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Samuel Gower

Samuel Gower

Male Abt 1836 - 1893  (~ 57 years)

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  • Name Samuel Gower  [1, 2] 
    Born Abt 1836  Wombwell, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Christened 17 Apr 1836  Darfield, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1841  Wombwell, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1881  46 Park Street, Wombwell, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Occupation Wombwell, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Chemist and druggist 
    Died 14 Dec 1893  [4] 
    Probate 23 Jan 1894  Wakefield, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • His executors were his sons, William and Arthur, both of whom were described as gentlemen. His estate was valued at £100 16s 6d.
    Person ID I13673  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father Peter Gower,   b. Abt 1793, Wombwell, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 12 Mar 1851, Darfield, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ann Myers,   b. Abt 1800, Laughton en le Morthen, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 1 Dec 1834  Rossington, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F4310  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Cassandra Cheavin 
    Married 1858  Spalding Registration District, Lincolnshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F4313  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Charlotte Booth,   b. Abt 1840, Hooton Roberts, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1862  Strand Registration District, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Children 
     1. William Gower,   b. 1863, Wombwell, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jan 1898, Barnsley Registration District, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)  [natural]
     2. Peter Milton Gower,   b. 1865, Barnsley Registration District, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1889, Barnsley Registration District, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)  [natural]
     3. Arthur Gower,   b. 1873, Wombwell, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F4311  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S468] Darfield Parish Registers (West Riding): Baptisms 1598-1855; Marriages 1598-1850; Burials 1598-1846, Yorkshire Parish Register Section, Yorkshire Archaeological Society, (CD-ROM, YPRS, 2004;), baptism of Samuel Gower, son of Peter & Ann, Wombwell, Blacksmith, 17 Apr 1836 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S101] 1841 Census Returns of England and Wales, Home Office, (6 June 1841;), HO 107/1326/15 f.13 p.20 (Reliability: 3).
      Wombwell
      Peter Gower, 45, Blacksmith, Y
      Ann Gower, 40, Y
      Samuel Gower, 5, Y
      /
      John Sheppard, 20, Blacksmith J, Y
      Thomas Lint, 15, Blacksmith Ap, Y
      Eliza Molkin, 15, F.S., Y
      Jonathan Haley, 10, M.S., Y

    3. [S105] 1881 Census Returns of England and Wales, General Register Office, (3 April 1881;), RG 11., RG 11/4606 f.96 p.13 (Reliability: 3).
      46 Park Street, Wombwell
      Samuel Gower, Head, Mar, 45, Chemist & Druggist, Yorks Wombwell
      Charlotte Gower, Wife, Mar, 40, Yorks Hooton Roberts
      William Gower, Son, Unmar, 17, Colliery Weighman, Yorks Wombwell
      Arthur Gower, Son, Unmar, 7, Yorks Wombwell
      Ann Gower, Mother, Widow, 80, Yorks Loughton

    4. [S349] National Probate Index, Probate Registry, https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk., 1894, p.206 (Reliability: 3).
      GOWER Samuel of Wombwell Yorkshire chemist and druggist died 14 December 1893 Probate Wakefield 23 January to William Gower and Arthur Gower gentlemen Effects £100 16s. 6d.

    5. [S194] FamilySearch EASy data (Extraction Administration System), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (www.familysearch.org;), marriage of Peter Gower, 21, & Ann Myers, 21, 1 Dec 1834, Rossington, York (Reliability: 2).

    6. [S205] FreeBMD, (www.freebmd.org.uk;), marriages of Samuel Gower and Cassandra Cheavin share reference Spalding 7a 390, March quarter 1858 (Reliability: 2).

    7. [S205] FreeBMD, (www.freebmd.org.uk;), marriages of Samuel Gower and Charlotte Hough share reference Strand 1b 649, June quarter 1862 (Reliability: 2).