ADDITIONS TO GOWLLAND FAMILY
WEBSITE
Latest alterations to website
14th
Decembeer 2017
We
discovered that Stephen Leversha Gowlland
was a freemason: - https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-90100-46510493/ars-quatuor-coronatorumfreemasons-being-the-transactions-of-the-lodge-quatuor
This
is the only known case of freemasonry in the Gowlland
family.
27th November 2017
More information about John George Blantyre Gow(l)land
– click here
20th November 2017
Details of a watch manufactured by Arthur Gowlland
(1832 – 1904) – click here.
4th
October 2017
Details of headstone
of John Gowland, and his daughter Elizabeth, in the
churchyard of All Saints Church, Findsbury – click here. John Gowland was a Grocer; in the
Inventory drawn up after his death he had over Ł100 worth of shop goods in stock
(Consistory Court of Rochester Inventory, DRb/Pi24/9) -
about Ł6,000 in today’s money. A John Gowland, (same man ?) an Exciseman, appears in
the Baptism Registers in 1704.
From this, as well, we know that this John Gowland was born in about 1687 and his daughter Elizabeth
in about1703.
22nd August 2017
Details of a Mary Gowland living in Chilham
(next-but-one parish to Canterbury) in early 18th century.
More investigations to be made, clearly. Click here for
details so far known.
8th August 2017
Record of 1560 Marriage of George Gowland
and Godlie Heinger in
Faversham, Kent - click here.
7th August 2017
1794 baptism record from St Andrews, Canterbury, of William
Henry Gowlland, son of Richard Symons Gowlland, published - click here.
He died a few months later.
3rd August 2017
A new family tree has come into our possession, and it is
proving very interesting. There are some obvious errors, but by and large
it coincides with ours.

The
major departure is that it shows six Gowl(l)and
entries predating Joseph Gowland’s 1734 marriage, the point at which all trees
and accompanying records begin; and these six entries carry dates. As
will be seen in the extract so far published (click here), they are, in date order,
Richard (1529), George (1540), Huimphrey (1611), Stephen (1613), Thomas (1638)
and Joseph (1710). There is no indication as to whether the dates refer
to Birth, Marriage or Death; nor the source(s) of the information.
Five of the names are commonly found in subsequent
generations of Gowllands but “Humphrey” has not been found elsewhere. As
of today there is no trace of this Humphrey anywhere. However, there is a
Humphrey Gowling of the era and, according to http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Gowland
(below) this was used up to the 17th Century as an alternative form
of Gowland. More research is needed on this.
Last
name: Gowland
Recorded
in several spelling forms including Gowland, Gowlin, Gowling, Gowlling, and
possibly others , this deceptively simple name is in
fact of complex and conjectural etymology. There are three (at least) possible
sources, and all that can be said with relative certainty is that in its modern
spelling form it is 17th Century. The first possibility is that the origin is
medieval English, and a developed form of "Gulling". This was a
nickname diminutive derived from the (sea) gull, and supposedly described one
with a pale complexion, however, given the rapacious habits of seagulls, it may
have other interpretations. The second possible origin is French Huguenot, from
"Gouelin", again a nickname diminutive which translates as "the
younger gourmet", from the Old French word "Goulu", a big eater!
The third possibility is as a variant form of the popular locational name
Gowland, which derives from some "lost" medieval village believed to
have been in East Anglia. The name also appears in Devon, but not before May
3rd 1721, when John Gowland married Joan Taylor at Kenn, near Exeter. Interesting
recordings from London Church Registers include: Jean Gouelin, a witness at the
French Huguenot Church, Threadneedle Street, on March 31st 1678, and William
Gowling, the son of Humphrey Gowling, who was christened at St. Botolph's
without Aldgate, on October 1st 1690. The first recorded spelling of the family
name is shown to be that of Roger Gulling, which was dated 1203, in the
"Pipe Rolls of Hampshire", during the reign of King John, known as
"Lackland", 1199 - 1216. Surnames became necessary when governments
introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout
the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop"
often leading to astonishing variants of the original
spelling. Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Gowland#ixzz4ogUYCt8j
15th May 2017
Rosemary and John had the very great pleasure of meeting the grandson
of Henry Orford Gowlland (1865 – 1928) from Canada, with his delightful
partner. Also John finally overcame the apparently insuperable problems
which had prevented publishing new details to the website for many months.
24th July 2016
Mention of a “J H Gowlland” as a prisoner of war in Germany
1043 – 45. Stalag 357 was occupied mainly by Army detainees, although
there were a small number of Air Force personnel. There used to be
a website where individual’s stories about their captivity in this particular
camp could be found . Regrettably this disappeared in
mid-2017.


Clearly this
is John Hollingsworth Gowlland, who we know flew on some of the most important
bombing missions in WW2. He was very helpful in providing information for
us in the early days of developing the website; and we hope it may be possible
to add to it a biography of his quite eventful war service.
20th April 2016
Photo
of Shirley Park Hotel added to biography of Egbert Gowlland
– click here.
6th April 2016
A
relative in Australia very kindly sent us originals of two letters from Geoff
Gowlland on the subject of the Family Tree – one of four pages to Bruch Berckleman click here)
and the other of one page to Ruth Harrison (click here).
27th February 2016
A
report following on from that below concerning the Gowlland
Bombora – click http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/gowlland-bombora-ended-a-brilliant-career/news-story/e948265ad8f16c1c8ce2f84b041e98e1
10th February 2016
Report
in the Manly Daily of a near-fatal encounter with the Gowlland
Bombora - click http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/northern-beaches/dangerous-bombora-almost-claims-three-more-lives/news-story/23cbce2d9103a8ea79e37a52970cd149
Manly is a suburb to the north of Sydney.
15th December 2015
Further information regarding the two books
written by Henry Orford Gowlland
– click here.
5th October 2015
List
of monuments in Port Royal Parish Church added to biography of James E Gowlland
(died 1860) - http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Barche15.htm[
Inclusion
of John George Blantyre Gowlland in Victoria Gazette of Medical Practitioners
for 1913 (page 120) - click here
Details
added to John Thomas Ewing’s biography of the quotation from his unpublished
journal recorded in “Professional Savages” by Roslyn Poignant (Pub 2004) page
48 – click here
31st August 2015
Death
in 2010 of great-grandson of James Carter Gowlland added to his biography - http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56978832
12th March 2015
Land Tax records of 1798 showing
Josiah Gowlland was a tenant of Mr Harnett, who was a witness at Josiah’s
wedding – here.
11th March 2015
New speculation regarding Jane Gowlland, the third entry in
Loose Ends – click here.
4th February 2015
We
have been provided with a set of nine scans from C78/650, a long Chancery
decree dated 28th October 1658, in which Richard Gowland, desribed
as “ parson of Ledbury (Herefordshire)” features largely. These will not
be published to the website, but can be emailed to anyone who may be
interested.
20th
January 2015
Article from “The Engineer” of 21st January 1921
added to biography of William Gowlland – click here.
17th
December 2014
Five 15th and 16th century entries in
the cumulative index to various parts of the Common Pleas with varied spellings
– click items 14 to 18 inclusive in the index to Loose Ends (click here). Clearly there is no certainty
that any of these have any connection with our line, commencing some two
hundred years later.
12th
September 2014
Correction
of Christian name to “Jane” of bride to John Gowland’s 1681 wedding – click
here.
4th
August 2014
WW1 service medal obtained for Bmbr William John Gowlland,
grandson of James West Gowlland – click here.
1st
August 2014
Newspaper
extract found regarding new Australian survey vessel named after John Thomas
Ewing Gowlland – link is http://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/2310990/newcastle-port-corp-names-vessel-after-nelson-bay-man
5th
June 2014
Report from about 1895 of Frederick William Nichol
Gowlland, the youngest son of Thomas Sankey Gowlland, failing to meet the
standards expected of a bank manager – here.
12th
March 2014
Extract
from Cambridge [Massachusetts] Directory of 1896 added to biography of George
Gowlland (1867 – 1927) – click here
27th
February 2014
Note re Peter John Riber Matthieson’s three wives added to his
biography – click here.
14th
February 2014
Extract from 1754 "Poll for Knights of the Shire to
represent the County of Kent" added to biography of Joseph Gowlland (click
here).
30th
December 2013
Details added to biography of John Thomas Ewing Gowlland
regarding charts bearing his name for islands off Japan (one) (click here) and islands in Ionian Sea (two).
27th
December 2013
Details of Charles Septimus Gowlland’s last patent, for
cloche clips, added to his biography - click here.
19th
November 2013
Book launch of “My dearest Gennie” took place in Australia
- click here. . Jo Vink reported “ .
. it was a great success. Over eighty people, a lovely afternoon
and a great setting at Masalou, Francias Lord’s old home, now part of Monte
Sant’Anglo Mercy College”.
30th
September 2013
Agreement from 1892 added to Henry Gowlland’s biography –
click here.
24th
September 2013
Henry Gowlland’s obituary published – click here.
27th
August 2013
Burial
sites in Canada, Australia and USA for eight Gowllands may be found here
- http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSfn=&GSmn=&GSln=gowlland&GSbyrel=all&GSby=&GSdyrel=all&GSdy=&GScntry=0&GSst=0&GSgrid=&df=all&GSob=n
21st
August 2013
A
very comprehensive article from 1974 added to the biography of Henry Orford
Gowlland – click here.
15th
August 2013
In
July 2013 Joanna Vink, Jack's great grand-daughter published a fascinating book
"My dearest Gennie" based on John Thomas Ewing Gowlland's letters to
Genevieve, and his journals, and containing much else of great interest. The
book (SBN 978-0-9873463-8-4) may be bought from Jo at joannavink@bigpond.com.

12th
August 2013
Biography of Henry Orford Gowlland reorganised - click here.
25th
July 2013
Further work on the Patents. Including the remarkable
discovery that Henry Orford Gowlland (b 1865) took out his first patent on a
multifocus lens (using the name “Henry Orford”) in 1909, more than one hundred
years ago, and thus considerably earlier than had hitherto been thought
- click here.
14th
June 2013
Baptism record of 1861 published for Alice Maud Gowlland,
sixth child of Richard Gowlland (1823 – 1863) – click here.
6th
June 2013
Some
very evocative photos of Captain Peter John Riber Mathieson and his wife
Gertrude née Gowlland (Gladys’s half-sister) on board the Antiope have
become available through the kindness of The Australian National Maritime
Museum in Sydney – copy and paste http://www.flickr.com/photos/anmm_thecommons/sets/72157633894557686/.
20th
May 2013
Two
original birth certificates (below) published, of 1771 for Richard Symons
Gowlland, and 1795 for Richard Gowlland. Intriguingly these were passed
on to us with the explanation that they were discovered in 1940 in a
solicitor’s office which has been destroyed in the Blitz – hence the water
damage.


7th
April 2013
Further information added to biography of Alfred Gowlland
(b 1839) – click here.
4th
March 2013
Details provided of the existence of a further Gowlland
microscope – click here.
18th
January 2013
Further media interest in Geoff Gowlland’s cine films and
photographs – click here.
14th
January 2013
Newspaper report on his February 1916 divorce added to
biography of Edward Lake Gowlland – click here.
2nd
January 2013
Two
newspaper cuttings from 1891 added to biography of George Gowlland (here), and
one from “The Chelmsford Chronicle” (here) to that of one of the daughters of
Richard Gowlland (1823 – 1863).
20th December 2012
Photo
of 57 and 59 Doughty Street added (here), and two photos of Stained Glass
Window (here) in St Mary’s, Chartham, Kent, commemorating Peter Yeames
Gowlland.
18th December 2012
Evidence
against John George Blantyre Gowlland in his divorce case published in 21st
February 1897 edition of “Lloyds Weekly Newspaper” – click here. Presence
of Louisa Mayes Gowlland in the British Orphan Asylum in Slough – click
here. Appreciation conveyed to Rosa Gowlland at 1869 meeting of
supervisory board of St Mark’s Hospital – click here. Announcement
in “The Reading Mercury and Oxford Gazette” of 26th January 1884 of wedding of
Rose Grace Gowlland and Douglas Heron Barry – click here.
17th December 2012
Newspaper
extract concerning commissioning and installing of a stained glass window
dedicated to Peter Yeames Gowlland and his son, by Rosa Gowlland, his widow –
click here.. Also a newspaper report of 1842 concerning Richard Gowlland’s
capture of a smuggler – here.
16th December 2012
Additional
biographic information published for George Castle Gowlland [1804 – 1890]
(here), Alfred Gowlland [1839 – c1911] (here) and Arthur Gowlland [1832 – 1904]
(here). Also an announcement of the proposed sale in 1807 of the
windmill belonging to Richard Symons Gowlland (here)
6th December 2012-12-06
A
new correspondent in China has very kindly sent us a Family Tree, and some
notes, concentrating on the descendants of George Castle Gowlland (1804 –
1890), and these will be published over the next week or so - for
the Tree, click here.
23rd November 2012
Extracts
from UK Poll Books and Electoral Registers added to biographies of George
Gowlland (1878) (here), Alfred Gowlland (1878) (here), Josiah Gowlland
(1808) (here) and Richard Symons Gowlland (1802) (here).
22nd November 2012
Photos
of John Thomas Ewing Gowlland’s headstone, as it used to be, and as it is now,
added to his biography – click here.
16th November 2012
Link
to State Library of Queensland added to biography of John Thomas Ewing Gowlland
– click here.
9th November 2012
Additional
information published regarding the descendants of the mysterious Richard
Symonds Gowlland (click here).
7th April 2012
Note
added re transcription error in IGI record of Josiah Gowlland’s baptism – click
here.
6th March 2012
Letter
of 1938 from Geoffrey Gowlland written from hospital when he was recovering
from typhoid – click here.
3rd November 2011
Details
of TV programme using some of Geoff Gowlland’s cine film of the Battersea
Pleasure Gardens in 1951 – click here.
7th May 2011
Portraits
of Henry Orford and Jane Orford née Goffée from about 1865 added to article on
the Orfords – click here.
5th April 2011
More
complete address information taken from England 1911 Census Summary Books added
to certain entries in the 1911 census index.
3rd March 2011
Partial
List of Gowllands Limited agentsd and buyers from about 1970-1980 added to notes
on Gowllands Limited – click here.
22nd February 2011
William
Gowlland Ltd catalogue of 1912 available – click here.
14th January 2011
Poll
list of 1705 mentioning a John Gowland of St Clement’s parish, Middlesex
(London) added to Loose Ends record of John Gowland’s 1716 apprenticeship –
click here.
10th January 2011
Clarification
of speculation regarding parentage of Richard Symonds Gowlland – click here.
6th January 2011
Further
information regarding the dating and provenance of the Gowlland Clock added to
Glossary – click here. Also notes added re John Gowland of Frindbury (b
1702) and his apprenticeship in 1716 to Henry Thornton of Rochester – click
here.
18th November 2010
Additional
details regarding the final years of George Castle Gowlland added to his
biography – click here.
7th November 2010
Surname
of bride in 1934 wedding of Dennis Geoffrey Warren Gowlland amended to Wenham.
23rd October 2010
Link
published (here) to service records of Geoffrey Cathcart Gowlland and of Eric
Fulton Gowlland: and Edmonton newspaper reference from 17th May 1933 (here) to
Gladys Gowlland.
7th October 2010
Three
new references added to biography of John Thomas Ewing Gowlland (here, here and
here), and one to that of Henry Orford Gowlland (here).
20th September 2010
1883
portrait of George Gowlland 1838 – 1911 published after restoration – click
here.
14th September 2010
In
September 2010, in a bound volume entitled "Revenue Cruisers 1671 -
1928", held at the National Archives, Kew, within their Customs records,
was found a mention of Richard Gowlland 1795 - 1865 as former commander of the
Vigilant - click here.
24th August 2010
Probate
of 1898 for Richard Symonds Gowlland published – click here.
5th August 2010
Loose
Ends reorganised and re-indexed – here. Also section added dealing
with John Gowland and family of Frindsbury, Rochester, North Kent.
15th June 2010
Record
published (here) for the conviction in 1831 at Canterbury Assizes of a Henry
Gowlland on two counts of larceny. At present we do not believe that this
person belongs to our line.
11th June 2010
The
search for the seventeenth century forebears of Joseph Gowlland has reluctantly
been brought to an end, since all available possibilities seem to have been exhausted.
A pity. Should any more clues emerge, the search will, of course, be
resumed.
One
final possibility, so far with no established connection, which is being borne
in mind is this entry:
Indexed
transcript of Frindsbury baptisms, marriages and burials 1669-1812 for
Gowland and variants:
1702
May
6 John
son of John Gowland, Excise man of Frindsbury, and Catherine bapt.
1704
Aug
21
Elizabeth dau of ditto bapt.
1707
Nov
30
Elizabeth dau of John Gowland buried.
1710
May
30 John
Gowland buried.
1713
Aug
28
Katherine Gowland, widow, buried.
Frindsbury
is a suburb of Strood, which, for administrative purposes, is now amalgamated
with Rochester. The above five entries are apparently the only Gowland
mentions in the records of The Medway Studies Centre (Strood) between 1669 and
1812, but I shall double-check this when possible.
The
IGI shows a marriage on 14th January 1700 (two years before the first of
the two births recorded above) at St Nicholas, Rochester, between John Gowland
and Catherine Harriett. This also needs investigation.
The
main interest is the profession of “Exciseman”. They would move from port
to port; and Joseph’s family, of course, was established in Dover in the
1730s. Probably nothing significant, but worth noting . . . .
30th April 2010
Hypertext link (here) added to Glossary section regarding
Freemen of Canterbury for University of Berkeley’s on-line transcription of J M
Cowper’s “The roll of the freemen of the city of Canterbury from A.D. 1392-to
1800". Also reference (here) from 1351 to “John Goland” of the manor of Wolford, co. Warwick,
from “Grantees etc of Office 1350 – 1354”, from the Patent Rolls (the Chancery
enrolments of royal letters patent) from the reign of Edward III.
26th April 2010
Publishing
of page from parochial register of St Mary the Virgin, Dover, listing
Dissenters, and naming nine births to Sampson and Susanna Pierce (née Reading)
between 1713 and 1730 – here.
16th April 2010
Settlement
Certificate IN for Joseph Gowland and family added to Loose Ends – click
here. Ten baptism entries from Eyethorne Chapel for children from several
Peirce families added to notes on Baptists – here. Did they move en masse
to a different chapel in 1805?
7th April 2010
Edward
Lake Gowlland’s entry in the 1926 “Directory of Medical Practitioners in the
Provinces” published – click here. 1934 entry in Army List added to
Geoffrey Cathcart Gowlland’s biography – click here.
2nd April 2010
1675
Notice of Intended Bridegroom (Marriage Licence Application) for Archdeaconry
of Lewes (East Sussex) published in name of Robert Gowland of Crowhurst – click
here. Note that Crowhurst is about three miles north-west of Hastings,
and about seven miles south-west of Udimore and Brede. Geoffrey Cathcart
Gowlland’s entry in the Fettes School record for 1896 entrants published –
click here.
30th March 2010
Old
Bailey record from 1845 published showing conviction for larceny of Thomas Gowlland
(born c1821), son of Josiah Gowlland – click here.
28th March 2010
Extract
from Post Office Commercial and Professional Directory of 1856 published
mentioning James West Gowlland and Peter Yeames Gowlland – click here.
Also Merchant Taylors’ School register from 1875 mentioning Peter Yeames
Gowlland – click here. And listing of Customs’ Establishment at London
Docks in 1858 mentioning Richard Gowlland – click here.
27th March 2010
Further
information regarding the Settlement Certificate in the name of Joseph
Theophilus Gowland and family added to the notes about him in “Loose
Ends” - click here. Additional records added to Glossary item
on Polls – click here.
26th March 2010
New portrait of George Gowlland (1838 – 1911) published –
click here. This is the painting which Melissa
Gowlland, in a letter to Geoff Gowlland dated 8th January 1942, so memorably
described as “I
have an oil and water colour of our grandfather George you might care to
view, looking like the King of the Cannibals – sports an outsize in black
whiskers and beard – very fierce all together” and, in a letter dated 5th
April 1942, “It belonged to Margaret [George’s
oldest daughter, born 1860],
and Charlie [Charles Septimus, the youngest child, born 1878]
being a younger brother could hardly refuse to let me have it when she died”.
18th
March 2010
Link
to The Surman Index Online of Congregational ministers (here) added to notes on
James Fenn - note there is no reference to Stephen Gowlland.
Photos
added to notes on Dr Williams’s Library –
here.
Also some additions made to article on “Baptists” – here.
14th March 2010
Details
added of three marriages and twenty-nine (!) children of Thomas Sankey (b
1738), father of Sarah Sankey (b 1771), wife of Richard Symons Gowlland (b
1770), married 1792 – click here and here. Also
details of Sarah’s brother’s having organised a collection for the families of
survivors of the Battle of the Nile in 1798 – here.
8th March 2010
1871
census record published for Louisa Mary Yeames Bouverie – click here.
3rd March 2010
Settlement
record for 1821 in Edmonton published for Josiah Gowlland – here.
23rd February 2010
Second
Letter of Recommendation from James West Gowlland published – here.
19th February 201
Note
of Letter of Reference for a police recruit provided by James West Gowlland
added to his biography – click here.
16th February 2010
Additional
biographical details added for Eliza Jane Gowlland (b 1847) – click here.
12th February 2010
Notes
added to the Glossary on Settlement Certificates (here), and Parish
Apprenticeships and Illegitimacy (here).
9th February 2010
1716
Apprenticeship record published (here and here) for John Gowland, “son of John
Gowland of Rochester, Gent., dec” to Henry Thornton, Citizen [?] and Clock
Maker”. The Thorntons are linked to the known Gowllands from Canterbury
and Dover by virtue of (a) Mary Thornton witnessing a birth of one of the children
of Stephen Gowlland (b1747), (b) Peggy/Margaret Thornton marrying Josiah
Gowlland in 1807, and (c) Elizabeth Thornton’s 1832 burial in the Countess of
Huntingdon’s Connexion chapel in Dover (one of the Baptist places of worshhip
used by early Gowllands). This is the first time we have established a
connection, albeit tenuous, between the known South Kent Gowl(l)ands and the
far less well established North Kent Gowlands.
As
to the deceased father mentioned above, there is a record of a marriage on 14th
January 1700 between John Gowland and Catherine Harnett at St Nicholas,
Rochester. The apprentice could have been a child of this marriage, born
two years after the wedding. Regrettably there is no trace of the death
of a John Gowland between 1702 and 1716.
More
investigation is needed . . . . .
Various
other apprenticeship records published – click here.
7th February 2010
Entries
added to the Glossary in respect of:
a)
Privy Council Extracts from reign of Edward VI - click here.
b)
Licences for marriages in southern England 1632 – 1714 - click here
c)
Freemen of Canterbury - click here
5th February 2010
Licence
application found (click here and here) for Robert Gowland and Elizabeth Lucke,
both of Crowhurst, East Sussex, dated 10th July 1675. The marriage took
place five days later at All Saints, Hastings (here): note variations in both
names.
4th February 2010
Record
(click here) published of the 1837 imprisonment for six weeks of William
Gowland, aged twenty, convicted of larceny at Canterbury Assizes. This
might be the fifth child and third son of Josiah Gowlland and Peggy Thornton,
or, less probably, the sixth child and fourth son of Stephen Gowlland and Jane
West: both Josiah and Stephen originally came from Canterbury, although both
left there as their families grew. Equally, it is more than likely that
this William Gowland is nothing to do with our line.
2nd February 2010
Details
of Baltic Medal awarded to John Thomas Ewing Gowlland in 1854 added to his
biography – click here. Details of 1789 apprenticeship of Stephen
Gowlland to John Quested added to his biography – click here.
21st January 2010
Latest
version of Gowlland Family Tree published – click here. It now runs to
eighteen closely-printed A4 pages, and the complete Tree totals 927
individuals. If anyone would like a copy of the fil as a GEDCOM, please
email accordingly to john gowlland (gowlland@aol.com).
16th January 2010
Photos
of two oil paintings signed by Stephen Leversha Gowlland appended to his
correspondence with Geoff Gowlland – click here.
15th January 2010
Note
included in biography of Josiah Gowlland re Canterbury freehold of Lazarus
Thornton – click here.
7th January 2010
A
possible third candidate identified for the convicted Richard Gowlland in 1870
– click here. Comment added regarding the 1827 baptism of Charles
Gowlland, son of Josiah, with address shown as “The Workhouse, Hendon” – click
here. Obituary from 1942 for Edward Lake Gowlland added to his biography
– click here.
23rd November 2009
BMD
Certificates published over past ten days added to the respective indices.
18th November 2009
Marriage
certificates published for Joseph Honey Gowlland (1907 – here) and Selina
Gowlland (1848 – here).
16th November 2009
Baptism
certificate of 13th April 1873 published for Eleanor Gowlland (here); and for
Edith Emma and Francis Edward Gowlland (here) dated 24th February 1884, from St
Mark, Tollington Park, Islington.
Also
published (here) is a baptism record from St Peter, Hammersmith, ammersmith in the name of “Ada
Gowlland, daughter of Frederick and Anne, residence 15 William Street, born
August 28th 1882, father’s occupation bootmaker [?]”; but this record
should be treated with some scepticism as there is no known Frederick Gowlland
and the transcription of the badly written surname is uncertain.
14th November 2009
Burial
record published for Leonard Lake Gowlland and Richard Sankey Gowlland –
here. Burial record from Saint Pancras Old Church, Camden, London, of
Emma Gowland [sic] aged two days, possibly a hitherto unknown child of Charles
Gowlland (b1861) – here.
13th November 2009
Marriage
record from 1881 published for Rebecca Gowlland (click here). Also for
Susannah Gowlland (click here). Record of Stephen Gowlland’s religious
interests in 1775 – here. Record of 1936 burial of Mabel Agnes Blanche
Louise Gowlland – click here.
12th November 2009
Publishing
of a record from The Old Bailey of the conviction in 1870 of a Richard Gowlland
for “attempted theft from dwelling house” – click here and here
1st November 2009
Baptism
certificate for Eliza Jane Gowlland, daughter of Richard “coachpainter”
Gowlland, published – click here.
30th October 2009
1882
baptism certificate for George Gowlland (1867 – 1927) added to his biography
(here). 1881 census entry for Peter Yeames Gowlland added to his
biography (here), and three baptism certificates added, 1825 (himself), 1861
(his daughter) and 1863 (his son) – click here..
28th October 2009
Section
dealing with media interest in Geoff Gowlland’s cine films rewritten – click
here. Baptism records published for Peter Yeames Gowlland (here),
Louisa Mary Yeames Gowlland (here) and Elizabeth Lyon Gowlland (here).
25th October 2009
Puzzling
presence of James West Gowlland at the 1832 wedding of so-far unplaced Jane
Gowlland discussed – click here. And publishing of record of
calling of banns of the mysterious Richard Symonds Gowlland in 1847 – here.
24th October 2009
Birth
certificate and baptism certificate published for Richard Gowlland born 1877 –
click here.
23rd October 2009
1836
marriage record found for Ann Gowlland’s marriage to William Fisher, as
previously included in “Loose Ends” – click here.
20th October 2009
Baptism
certificate from St Mary’s, Hendon, Barnet, Middlesex, dated 1823, published
for six children of Josiah and Peggy/Margaret Gowlland - click
here.
14th October 2009
Baptism
record from St Mary’s, Hendon, Barnet, published for Charles Gowlland, the last
child of Josiah and Peggy/Margaret – click here. Why was the family
of a schoolmaster in the Workhouse?
Original
record of marriage of Richard Symonds Gowlland and Louisa Newell from St Matthew’s,
Bethnal Greem published, showing the clerk had trouble with the spelling of the
word “Mathematical” – click here.
13th October 2009
Certificate
obtained (click here) for the 1832 marriage of Jane Gowlland and Samuel Cox;
but the mystery remains as to who Jane is - she therefore remains
in Loose Ends (click here).
12th October 2009
Baptism
certificate from St Mary Magdalene, Greenwich, published for twin girls
allegedly fathered in 1864 by John Thomas Ewing Gowlland – click here.
7th October 2009
Map
showing location of Eyethorne Baptist Chapel added to biography of Stephen
Gowlland (1747 – 1802) – click here.
2nd October 2009
Further
information concerning Stephen Gowland’s link to the Particular Baptists added
to his biography – click here.
25th September 2009
Publication
of a few records extracted from archives at the Society of Genealogists, namely
Parish Indexes [here] and Parish Chests [here].
21st September 2009
Birth
records searched for Eythorne Particular Baptists chapel showing a total of
nine new grandchildren born to Susannah and Sarah, daughters of Stephen
Gowlland (b 1747) – click here and here.
17th September 2009
Some
notes on John Sutton, his apprentice-master, added to biography of Joseph
Gowlland – click here.
15th September 2009
Notes
on an apparent branch in Paris in 1922 added to information on Gowllands
Limited – click here.
10th September 2009
Updated
Family Tree published as PDF file – click here.
2nd September 2009
Plan
of Newcastle, Queensland, Australia, from 1866, the work of John Thomas Ewing
Gowlland, added to his biography – click here.
13th August 2009
Details
of the long-lost portrait of Peter Yeames Gowlland added to the correspondence
between Geoff Gowlland and A Yakovleff – click here.
7th August 2009
Updated
Family Tree published as PDF file – click here.
30th July 2009
Maple
and Go(u)lder entries in the list of participants in the 1641 Protestation
added to the Glossary – click here – and additional Maple details added to the
biography of Joseph Gowlland (b c1714) – click here.
24th July 2009
A
list of Maple baptisms for the 16th - 18th centuries, most of them in Bridge (a
village a short distance from Canterbury, on the road to Dover), has been added
to the Glossary and to Joseph Gowlland’s biography - click here.
21st July 2009
More
details added regarding antecedents of Peggy Thornton, wife of Josiah Gowlland
– click here.
17th April 2009
Some
notes added on Goulder and Golder - here.
11th July 2009
More
information on Baptists added – click here.
1st July 2009
Further
information, resulting from a visit to East Kent Archives in Dover, added
regarding Gowlland Baptist connections, in particular extracts from the Register
Book for Dover Baptist Church of St Mary – here.
25th June 2009
Information
regarding Baptist links to Gowl(l)ands, and general Baptist information,
published – click here. This is also available through the Glossary –
click here
23rd June 2009
More
information published regarding James Fenn – click here.
22nd June 2009
Joseph
Theophilus Gowland added to “Loose Ends” – click here.
12th June 2009
Additional
information regarding HMS “Plumper” and HMS “Hecate” added to biography of John
Thomas Ewing Gowlland – click here.
8th June 2009
Report
on Jack Gowlland’s return after a two-month surveying voyage on HMS “Edith”
found in “The Brisbane Courier” for 16th December 1868 - the link
is http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/1314987
Mention
in “Nature” - http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v119/n2993/abs/119389a0.html
- of an experiment in the 1920s carried out by “Mr G Gowlland” (thought to be George
Gowlland 1867 – 1927) in collaboration with a Mr L G Vedy, on the rotation of
bodies with dielectric surfaces in electrostatic fields. If indeed he had
shown this experiment at The Physical Society (presumably the American one) it
must have been within a few months of his death.
2nd June 2009
Cheriton
in Kent identified as location of Stephen Gowlland’s mill in 1769 prior to his
move to Canterbury the following year (click here) – more information will be
found on this link taken from “Kent Dissenting Ministers’ Declarations 1689 –
1836” by Gillian Rickard B.A. Dip.Loc.Hist [ISBN 0-9521828-3-1]. Available from
her at GRKent@aol.com.