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COMPLETED - John Bowen and wife Alice
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2026 7:33 pm
by mallosa
1911: No 8 Sand St, West Bromwich
John Bowen 36 Head Boat Unloader canal
Alice Bowen 25 Wife
(married 4yrs - children 2 living/2 have died)
Elizabeth Maybury 50 Mother-in-law
Harry Maybury 16 Boarder S Nut & Bolt Cutter
Clara Maybury 14 Boarder
Lebond Maybury 10 Boarder
Samuel Bowen 1 Boarder (Son)
Violet Bowen 4/12 Boarder (Dau)
(all born West Bromwich, Staffs)
Marriage 1907
MAYBURY Alice BOWEN John West Bromwich Register Office (WBRO) Sandwell Register Office WBRO/45/39
1901: 10 Sand Street, West Bromwich
Samuel Maybury 50 Head Gen Lab
Elizabeth Maybury 43 Wife
Elizabeth Maybury 20 Daughter
Alice Maybury 14 Daughter
Samuel Maybury 11 Son
Maud Maybury 9 Daughter
Harry Maybury 6 Son
Clara Maybury 3 Daughter
Sabina Maybury 6/12 Daughter
(all born West Bromwich)
Re: John Bowen and wife Alice
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2026 9:54 pm
by kdwoodie
I think Alice and Elizabeth were born before Samuel and Elizabeth married
HILL, ELIZABETH MAYBURY -
GRO Reference: 1881 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 822
HILL, ALICE -
GRO Reference: 1887 J Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 824
Freereg
Staffordshire
Place West Bromwich
St Peter
Parish Register
Register entry number 202
Marriage date 05 Aug 1888
Samuel MAYBURY 39 bachelorTar Distiller Dartmouth St. Samuel MAYBURY Puddler
Elizabeth HILL 28 spinster Oldbury Lane William HILL Collier
Witness1 Joseph ATTWELL
Witness2 Annie HUGHES
Notes Groom, Bride & Witness 2 sign X. Grooms surname given as Mabury in register - Couple living at 39 Oldbury Rd West Bromwich in 1891 Census with surname Maybury.
MAYBURY, SAMUEL HILL
GRO Reference: 1889 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 789
MAYBURY, MAUD HILL
GRO Reference: 1892 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 834
MAYBURY, HENRY HILL
GRO Reference: 1895 M Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 898
MAYBURY, CLARA HILL
GRO Reference: 1897 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 841
MAYBURY, SABINA HILL
GRO Reference: 1900 D Quarter in WEST BROMWICH Volume 06B Page 836
Re: John Bowen and wife Alice
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2026 11:33 pm
by mallosa
Cheers Kaye
added to BCC but not sure if I've entered Elizabeth and Alice correctly
https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =538352668
Re: John Bowen and wife Alice
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2026 8:48 am
by kdwoodie
Should they be with Elizabeth and Unknown partner or maybe add a note " born before marriage"
Re: John Bowen and wife Alice
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2026 2:34 pm
by mallosa
Thankyou Kaye
I've added notes
Will you just check for me Jo? Otherwise completed with thanks

Re: John Bowen and wife Alice
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 5:29 pm
by grangers14
Something isn't right. I will look now.
Re: John Bowen and wife Alice
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2026 6:29 pm
by grangers14
I have tweaked a couple of things.
Could this be Elizabeth on BCC with her family?
https://bcconnections.tribalpages.com/t ... ver=676118
That family were all living Greets Green Road.
1881. 36, Greets Green Road, West Bromwich
William Perkins, head, 38, Castor,
Elizabeth, wife, 30,
Albert, son, 9,
Leonard, son, 8,
Eli, son, 5,
Charlotte, daur, 4,
Jacob, son, 1,
Elizabeth Hill, Boarder, 20, Clay Carrier
Elizabeth Hill, 2 months
Re: John Bowen and wife Alice
Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2026 8:07 pm
by mallosa
Thanks Jo
I've added that now -
https://www.tribalpages.com/tribe/brows ... =683813664
Completed with thanks