Cockermouth, Cumbria/Cumberland
Hi There,
I'm descended from the Bowe family from Cockermouth.
My great-grandmother called Ethel May Sharp (born 1878 in Cockermouth) was the illegitimate child of John Bowe (bap 1854, Cockermouth) and Mary Elizabeth Sharp (known as Elizabeth; baptised 1854 Cockermouth).
John asked Elizabeth to marry him, but for some unknown reason, she said no.John went on to marry Mary Ann and he had at least 3 daughters: Sarah Ann (bap abt 1881), Emma (bap abt 1883), Agnes (bap abt 1885).They lived in High Sand Lane in Cockermouth in the 1881 and 1901 census.
I'm 99% sure that John's father was Walter Bowe and his father John Bowe.
Please email me if this sounds familiar.