b. 1746-1748 (app)	S[cotland]
d. 05/12/1847	10 Back Hopper Street Bishop Wearmouth, Bishopwearmouth North, Sunderland Union, Durham
bur. 07/12/1847	Bishopwearmouth, Durham

Marriages/Partnerships

m. 15/12/1788

Ann Mitchall

Houghton le Spring, Durham

Children

bap. 28/03/1790	Ciceley Bowhill	Whithill Bridge (at baptism)
bap. 15/09/1793	Ann Bowhill	Wearmouth (at baptism)
b. 06/06/1800	Mary Bowhill
b. 1803 (app)	John Smith Bowhill
b. 24/11/1805	John Bowhill
b. 03/04/1808	Ann Bowhill
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Occupations

1790	Founder
1841	Lab
1848	Labourer

Also known as

John Bowhill

Did You Know?

• In the 1790 baptism entry for Ciceley Bowhill her father John Smith Bowhill is described as a Founder and their abode is Whithill Bridge. The Six Inch OS map of the area on the NLS maps website shows there was a furnace a couple of hundred metres away from Whitehill Bridge.
• The baptism entry for Mary Bowhill is unusually detailed, recording that she was her parents' '7.th D.r' and her father John Smith Bowhill was 'Native of Roxburghshire, Scotland' while her mother Ann Mitchall was 'Native of Houghton le Spring'. The baptisms of her siblings John Bowhill and Ann Bowhill specify that John was 'Native of Kelso Scotland'; they are described as the '1.st Son' and '7.th D.r', which suggest the numbers refer to living children.
• An Ann Spithray was the informant on the death certificates of both Mary Bowhill in 1844 and John Smith Bowhill in 1848. I suspect this was Ann Bowhills, who had married John Spitrey in 1838, and that she was the illegitimate daughter of Mary and the granddaughter of John.
• John Smith Bowhill's age is given as 84 in the 1841 census, 99 in the burial register in December 1847, and 102 on his death certificate.

Locations

15/12/1788	Church, [Houghton le Spring], [Durham]
15/12/1788	Houghton le Spring, [Durham]
28/03/1790	Whithill Bridge, [Chester le Street], [Durham]
28/03/1790	Church, Chester le Street, Durham
15/09/1793	Monkwearmouth, Durham
15/09/1793	Church, Bishopwearmouth, Durham
15/08/1800	Church, Bishopwearmouth, Durham
01/05/1808	Church, Bishopwearmouth, Durham
07/06/1841	Hopper Street, Bishopwearmouth, Durham
07/12/1847	Church, Bishopwearmouth, Durham
07/12/1847	10 Back Hopper Street Bishop Wearmouth, Bishopwearmouth North, Sunderland Union, Durham
05/12/1847	10 Back Hopper Street Bishop Wearmouth, Bishopwearmouth North, Sunderland Union, Durham

Please note that map data is based on modern streets and house numbers (where a street of that name still exists), and may not reflect the actual historical location.