William Bowles of Carlow's Family Tree

William Bowles b. ~ 1800

note: there is an entry in the St Mary's Carlow register for the baptism of a James Bowels on July 16, 1831 the son of a William Bowels and Elizabeth Smith of Castle Hill, Grague, Carlow. That wasn't actually a William Bowles, it was a clerical error in the register for the baptism of a James Bower son of William Bower and Elizabeth Smith At that time the people didn't sign their names in the register themselves, a clerk would record the names and mistakes were not infrequent.

m. Anne Byrne ~ 1836 (they were likely common-law as their children's baptismal entries in the parish register are marked 'bastard' or 'spurious')

(records show William lived on Dublin Road around 1835 until at least 1863)

1. Anne Bowles bp. July 8, 1837 Carlow

(the family is listed in the church register as living at Barnard's Lane which crosses the Dublin Road by William's Lot 80; Anne's baptism states 'Bastard' so William and Anne were not married at that point, possibly because they were of different religions)

Richard Bowles b. ~ 1838 (baptism not in the Carlow RC Register)

m. Mary Donnelly (b. 1838 John, Margaret) May 4, 1863 Carlow

(Richard was a shoemaker with a shop on Dublin Road, possibly in his father's former shop)

2.1 Harriet Bowles b. Dec. 22, bp. Dec. 29, 1863 Carlow

(did not marry)

d. Oct. 11, 1886 (age 22) bur. Carlow RC Cathedral ref.

(a seamstress on Dublin Road in her burial record)

2.2 Margaret Bowles b. Jan. 28, bp. Feb. 6, 1866 Carlow (sponsors: James Bowles, Margaret Kane)

d. June 13, 1868 Dublin Road, Carlow (age 2)

(child of a shoemaker on Civic Death registration)

2.3 Mary (Minnie) Bowles b. Apr. 24, 1868 Carlow bp. May 5, 1868 Carlow

Cathedral

m. William Ellis (b. ca. 1871, father: John) Apr. 29, 1895 Carlow

(Carlow Cath. Reg. vol. 3, p. 307)

(William was a Compositor and Mary a dressmaker on their Civic Marriage registration; William was the foreman in the printing works of "The Nationalist and Leinster Times" Ltd. )

(they lived on Dublin Road until about 1900 and then on Charlotte Street in Carlow)

2.3.1 John Joseph Ellis bp. May 24, 1896 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 8 p. 48)

(a founding member of the Old Carlow Society in 1946)

m. ? July-Sept. 1924

2.3.1.1 John Ellis

2.3.1.2 Brendan Ellis

2.3.1.3 William (Willie) Ellis b. ca.

Willie d. July 22, 2007 St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny tribute obit

2.3.1.4 Aidan Ellis

2.3.2 Mary (Nellie) Ellen Ellis b. May 24, bp. May 30, 1897 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 8 p. 56)

m. William O'Neill (b. June 26, 1891; William, Margaret) June 4, 1923

2.3.2.1 Liam O'Neill b. May 9, 1924

2.3.2.2 Sean O'Neill b. Sept. 20, 1926

2.3.2.3 Colette O'Neill b. June 29, 1930

2.3.2.4 Moira O'Neill b. Jan. 1, 1932

2.3.2.5 Colm O'Neill b. June 6, 1935

William d. Mar. 26, 1951

Ellen d. Apr. 17, 1984

2.3.3 William Ellis bp. Jan. 21, 1900 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 8 p. 75)

2.3.4 Harriet (Hadie) Ellis bp. Aug. 25, 1901 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 8 p. 86)

m. Henry Harvey July-Sept. 1924 Carlow

2.3.5 Richard Ellis bp. Apr. 5, 1903 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 9 p. 7)

2.3.6 Gertrude Ellis bp. July 25, 1905 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 9 p. 26)

2.3.7 Mary Ellis bp. Nov. 25, 1906 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 9 p. 37)

2.3.8 Joseph Ellis bp. Jan. 10, 1909 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 9 p. 52)

2.3.9 Francis (Frank) Ellis bp. Nov. 27, 1910 Carlow (Carlow Cathedral register vol. 9 p. 66)

Frank’s 90th Birthday, Carlow People, December 1, 2000

Frank d. 2001

William Ellis d. Aug. 30, 1924 Carlow (age 53)

Mary d. Mar. 14, 1943 Carlow bur. St. Mary’s Cemetery obit

1901 Census, William Ellis family

1911 census, William Ellis family

Richard d. April 7, 1869 (age 31) bur. Carlow RC Cathedral ref.

Mary d. Nov. 15, 1906 bur. Carlow RC Cathedral

(living with her daughter Mary Ellis' family on Charlotte Street in the 1901 census and "of Charlotte St." in burial record) 1901 Census

(Index to Carlow Cathedral Register vol. 11, p. 133)

(Mary and her daughter Harriet are buried with her Donnelly family in the Carlow Old Graves cemetery) ref

3. James Bowles bp. Nov. 14, 1841 Carlow RC Cathedral (Sponsor: Mary Neale)

(parents lived at The Quarries; 'spurious' by James' name means that his parents were not married in the Catholic Church; alive in 1869 when he registered his brother Richard’s death with the civic authority; he lived 24 Britain St., North Dublin in 1866, 23 Jervis Street in 1868)

m. Gertrude Clyne (or Cloyne) Apr. 29, 1866, St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin

3.1 Mary b. July 8, 1868 North Dublin (Civil Registration) bp. July 17, 1868 St Mary's Pro-Cathedral, Dublin

4. William Bowles bp. Oct. 15, 1844 Carlow RC Cathedral

(his baptism is also marked 'spurious'; he was possibly a shoemaker in Carlow in 1873)

William d. Apr. 24, 1886 (at age 86) Carlow Workhouse, Carlow