Query on Edward DOWER

NSW Marriage Record 215/1881 - Edward DOWER married Ann BEVAN - Sydney
NSW Death Record 9382/1918 - Ann DOWER, father Charles - Redfern
NSW Birth Record 289/1850 V1850289 51 - Ann BEVAN, father Richard, mother Sarah J

NSW Birth Record 1126/1891 - Ann A DOWER, father Edward, mother Ann - Sydney
NSW Birth Record 639/1877 - Edward C DOWER, father Edward, mother Ann - Sydney
NSW Birth Record 1643/1880 - Mary Esther DOWER, father Edward, mother Ann - Sydney
NSW Birth Record 3868/1884 - Thomas DOWER, father Edward, mother Ann - Sydney
NSW Birth Record 419/1887 - Ellen M DOWER, father Edward, mother Ann - Sydney
NSW Birth Record 3557/1889 - Margaret DOWER, father Edward, mother Ann - Sydney

http://nis.wikidot.com/bevan
The Newcastle Industrial School

Mary JONES (1818-1887)
married 1)1841 Michael HAYES (1815-1852)
* Mary HAYES 1841-1869 married Stephen BROWN
* Ellen HAYES 1845-1884 married Walter BOURKE
married 2) 1852 Charles BEVAN (1800-1862)
* Margaret BEVAN 1852-1940 married Charles John MILES
* Ann BEVAN 1854-1918 married Edward DOWER
* Charles J BIVEN 1858-1863

No baptism exists for Ann BEVAN and no trace of her can be found on the NSW BDM Index until she married Edward aka Edmond63 DOWER in 1881. Her descendants are uncertain of her age and identify a year of birth of between 1850 and 1858. Some trees have erroneously attributed to Ann BEVAN the parents Richard and Sarah but Funeral Notices confirm Ann's correct siblings. It is unknown if Ann was younger or older than Margaret but because she was having children regularly between 1875 and 1891, it is considered that she was more likely to have been younger. Ann was almost without doubt older than Charles. Her birth is more accurately located between late 1853 and 1856 as Margaret was baptised in December 1852 and Charles was born in March 1858. Because only one girl from this family was admitted to Newcastle and no mention was made of any siblings at the time of this admission, does cause concern regarding Ann's age. It may be that she was older than Margaret or perhaps not living in the same situation, possibly being cared for by an older half-sibling. It must also be considered that Ann was actually a child of Margaret's older half-sister Mary HAYES who was subsequently raised by her grandmother. The illegitimate birth of Annie HAYES to Mary A. HAYES in Sydney in 185965 might be a possible registration although it is difficult to know if this were the case whether this child would have appeared on Charles' birth registration in 1858. Ann BEVAN is connected to Ellen BOURKE in the In Memoriam notices placed when Ellen died. When Ann died in 1918 only her father Charles was recorded on the NSW BDM Index.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15803109?searchTerm=%22a...
The Sydney Morning Herald - Wed 18 September 1918 - Page 9

DOWER.—The Relatives and Friends of Mr. EDWARD C. DOWER, Mr. and Mrs. JAMES GUNNER, Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS DOWER, Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR DUNNING, and Mrs. AGNES HAKANSON are invited to attend the Funeral of their beloved MOTHER, Ann Dower; to leave 38 Louis-street, Redfern, THIS AFTERNOON, at 1 o'clock, for Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood.

NSW Marriage Record 427/1841 V1841427 130 - Michael HAYES married Mary GLEESON

NSW Marriage Record 429/1852 V18522429 80 - Charles BEVAN married Mary HAYES

NSW Birth Record 841/1858 (male) BEVAN, father Charles, mother Mary J - Sydney

NSW Marriage Record 6453/1909 - Walter H HAKANSON married Ann A DOWER - Waterloo

NSW Marriage Record 8466/1906 - Arthur DUNNING married Ellen M DOWER - Waterloo

NSW Marriage Record 2742/1907 - James J GUNNER married Mary E DOWER - Waterloo

NSW Marriage Record 9659/1916 - Thomas DOWER married Charlotte E WILSON - Redfern

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LDM3-BG7
Ann BEVAN
* born 31/5/1850
* died 6/9/1919
* father Richard James BEVAN
* mother Sarah Jane COOPER
* married 23/12/1870 to John Anderson CROWE

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJR-2B7J?from=lynx1UIV...
Annie Bevan CROWE
born BEVAN
Died 6/9/1919 buried at Eurongilly

NSW Marriage Record 2365/1871 John Anderson CROWE married Annie BEVAN - Gundagai

NSW Death Record 17934/1919 Annie CROWE, father John, mother Sarah - Gundagai
NSW Death Record 16861/1919 Ann I K CROWE, father John, mother Jane - Burwood

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From all of that I think that

Ann BEVAN, daughter of Charles James BEVAN and Esther CHRISTIE
married Edward DOWER 1881
died 1918 Redfern

Ann BEVAN, daughter of Richard BEVAN and Sarah Jane COOPER
married John Anderson CROWE 1870
died 1919 Eurongilly