14 Aug 2026                   
             Husband: Ernest John Bowles    
                Born: 25 Nov 1887          in Norwich, Norfolk  1,2
                Died: 1970                 in Norwich, Norfolk  3
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Mary Violet Read  4   
       Also known as: Violet Read 5
             Married: 1920                 in Norwich, Norfolk  2
                Born: 1901                 in Lakenham, Norwich, Norfolk  2
              Census: 1911                 at 13 Stoke Street, Norwich, Norfolk  
                Died: 1968                 in Norwich, Norfolk  3
              Father: William George Read   (1871 - 1952) 
              Mother: Rosina Sarah Dearing   (1872 - 1931) 
 1  M  Jack D Bowles                                            |   Born: 1921 Norwich, Norfolk 6

 2  F  Joyce P Bowles                                           |   Born: 1924 Norwich, Norfolk 2
   sp. Henry Orford                                             |Married: 1942 Norwich, Norfolk 7

 3  M  Bernard Reuben W Bowles                                  |   Born: 19 Oct 1928 Norwich, Norfolk 6,1
                                                                |   Died: 1998 Norwich, Norfolk 3

Sources:
(1) Death record. 
(2) FreeBMD Website. 
(3) Ancestry Death Index. 
(4) Gillian Norman pers. com. 
(5) 1911 Census. 
(6) Ancestry Birth Index. 
(7) Ancestry Marriage Index. 

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Updated 14 Aug 2026

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