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Peter Gower

Peter Gower

Male Abt 1793 - 1851  (~ 58 years)

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  • Name Peter Gower  [1
    Born Abt 1793  Wombwell, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Christened 22 Sep 1793  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  [3
    Occupation Wombwell, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Blacksmith 
    Buried 12 Mar 1851  Darfield, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I7401  Main Tree
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 

    Father Archibald Gower,   b. Abt 1758, Unknown (Foundling) Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. 23 Mar 1827, Darfield, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Charlotte Jenkinson,   b. Abt 1762,   bur. 17 Jan 1838, Darfield, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 3 Sep 1783  Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F2192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Myers,   b. Abt 1800, Laughton en le Morthen, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 1 Dec 1834  Rossington, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
    +1. Samuel Gower,   b. Abt 1836, Wombwell, Yorkshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Dec 1893  (Age ~ 57 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2018 
    Family ID F4310  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 Peter Gower, son of Archibold, of Wombwell, 22 Sep 1793 (Reliability: 2).

    2. [S266] Information from Louise Merrill, email dated 5 September 2006, citing Darfield parish registers (Reliability: 3).
      Burials: Peter Gower of Wombwell March 12th 1851 aged 57

    3. [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


    4. [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).

    5. [S195] International Genealogical Index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, (www.familysearch.org;), marriage of Archibald Gore and Charlotte Jenkinson, 3 Sep 1783, Wath upon Dearne, Yorkshire (extracted from registers) (Reliability: 2).

    6. [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).