1840 Shoreditch Mar 1840 2 372 . Clara Bowman was born to Henry Bowman & Elizabeth Mary Bailey . She was baptised to them on 17/2/1840 in the Albion Chapel Presbyterian Church, City of London. Shoreditch was in Mddx until 1889
She was born on 17/2/1840 to Henry Bowman, skin dyer, & Elizabeth Mary Bailey at 1 Whitecross Place, Wilson Street
1841C. Clara Bowman, 16 mths, is living White Cross Place, St Leonard Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets with her parents, father a skin dyer, & 6 older siblings. Also a Nicholls family in the house.
| GODFREE, George | M | 72 | 1769 | Middlesex | |||
| GODFREE, Elizabeth | F | 71 | 1770 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Henry | M | 40 | 1801 | ||||
| BOWMAN, Elizabeth | F | 35 | 1806 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Henry | M | 15 | 1826 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Charles | M | 13 | 1828 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, George | M | 12 | 1829 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, William | M | 10 | 1831 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Elizabeth | F | 8 | 1833 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Mary | F | 6 | 1835 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Clara | F | 1 (16 months) | 1840 | Middlesex |
1842. Her sister Alice Bowman was born and was baptised as Alace Bowman in the same church on 22/6/1842. None of the elder Bowman children, ~1826-1835, were baptised in this church
1843 Her mother, Elizabeth Mary Bowman, died Shoreditch Dec 1843, and her father, Henry Bowman, died Shoreditch Mar 1847, buried Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road, 11/1/1847, aged 49 yrs, body brought from Wilson Street Finsbury- Ancestry. .
1851C. Clara Bowman Mycock, 10, niece, b. Mddx, is living with an aunt & her younger sister Alice at 6, Fairfield Place, Cheetham, Manchester. Mary Maxwell is living by herself, ind, 41, in Cheetham in 1841C
| MAXWELL, Mary | Head | Widow | F | 54 | 1797 | Annuitant |
Haslington, Derbyshire | ||
| MYCOCK, Clara Bowman | Niece | F | 10 | 1841 | Scholar |
London, Middlesex | |||
| MYCOCK, Alice Bowman | Niece | F | 8 | 1843 | Scholar |
London, Middlesex | |||
| BLACKSHAW, Ann | Servant | Unmarried | F | 70 | 1781 | House Servant |
Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| COOK, Elizabeth Anne | Servant | Unmarried | F | 14 | 1837 | House Servant |
Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| PEDDER, Thomas | Lodger | Unmarried | M | 30 | 1821 | Clerk Merchant |
Preston, Lancashire | ||
| PEDDER, John | Visitor | Unmarried | M | 26 | 1825 | Clergyman |
Haslington is likely mistranscribed & should read Hartington.
Why are these 2 Bowman girls living here- now proved that they were orphaned in 1847 - and where has the name Mycock come from??
Have investigated this aunt, Mary Maxwell, in 1841C, and she was living Manchester, ind, by herself, so obviously already widowed. More detective work led me to this Mycock connection
1853. Her sister Alice Bowman died - obituary says she was the 6th - I only know of 4!- daughter of the late Mr Henry Bowman Mycock of London . Interestingly she is just called plain Alice Bowman in this notice- Bmd has her death as Alice Bowman Mycock
1861C. Clara Bowman, 21, nurse, b. Mddx, is still living with this aunt, Mary Maxwell, at 16 Broughton Street Manchester
| MAXWELL, Mary | Head | Widow | F | 61 | 1800 | House Holder |
Hartington, Derbyshire | ||
| BOWMAN, Clara | Nurse | Unmarried | F | 21 | 1840 | Nurse |
London, Middlesex | ||
| PEDDER, Thomas | Boarder | Unmarried | M | 40 | 1821 | Cashier |
Preston, Lancashire | ||
| BLACKSHAW, Ann | Servant | Unmarried | F | 75 | 1786 | All Work |
Manchester, Lancash |
Think Clara Bowman is niece, not nurse, to Mary Maxwell! So who has invented Mycock as her surname??? Mary Maxwell is in the 1871C, 78!, b. Harlington, annuitant, with 2 servants : she dies 1872 Manchester, leeaving effects of £300, probate to Clara Bowman Styler
I have found a Mary Mycock baptised 12/12/1792 in Hartington to Joseph & Hannah Mycock- think she probably became this Mary Maxwell by marriage. Explained the name but not how she was related to Henry Bowman until I found that a Henry Mycock was also baptised to these parents in 1795. They were brother & sister . Now the only mystery is why he abandoned the Mycock name when he moved to London?? And, EUREKA!, Joseph Mycock married Hannah Bowman on 4/6/1787 Earl Sterndale Derby & this is why her father chose to be known as Henry Bowman once he decided to shake off the Mycock name!!!
1865. Once again calling herself Clara Bowman Mycock , plain Clara Bowman married Thomas Styler , cashier, on 26/4/1865 in St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester. He aged 39, she 25. His father Valentine Styler, gardener, hers Henry Bowman Mycock, farmer. His address 18 Chatham St Red Bank, hers 16 Broughton St Cheetham - Ancestry.
She is undoubtedly just plain Clara Bowman as the address given was the same as where she was living in 1861. Her father Henry Bowman Mycock! did come from a family of farmers but he was a mere skin dyer in Shoreditch from 1840 & probably much earlier -1847
They had the following children: Frank Sydney Styler 1867-1949, Harold M Styler 1869, John Henry Styler 1870-1872 , Herbert Milton Styler 1873, Leonard Percy Styler 1875, Thomas Alfred Styler 1877 , Cecil T Styler 1882
1871C. Clara B Styler, 31, b. London, is living with her husband & 3 sons & 2 servants at Bent Street, Cheetham, Manchester
| STYLER, Thomas | Head | M | 45 | 1826 | Worcestershire | ||||
| STYLER, Clara B | Wife | F | 31 | 1840 | London | ||||
| STYLER, Frank S | Son | M | 4 | 1867 | Lancashire | ||||
| STYLER, Harold M | Son | M | 2 | 1869 | Lancashire | ||||
| SMITH, Elizabeth A | Servant | F | 20 | 1851 | Shropshire | ||||
| HUNT, Agnes E | Servant | F | 13 | 1858 | Lancashire | ||||
| STYLER, John H | Son | M | 0 | 1871 | Lancashire |
1881C. Clara Bowman Styles , 41, was living with her husband & 5 sons & a servant, at 34, Devonshire Street, Broughton, Lancs. -FMP. mistranscription
| STYLES, Thomas | Head | Married | M | 55 | 1826 | Correspondent And Cashier (Comm Clk) |
Feckenham, Worcestershire | ||
| STYLES, Clara Bowman | Wife | Married | F | 41 | 1840 | London, Middlesex | |||
| STYLES, Frank S | Son | Single | M | 14 | 1867 | Office Boy |
Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| STYLES, Harold M | Son | Single | M | 12 | 1869 | Scholar |
Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| STYLES, Herbert M | Son | Single | M | 8 | 1873 | Scholar |
Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| STYLES, Leonard Percy | Son | Single | M | 6 | 1875 | Scholar |
Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| STYLES, Thomas Alfred | Son | Single | M | 4 | 1877 | Broughton Manchester, Lancashire | |||
| PERRY, Frances | Servant | Single | F | 16 | 1865 | General Domestic Serv |
Donington Wood, Shropshire |
1888. Her husband, Thomas Styler, died, aged 62, Salford Mar 1888. . He was buried 5/1/1888, aged 62, in St Lukes Cheetham, address given as 34 Devonshire Street, Higher Broughton - Ancestry parish records . Probate: he left £ 201 18s, his widow Clara Bowman Styler being the sole executriz. .
1891C. Clara B Styler , 51, widow, was living with 3 sons at 48, Park Avenue, Gorton, Manchester
| STYLER, Clara B | Head | Widow | F | 51 | 1840 | ||||
| STYLER, Harold M | Son | Single | M | 22 | 1869 | Accountants Clerk |
Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| STYLER, Herbert M | Son | Single | M | 18 | 1873 | Solicitors Clerk |
Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| STYLER, Leonard B | Son | Single | M | 16 | 1875 | Cotton Spinner & Manufacturers Clerk |
Manchester, Lancashire |
1901C. Clara B Styles , 61, widow, was living with 3 sons at 10, Slade Lane, South Manchester
| STYLER, Clara B | Head | Widow | F | 61 | 1840 | Kensington, London | |||
| STYLER, Herbert M | Son | Single | M | 28 | 1873 | Solicitor's Clerk |
Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| STYLER, Thomas A | Son | Single | M | 24 | 1877 | Bank Clerk |
Manchester, Lancashire | ||
| STYLER, Cecil T | Son | Single | M | 19 | 1882 | Insurance Clerk |
Manchester, Lancashire |
1903. Mar Chorlton. Clara B Styler died, aged 63, on 2/3/1903 at 10 Slade Lane, Longsight, Manchester, leaving £145 4s 3d. Probate to Herbert Milton Styler, solicitors clerk & Thomas Alfred Styler, bankers clerk- Ancestry