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Edward BOWCHER (1807 - 1877)
spirit dealer, dealer in wine and spirits, Vintner
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Edward BOWCHER (1807 - 1877)

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Matilda SNELL (1806 - 1886)
John BOWCHER (1762 - 1828) John BOWCHER (1730 - ) John BOWCHER
Mary (BOWCHER)
Deborah CHOWNE (1727 - 1788) Henry CHOWNE (1702 - 1770)
Ann COOKNEY (1705 - 1775)
Elizabeth TOWNSEND (1772 - 1858) William TOWNSEND (1734 - 1817) William TOWNSEND (1711 - )
Ellenor PHILLIPS
Alice ROWE William ROWE
Elizabeth CANN

b. 17 Jun 1807 at Exeter, Devon, England
m. abt Dec 1855 Matilda SNELL (1806 - 1886) at Exeter, Devon, England
d. abt Jun 1877 at Exeter, Devon, England aged 70
Parents:
John BOWCHER (1762 - 1828)
Elizabeth TOWNSEND (1772 - 1858)
Siblings (11):
Mary BOWCHER (1788 - 1827)
Sarah BOWCHER (1792 - 1814)
John BOWCHER (1794 - 1862)
William BOWCHER (1800 - 1804)
Ann BOWCHER (1801 - 1898)
Frederick James BOWCHER (1806 - 1877)
Charles Henry BOWCHER (1808 - 1826)
Eliza Ann Jane BOWCHER (1808 - 1892)
Emma BOWCHER (1810 - 1854)
William Townsend BOWCHER (1813 - 1877)
Henry James Cann BOWCHER (1815 - 1864)
Events in Edward BOWCHER (1807 - 1877)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
17 Jun 1807 Edward BOWCHER was born Exeter, Devon, England
28 Feb 1828 20 Death of father John BOWCHER (aged 65) Exeter, Devon, England
1851 44 Census St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England
abt Dec 1855 48 Married Matilda SNELL (aged 49) Exeter, Devon, England Note 1 2, 68
16 Apr 1858 50 Death of mother Elizabeth TOWNSEND (aged 85) Exeter, Devon, England Free BMD Jun 1858 5b 66
1861 54 Census St Petrock, Exeter, Devon, England Note 2
1871 64 Census St Sidwell, Exeter, Devon, England retired wine merchant
abt Jun 1877 70 Edward BOWCHER died Exeter, Devon, England FreeBMD Jun 1877 5b 70
Will 2
Note 1: Free BMD Dec 1855 5b 163 BOWCHEN
Note 2: assisting mother in wine and spirit trade
Personal Notes:
Events in Edward Bowcher's life

1807 - - Edward Bowcher was born; Devon, England
17 Jun 1807 - - Christening; St Stephen, Exeter, Devon
1828 21 - Death of father John Bowcher (aged 66); City of Exeter
1841 34 - spirit dealer; Exeter, Devon
1841 34 - Fore Street; St Petrock, Devon, England
1851 44 - Residence; Exeter St Petrock, Devon, England (Note.1)
1851 44 - dealer in wine and spirits; St Petrock, Exeter, Devon (Note.2)
1855 48 - Married Matilda Snell (aged 49); Exeter
16 Apr 1858 51 - Death of mother Elizabeth Townsend (aged 85); Exeter, Devon
1861 54 - 72 High Street (retailer of wine and spirits); Exeter St Petrock, Devon, England
1861 54 - Vintner; 72 High Street, Exeter, Devon
1871 64 - Residence; St Sidwell, Devon, England
1877 70 - Edward Bowcher died; Exeter
May 1877 70 - Will; No 26 Dix's Field, Exeter

(Note.1) Address: 72 High Street

(Note.2) Address: 72 High Street
Source References:
2. Type: Book, Abbr: Devon to Downunder, Title: Devon to Downunder, Auth: Bettie Elworthy, Publ: Bookbound, Date: 1997
- Reference = 18 (Will)
- Notes: Searching for Edward's will it was revealed that at some unknown date he had
married his first cousin, Matilda Snell, daughter of his mother's sister Mary nee
Townsend and Samuel Snell. Edward left his house and 200 pounds to his dear
wife Matilda, 150 pounds to his brother Frederick James Bowcher (the one I
couldn't find) and legacies to his half-sister Ann and her daughter, his half-brother
John's son and to a niece. To his brother William he left 8/- a week during
Matilda's life AND a bequest to his nephew James Elworthy in Australia! Much
family data was gained from the surnames in this will.
Matilda, baptised at Exeter on 09 Jul 1806, lived to be eighty. She left the house
and 'all appurtenances' to her niece Eliza Jane DREW on condition that Matilda's
younger brother Samuel, a tailor from Kenton, be paid five shillings per week
every week of his life, rental for an apartment or cottage 'befitting his station in life'
and payment of his grocer's and medical bills.
Eliza Ann bap 04 Dec 1808 at St Stephen wed Thomas TOBY, also a spirit
merchant, on 27 Jun 1835 at St David's in Exeter. Charles Henry was baptised the
same day as Eliza but it is not safe presuming siblings are twins because they share
a baptismal date. Because of the short time between their baptism and Edward's, in
this case I think they were. Charles was only 18 when he died on 19 July 1826.
- Reference = 8, 17 (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Edward Bowcher 17 Jun 1807 was 21 when his father died and his mother
Elizabeth took over the running of the wine and spirit business at 71/72 High
Street, Exeter. As Bowchers had porter and ale stores, Edward probably helped
look after the bonded liquor store that I visited whilst in Exeter.
A civic-minded man, Edward was elected a Commissioner of Improvement for
the Parish of St Petrock in 1859. Following his mother's death in 1858, he ran the
business until he sold it to Henry Blacking in July 1867 just after his 60th birthday.

The firm of "BOWCHER - WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS" had been carried on
for more than half a century in the same premises!
Under Edward's management the business continued to flourish. He lived at 26
Dix's Field, one of the more prosperous areas of Exeter which unhappily was
destroyed in World War II. Whilst staying in that city in 1990 I was actually, but
unknowingly, only about 500 yards from where Edward had lived!
- Reference = 18 (Marriage)
18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool
- Reference = Taclowcoth (Name, Notes)
- Notes: I came across your site when researching an old spirit bottle I have which says impressed in it Bowcher Exeter, it is stoneware and mid nineteenth centiry
Did they have a spirit business?
68. Type: Gedcom File, Abbr: Bowcher Gedcom, Title: Bowcher Gedcom, Auth: Katharine Wale, Date: 27 Aug 2011
- Reference = (Marriage)

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