Descendents of Alfred John Gower
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      /|\ Alfred John Gower |
b.1852 Lyminge |

| 1.Ellen Kingman
| b.1852 / d.1873 Kent

    |2.Eleanor Herridge     
|b.1850 Islington, London
       
           
       

         
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          Joseph|
Juster|
b.1873|
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|Catherine
|Gower
|b.1873
|Folkestone
     

 

Albert
Gower
b.1876
Tooting
Alfred|
Gower|
b.1878|
Tooting|
|Gertrude
|Wilsher
|b.1878
|Hatfield
       











 





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Arthur|
Juster|
b.1895|
Kingston|
|Louisa
|Robinson
Leonard|
Juster|
b.1897|
Kingston|
|Muriel
|Morris
Frank|
Juster|
b.1901|
Kingston|

|Florence
|Leach

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Alfred|
Juster|
b.1905|
Kingston|
|Phyllis
|French
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Ernest|
Juster|
b.1907|
Kingston|
|Winifred
|Fuller
|b.1909
|Kingston
Harold
Juster
b.1910
Kingston
Denis|
Daly|
|Florence
|Gower
|b.1903
|Epsom
Stanley|
Northover|
|Gertrude
|Gower
|b.1905
|Barnet
Philip
Gower
b.1909
Wandsworth
Doris
Gower
b.1910
Barnet
Alfred
Gower
b.1912
Barnet
       



     

         
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        Geoffrey
Juster
b.1929
Croydon

Sheila
Juster
b.1931
Croydon

Miriam
Juster
b.1927
Kingston
Gwendoline
Juster
b.1931
Kingston
      John
Daly
b.1930
Barnet
Mary
Daly
b.1934
Barnet
         


Births Sep 1850 Herridge Eleanor Islington 3 248
Alfred John GOWER baptized 6 Jun 1852 in Lyminge, Kent,
Births
Dec 1852 Kingman Ellen Maria Maidstone 2a 386

1871 census - Alfred at Lyminge Street, Lyminge, Kent, Sailor (Merchant Service)

Marriages Dec 1872 GOWER Alfred John : KINGMAN Ellen Maria; Elham 2a 1595
First marriage certificate: 1872 Lyminge  Kent October 19th 1872 (all certificates from Sandra)
Alfred John Gower  20  batchelor  F.  Edward  Gower   labourer
Ellen Maria Kingman  20 spinster F.  William Kingman   domestic servant
Alfred a police constable living in Sandgate
Ellen living in Lyminge; Married at Parish church Lyminge    Banns 

1873 - Joseph Juster birth record not found, very rare name, possibly not English.
Births
Dec 1873 Gower Catherine Ellen K Elham 2a 889
Birth certificate   November 11th 1873   Eastcliffe  Folkstone
Name Catherine Ellen Kingman   girl
Father Alfred John Gower   Police constable   Eastcliffe Folkstone
Mother Ellen Maria Gower  ( formally Kingman)
Registered November 20th. By Alfred John Gower

Deaths Dec 1873 Gower Ellen Maria 21 Elham 2a 507
Death certificate 
  November 17th.1873  Eastcliff  Folkstone
Name  Ellen Maria Gower  female   21years   wife of Alfred John Gower Police constable
Cause of death   Childbirth 7 days Bilious diarrhoea 5days Peritonitis 18 hours. certified
Informant Charlotte Brown present at time of death
Registered November 19th.1873
 

Marriages Mar 1876 Gower Alfred John : Herridge Eleanor; Islington 1b 420
Second marriage certificate
  February 29th 1876  St Jude’s Church Islington
Alfred John Gower age (full)   widower   police constable   Sutton Surrey, father Edward Gower  labourer
Eleanor Herridge  age (full)  spinster 179  Balls Park Road Islington, father Richard Herridge grocer 
Banns (Eleanor’s mother Mary Herridge was living with them in the 1881 census) 

Births Sep 1876 GOWER Albert Richard Wandsworth 1d 705
Births Mar 1878 Wilsher Gertrude Emma Hatfield 3a 398
Births Dec 1878 Gower Alfred John Wandsworth 1d 738

1881 Census
Civil parish: Tooting, Ecclesiastical District: St. Nicholas; others all blank
Address: 10 (16?), Park Place, Tooting Graveney, London
Alfred J. Gower, head, 29, police constable, b. Lyminge, Kent
Eleanor Gower,wife, 31, b. Islington, Middlesex
Catherine Ellen Gower, daughter, 11, scholar, b. Folkestone, Kent
Albert Richard Gower, son, 4, scholar, b. Surrey, Tooting
Alfred John Gower, son, 2, b. Surrey Tooting
Mary Herridge, mother-in-law, widow, 74, annuitant, b. Kent, Sandwich
- also living at the same address:
Thomas Green, lodger, 20, gardener, b. Tooting Surrey
Elizabeth Green, lodger, 20, b. Tooting Surrey
Arthur Green, 2 months, b. Tooting Surrey

1891 Census
Admin County: London; Civil Parish: Tooting; Parliamentary Division: Wandsworth; Ecclesiastical Parish: St. Nicholas.
Address: 72 Defoe Road
Alfred John Gower, head, 39, Met Police Constable, b. Kent Lyminge
Eleanor Gower, wife, 41, b. Middlesex Islington
Catherine Ellen Gower, daughter, 19, dressmaker, b. Kent Folkestone
Albert Richard Gower, son, 14, telegraph messenger, b. Surrey Tooting
Alfred John Gower, son, 12, scholar, b. Surrey Tooting

Marriages Dec 1893 Gower Catherine Ellen K : Juster Joseph Wandsworth 1d 1187
Births Dec 1895 Juster Arthur John Kingston 2a 300
Births Sep 1897 Juster Leonard Kingston 2a 327
Births Mar 1901 Juster Frank Kingston 2a 349

1901 Census
Admin County: Kent; Ecclesiastical Parish: St. Peter & Paul Saltwood, Rural District: Elham; Parliamentary Division: Hythe
Address: Court Farm
Alfred J. Gower, head, 49, pensioner met police, b. Kent Lyminge
Eleanor Gower, wife, 51, b. London Islington
Frank Godder, boarder, single, 22, platelayer railway, worker b. Kent Saltwood
John Wood, boarder, single, 29, general labourer, Kent Eastry

1901 Census
Admin County: London; Civil Parish: Tooting Graveney; Ecclesiastical Parish: St. Nicholas; Municipal Borough: Wandsworth
Address: 186 Trevelyan Road
Albert Gower, boarder, 24, sorter post office, worker, b. London Tooting

re: Alfred John Gower  b.1879 Tooting  Surrey
Marriage Certificate  December 25th 1901.
Alfred John Gower   batchelor  clerk   Leatherhead Surrey, father Alfred John Gower    police constable
Gertrude Emma Wilsher  spinster  Goffs Oak  Herts, father   Philip Wilsher   a baker
Married at St James chapel   Goffs Oak Herts 

Births Mar 1903 Gower Florence Ivy Epsom 2a 32 ( b. 6/2/1903)
Births Dec 1905 Juster Alfred Kingston 2a 392
Births Sep 1905 GOWER Gertrude May Barnet 3a 399 (b.27/5/1905)
Births Dec 1907 JUSTER Ernest Albert E Kingston 2a 383
Births Sep 1909 Fuller Winifred May G Kingston 2a 407
Births Sep 1909 Gower Philip John Wandsworth 1d 713 ( b. 21/5/1909)
Births Sep 1910 JUSTER Harold J Kingston 2a 414
Births Dec 1910 GOWER Doris E(lsie) Barnet 3a 381 ( b. 12/11/1910)

1911 Census - Kingston Surrey
GOWER ALBERT RICHARD M 1877 34
GOWER ELEANOR F 1851 60 (mother)

1911 Census - Kingston Surrey
JUSTER JOSEPH M 1873 38
JUSTER CATHERINE F 1874 37
JUSTER ARTHUR M 1896 15
JUSTER LEONARD M 1898 13
JUSTER FRANK M 1901 10
JUSTER ALFRED M 1906 5
JUSTER ERNEST M 1908 3
JUSTER HAROLD M 1910 8 MONTHS

1911 Census - Barnet Middlesex
GOWER ALFRED JOHN M 1879 32
GOWER GERTRUDE F 1878 33
GOWER FLORENCE IVY F 1903 8
GOWER GERTRUDE MAY F 1906 5
GOWER PHILIP JOHN M 1910 1
GOWER DORIS ELSIE F 1910 4 MONTHS

Births Mar 1912 Gower Alfred D(ennis); mother Wilsher; Barnet 3a 834 ( b. 7/2/1912)
Marriages Sep 1921 Juster Arthur J : Robinson Louisa M; Wandsworth 1d 1513
Marriages Sep 1924 Juster Frank : Leach Florence E; Croydon 2a 757
Marriages Mar 1927 Juster Alfred : French Phyllis A M; Kingston 2a 751
Marriages Jun 1927 JUSTER Leonard : Morris Muriel A ; Croydon 2a 741
Births Sep 1927 Juster Miriam P ; mother French Kingston 2a 721
Births Dec 1929 Juster Geoffrey P ; mother Leach, Croydon 2a 643
Marriages Jun 1929 Gower Florence I : Daly Denis; Barnet 3a 1062
Births Jun 1930 Daly John, mother Gower Barnet 3a 786
Marriages
Dec 1930 Juster Ernest A E : Fuller Winifred M G; Croydon 2a 807
Births Jun 1931 Juster Sheila M ; mother Leach Croydon 2a 738
Births Sep 1931 Juster Gwendoline French Kingston 2a 798
Marriages Sep 1933 Gower Gertrude M : Northover Stanley ; Barnet 3a 1606
Births Mar 1934 Daly Mary, mother Gower Barnet 3a 789
 

from Sandra:

Alfred John Gower in the met police records:

He joined the force at Scotland Yard on 16th March 1874 and retired 20th March 1899

Age 47 years he had completed 25 years 4 days service, and collected a remuneration of £1 12s 0d a week.

Height 5 feet 7inches
Hair Dark
Eyes Hazel
Complexion  Fresh.

He intended to reside and draw his pension at Sutton farm, Pendlinge Hythe post office; his "present address" was no. 4 Hindley Rd., Tooting  SW