Bower & Collier Family Tree
Research by CM Bower
In New England on our Anniversary October 2009
Welcome to our web site with the following research:
- Family History: our Bower/Collier Family Tree including
- a One-Name Study into the Brecht Family and
- Research into Silk Weavers named Collier
- a Naval History project: the Sinking of the S S Britannia
- a Local History project: Find the Lady!
We hope that there is something of interest here for you and if so do e-mail us using our contact details:
Contents
The main contents of the web-site are:
Bower/Collier Family Tree
Family History Project into our Family Tree:
including the Family Tree with links to our 16 Great Grandparents- and their descendantsBrecht One-Name Study
A detailed study into the descendants of Heinrich (Henry) & Mary (Somes) Brecht, my mother's maiden name:
Collier Family
Research into my wife Chris' maiden name including:
- Silk Weavers named Collier living in Spitalfields and Bethnal Green in East London in 19th Century with possible links to weavers of Huguenot descent (Gaucheron/Kemp:)
- Descendants of Charles Collier, Silk Weaver and Charles Collier, Ropemaker, his son:
Collier Family in England and Canada
Visits to Places of Interest
All Saints Church in Fulham where Chrsitopher Bower was christened in 1795
St Mary's Church in Islington where Heinrich Brecht married Mary Somes in 1808
Visits to places where our ancestors lived, to bring the Family Tree to life:
The Sinking of the SS Britannia in 1941
The S S Britannia
A personal account by my father Frederick Bower of the sinking of the SS Britannia by the German raider Thor in 1941:
The Sinking of the SS Britannia
Find the Lady!
The Victorian Calling Book bought by my mother on Lymington Market:
A Local History Project where I traced a Victorian Lady who lived in the Lymington area in 1883-1893 and kept a Calling Book. During this time she appears to have met the cream of society in the Lymington area.
The Project is summarised in a series of articles with a Final Report:
Progress Reports on the Above Subjects
A report on activities undertaken and progress made in 2004-9 and research still to be undertaken:
Progress Report and To Do List
What's New?
News, Progress and activities in 2010.
Photo Album
Collation of the photos that appear throughout the web site
Summary of Names Indexes
There are various indexes of people mentioned in this web site:
Colin Bower
28 February 2010
