My name is Judy Paul (nee BOWDEN).

My father was Charles Richard BOWDEN as was his father. My grandfather was
born in Bundaberg Qld to a Charles BOWDEN and Sarah Jane PRICE.

My G.G. Grandfather was Richard Silas BOWDEN who married Susan ELFORD I am
researching my family history and would welcome contact with anyone
researching or with any information on the lines of the BOWDEN family listed
below.

Descendants of Richard Bowden

Generation No. 1

RICHARD BOWDEN. All that is known of him is that he was a Private in the
Royal Marines and that he married a Jemima CURTIS in Plymouth, Devon,
England in 1939 and died before 1863.

Known Child of RICHARD BOWDEN is:

RICHARD SILAS BOWDEN was born November 1940in Stonehouse, Devon, England,
and died 5 Jun 1918 in Brisbane Hospital, Queensland, Australia.  He married
SUSAN ELFORD daughter of Thomas ELFORD and Elizabeth (surname unknown) in
1863 in Devonport, England. They had possibly 3 children in England before
settling in Queensland in 1868.

Generation No. 3

Children of RICHARD BOWDEN and SUSAN ELFORD are:

1 UNKOWN BOWDEN, b. Abt. 1864 England (F); d. Abt. 1864 England. ???
2 ANNIE BOWDEN, b. 1865, England.
3 CHARLES BOWDEN, b. 1866, Plymouth, England; d. 13 Feb 1894, Rockhampton,
Queensland, Australia.
4 RICHARD BOWDEN, b. 29 Mar 1870, Queensland, Australia
5 ERNEST BOWDEN, b. 4 Mar 1872, Queensland, Australia
6 THOMAS BOWDEN, b. 11 Feb 1874, Queensland, Australia
7 WILLIAM BOWDEN, b. 1 Apr 1876, Queensland, Australia
8 NELLIE BOWDEN, b. 19 Dec 1878, Queensland, Australia
8 MINNIE BOWDEN, b. 30 Apr 1881, Queensland, Australia
10 PERCIVAL BOWDEN, b. 23 Jul 1883, Queensland, Australia
11 SUSAN BOWDEN, b. 22 Nov 1885, Queensland, Australia

Generation No. 3

CHARLES BOWDEN was born 1866 in Plymouth, England, and died 13 Feb 1894 in
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia (Result of Accident). He married SARAH
JANE PRICE  daughter of John PRICE and Sarah HARPER IN 1889 at Mt Perry,
Queensland, Australia

Generation No 4

Children of CHARLES BOWDEN and SARAH PRICE are:

1 CHARLES RICHARD BOWDEN, my GrandFather b. 2 Dec 1889, Bundaberg,
Queensland, Australia; d. 15 Jan 1972, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

1  WILLIAM BOWDEN, b. 14 Dec 1891, Queensland, Australia.
2  ERNEST BOWDEN, b. 7 Jan 1894, Queensland, Australia.

Regards

Judy
alanp...@alphalink.com.au