Fowler

Origin of surname

This surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is from an occupational name for a bird-catcher or hunter of wild birds. In the medieval period a fowler would have been an important position, and all major houses would have employed one. The derivation is from the Olde English fugelere, hunter of wild birds.

Early records

The name only goes back to the first decade of the 19th century in Jersey, when children of John and William were baptised in St Helier.

Family records

Family trees

• Descendants of Michael Fowler
• Descendants of William Fowler
• Descendants of Charles Fowler
• Descendants of William Fowler - 2

Church records

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• Fowler baptisms in Jersey
• Fowler marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Fowler marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Fowler burials in Jersey

Great War service

Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc

• Douglas Manley Fowler (1896- ) (St H) son of Herbert Manley and Mary Ann Pallot, Officer's Steward, RN, HMS Egmont
• Kathleen Hamilton Fowler (1895- ) (Scotland), daughter of Joseph and Catherine, went to live in Jersey with parents as teenager, British Red Cross
• Maud Fowler, British Red Cross Society,Jersey Detachment 6. Cook at the Red Cross Hospital, The Pavilion, Calne, Wiltshire (1918-1919)

Occupation records

• Fowler Occupation identity cards

Family wills

These wills created by members of the Fowler family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page

• Fowler : Charles John , of St Helier - 11/Feb/1947 , 22/Aug/1956 , D/Y/B1/37/25
• Fowler : Dorothy Victoria , widow of William Harmer, known as Dorothy Victoria Straker, of Bon Air Nursing Home, St Saviour and formerly of Mon Plaisir Cottage, La Haule, St Brelade - 26/Apr/1968 , 14/Oct/1971 , D/Y/B1/165/33
• Fowler : Eveline , of St Clement Bequeaths the residue of the estate to St Nicholas' Church, Greve d'Azette, St Clement - 03/Jun/1942 , 27/Jul/1951 , D/Y/B1/10/55
• Fowler : Isabel Matilda , Grandvale House, Town Mills, St Helier - 02/Jul/1912 , 25/Jul/1912 , D/Y/A/71/74
• Fowler : John Seymour , of Newport, Isle of Wight, now of St Helier - 21/May/1855 , 16/Sep/1861 , D/Y/A/30/123
• Fowler : Kenneth Charles , ... - 06/Jan/1901 , 17/Dec/1902 , D/Y/A/61/109
• Fowler : Margaret Anne , 289 Hallow Road, London, widow - 09/Mar/1905 , 18/Mar/1925 , D/Y/A/85/55
• Fowler : Sarah , of Duhamel Place, St Helier, Livery Stable keeper - 18/May/1859 , 25/Aug/1859 , D/Y/A/30/7
• Fowler : Thomas Walker , of 1, Market Street, St Helier, Hairdresser - 27/Apr/1886 , 14/Jan/1891 , D/Y/A/50/6
• Fowler : William , of St Helier - 26/Mar/1868 , 21/Oct/1870 , D/Y/A/35/65
• Fowler : William , of La Chasse, Grouville - 20/Dec/1962 , 02/Nov/1963 , D/Y/B1/76/44
• Fowler : William , of Millbrook Farm, St Lawrence - 23/Feb/1853 , 04/Apr/1857 , D/Y/A/29/16
• Fowler : William Henry , of 14, Beresford Street, St Helier 7/1/1880 Bequeaths to Caroline Saunders all his shares in the Jersey Cafe Company Ltd, and all money coming to his estate by the Independent Order of Rechabites - Unknown date , 31/Mar/1880 , D/Y/A/41/17

Burial records

• Fowler burial records 1820-1978

Family album

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  Edward Charles Fowler (1847-1939) son of Edward Philip and Mary, nee Withers. A ship's master, he emigrated to Victoria, Australia, where he married Emma Fulcher in 1872. They had three children

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  Robert Kirby Fowler, born in St Helier in 1868, the son of Kenneth Charles and Matilda Ann, nee Kirby. He married Letitia Vaughan in London in 1893

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  Joyce Ann Fowler

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  Kenneth Charles Fowler

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  Lilian Theresa Alvina Cox, nee Fowler

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  Kirby Fowler

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  Mary Sophia Fowler

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  Charles John Fowler

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  Evelyn May Mary Ann Fowler

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  Kenneth Ryeland Fowler, a previously unrecognised Jersey casualty of the Great War, was identified through Jerripedia research into his family in 2023. He was born in Australia, the son of Charles John Fowler, an emigrant from Jersey. In about 1900 Charles John took his four children to London, abandoning his wife in Australia and subsequently bigamously marrying his second wife in London. Kenneth Ryland joined the Royal Field Artillery on the outbreak of the Great War. He was killed at Diksmuide, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium on 3 June 1915. He is buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery at Ypres

Family businesses

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Family gravestones

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  Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery: George and William Emmanuel Fowler

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  Ypres grave of Kenneth Ryeland Fowler (see above)

Tips

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New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form

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