Harriet Hannah Stone was the second child of James Stone & Eliza born at Tipton & christened July 4th, 1824 at St Thomas, Dudley, Worcs.
In 1851 Harriet was living at home at Old Meeting St, West Bromwich with her widowed mother & younger sisters & brothers. She was a ladies nurse.
Harriet married John James Bowater in Oct-December 1854 at West Bromwich. John was born c1814 at Quarry Bank, Staffs and had previously been married to Elizabeth Johnson with whom he had 5 children. Elizabeth died in Jan-March 1854.
In 1861 Harriet & John were living at 50 Hill Top, West Bromwich & John was a pawn broker. At home were the 5 children from John’s first marriage, namely Jane (18), an assistant in the pawn shop, Thomas (16), a roll turner, Sarah (14), Phoebe (11) and John J (8). Also at home was William (5) the son of Harriet and John. Living with them were Hannah’s sisters Elizabeth Stone, also an assistant in the pawn shop, & Eliza Morgan (nee Stone). They had a groom & a general servant.
In 1871 Harriet & John had moved to Queen St, West Bromwich & John was now an oil & tallow merchant. At home were Phoebe, John, an office clerk & William A, an office clerk. With them at the time of the census was Harriet’s widowed step mother Mary (67).
John died in Oct-December 1879, aged 66, at West Bromwich.
By 1881 widowed Harriet had set up a lodging house called Montserrat at Holdenhurst, Bournemouth, Hants. Her guests at the time of the census included a professor from Belgium & a retired clergyman & his wife.
In 1891 Harriet had moved to Upper Swinford, Stourbridge, Worcs. She was a boarder at Richmond Court, Love Lane where the head of the household was Hannah Farr, a needle woman. With Harriet, who was living on her own means, was her grand daughter Evelyn Bowater (13), the daughter of son William & his wife Mary Lavinia (nee Udall).
Harriet died in April-June 1892, aged 67 at Stourbridge.
The children of Harriet Hannah Stone and John James Bowater were:
st.2.2.1 William Alfred Bowater born July-Sept 1855 at Hill Top, Staffs.