Individual Details

James BOWINS

(14 Mar 1898 - 19 Jul 1924)

Events

Birth14 Mar 1898Candlesby, Lincolnshire, England
Baptism10 Apr 1898Spilsby, Lincolnshire, England
Census1901Hill Top, Candlesby, Lincolnshire, England
Census1911Working in Private Garden - Church Row, Tackley, Oxfordshire, England
OccupationFrom 28 Dec 1914 to 16 Jul 1924Engine Cleaner & Fireman - Great Western Railway, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Death19 Jul 1924(Registration District), Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales

Families

FatherJohn William BOWINS (1872 - 1945)
MotherEllen DUNHAM (1875 - 1929)
SiblingEdith BOWINS (1895 - )
SiblingBertha BOWINS (1896 - 1956)
SiblingLaura BOWINS (1900 - 1917)
SiblingAmy BOWINS (1901 - 1919)
SiblingMabel BOWINS (1904 - )
SiblingLilian BOWINS (1908 - 1990)

Notes

Occupation

Extract from Railway Employment Records - Great Western Drivers, Firemen & Cleaners

No: 14527
Name: James Bowins
Date of birth: 14 March 1898

Promotions and rates of wages

Basic date 11 March 1916 Turns 3
28 Dec 1914 - Engine Cleaner
15 Feb 1915 - Greaser
17 Dec 1915 - Engine Cleaner
14 March 1916 - 3rd Class Fireman - rate: 3/6
14 March 1917 - - rate: 3/9
14 March 1919 - - rate: 4/-
12 Aug 1919 - - rate: 10/6
11 March 1920 - - rate: 11/6
12 April 1920 - - rate: 11/10
14 April 1920 - - rate: 17/6
1 July 1920 - - rate: 12/10
1 Oct 1920 - - rate: 13/2?
1 Jan 1921 - - rate: 13/4
1 April 1921 - - rate: 12/8
1 July 1921 - - rate: 11/10
1 Jan 1922 - - rate: 11/2
1 April 1922 - - rate: 11/-
16 July 1924 - Deceased

Removals:

28 Dec 1914 - Oxford
15 Feb 1015 - Oxford
17 Dec 1915 - Oxford
14 March 1916 - Aberdare
19 Jan 1920 - Oxford (own request)
12 July 1920 - Abardare (own request)


Endnotes

1. GRO (England & Wales) Birth Registrations Index, 1898 Apr/Jun - Spilsby - Vol: 7a Page: 589.

2. UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956, Piece: 76.

3. England - Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, FHL Film Number: 1542406.

4. 1901 Census of England and Wales , Class: RG13; Piece: 3077; Folio: 54; Page: 9.

5. 1911 Census of England and Wales, Class: RG14; Piece: 8201; Schedule Number: 99.

6. UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956, Piece: 76.

7. UK, Railway Employment Records, 1833-1956, Piece: 76.

8. GRO (England & Wales) Death Registrations, 1924 Jul/Sept - Merthyr Tydfil - Vol: 11a Page: 608.