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That's OK Gloria!

We still haven't found out about Mary, though

Thank you all very much for your help sorry about the mix up

Regards Gloria

Looks good MC.

No additional info. on CWGC site.

BOSWELL, GEORGE HARRY
Rank:Private
Service No:66052
Date of Death:25/09/1917
Regiment/Service:Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
207th Coy.
Panel Reference Panel 154 to 159 and 163A.
Memorial TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Additional Information:

Wonder if this is George's record?

UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919

Name: George Harry Boswell
Residence: Hoxton
Death Date: 25 Sep 1917
Death Location: France & Flanders
Enlistment Location: Shoreditch
Rank: Private
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Battalion: (Infantry)
Number: 66052
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: Formerly S/24705, Rif. Bde.

Son George / Henry in 1911?

Name: George Boswell
Age in 1911: 22
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1889
Relation to Head: Nephew
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bethnal Green
Civil parish: Bethnal Green
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 12 Chester and Green St, Bethnal Green
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: CARMEN
Registration district: Bethnal Green
Registration District Number: 17
Sub-registration district: Bethnal Green North East
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Piece: 1402
Household Members: Name Age
Harry Ray 62
Sarah Ann Ray 52
Alice Ray 21
Alfred Ray 19
George Boswell 22

Not finding Laura b. 1891 on the 1911 census.

Might as well add Ethel's baptism while I'm there:

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Ethel Ray Boswell [Ethel MAY Boswell]
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 23 May 1897 - born 1st May
Father's Name: Henry Boswell
Mother's Name: Laura Boswell - coppermaker's labourer.
Parish or Poor Law Union: Hoxton Holy Trinity
Borough: Hackney
Register Type: Parish Registers

Nice job, rootie!

Gloria - George and Henry would be one and the same person going by the baptism record I posted above. Not uncommon for names to be reversed.

Rosina's baptism:

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906
Name: Rosina Maud Boswell
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 21 Feb 1894 - born 15 January 1894
Father's Name: Henry Boswell - labourer
Mother's Name: Laura Boswell
Parish or Poor Law Union: Hoxton Holy Trinity
Borough: Hackney
Register Type: Parish Registers

Address: 3 Wyehampton Street.

All copied over now MarieCeleste. I have asked for further replies to be added to this thread.

Marriages Mar 1888
BOSWELL Henry Shoreditch 1c 148 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Dean Elizabeth Ellen Shoreditch 1c 148
Macaree John Frank Shoreditch 1c 148
TOWNSEND Laura Shoreditch 1c 148 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<





Name: Henry Boswell Occ. Carman
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1861
Age: 27
Spouse Name: Laura Townsend
Spouse Age: 28
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 4 Mar 1888
Parish: Hoxton Holy Trinity
Borough: Hackney
Father Name: Thomas Boswell Occ. Carman
Spouse Father Name: George Townsend Occ. Boot Maker
Register Type: Parish Register


Witnesses James White (his X mark) and Alice (looks like) Earley.

Henry made his mark and Laura signed.

1901

Name: Rosina Boswell
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1897
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Henry Boswell
Mother's Name: Laura Boswell
Gender: Female
Where born: London, England

Civil parish: Shoreditch
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity Hoxton
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Shoreditch
Sub-registration district: Hoxton New Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 299
Piece: 270
Folio: 147
Page Number: 39
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Boswell 40 Coppersmith's labourer, b. London
Laura Boswell 42 b. Exeter
Henry J Boswell 13
Lauria Boswell 10
Rosina Boswell 4
Ethell Boswell 3

1911

Name: Henry Boswell
Age in 1911: 51
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1860
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: London, United Kingdom
Civil parish: Shoreditch
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 6 Witchampton Street
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 25
Estimated Marriage Year: 1886
Occupation: COPPERSMITH LABOURER
Registration district: Shoreditch
Registration District Number: 16
Sub-registration district: Shoreditch North West
ED, institution, or vessel: 3
Piece: 1348
Household Members: Name Age
Henry Boswell 51 Married 25 years, 4 children born, 4 living
Mary Boswell 42
Ethel Boswell 13
Rose Boswell 17


Deaths Sep 1907 Boswell Laura 48 Shoreditch 1c 58



1891

Name: Laura Boswell
Age: 1/12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1891
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Harry Boswell
Mother's Name: Laura Boswell
Gender: Female
Where born: Hoxton, London, England

Civil parish: Shoreditch
Ecclesiastical parish: Holy Trinity
Town: London
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Shoreditch
Sub-registration district: Hoxton New Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 244
Folio: 110
Page Number: 14
Household Members: Name Age
Harry Boswell 30
Laura Boswell 31
George Boswell 3
Laura Boswell 1/12

The son's baptism:

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

Name: Henry George James Boswell
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 18 Mar 1891 - birth date 18 March 1888
Father's Name: Henry Boswell - labourer
Mother's Name: Laura Boswell
Parish or Poor Law Union: Hoxton Holy Trinity
Borough: Hackney
Register Type: Parish Registers

Address: 1 Wyehampton Street.

Baptised the same day was sister Laura Louise, born 27 February 1891.

Marie Celeste,

I'll try to copy over to this thread.

I'm pretty sure that Rosina's age in 1901 is 7 (not 4) which ties in to the 1911:

BOSWELL, Henry Head Married M 40 1861 Coppersmith's Labourer London
BOSWELL, Laura Wife Married F 42 1859 Exeter
BOSWELL, Henry J Son M 13 1888 London
BOSWELL, Laura Daughter F 10 1891 London
BOSWELL, Rosina Daughter F 4 (7) 1897 London
BOSWELL, Ethell Daughter F 3 1898 London

Piece: 270 Folio: 147 Page: 39
Registration District: Shoreditch
Civil Parish: Shoreditch

Address: 3, Witchampton Street, Shoreditch County: London

Fiddlesticks!! I have been adding to the other thread!!

I can't follow what you're saying? I thought you said the 1911 census had 2 Ethels aged 13 and 17 but the 1911 census that I'm looking at has Henry, 51, wife Mary 42 and daughters Ethel, 13 and Rose, 17.

The second Ethel in 1911 on FMP is actually Rose on the original image:

BOSWELL, Henry Head Married 25 years M 51 1860 Coppersmiths's Labourer London Holloway
BOSWELL, Mary Wife Married F 42 1869 Blouse Machinest London Hoxton
BOSWELL, Ethel Daughter F 13 1898 Schoolgirl London Hoxton
BOSWELL, Ethel (actually Rose) Daughter Single F 17 1894 Kitchen Girl London Hoxton

RG number: RG14 Piece: 1348
Reference: RG14PN1348 RG78PN47 RD16 SD2 ED3 SN214
Registration District: Shoreditch
Sub District: Shoreditch North West
Enumeration District: 3
Parish: Shoreditch

Address: 6 Witchampton ST County: London

The 25 years married and 4 children born (all alive) is written on the line for Henry, not Mary.

Note - if you see something weird like two children with the same name always check the original image.

You don't give any dates or places. Could George have been George Henry?

BOSWELL, GEORGE HENRY
Rank:Private
Service No:7341
Date of Death:11/04/1915
Age:29
Regiment/Service:Lincolnshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Panel ReferencePanel 21.
MemorialYPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Additional Information:
Son of Henry Thomas and Mary Lizzie Boswell, of 88, Thorold St., New Clee, Grimsby.

Gloria, what exactly are you trying to find out? Is it when (if) Henry and Mary married? (They may not have done).