An Elizabeth Bailey was baptised 24/2/1805 to Thomas & Ann at St James Piccadilly , another one 23/4/1809 to Thomas & Mary Bailey at St Mary Harrow - very dubious -unless she was a few years old when baptised!
1821 On 19/9/1821 Elizabeth Mary Bailey,of St Leonard Shoreditch, a minor, father Thomas Bailey- who gave consent- married Henry Bowman of Clerkenwell in Clerkenwell St James, Islington. One of the witnesses was Thomas Bailey. All 3 seemed capable of writing their names- Ancestry London marriages
They had the following children baptised to them: Matilda 1823 at Clerkenwell St James, father server drapery? , Edward 1826 at Lambeth St. Mary , father shopman, Charles Thomas & Henry Joseph 1828, father woollen draper, address Rodney Court, Elizabeth Rebecca 1833, father Dyer, address Long Alley, Mary Ann 1835 , father fur dyer, address Wilson Street, Hannah Maria 1836 , father dyer of White Cross Place, George 1837, father fur dyer of White Cross Place, Sarah 1838, father fur dyer of White Cross Place & William 1838 father fur dyer of White Cross Place- the last 8 all at Shoreditch st Leanard
1840 Shoreditch Mar 1840 2 372 . Clara Bowman was born to Henry Bowman & Elizabeth Mary . She was baptised to them on 17/2/1840 in the Albion Chapel Presbyterian Church, City of London. Shoreditch was in Mddx until 1889 . Have her b.c.and she was born on 17/2/1840 to Henry Bowman, skin dyer, & Elizabeth Mary Bailey at 1 Whitecross Place, Wilson Street- interesting that she was baptised the day she was born!
1841C. Elizabeth Bowman, 35, is living White Cross Place, St Leonard Shoreditch, Tower Hamlets with her husband & 7 children born 1826-1840 . Also a Nicholls family in the house. Ages maybe rounded down to nearest 5.
| GODFREE, George | M | 72 | 1769 | Middlesex | |||
| GODFREE, Elizabeth | F | 71 | 1770 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Henry | M | 40 | 1801 | ||||
| BOWMAN, Elizabeth | F | 35 | 1806 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Henry | M | 15 | 1826 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Charles | M | 13 | 1828 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, George | M | 12 | 1829 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, William | M | 10 | 1831 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Elizabeth | F | 8 | 1833 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Mary | F | 6 | 1835 | Middlesex | |||
| BOWMAN, Clara | F | 1 (16 months) | 1840 | Middlesex |
1842. Another daughter Alice Bowman was born and was baptised as Alace Bowman in the same church as Clara on 22/6/1842. None of the elder Bowman children, ~1826-1835, were baptised in this church, nor did I find any baptism for them on Ancestry London baptisms
According to the death notice of Alice Bowman in 1855, there were 6 daughters in all.
1843. Elizabeth Mary Bowman died Shoreditch Dec 1843.No burial found
1847 Henry Bowman died Shoreditch Mar 1847, buried Bunhill Fields Burial Ground, City Road, 11/1/1847, aged 49 yrs, body brought from Wilson Street Finsbury- Ancestry.