JOHN BOWDEN, the son of William and Grace Bowden - nee Harvey - was born at Kersbrook, a farm in the parish of Dinkinhorne [Linkinhorne] in the county of Cornwall, near the borough town of Launceston, England, on the 31st July, 1798, and was baptised on the 19th August, 1795, in the above-named parish church. On the 11th September, 1821, he was married to Agnes Turner in the parish church of South Petherwick, near Launceston. They lived at Coad's Green, parish of Northhill. On the 25th September, 1837, with five children, they set sail for South Australia in the "Royal Admiral," a sailing boat of 413 tons, arriving at Holdfast Bay on 20th January, 1838. There were 208 passengers.

Jacob Bowden - a brother - set up as a herbalist in Gilles Street, Adelaide, and is credited with many successful cures.

JOHN BOWDEN became the manager of the South Australian Company's dairy on the River Torrens for a period of a little over 3 years. He lived in Park Cottage, Hackney, where two of his children were born.

In 1841 he selected land near Chain of Ponds, 21 miles east of Adelaide, and built a two-storey house, which he named "Kersbrook" after the farm on which he was born. The old house remained in the family for about 75 years. A new house now stands on the same spot and contains the foundation stone of the old building, which holds papers, coins and other articles of interest.

It was here the last of his family of ten children was born, and to whom the "Family Bible" and the "Grandfather Clock" were bequeathed. Both these heirlooms are in the keeping of a great-grandson in Melbourne now. The clock is still a good time-keeper, and the Old Book in good order after doing service for 124 years.

The land at Kersbrook was well stocked with sheep, cattle, pigs, etc. The directory of 1844 shows him well established with 80 sheep, 62 cattle, 1 horse, 13 pigs, 16 acres of wheat, 8 acres of barley, plots of oats, maize and potatoes and a fruit garden. His apple orchard of 12 acres yielded profitably, and wine-making was practised for some years.

Late in the forties JOHN BOWDEN transferred to Yorke Peninsula, at Salt Creek, near Yorketown and Edithburgh.

In 1851 he took a 14 years' lease of 107 square miles of country at this spot and called in "Penton Vale." This country was stocked with 10,000 sheep, some cattle and horses; buildings were erected, stock-yards made, and some fencing done. Several men were employed and unwittingly three escaped convicts from Port Arthur, in Tasmania - two of whom were dangerous criminals, having committed murder and other crimes while bushranging in Western Tasmania.

Alexander Tolmer in his Reminiscences (on page 64 et sec. of Vol 2) gives a full account of these criminals and their capture.

Apparently these desperadoes, Rogers, Reilly, Lynch and Reynolds, had shipped on board the "Barklay," an American Whaler (Capt. P. Reynolds), near Port Sorell, bound on a whaling cruise south of Kangaroo Island.

Off Kangaroo Island, Rogers and his companions one night over-powered the 4 seaman on watch and escaped in the quarter-boat, which was fitted complete with oars, sails, biscuits, water, and compass, taking the four sailors with them.

Approaching the S.W. of Kangaroo Island the boat was wrecked on the rocks and Reynolds and one of the sailors drowned. Two of the other sailors landed safely and escaped from Rogers.

Soon after daybreak the three bushrangers and a sailor, who was lamed in landing, skirted the coast, where the Cape Borda Light now is, and reached the Western River.

Here a settler, named McCullum, was living, from whom they stole a boat and made their way to Yorke Peninsula.

Tracking along the beach and subsisting on meat from a stranded whale calf, they arrived at John Bowden's and applied for work. They were readily given employment, as labourers were scarce owing to the gold rush to Victoria. As a report had come from Tasmania re their escape in the whaling ship, and doubts were entertained concerning the story told by the boat crew, the matter was reported by Messrs. Giles and Weaver to Inspector Tolmer, whose suspicions were aroused. A policeman, disguised as a shepherd, was sent over and obtained work as a station-hand to gather information. A police party was organised under Tolmer and sailed for Oyster Bay (or Stansbury, as we know it now). With the assistance of Mr BOWDEN the whole crew of four were captured. Mr BOWDEN, accompanied by Inspector Tolmer and several policemen, made their way one evening to a camp where the two most desperate criminals were engaged. Mr BOWDEN met the two men, stating that some sheep had been missing; he proposed staying with them that night and continuing the search the next day. While the most powerful man was engaged cooking chops over the fire Inspector Tolmer seized from behind and pinned him to the ground. The police, who were under nearby, rushed up and the pair were handcuffed, chained together, and marched to the head station, where the other two had been previously taken. One of the latter, the sailor who had been forced to join them, was able to prove his innocence and was set free. When off the Semaphore, the two chained criminals jumped from the deck into the small boat that came alongside to take the party ashore hoping to sink her, but their ruse failed. The three were sent back to Tasmania to stand trial and meet their lawful doom.

In 1852 JOHN BOWDEN'S three elder sons went overland to the Victorian Goldfields. As labour was scarce it was impossible to carry on at "Penton Vale," so the stock of sheep were sold to Messrs. Anstey and Giles for eight shillings a head and gave in the run and improvements as part of the bargain and MR BOWDEN returned to his former residence at Kersbrook till his death in 1877 aged 76.

When the sons returned from Victoria their father settled them on the River Wakefield near the town of Auburn. William Wright, who married the eldest daughter of JOHN BOWDEN, also settled nearby in the same locality. Mr BOWDEN'S family consisted of ten children, seven sons and three daughters - three sons passed away under 10 years of age.

1. Charles Bowden, the eldest son of JOHN BOWDEN, was more of a pastoralist than a farmer. He lived on the Skilligolee Creek and finally retired to "The Knoll," near Riverton. Under careful and wise management by himself and wife all their undertakings were a success. His wife was Laura Wainwright 27/02/1836 - 27/11/1913 (daughter of William & Hannah (Gerrard) Wainwright, all arrived in Australia on the ship Lloyds 01/12/1838) before marriage. Charles Bowden was an invalid for some years before his death on August 26th, 1899, owing to a fall when roofing a dairy, which injured his back. He was the father of fifteen children, five of whom died young.

1.1. Charles Oswald, the eldest son was manager of camel teams in the far north of South Australia for some years and died of Pneumonia at Cootnarina on 7th May, 1891. He was a member of "The Elder Exploring Expedition" at the time of his death.

1.2. Walter Edmund, the second son, took charge of "The Knoll" after his mother's death. Later he moved to Port Elliot, where he died, leaving a widow and seven children - five sons and two daughters, all married.

1.2.1. Oswald, in the S.A. Agricultural Department.
1.2.2. Frederick, dairying with a jersey herd at Narrung.
1.2.3. Norman and
1.2.4. Reginald are bank managers, and
1.2.5. William is in the A.I.F.

1.3. Ada Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Charles Bowden, married H R Garland and died many years ago.

1.4. Eleanor Adeline, second daughter, married James Thomas, a farmer, of Auburn, S.A. The business of wheat-growing proved a profitable undertaking and in a few years the family moved to North Unley. There were three children - Angas Wainwright, Linda V L and Jessamine Gertrude. Eleanor, wife of James Thomas, passed away at North Unley in 1941, being 81 years of age, and her husband died in the year 1944, being 95 years of age. James Thomas was an associate member of the South Park Bowling Club for about thirty years and kept good tips on billiard cues up to the last week of his life. He played snooker, but his favourite game on the tables was "Pot and Cannon." He also played a good game of draughts. His hobby was growing flowers - his street gardens claimed much public comment and approval.

1.4.1. Angas W Thomas, the son of James Thomas, conducted a large drapery store on the Unley Road for some 30 years. During the Great War 1939-45, he sold his large stock to a City firm. He married twice and had two sons in the RAAF,

1.4.1.1. Gordon and
1.4.1.2. Bruce. Bruce paid the supreme sacrifice.
1.4.2. Linda, the elder daughter of James and Eleanor Thomas, married George A Brock, and brought up two sons,
1.4.2.1. Ronald George and
1.4.2.2. Allen James, both of whom are on active service.
1.4.3. Jessamine Gertrude, the younger daughter of J and E Thomas, married Vivian John Suter, and reared a son, and a daughter and is living on Park Terrace, North Unley.
1.4.3.1. Kinglsey John,
1.4.3.2. Fay Elinor,

1.5. Emma Susannah, third daughter of Charles Bowden, married into the Seymour family, of Western Australia. She passed away leaving one daughter,
1.5.1. Illa - now Mrs A Paull, having one son and a daughter.

1.6. Rosetta Hannah Kelly, fourth daughter of Charles Bowden, lives in Boulder City, is a widow and reared four children, three boys and a girl.
1.6.1. Oswald, who lives at Boulder;
1.6.2. Cyril, who was killed in World War, 1914-18;
1.6.3. Murray, in Postal Department at Merredin, W.A.

1.7. Laura Isabel, fifth daughter of Charles Bowden, married James Ferrier - deceased - left two children, Eva and Arthur.
1.7.1. Eva married, and as Mrs Spence has two children and lives at Largs Bay.
1.7.2. Her brother, Arthur, is Stationmaster at Bute, is married, and has a daughter and three sons.

1.8. Emily, sixth daughter of Charles Bowden, married James Ferrier, the widower of her sister, Isabel, and left one son,
1.8.1. Charles Gavin, married, with two sons: Charles G Ferrier is at present in the AIF. The family are living in Angas Road, Mitcham.
Emily Ferrier was a trained nurse and her generous services were much appreciated at the Blinman, Hammond, Quorn and other centres where she lived.

1.9. Clara Evelyn, seventh daughter of Charles Bowden, married Walter Hannaford, farmer, of Riverton, who represented the Midland District in the SA Parliament from 1912 to 1940, and was a director of SA Farmer's Union up to the time of his death, June 30th, 1942. There is a family of 4 boys and 2 girls:
1.9.1. Walter Nelson, grazier, of Texas, Queensland;
1.9.2. Laura Bowden Hannaford, of Collinswood;
1.9.3. Douglas Clive, of Board Oak, Riverton, farmer;
1.9.4. Angas Kingsley, died in Western Australia;
1.9.5. Vernon Clare, of Sedgemore, Riverton, farmer;
1.9.6. Enid Isabel Wallis, of Collinswood, with two children.

1.10. Eva Withers, the eighth daughter of Charles Bowden, is a widow, of Bicton, WA, with a son and daughter, both on active service in the Great War, 1939-45.

2. William Bowden, the second son of JOHN BOWDEN, became quite a successful farmer and grazier on the Wakefield River, near the postal town of Rhynie. He had a family of two sons - James and Arthur - and three daughters - Charlotte, Hannah an Agnes.
2.1. James farmed near Gladstone and later at Nectar Brook, eighteen miles south of Port Augusta, finishing up in South Queensland.
2.2. Arthur took the old homestead from his father, who passed out at the age 85, at Rhynie, on 22nd January, 1909, after a long and successful career. Arthur died at Riverton in his 53rd year on the 14th October, 1915. Roy Bowden, a grandson of William Bowden, is now well established on the old place, which is known as Gibraltar.
2.3. Charlotte Bowden married Harry Wait, and this pair did well at wheat-growing at Appila Yarrawie and reared a family of 3 boys and 5 girls, seven of whom are living in South Australia at the present time and are married.
2.4. Hannah married Edward Catford and were successful farmers near Boolaroo Centre and left 5 sons and 3 daughters. Some of the boys are still on the land.
2.5. Agnes Bowden took as her partner for life, William Catford, but passed out at about 50 years on 31st August, 1889.

3. John Bowden, the fourth son of JOHN BOWDEN Senior, grew wheat, and kept a herd of Ayrshire dairy cows on Lambert's Creek, near Auburn. He was a member of the District Council for some years. His family consisted of two daughters, Octavia and Emma, both of whom married.
3.1. Octavia left a son and a daughter and
3.2. Emma left several children,
John Bowden passed away on 26th October, 1881, at the age of 53 years.

4. Jabez Harvey Bowden, the seventh son, was born at Park Cottage, Hackney, on the 18th February, 1839. He married Mary Ann McLean late in life (31st March, 1880) and had no children. He inherited the old home at Kersbrook. He sat in the local council for a few terms and passed out on June 9th, 1909.

5. Agnes, the eldest daughter of JOHN BOWDEN, married William Wright in 1854, and settled on Lower Skilly, near Auburn, about 70 miles north of Adelaide. This pair were engaged in mixed farming in this locality for 23 years and raised a family of five sons and four daughters - Mary Agnes, William Jabez, Harriet Susannah, Ruth Alice, Walter Morris, Herbert Vercoe, John Albert, George Horace and Florence Beatrice. Mary Agnes passed away at 2 years of age and Florence Beatrice at 8 years. All the other children reached maturity - married and reared families. The family moved from Auburn to the Quorn district in 1877 and became more extensive farmers having up to one thousand acres under crop and grazed two thousand sheep, thirty cattle and twenty horses. In 1887 William Wright and his wife retired to Adelaide and let the farms at Quorn and Hawker to first, third and fourth sons.
5.1. William Jabez the eldest son of William and Agnes Wright, added to his estate till he owned about five thousand acres. In 1910 he grew a crop of wheat at Montefiore averaging forth bushels to the acre, which up to that time was the best crop grown on a farm of that size with ten miles of Quorn. He married Caroline Wright, of Nailsworth, and this pair raised a family of ten children, -- nine of whom are living to-day. Two sons, Lionel and Hedley, are farming within the Quorn district.

5.1.1. Lionel married Ida French and they have three children,
5.1.1.1. Shirley (eldest), who has put several years in the war service during the second World War, 1939-1945. She is now air hostess stationed in Adelaide and making many flights.
5.1.1.2. William served in England, India and China in the air service during the war for about four years and
5.1.1.3. Janet is a typist with Dalgety & Co., Adelaide.
5.1.2. Hedley Wright married Dulcie Kelly and had four children.
5.1.2.1. Gerald is in the SA Railway service at Adelaide.
5.1.2.2. Heather,
5.1.2.3. Judith and
5.1.2.4. Robin are at Montefiore, the home farm.
5.1.3. Two sons of W J Wright are accountants in the National Bank of Australasia Ltd., Tom at Albury, NSW
5.1.4. and Max, at Paskerville, SA. Both of these have served in World War No 2 for some years.
5.1.5. Flora, the eldest daughter of W J Wright, is living at St Kilda, near Melbourne, as Mrs Couve.
5.1.6. Grace Potter, the second daughter, lives at Coonalpyn, SA, and has two children,
5.1.6.1. Carol, 19 years of age, and
5.1.6.2. William, 17.
5.1.7. Bessie Baker, the youngest daughter, lives at Quorn. Her husband is a guard on the railway between Port Augusta and Alice Springs. There are two children,
5.1.7.1. Warwick and
5.1.7.2. Helena, both at school.

5.2. Walter Morris (the author of this brochure), the second son of William and Agnes Wright, decided to become a Public Schoolteacher. In 1887 he took charge of the first two half-time schools opened in the State on the River Murray, namely, Thalia and Mobilong East. Later he opened a new school on the Yapoona Creek, near Wilmington. In 1892 he entered the Training College in Grote Street, City. He became Head Teacher of the following schools in turn: Elliston, 1893; Cherry Gardens, 1906; Meningie, 1909; Virginia, 1919. He retired at the end of 1927 and took up residence at 156 Wattle Street, New Parkside, Unley. He married Harriet Amelia Packer, of Elliston. There is one daughter,

5.2.1. Gertrude Felecia, who is living with her parents, who is also a retired school teacher. W M Wright was educated at Lower Skilly Public, Wilmington Public, Stanley Grammar school, Watervale and Whinham College, North Adelaide. He has been a bowler in the South Park Bowling Club for 19 years.

5.3. Herbert Verco Wright, the third son of William and Agnes Wright, held the original farm on the Mt Brown creek, viz. Ightham Farm till 4th May, 1936, when he transferred it to his son, Archer B Wright. H V Wright's health failed in 1929 so he and his wife left the farm in charge of Archer and retired to Torrensville, where he passed away in January, 1938. He was a successful farmer in a dry area. He married Agnes Tyrie, of Gumeracha. There are four children

5.3.1. Roy Ightham, of Sydney, general storekeeper, with three children
5.3.1.1. Kathleen C,
5.3.1.2. Margaret D and
5.3.1.3. James Verco.
5.3.2. Archer Bowden Wright, the second son of Herbert V Wright, married Don Treloar, of Quorn, and worked with his father on Ightham Farm. His family consisted of two daughters,
5.3.2.1. Lorna and
5.3.2.2. Joan, both married.
5.3.3. Doris, eldest daughter of Herbert V Wright, married Roy Tratham, a manager in the National Bank, and lived at various towns in South Australia before shifting to Cairns, in Queensland. The last bank was at Ipswich, near Brisbane. Doris passed away suddenly at Brisbane on 21 August, 1941.
5.3.4. Dulcie married Roy Weatherly, she has one daughter, a nurse in Wellington, NZ. Dulcie has a business of her own in Auckland.

5.4. John Albert Wright, the fourth son of William and Agnes Wright, married Janet Hood, who had been a school-teacher. There were seven children of the marriage - three boys and four girls. John did well at farming at Whim Park, near Bruce. He sold the farm in 1920 and later retired to Quorn, where he lived until his death on 2nd October, 1943.
5.4.1. Bruce, the eldest son, is at Forbes, NSW, acting for Goldsbrough Mort & Co.
5.4.2. Ross, second son, is with Dalgety & Co., Ltd., in Victoria.
5.4.3. Geoffrey, the youngest son, is on the land at Whim Park, near Bruce. The latter two sons are married. Geoffrey has a daughter.
5.4.4. Irene, the eldest daughter, married Fred Mitchell, of Dalgety & Co., and is living at Kingston. She has three sons,
5.4.4.1. John, John served in the Air Force during World War 2.
5.4.4.2. Grant and
5.4.4.3. Dean.
5.4.5. Gladys, the second daughter, married George Heath, and is now living at Pinnaroo and conducting the hotel.
5.4.6. Marjorie, the third daughter, married William Rodda, and is living at Hawker. They have two sons,

5.4.6.1. Geoffrey and

5.4.6.2. Glen, all in the stock department of Goldsbrough Mort & Co.
5.4.7. Doreen, the youngest daughter of John and Janet Wright, is now Mrs Arthur Bean, living in North Adelaide.

5.5. George Horace Wright, the youngest son of William and Agnes Wright, married Emily Wardle, of Hawker, and begot two sons and four daughters - Elsie, Ouida, Eva, Malcolm, John and Ruth.
5.5.1. Elsie married W A Reed, who is in charge of the telephone line with Marree as centre. She has two children living, One boy passed away at an early age.
5.5.1.1. Joan and
5.5.1.2. William.
5.5.2. Ouida married L C Sutton-Jones, a designer or draughtsman, and lives at Longwood, SA.
5.5.3. Eva married Lance McLeay, she has two sons, both of whom are on their medical course.
5.5.3.1. Donald is on the last year of his course;
5.5.3.2. Collin is a beginner.
She lives at Brougham Place, North Adelaide.
5.5.4. Malcolm is in the Australia Mutual Provident Society, 21 King William Street, Adelaide.
5.5.5. John is at Longwood starting a fowl farm. John has a son,
5.5.5.1. Peter, about six years of age.
Both Malcolm and John saw active service in the last World War at home and abroad.
5.5.6. Ruth, the youngest child of Horace and Emily Wright, is living in the old home at Malvern, keeping a few boarders. .

5.6. Harriet Susannah Wright, second daughter of William and Agnes Wright, married Robert Woodhead, a saddler, of Auburn. There were about four children of the marriage -

5.6.1. Mabel, the eldest, married Joseph Woolford, a widower with one son, Harold, 4 years of age. Mabel bore six children -

5.6.1.1. Robert J,
5.6.1.2. Ross A,
5.6.1.3. Dorothy E,
5.6.1.4. Herbert I and
5.6.1.5. Ernest.
All married except Ernest, who served in World War 2. All of Murraytown.
5.6.2. William Herbert, eldest son of Susannah and Robert Woodhead, married his cousin, Agnes Kelly, farmed at Narrogin, WA, and later at Galong, NSW, and passed away on July 7th, 1941, leaving two sons and four daughters. His widow, Agnes, still occupies the farm, Kelwood, near Galong, with her eldest daughter,

5.6.2.1. Laura, and two sons,
5.6.2.2. Jim and
5.6.2.3. Bruce.
5.6.3. Ernest Rankin, second son, married with three children, two boys and one girl - all married and living within the city suburbs. Ern has retired and living at Payneham.
5.6.4. Robert Stanley, the third son of Susannah and Robert Woodhead, is now living at Toorak Gardens with his wife. There are two children - a boy and a girl, both married.

5.7. Ruth Alice Wright, third daughter of William and Agnes Wright, married James Maxwell Kelly, of Kingswood, near Quorn. Six of their seven children reached maturity. The family occupied the farm Itali Itali nine miles south east of Quorn.

5.7.1. Agnes married and is now living at Galong, NSW.
5.7.2. Harry took over the farm Itali Itali and did well while seasons were favourable. He married Kathleen O'Malley and raised 3 sons,
5.7.2.1. Darcy, the eldest, is managing the farm for his mother. He married Beth Dickson and has one son -
5.7.2.1.1. Peter Kingswood.
5.7.2.2. Bryan and
5.7.2.3. Colin are now getting their discharge from the army and are anticipating going on the farm at Itali Itali.
5.7.3. Spencer, the second son of Ruth and James Kelly, removed from the Quorn district some years ago and joined his cousin, W H Woodhead, at Galong, NSW. He was very successful with sheep. He married Ruby Patrick, of Bruce, and had a family of three daughters

5.7.3.1. Alice,
5.7.3.2. Joan and
5.7.3.3. Jean.
Spencer passed away with a weak heart as did his partner a few years before him.
5.7.4. Jessie married Archibald McColl, of Wilmington, SA. They shifted to Koorawatha, NSW, where they have carried on mixed farming for many years. They have a family of three -

5.7.4.1. Kathleen R F,
5.7.4.2. Maxwell and
5.7.4.3. Ross A
- all three have been doing war work, but are now home again. Max is going on with the farm - his father is now unable to do much. Ross had decided to become a school-teacher.

5.7.5. William J Kelly, the third son of James and Ruth Kelly, studied engineering as a young man. He enlisted when the World War I broke out. On his return he went farming for a few years during a prolonged drought. Later he entered the School of Mines. He married Nora O'Malley, a sister to his brother Harry's wife. They have two daughters,

5.7.5.1. Margaret is engaged in office work
5.7.5.2. Florence is still at school.
The family live at Tusmore. Will is a member of South Park Bowling Club and can give quite a good display in the third division.

5.7.6. Laurel Kelly, third daughter of James and Ruth Kelly, married James Cattle, an employee of the Savings Bank of SA and a returned soldier of World War I, and now an inspector in the same bank. They lived at Port Pirie for some years, when James had a seat in the local District Council. There is a family of one daughter,

5.7.6.1. Ruth, who has announced her marriage engagement.


6. Grace Harvey Bowden, the second daughter of JOHN BOWDEN, born at Park Cottage, Hackney, SA, married Henry Francis and removed from Kersbrook to the South Island of New Zealand. She died at Refton [Reefton], in the north-west of the South Island, on 3rd March, 1874, aged 32 years, leaving two daughters, now married -

6.1. Mrs Henry Smith, [actually Francis Smith] of Refton, and Mrs Banks, a widow, also of Refton. 6.2. Mrs Banks visited some of her relatives in the Quorn district of South Australia about forth years ago.

7. Elizabeth Harvey Bowden, the third daughter of JOHN BOWDEN was born at Kersbrook, Chain of Ponds, SA. She married Francis Anderson and lived at Ararat for many years - kept a boarding house and raised a family of nine children, two boys, Oliver and Tom.

7.1. Oliver ran a hardware business and timber-yard eighty miles north of Melbourne, and brought up a family of seven.
7.2. Tom entered the Postal Department; he had a family of four - two boys, one daughter married. Tom, now retired, is living at Moonee Ponds, some ten miles out of Melbourne.
7.3. Adelaide, the eldest daughter, married and raised a family of three - Herbert, Margaret and Victor.
7.4. Elizabeth Agnes married George Pinches and brought up five children
7.4.1. - Percy John, in building trade (married) with one daughter,
7.4.1.1. Joyce, a music teacher of Preston, Victoria;
7.4.2. Arthur, who became a Major in the World War 2 (he also served in World War 1);
7.4.3. Eva Ruby, married name Spencer;
7.4.4. Harry, serving in the Australia navy;
7.4.5. Sydney Pinches, the youngest.
George Pinches passed away in 1910. A few years later his widow married Charles Luckhurst and is now living at Albert Park, Melbourne.
7.5. Ethel married Herbert Brown -- this pair raised two children,
7.5.1. Reginald and
7.5.2. Ettie May.
H Brown died and the widow married Arthur Ryan and had one daughter, Dorothy.

7.6. Ruth Violet married Arthur Burns, one child was born and died at early age. Arthur Burns passed away and his widow married Robert Allen, a widower, with two boys. Ruth passed away suddenly on March 21st, 1943.

7.7. Eva married Harry Mitchell and bore two children,
7.7.1. Elva - has two children
7.7.2. Grace.
7.8. Mabel married Mr Brown and the result of the marriage was two sons,

7.8.1. Victor and
7.8.2. Arthur.
The father passed away and his widow married a Mr Thomas.
7.9. Laura, a twin sister of Tom, died young.

JOHN and AGNES BOWDEN are the ancestors or progenitors in a direct line of 10 children, 42 grandchildren, 102 great grandchildren, and 127 great, great grandchildren, and many of these will owe a debt of gratitude to Walter Morris Wright for painstaking research he has put into this establishment of their ancestry.

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