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Latest
alterations to website
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.
