (RG9; Piece 267; Folio 93; Page 34). Still at Luntley Place with Wilhelmina, aged 22. I can't read his occupation, born Germany.
1871: (RG10; Piece 520; Folio 108; Page 23). Now at 74 New Road, St. Mary Whitechapel and still with Wilhelmina. Age 32 born Germany, but he is now a stick manufacturer. They now have 2 children, William 9 and Theresia 8, both born Middlesex followed by a word I can't read.
Theresia is my great grandmother, I have a possible birth index entry from Q2 1863 of Theresia Bowin Kelmann, Mile End 1c 551. I don't have the BC.
1881: (RG11; Piece 473; Folio 36; Page 3). Now at 19 Plummers Row, Mile End Old Town and still with Wilhelmina. Aged 42 and still a stick manufacturer, born Westphalia, Germany. They have 2 children William 19 and now Hannah 18. I suspect that Theresia/Hannah are the same child, but no idea why the name change; Hannah never appears again.
There are a further 8 potential children from this marriage on FreeBMD, all born and died between censuses.
1886: Theresia married Ernst Joseph Wieland (my great grandfather and the source of my surname), 7th March, St. Boniface's German RC Church, Mile End. Her address is 19 Plummers row and her father is William Bowinkelmann, walking stick manufacturer. I have the MC.
1891: (RG12; Piece 300; Folio 113; Page 3). Now at 23 Turner Street, Mile End, still with Wilhelmina. He is aged 52 and a stick manufacturer, born Westphalia (Naturalised B.S) Germany. William is still with them aged 29.
This is where the trail ends. Although William Jr married in 1893 to Helena Turpin (I don't have the MC), and went on to have a child he died in 1899. Theresia obviously went on to have children, including my grandfather.
A contact told me she had an email from someone who had a letter from the wife of one of Wilhelm's grandchildren, which said that Wilhelm went to Hohenwepel, near Warburg, Westphalia where he died in 1903. She didn't know where or when Wilhelmina died. I haven't been able to substantiate this.
This all makes reasonable sense. However I have been to The National Archives and now have the naturalisation records for a Friedrich Wilhelm Bowinkelmann, and now my head is about to explode trying to make sense of it all!
His naturalisation certificate is dated 7th Feb 1880. His address is 74 New Road East, Middlesex, where he had been living since 1870. He was born 6th Dec 1838 in Hohenwepel, Westphalia, Germany and he is a stick manufacturer. He is married (wife's name not stated) with two children, Henry Frederick William aged 17 and Josephine Theresia aged 16 both residing with him.
I cannot find any trace of any of the above in any census or BMD index, so is this my family?
To add to the confusion, I have now found electoral register entries for a William Bowinkelmann at 74 New Road, Whitechapel for 1883, 85, 87, 88 and 89. So if this is my man, why was he at both 74 New Road and 19 Plummers Row?
Thoughts, any one?
1858: Arrived London from Rotterdam 29th March, occupation baker, country of origin Preus? (abbreviation of Prussia?)
1860: Marriage to Wilhelmina Freckenhauser 11th Nov St Mary's and St. Michael's RC Church, Shadwell. He is aged 22 and a scum boiler, address 12 Luntley Place, Whitechapel. I have the MC.
1861: (RG9; Piece 267; Folio 93; Page 34). Still at Luntley Place with Wilhelmina, aged 22. I can't read his occupation, born Germany.
1871: (RG10; Piece 520; Folio 108; Page 23). Now at 74 New Road, St. Mary Whitechapel and still with Wilhelmina. Age 32 born Germany, but he is now a stick manufacturer. They now have 2 children, William 9 and Theresia 8, both born Middlesex followed by a word I can't read.
Theresia is my great grandmother, I have a possible birth index entry from Q2 1863 of Theresia Bowin Kelmann, Mile End 1c 551. I don't have the BC.
1881: (RG11; Piece 473; Folio 36; Page 3). Now at 19 Plummers Row, Mile End Old Town and still with Wilhelmina. Aged 42 and still a stick manufacturer, born Westphalia, Germany. They have 2 children William 19 and now Hannah 18. I suspect that Theresia/Hannah are the same child, but no idea why the name change; Hannah never appears again.
There are a further 8 potential children from this marriage on FreeBMD, all born and died between censuses.
1886: Theresia married Ernst Joseph Wieland (my great grandfather and the source of my surname), 7th March, St. Boniface's German RC Church, Mile End. Her address is 19 Plummers row and her father is William Bowinkelmann, walking stick manufacturer. I have the MC.
1891: (RG12; Piece 300; Folio 113; Page 3). Now at 23 Turner Street, Mile End, still with Wilhelmina. He is aged 52 and a stick manufacturer, born Westphalia (Naturalised B.S) Germany. William is still with them aged 29.
This is where the trail ends. Although William Jr married in 1893 to Helena Turpin (I don't have the MC), and went on to have a child he died in 1899. Theresia obviously went on to have children, including my grandfather.
A contact told me she had an email from someone who had a letter from the wife of one of Wilhelm's grandchildren, which said that Wilhelm went to Hohenwepel, near Warburg, Westphalia where he died in 1903. She didn't know where or when Wilhelmina died. I haven't been able to substantiate this.
This all makes reasonable sense. However I have been to The National Archives and now have the naturalisation records for a Friedrich Wilhelm Bowinkelmann, and now my head is about to explode trying to make sense of it all!
His naturalisation certificate is dated 7th Feb 1880. His address is 74 New Road East, Middlesex, where he had been living since 1870. He was born 6th Dec 1838 in Hohenwepel, Westphalia, Germany and he is a stick manufacturer. He is married (wife's name not stated) with two children, Henry Frederick William aged 17 and Josephine Theresia aged 16 both residing with him.
I cannot find any trace of any of the above in any census or BMD index, so is this my family?
To add to the confusion, I have now found electoral register entries for a William Bowinkelmann at 74 New Road, Whitechapel for 1883, 85, 87, 88 and 89. So if this is my man, why was he at both 74 New Road and 19 Plummers Row?
Thoughts, any one?
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