The Bowles of Canada and their Roots in Ireland and England 
 

Bowles References in the  Castletown,

Killabban parish (Church of Ireland) Register

The Bowles of Ballickmoyler were closely involved with the establishment and operations of this church in 1801.  See The Bowles of Ballickmoyler and the Church at Castletown
 

Christenings

 
Child’s Name       Parent & Abode                                                                               D.of B.                 Christened               Christened By
John              son of Mich'l Bowles of Ballickmoyler                  6 July 1806        20 July 1806       Arthur J. Weldon
 
Sarah            dau of Mich'l Bowles of Ballickmoyler                  29 Dec 1807       30 Dec 1807       Arthur J. Weldon
 
Thomas         son of John & Elizabeth Bowles of Ballickmoyler   4 July 1809         2 Aug 1809        Arthur J. Weldon
 
Robert           son of Robert Bowles of Ballickmoyler                13 June 1811      26 July 1811       Arthur J. Weldon
 
Jane              dau of John & Elizabeth Bowles of Ballickmoyler  8 Dec 1812         26 Dec 1812         
 
Lucy              dau of Robert & Ann Bowles of Ballickmoyler       9 Oct 1813         31 Oct 1813
 
Eliza             dau of John Bowles of Ballickmoyler                   12 Oct 1814        12 Nov 1814
 
Thomas         son of Robert & Ann Bowles of Ballickmoyler       25 Feb 1816        12 March 1816
 
Robert          son of John & Elizabeth Bowles of Ballickmoyler   15 Feb 1817        2 March 1817      Thomas Whelan
 
 

Burials

Name                            Abode                   Died                            Date of Burial                    Age
Joseph Bowles     Ballickmoyler                           20 Oct 1815             ---
 
William Bowles    parish of Dunleckney                16 Dec 1816             51 (so born ~ 1765)
Note: (Dunleckney, co. Carlow is where a branch of the Feltus family lived and Joseph Bowles married a Jane Feltus in Carlow (town).  John Bowles of Ballickmoyler and family also lived in Dunleckney from 1808 to 1818 prior to emigrating to Canada.)
 
Ann Bowles         Killabban                                 1 Dec 1817              70 (so born ~ 1747)
 
John Bowles        Ballickmoyler                            19 May 1818            36 (so born ~ 1782)
 
Lucy Bowles        Ballickmoyler    Sat 17 May         20 May 1828            78 (so born ~ 1750)
 
William Bowles    Ballickmoyler                            27 April 1831           72 (so born ~ 1759)
 
Elizabeth Bowles  Ballickmoyler                            12 Nov 1846            90 (so born ~ 1756)
 
 

Marriages

 
Francis Young of the Parish of Newtown Barry (co. Wexford) and Ann Bowles of Ballickmoyler were Married in this Parish by Licence This day of 28th June in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and eight by me Arthur J Weldon
 
Thomas Taylor of this Parish and Elizabeth Bowles, widow, were married in this Parish by Licence This day of ---- in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and twenty one by me Joseph Chapman.  Note: the Taylor farm was adjacent to the Bowles land in Ballickmoyler.
 
The following is close to Bowles but probably is not.  The Bowles were long gone from the area by this time:
Edward Bowers jnr and Phoebe Kidd were married by licence on 28 Oct 1862
Witnesses:-  Harriet Kidd, Thomas Bowes, Saml Kidd & J.H. Davis
 

See The Bowles of Canada

See  The Bowles of Ireland

See The Bowles of Great Britain

This page was last updated 10/18/18