Husband: William George Bowden
Born: 19 May 1887 in Bowden Terrace, Wymondham, Norfolk 1,2
Christened: 9 Oct 1887 in Wymondham, Norfolk 3
Census: 1891 at 1 Bowden Terrace, Wymondham, Norfolk
Education: Central Board School, Wymondham 4
Census: 1901 at 1 Bait Hill (Bowden Terrace), Wymondham, Norfolk
Education: 1900 - 1905 King Edward VI Middle School, Norwich 4
Education: 1905 - 1908 Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 4
Occupation: 1908 - 1910 Tutor & Science Master at St Bedes College, Durham. 4
Occupation: 1910 - 1948 Schoolmaster (Science Teacher/Head Master) 4,5
Census: 1911 at 60 Cavendish Road, Brondesbury, London
Resided: 1912 at Grasmere, Locket Road, Wealdstone, Middlesex 6
Resided: 1918 - 1939 at 11 Brondesbury Park Mansions, Salusbury Road, London 7,8
Census: 1921 at 11 Brondesbury Park Mansions, Salusbury Road, London
Resided: 1939 in Billing Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire 2
Resided: 1940 at 148 Ashburnham Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire 7
Resided: Feb 1943 at 60 Holly Road, Northampton, Northamptonshire 9
Resided: 1947 - 1957 at 163 Chevening Road, Brondesbury Park, London 7
Resided: 1957 - 1981 at 46 Bluebell Road, Eaton, Norwich, Norfolk 10
Died: 24 Mar 1981 in Norwich, Norfolk 10
Cremated: 28 Mar 1981 in St Faiths Crematorium, Norfolk 11
Probate: 1981
Father: Henry Palmer Bowden (1859 - 1943)
Mother: Isabella Jane Burgess Howes (1860 - 1934)
Other spouse 1
Media desc: 1891 census
Media desc: 1901 census
Media desc: Teachers Registration
Media desc: 1911 census
Wife: Catherine Margaret Strachan Watson
Married name: Catherine Margaret Strachan Bowden
Married: 1945 in London 12,13
Born: 30 Oct 1905 in Essex 14,15
Died: 16 Feb 1989 in Norwich, Norfolk 10
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Sources: (1) Birth Certificate. (2) 1939 Register. (3) Parish Register. (4) Papers in possession of Howard Slatter. (5) 1911 Census. (6) Birth of daughter Isobel. (7) Address of correspondence. (8) Ration book for Isobel Mary Bowden, Oct 31 1918. (9) Death of wife May. (10) Howard Slatter. (11) Newspaper announcement. (12) Isobel Slatter (nee Bowden) (13) GRO index. (14) Dorothea Roddy (Bowden) pers. com. (15) FreeBMD Website. For comments and questions about this family, email Howard Slatter Updated 14 Aug 2026 Name Index