Bowler Family History

Events

Parents

Families

Attributes

Pedigree

1. Alfred WITNEY
   1. Sarah SMITH
      1. George WITNEY
         1. Sarah Ann STRATFORD
      2. Amelia WITNEY
      3. Ada Jane WITNEY
      4. James WITNEY

Ancestors

Source References

1. Marriage Certificate
   1. • Citation:

        age 28 at marriage 1892

   2. • Citation:

        Name: Sarah Ann Stratford
        Gender: Female
        Age: 28
        Birth Year: abt 1864
        Marriage or Bann Date: 29 Oct 1892
        Marriage Place: Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England
        Parish as it Appears: Chinnor
        Spouse: George Witney
        Father: John Stratford

2. 1891 census
   1. • Citation:

        Name: George Witney
        Gender: Male
        Age: 27
        Relationship: Son
        Birth Year: 1864
        Father: Alfred Witney
        Mother: Sarah Witney
        Birth Place: Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England
        Civil Parish: Chinnor
        Residence Place: Chinnor, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England
        Sub Registration District: Princes Risborough
        ED, Institution or Vessel: 11
        Neighbors:
        Piece: 1143
        Folio: 135

3. 1871 census
   1. • Citation:

        Name: George Witney
        Age: 7
        Estimated birth year: 1864
        Relation: Son
        Gender: Male
        Where born: Chinnor Oxfordshire England
        Civil Parish: Chinnor
        County/Island: Oxfordshire
        Country: England
        Registration district: Wycombe
        Sub-registration district: Princes Risborough
        ED, institution, or vessel: 10
        Household schedule number: 70
        Piece: 1409
        Folio: 27
        Page Number: 13
        Household Members:
        Name Age
        Alfred Witney 29
        Sarah Witney 29
        George Witney 7
        Amelia Witney 4
        Ada Witney 2
        James Witney 5/12

4. 1921 Census
   1. • Citation:

        First name(s) George
        Last name Witney
        Sex Male
        Birth year 1865
        Census date 19 June 1921
        Age in years 56
        Age in months 6
        Age as transcribed 56 y 6 m
        Relationship to head Head
        Marital status Married
        Birth place Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England
        Birth county Oxfordshire
        Birth country England
        Transcribed birth place Oxfordshire, Chinnor
        Occupation Labourer, Quarry Man At Kiln
        Occupation code 099
        Occupation code with suffix 099/8
        Employer W Benton, Lime Works (Out Of Work)
        Employer code 055
        Number of minor dependants 0
        Language used to complete form English
        Person making return George Witney
        House name Chinnor (Station Rd)
        Address Chinnor (Station Rd)
        Full address as transcribed Chinnor (Station Rd), Nr Wallingford
        Parish Chinnor
        Registration district Thame
        Registration district number 151
        Sub-district Thame
        Sub-district number 2
        Enumeration district number 12
        County Oxfordshire
        Country England
        Borough, urban or rural district Thame RD
        Parliamentary borough or division Oxfordshire PC, Henley Div.
        Archive The National Archives
        Archive series RG 15
        Piece number 07439
        Schedule number 1
        Schedule type code E
        District reference RD 151 RS 2 ED 11, 12, 13
        Schedule type England household, single page, 10 entries
        Other household member's first name(s) Sarah, Edith, Francis, Frederick
        Other household member's last name Witney, Stratford, Baldwin, Goldsmith
        Record set 1921 Census Of England & Wales

5. 1911 Census
   1. • Citation:

        First name(s) George
        Last name Witney
        Sex Male
        Birth year 1865
        Age 46
        Age as transcribed 46
        Relationship to head Head
        Marital status Married
        Occupation Labourer farm
        Employment status WORKER 0
        Birth place Chinnor Oxon
        Birth place as transcribed Chinnor Oxon
        Full address Station Road Chinnor Wallingford, Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England
        Address Station Road Chinnor Wallingford
        Street Station Road
        Parish Chinnor
        County Oxfordshire
        Country England
        Registration district Thame
        Registration district number 151
        Sub-district Thame
        Sub-district number 2
        Enumeration district number 12
        Archive series RG14
        Piece number 8099
        Schedule 13
        Census reference RG14PN8099 RG78PN410 RD151 SD2 ED12 SN13
        RG 78 piece number 410
        Other household member first name(s) George, Sarah, Susan
        Other household member last name Smith, Witney, Statford
        Record set 1911 Census For England & Wales

6. Newspaper
   1. • Citation:

        Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette Friday 14th December 1923

        Chinnor
        Cement Works Fatality: The Inquest
        On Wednesday night Mr. Arthur Lett, the Deputy Coroner, held an inquest upon the body of George Witney (58), a married man, residing in the village, who was killed instantaneously at the Cement and Lime Works the previous day. Mr. C. C. Bull was foreman of the jury.
        The widow, who gave the age of her husband, said when she last saw him at 12.50 p.m. on the day in question he was in good health.
        John Parker, quarryman at the works, said he worked alongside the deceased. At about 2.15 p.m. he noticed that the deceased’s truck was empty, and that he took up his pick to commence "pecking" the face. He (witness), working five yards away, went off with his full truck of chalk to the shoot, a distance of about 150 yards away. When he turned to look back he missed the deceased. He went back to the place and found him lying on his back. He was dead. The deceased's truck was out of its place, by about 14 yards. There was a quantity of chalk on the floor which was not there when witness left. He ran and informed Mr. Benton immediately. The frost and rain of the previous day had affected the chalk. The deceased was on the left side of his line of metals. He thought, while falling, the head of the deceased caught the top of the tub of the truck, which was three feet high.
        In answer to Mr. Benton, witness said the deceased was working on the left side of the line, head on. He found the body on the right side. Victor Stroud, a ganger at the works, said he was running the machinery ten chains away. He went up to the spot with Mr. Benton, and found the deceased dead. He thought Witney heard the fall of chalk and went to his right, caught the metals and fell, hitting his head against the tub of the truck. His pick was buried in the fall of chalk. His two shovels were nearly buried by the fall, and the tub was too far back for filling purposes. He thought about 14 tons of chalk fell.
        Norman M. Benton, manager of the cement works, said about 2.20 p.m. on the 4th inst. he was at the works, when Jack Witney reported the accident. He made enquiries, and went up to the scene with a stretcher. He found George Witney lying on his back bleeding at the mouth. He was dead. The body was carried to the office, and the doctor and police sent for. The deceased was bleeding at the left ear, the nose and mouth. He could find no scalp wound. Between his waistcoat and shirt was a quantity of small clay. In his opinion, seeing that the man's tools were buried, the deceased stepped back and to his right, and then fell on to the tub. There was a ton of fallen material, partly chalk, the size of a man's head, with about two feet of clay on top.
        The jury returned a verdict that the de- ceased died from fracture of the base of the skull accidentally received while at work.
        On the suggestion of Mr. Bull, the fees and witness's expenses were handed to the widow, together with an expression of sympathy.
        The following afternoon Mr. Lett, accompanied by Mr. Bull, visited the scene of the accident, when, with the aid of one of the workmen, the accident was re-constructed, Later on the man's pick was discovered buried on the right side of the metals.

7. Parish Register
   1. • Citation:

        Chinnor St Anderw
        8 December 1923 WITNEY George, of Chinnor, 58 years