Yesterday I emailed Shropshire Reg office to ask them to look for a birth cert for Edith/Adelaide Bowler/Shaw born in Market Drayton in 1887/8. When I got home from work today, I had a message to call a lady there as she thought she might have found something. When I phoned her back, she went through theones that she had found, including Edith Bowler whose mother was Sarah, who I now believe is a cousin to the one I was looking for. the most interesting thing that she'd found was the cert for Adelaide Bowdler, which had her mother listed as Mary Ann Bowdler! The cert definitely says Bowdler & she has signed as Bowdler as well. The address was Little Drayton, which is where Mary Ann & Adelaide Bowler/Shaw were living in 1891. Mary Ann was listed as a domestic servant, which is what she was in 1881. There is no Mary Ann Bowdler in Market Drayton in 1881 nor in 1891 or an Adelaide Bowdler in 1891.
This really sounds to me as if it must be the right one. The lady is going to check out any possible Edith Shaws in the area & get back to me. An excellent service!
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