BOWMAN, Edmund
Edmund Bowman was born at St Ann’s Lane, Westminster, London on 27 April 1845, and baptised in the City of London on 17 June and at St Mary at Quay, Ipswich on 25 July 1845, son of Revd Edmund Burkitt Bowman, B.A. (6 March 1816-19 January 1903), a schoolmaster, and his wife Harriet née Edwards (14 January 1814-April 1852), who were both Suffolk born and married at St Margaret's Church, Ipswich on 30 December 1841. In 1871, young Edmund was a 26-year-old painter (artist), living with his uncle Wray Palliser Lamb (bapt 2 October 1812-18 December 1890), a printer & engraver, at 14 St Margaret’s Street, Ipswich. Edmund married at Ipswich the following year, Emma Lambert (1848-1932) and he seems to have given up being an artist as in 1881, a 35-year-old letter carrier, living at 35 William Street, Ipswich with his 33 year old wife Emma, who was born at Copdock, near Ipswich and their three children, Annie 4, May 2 and newly born Edmund, who were all born at Ipswich. Edmund Bowman died at Ipswich on 14 February 1891, aged 45, leaving a widow and five children.