Having researched his parents and his inventor brother, I came across many links to records and the newspapers which mentioned my cousin Stanley Bowmar (first
Category: Paternal Family Line
Gershon Bowmar (1866-1937)
Having discovered much about his parents that I documented in another blog, it lead nicely into the very intriguing research of one of their sons,
Elizabeth Challoner (1840-1817) and Charles Rhodes Bowmar (1838-1816)
Researching my three times great aunt Elizabeth Challoner and her husband Charles Rhodes Bowmar led me to make some fascinating and rather startling discoveries. Reasons
William Challoner (1861-1936)
The first ancestor I did any major research on was my half 2xgreat uncle William, so it makes sense to blog about him first. He
Introducing my paternal line
I have traced most of my Dad’s line starting from North West Leicestershire and continued it to the neighbouring counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Most
