Henry Hayes Vowles
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Methodism
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Minister
Minister of religion
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. He also published religious poetry.
Parents
He was the son of Henry Vowles (born 13 October 1816 – died ReadingReading, Berkshire
Reading is a large town and unitary authority area in England. It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway, some west of London....
17 February 1883) of Bath and Mary Yeoman Harding (born 18 December 1812 – died Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a coastal town in West Dorset, England, situated 25 miles west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. The town lies in Lyme Bay, on the English Channel coast at the Dorset-Devon border...
10 January 1886) of "The Chancellor" Wanstrow
Wanstrow
Wanstrow is a village and civil parish south west of Frome in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. The parish includes the village of Cloford.-History:The name of the village comes from the Old English and means Waendel's tree....
, Somerset. The parents of Henry Vowles (b 1816) were James Vowles (a dairyman) of 2 Quiet Street Bath, (born 2 March 1785 buried 6/2/1859) and Martha Edney (born 1789). James Vowles was the son of William Vowles (a Dairy farmer) of Walcot
Walcot, Bath
Walcot is a suburb of the city of Bath, England. It lies to the north-north-east of the city centre, and is an electoral ward of the city.The parish church, on The Paragon is dedicated to St Swithin and was built in 1779-90 by John Palmer....
(buried 1809) and Hannah Hancock. William Vowles was the son of James Vowles and Martha Jane married at Bath Abbey
Bath Abbey
The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Bath, commonly known as Bath Abbey, is an Anglican parish church and a former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England...
on 6/8/1728.
Rev. Henry Hayes Vowles' father, Henry, is recorded as being employed in a number of roles. In 1838, he is noted as a "yeoman" on a wedding certificate. This piece of evidence is particularly interesting as the whole document, including witnesses' signatures, is completed in the same hand as the Rector. All of the men on the certificate are described as yeomen. In 1851, his occupation was described as a "Carrier's Agent". In 1871, his occupation was recorded as "farmer" He is cited on family trees as a "dairy man". Henry "after getting through two fortunes and driving his wife from home" was steadily employed by Huntley and Palmers of Reading where he died and was buried.
Mary Yeoman Vowles née Harding had "a life of much sadness, but her sweet disposition, like her mother's, made her a favourite with everybody". Mary Harding's brother was Joseph Harding who standardised the production of modern Cheddar Cheese
Cheddar cheese
Cheddar cheese is a relatively hard, yellow to off-white, and sometimes sharp-tasting cheese, produced in several countries around the world. It has its origins in the English village of Cheddar in Somerset....
. They were the children of Joseph Harding and Mary Yeoman. The Harding family had originally come from Pewsey
Pewsey
Pewsey is a large village, often considered a small town, at the centre of the Vale of Pewsey in Wiltshire about west of London. It is well connected to London, the West Country and Wales being close to the M4 motorway and the A303. Also, the village is served by Pewsey railway station on the...
, Wiltshire.
Siblings
Rev. Henry Hayes vowles had three siblings (All four were born at Bath Park Farm):- John Alonzo Vowles (born Bath Sept 1845) of BrutonBrutonBruton is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Brue seven miles south-east of Shepton Mallet, just south of Snakelake Hill and Coombe Hill, ten miles north-west of Gillingham and twelve miles south-west of Frome in the South Somerset district. The town has a...
who drowned at StalbridgeStalbridgeStalbridge is a small town and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Blackmore Vale area of North Dorset district, near the border with Somerset. In 2001 the town had a population of 2,579, and is still growing. 30.8% of the inhabitants are retired...
(20 July 1865)and was buried there (24 July 1865) - Mary Yeoman Harding Vowles who married Alfred Collins (b.1827) of Stalbridge and had thirteen children
- James Harding Vowles (31/1/1840-1877) of Edmonton, Canada. He married Fanny Patterson (1844–1863). He died in poverty soon after emigrating, but left descendants in Ontario.
Their mother Mary Vowles née Harding died at Stalbridge and was buried beside her son Alonzo's grave (see image).
Henry and Alonzo were educated at the expense of John Harding of Holly Bank, Balcombe, Dorset. This was because their father Henry had "led a very intemperate and wild life and spent two fortunes in driving his wife and family homeless. It was not safe for her to continue living with [him] and so she came to my mother at Grosvenor House".
Early life
In 1841 his parents were resident at Park Farm, Marlborough Street, WalcotWalcot, Bath
Walcot is a suburb of the city of Bath, England. It lies to the north-north-east of the city centre, and is an electoral ward of the city.The parish church, on The Paragon is dedicated to St Swithin and was built in 1779-90 by John Palmer....
, Lansdown, Bath with their one year old son James. In 1851 Vowles was resident at Kingsmead Terrace, Bath aged 8 and described as a scholar. He did not attend Kingswood school
Later life
Henry Hayes Vowles was ordained in 1867.During his lifetime, he also ministered in the following circuits: Faversham
Faversham
Faversham is a market town and civil parish in the Swale borough of Kent, England. The parish of Faversham grew up around an ancient sea port on Faversham Creek and was the birthplace of the explosives industry in England.-History:...
, Nelson
Nelson, Lancashire
Nelson is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle in Lancashire, England, with a population of 28,998 in 2001. It lies 4 miles north of Burnley on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal....
, Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
, Birmingham, Pembroke
Pembroke, Pembrokeshire
Pembroke is an historic settlement and former county town of Pembrokeshire in west Wales. The town and the county derive their name from that of the cantref of Penfro: Pen = "head" or "end", and bro = "region", "country", "land", and so it means essentially "Land's End".-History:The main point of...
, Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees is a market town in north east England. It is the major settlement in the unitary authority and borough of Stockton-on-Tees. For ceremonial purposes, the borough is split between County Durham and North Yorkshire as it also incorporates a number of smaller towns including...
, Southwark
Southwark
Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...
, Gateshead
Gateshead
Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside...
and Barnsley
Barnsley
Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, south of Leeds and west of Doncaster. Barnsley is surrounded by several smaller settlements which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley, of which Barnsley is the largest and...
. He was also based at Southwark
Southwark
Southwark is a district of south London, England, and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Southwark. Situated east of Charing Cross, it forms one of the oldest parts of London and fronts the River Thames to the north...
He went to work in Gloucester
Gloucester
Gloucester is a city, district and county town of Gloucestershire in the South West region of England. Gloucester lies close to the Welsh border, and on the River Severn, approximately north-east of Bristol, and south-southwest of Birmingham....
in 1895 as Superintendent of the Gloucester Wesleyan Circuit, which post he held for three years. He then went to Guernsey
Guernsey
Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
as Chairman of the Channel Islands
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
District. In 1901, he returned to Gloucester as Supernumerary Minister. He was an accomplished Hebrew and Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
scholar and published at least two of his sermons. He served on the Gloucester City Education Committee.
In 1901, he was resident at St Peter Port
St Peter Port
Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2001 was 16,488. In Guernésiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The "port" distinguishes this parish from...
, Guernsey.
Marriage and children
He married Hannah Elizabeth Thistle (18 November 1842 – 31 March 1903 and buried at Gloucester Cemetery) at St Mary's church WhitbyWhitby
Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a combined maritime, mineral and tourist heritage, and is home to the ruins of Whitby Abbey where Caedmon, the...
on 29 August 1871. Hannah Elizabeth Thistle was born at 157 Mill street, Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
and was the daughter of Thomas Thistle (1813–1892) and Alice Smith (1876–1893). This Thomas Thistle was the son of Thomas and Martha Thistle (née Wilson) of Blue Band (?), Whitby. Hannah Vowles was the sister of Thomas Thistle headmaster of Hereford Cathedral School
Hereford Cathedral School
Hereford Cathedral School is an independent, co-educational day school, with around 520 pupils aged between the ages of 11 and 18. It has four houses, named Langford , Stuart , Somerset and Cornwall Hereford Cathedral School is an independent, co-educational day school, with around 520 pupils aged...
Alice Smith was the daughter of George Smith.
In 1881 he was resident at Thornaby, Yorkshire.
He had seven children:
- Thomas Hubert Harding Vowles J.P., A.R.I.B.A. (born Belgrave Terrace, Sheffield Road, Barsley 7 December 1872, died 1946) (educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and became an Architect in Gloucester and BeningbroughBeningbroughBeningbrough is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The parish includes Beningbrough Park and Beningbrough Hall. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 55. The River Ouse forms the border of the parish with the Harrogate district and the...
, YorkYorkYork is a walled city, situated at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. The city has a rich heritage and has provided the backdrop to major political events throughout much of its two millennia of existence...
) - Alice Thistle Vowles (born at 3 Regent's street, Gateshead 1 October 1874–1928)
- Mary Yeoman Hardinge Vowles (born at 1 Bedford Place, Gateshead 14 November 1876). Married Henry Allen Pearce of Priday, Metford and Company LimitedPriday, Metford and Company LimitedPriday, Metford and Company Limited was a family-run company that produced flour at the City Flour Mills, Gloucester, England for over a century. They were closed down in 1994 and the premises converted to luxury apartments under the name of "Priday's Mill". The City Flour Mills were the location...
- Henry Hayes Vowles (junior) (born at 143 Jamaica Road, BermondseyBermondseyBermondsey is an area in London on the south bank of the river Thames, and is part of the London Borough of Southwark. To the west lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe, and to the south, Walworth and Peckham.-Toponomy:...
, London on 11 March 1878, died 1955) who was a solicitor in Gloucester and a Captain in the Gloucestershire Regiment in the first world war. In 1917 he was a Lieutenant in B Company, the 13th Glosters with the BEF in France. Later a lawyer at 65 Northgate Street, Gloucester. His partner Mr Russell Jessop was honourary solicitor 1960 to Gloucester Football & Athletic Ground Company - Brenley Mabel Vowles (born at 143 Jamaica Road, BermondseyBermondseyBermondsey is an area in London on the south bank of the river Thames, and is part of the London Borough of Southwark. To the west lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe, and to the south, Walworth and Peckham.-Toponomy:...
, London 29 Dec 1879) later keeper of the Cottage Tea Room, CaterhamCaterhamCaterham is a town in the Tandridge District of Surrey, England. The town is geographically divided into two sections: Caterham on the Hill and Caterham Valley - the main town centre. The town lies close to the A22, a few miles south of Croydon, in a valley cut into the dip slope of the North Downs... - Guy Vowles (born at Morley House, Actiland (?) Terrace, South Stockton, Thornaby 27 May 1882, died 1936)
- Hugh Pembroke VowlesHugh Pembroke VowlesHugh Pembroke Vowles was a British engineer, socialist and author.- Early life and education :...
born at Pembroke 22 July 1885, died 1951). Married Margaret Winifred Pearce
Rev HH Vowles' brother James Harding Vowles son emigrated to Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada and died there soon after. He left a number of Vowles descendants in the province.
Publications (Books)
- For Ever and Ever: A Popular Study in Hebrew, Greek and English Words published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co (London), 1898. http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/JS8F16EDLXQA8MUI1MB576LBNHQK8TB4K1GD8C74YD7XSHBVP7-55459?func=full-set-set&set_number=008976&set_entry=000031&format=999
- Two Sermons. I. King David and Queen Victoria. II. King Lemuel and King Edward published by C. H. Kelly: London, 1901. http://catalogue.bl.uk/F/JS8F16EDLXQA8MUI1MB576LBNHQK8TB4K1GD8C74YD7XSHBVP7-24290?func=full-set-set&set_number=009142&set_entry=000002&format=999
Publications (Poetry)
- Poem published in 1889 in the "Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine: Being a Continuation of the Arminian Or Methodist Magazine"
- Poem entitled "An Advent Sonnet" published in the "Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine: Being a Continuation of the Arminian Or Methodist Magazine". Date uncertain.
- Poem entitled "Sinai" published in the "Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine: Being a Continuation of the Arminian Or Methodist Magazine". Date uncertain.
Death and Obituaries
- A number of obituaries were published at the time of his death, in local Gloucester papers and Methodist publications. The following is repeated here verbatim:
"Henry H. Vowles: was born at Bath, 26 June 1843, and entered the Ministry in 1867. His first appointment was to Faversham, and he laboured in the active ministry until the Conference of 1901. He was an able preacher, a vigorous thinker, and a man of scholarly attainments. His freshness of thought and his power of lucid exposition made his sermons attractive and profitable. His sympathy with the young, his sound judgment, and his varied attainments won for him the confidence and affection of our people. He was cheerful and patient during his painful and prolonged illness, and his faith in his Lord and Saviour was expressed in the words of the Psalm which he had chosen to be read on the day of his burial: "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?". Much more might be said of his character and ministry; but it was his earnest request that as little as possible might be written about him. He died at Gloucester, 13 November 1905 in his sixty-third year and in the thirty-eighth of his ministry."
External links
- The book For Ever and Ever is available on the following link: http://www.archive.org/details/foreverandever00vowluoft