Norman Bowden

Norman Bowden was born in 1897 in Manchester and was the youngest son of Frederick a railway accounts collector and Elizabeth Ann Bowden née Carr of 13 South Road West Bridgford Nottingham. His father Frederick William was born in 1860 in Warrington, Lancashire, his mother Elizabeth Ann Carr was born in 1859 in Boston, Lincolnshire, they were married in 1883 in Chorlton, Lancashire and went on to have 4 children, all of whom were born in Manchester and were :- Lily Vine, b1885, Sydney b1886, Wilfred b1888 and Norman Bowden b1897. In the 1911 census the family are living at 13 South Road West Bridgford, Nottingham and are shown as Frederick William 51 yrs a railway accounts collector, he is living with his wife Elizabeth 52 yrs and their children , Lilly Vine 26 yrs a relief stationer working in a stationary department, Sydney 25 yrs a clerk in a grocery department, Wilfred 23 yrs a railway clerk and Norman 14 yrs a scholar.