Frederick John JOWSEY was born 3 OCT 1872 in Wykeham, Yorkshire. He died 5 JUN 1961 in Kamloops, BC. He was the son of John JOWSEY and Emma MARFLITT.
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7th.October 1903 Frederick John was sworn in as a new tenant of the Right
Honourable Hugh Richard Lord Viscount Downe, Lord of the Manor at Wykeham. He
was an apprentice joiner in 1891and, later, worked on renovations to Wykeham
Abbey. On his son John's birth certificate he is a "Master Joiner". In the
1901 Wykeham census he is an "employer" with his brother Robert Sidney (who
had left his wife and children in Bradford) and 17 year old Charles Stephenson
from Weaverthorpe living with and working for him.
Fred went to the Kamloops area of Canada with his family in 1907, They sailed
from Liverpool on the 18th September 1907 on the "S.S.Carthaginia" to St
John's, New Foundland, thence to Halifax, Nova Scotia, then by train to
Kamloops.We assume that they immigrated under a government scheme which
allotted them a certain amount of farming land (160 acres). The 1911 census
shows them living at Robins Creek where Fred was working 60 hours a week on
the farm and 10 hours as a carpenter. They homesteaded at Monte Creek until
1919 then operated a cattle ranch at Bridge Lake until 1935 when they moved
into Kamloops ( info from Ray McNabb). Funeral service held at Kamloops
Memorial Chapel. Fred had his Uncle Thomas Robinson Jowsey's box of precision
carpentry tools which may have been given to him as a farewell gift when the
family sailed for Canada. We know that Thomas witnessed Fred's father's will
so they must have been in regular contact. This box has been passed down
through the family and is now a prized possession of Fred's great grandson,
Gordon Wayne Jowsey of Cranbrook, B.C.