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Arthur BOWEN-GOTHAM
1915 - 1986 (71 years) Has 3 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.Set As Default Person
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Name Arthur BOWEN-GOTHAM Relationship with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 27 Aug 1915 Kings Norton Reg Dist, Worcestershire Staffordshire or Warwickshire, England - GRO ref: BOWEN, Arthur, mother's maiden name: Bowen q4 1915 Kings N RD 6d 118
Actual date from death registration index and from 1939 registration (image on FMP, viewed 2 Sep 2016)
Gender Male Residence 1921 74, Alexandra Road, Edgbaston, Smethwick, Worcestershire, England - With his mother
Occupation 1939 Cashier and Accounts Clerk Occupation From 1949 to 1953 Sports reporter for the BBC - A half hour 'Sports Report' programme on the 'Light Programme' (which became BBC Radio 2) on 2 Dec 1949 included a special report on the Football League match between Portsmouth and Arsenal, by A. Bowen-Gotham. (from the Radio Times, issue 1364, 2 Dec 1949 - image of the page on the BBC website).
The Radio Times (Jan 23, 1953, p.49) shows that again in the Sports Report on the 'Light Programme', in an FA cup tie round-up, with one minutes reports on fourth roundn matches, Arthur Bowen-Gotham was the reported giving the round up on the Halifax Town v. Stoke City match.
(image of the page on the BBC website)
Military Service 1953 York, Yorkshire, England Ran York Sea Cadets - "York Sea Cadets (Lt. Bowen - Gotham
R.N.V.R, commanding offi cer), 32 Lord
Mayor' s walk"
(from Kelly's City Of York Directory, 1953 p.495)
Political From 1953 to 1955 York Conservative Association - Secretary - "York Conservative Association; office, 47 Micklegate; A. Bowen-Gotham , sec; (women's branch) Mrs. F. M. Pickering, 36 Oakland avenue, hon. sec"
(from Kelly's City Of York Directory, 1953 p.A28 and Kelly's City Of York Directory, 1955, p. A28)
Also known as Arthur BOWEN Residence From 1961 to 1978 Didsbury, Lancashire, England - 19 entries in phone books (on Ancestry, as at 5 Dec 2014); 16 for period 1961-1978, all in Manchester or Manchester / Stoke on Trent directories, where town shown (6) all Didsbury
(not yet looked at images themselves, just index)
Residence From 1981 to 1984 Poole, Dorset, England - 19 entries in phone books (on Ancestry, as at 5 Dec 2014); 3 for period 1981-1984, all in Bournemouth directories, town shown as Poole.
(not yet looked at images themselves, just index)
Residence 1986 79, Lake Drive, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, England - At the time of his death
Died 19 Nov 1986 Poole Reg Dist, Dorset, England - GRO ref: Arthur Bowen-Gotham, dob 27 Aug 1915 Poole RD 23 817Actual date from probate calendar
Probate 7 May 1987 Manchester, Lancashire, England Calendar entry - Gotham, Arthur Bowen- of 79 Lake Dv Hamworthy Poole died 19 November 1986 Probate Manchester 7 May £334312 8751905461Q
Half-siblings 1 half brother (family of John Edward GOTHAM and Margaret Ellen BOWEN) Patriarch & Matriarch Person ID I302019 All | All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study Last Modified 16 Aug 2023
Mother Margaret Ellen BOWEN, b. 28 Nov 1889, Wigan, Lancashire, England , d. 10 Aug 1977, Stockport, Lancashire, England (Age 87 years)
Other Partners: John Edward GOTHAM m. Mar Q 1924Family ID F300656 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 1 Edith Bibbins GREAVES, b. 4 Nov 1915, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England , d. Aft 1971 (Age 56 years)
Other Partners: MALLINSON m. Aft 1940Married Dec Q 1939 Birmingham Reg Dist, Warwickshire, England - GRO ref: Bowen-Gotham, Arthur to Greaves, Edith B q4 1939 Birmingham RD 6d 430
Children 1. Living Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300654 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family 2 Estelle Amelia FRY, b. 18 Dec 1927, Keynsham Reg Dist, Gloucestershire or Somerset, England , d. 3 Nov 1986, Poole Reg Dist, Dorset, England (Age 58 years) Married Sep Q 1954 Bulmer, Yorkshire, England - GRO ref: Bowen-Gotham, Arthur to Fry, Estelle A q3 1954 Bulmer RD 1b 1343
Last Modified 14 Feb 2017 Family ID F300655 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- GRO ref: BOWEN, Arthur, mother's maiden name: Bowen q4 1915 Kings N RD 6d 118
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Event Map Click to hide Born - 27 Aug 1915 - Kings Norton Reg Dist, Worcestershire Staffordshire or Warwickshire, England Married - Dec Q 1939 - Birmingham Reg Dist, Warwickshire, England Military Service - Ran York Sea Cadets - 1953 - York, Yorkshire, England Married - Sep Q 1954 - Bulmer, Yorkshire, England Residence - From 1981 to 1984 - Poole, Dorset, England Residence - 1986 - 79, Lake Drive, Hamworthy, Poole, Dorset, England Probate - Calendar entry - 7 May 1987 - Manchester, Lancashire, England = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend