From Dorset, England to Fort Worth, Texas:

The Family of

JOHN BOUND and ANN BOWERN



Compiled by James Pylant
© 2006


Amongst the British immigrants in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, at the time of the 1860 U. S. Census lived a shoemaker with $80.00 worth of personal possessions; he owned no real estate. John Bound, age thirty-seven, was born in England, followed by thirty-five year-old Ann. The third entry on the enumeration is puzzling, for it lists a Joseph Bound, born in England, age "133." Because of the unevenness of the entry for age, it is uncertain if the clerk intended for the entry to read "13" or "33." No occupation is recorded for Joseph. Children in the household were Frederick, age twelve, Celia, age ten, Henry, age nine, Charles, age seven, and John, age five, all of whom were born in England. Two year-old Robert was born in Ohio.1 Typically, census enumerations record the head of the household, spouse and children, while other family members (such siblings and parents) are listed after the youngest child.

Shoemaker John Bound prospered over the next decade, his real estate worth now estimated at $1,200.00. Anna was not a U. S. citizen, unlike her husband. However, the curious Joseph Bound is listed again after Ann. Now, his age is "43" (instead of "23"). An occupation is listed for Joseph; he is a machinist. Frederick, twenty-two, worked as a sailor. Celia, twenty years-old was "at home," and sons Henry, age nineteen, was a machinist, and Charles, age seventeen, was a painter. The other children include Robert, age fifteen, and four siblings born since the last enumeration: Anna, age nine; William, age seven; George, age five; and Lucy, age two.2

Also in 1860, one Bryan Bound makes an appearance on the rolls of the census enumeration in Cleveland. The nineteen year old Englishman worked as a laborer and lived in the household of an English family headed by Edward Blakemore.3 No further record has been found for Bryan Bound.

The next decade, however, the British-born machinist Joseph Bound, still in Cleveland, is now "33." Living with his wife and young son is a twenty-eight year-old brother named Harry Bound, who is clearly John and Ann’s son Henry, and whose age is off by one year. As shown later, Joseph Bound was buried near the John Bound family, and the year of birth date is given as 1847.

John and Ann Bound and seven of their children migrated to Texas by the end of the 1870s. The Fort Worth City Directory, 1878, shows "Bound, Jno. boot & shoemaker," at 110 Houston.4 The next edition of the city directory, 1878-1879, includes two listings:5

BOUND, Frederick J., boot & shoe maker, 1st bet. Main & Houston; res[idence] ns 4th, e of Crump
BOUND, John, shoemaker with above; res ns 4th, e of Crump

The following year, the tenth federal census enumeration of the United States shows a Fort Worth home headed by John Bound, age fifty-nine ("Shoe & Book Maker") with Ann, age fifty-five ("Keeping House"), and children, F. G., age thirty, a shoe and book maker like his father; Cecelia, age twenty-six — all born in England — Charles, a twenty-five year-old painter; Ann, age eighteen; George, a fifteen year-old painting apprentice; Lucy, age twelve, and cattle-driver William, age sixteen year-old, all of whom were born in Ohio.6

In 1900, John Bound, shoemaker, seventy-eight years-old, born in 1821 (the month and year unknown), lived at 913 Fourth Street, in Fort Worth, at the enumeration of the 1900 U. S. Census. Wife, Ann, age seventy-five (born in December, 1824), and son Frederick, age fifty-one (born in May, 1848), also a shoemaker, and Lizzie E., age thirty-two, born in Ohio in April of 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Bound had been married fifty-four years, which places the year of their marriage circa 1846.7 A search of online British marriage indexes shows a John Bound wed Ann Bowren in Wimbourne, Dorset County, England, in March of 1846.8 The actual document, however, clearly spells the bride’s surname as Bowern. On 24 March 1846, John Bound, bachelor, and Ann Bowern, spinster, were married at the Independent Chapel in the District of Wimborne and Cranborne in "the Counties of Dorset and Southampton," by Joseph Notting. The bride and groom, both "of full age," were residents of Longham in the parish of Hampreston Dorset. John Bound’s occupation was that of Cordwainer, an archaism for shoemaker. The groom’s father is identified as Henry Bound, a merchant, while the bride’s father is a miller named George Bowern. Witnesses at the wedding were Henry Bound and Susanna Hill.9

Evidence that the Wimbourne marriage is for the immigrant couple is found in the death certificate of Frederick Bound in Texas, which states his parents were John Bound and Ann Bowern, both born in England. The informant was the couple’s younger son, George Bound.10 When George Bound died twenty-two years later, the names of his parents (including the mother’s maiden name) are identical to those name in Frederick’s certificate. George’s widow was informant.11 One John Bound, son of Henry Bound and Susannah Hannam, was born 8 March 1822 and christened 16 June at Independent, Christchurch, in Hampshire.12 According to his tombstone inscription in Oakwood Cemetery, in Fort Worth, John Bound was born 20 March 1821 and died 25 December 1900. His death was due to dropsy, and he was buried the next day in Lot 40, Space 3 of Block 3.13 The 1900 Census states John Bound was a naturalized citizen, having arrived in the U. S. in 1853. However, an online index to Cuyahoga County, Ohio, naturalizations indicates John Bound arrived from England in July of 1854.14

The 1902-1903 Fort Worth City Directory shows Ann Bound, widow of John, living at 914 East 4th Street, as did Miss Lucy Bound, a music teacher.15

The 1910 census shows Ann Bound, aged eighty-three, in the household of her son, Frederick Bound, a bachelor and still a shoemaker at age sixty-two. His spinster sister, Lucy Bound, age forty-two lived with them.16 Mrs. Ann Bound died at 713 East 4th Street, in Fort Worth, on 2 January 1911, and she was buried in the City (Oakwood) Cemetery. Her death certificate states the eighty-eight year-old widow died of "Senile Debility." George Bound, the informant, did not know the names of his grandparents, only that they were born in England.17 Oakwood Cemetery records her birth date as 10 December 1824. She was buried beside her husband.18

GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY
JOHN BOUND, Shoemaker, son of Henry Bound, b. 20 March 1821 (or 8 March 1822), perhaps in Hampshire, England - d. 25 December 1900, Fort Worth, Tarrant Co. TX, USA; m. 24 Mar. 1846, Wimborne, Dorset, ENG, to Ann Bowern (b. Dec. 1824, ENG - d. 2 Jan. 1911, Tarrant Co.), dau. of George Bowern.

[Descendants of John Bound and Ann Bowern]


NOTES AND REFERENCES
  1. John Bound household, 1860 U. S. Census of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, city of Cleveland, household 1389, family 1340, p. 965; National Archives [NA] microfilm M653-953.
  2. John Bound household, 1870 U. S. Census of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, city of Cleveland, West Side, Tenth Ward, household 462, family 492, p. 412; NA microfilm M593-1191.
  3. Edwd. Blakemore household, 1860 U. S. Census of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, population schedule, city of Cleveland, Twelfth ward, household 57, family 60, p. 107, NA microfilm M593-1192.
  4. Tarrant County, TXGenWeb 1877 Fort Worth City Directory, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/citydirectory/1877-cd-1.htm#B, downloaded 4 September 2005.
  5. Tarrant County, TXGenWeb 1878-79 Fort Worth City Directory, online http://www.rootsweb.com/~txtarran/citydirectory/1878-79-cd-1.htm#B, downloaded 4 September 2005.
  6. John Bound household, 1880 U. S. Census of Tarrant County, Texas, population schedule, city of Fort Worth, Enumeration District [ED] 88-89, Supervisor's District [SD] 3, p. 6D, dwelling 111, family 138; NA microfilm T9-1828.
  7. John Bound household, 1900 U. S. Census of Tarrant County, Texas, population schedule, city of Fort Worth, Precinct 1, ED 86, SD 3, p. 80, sheet 1B, dwelling 67, family 96; NA microfilm T623-1671.
  8. John Bound—Ann Bowren entry, freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl, download 12 November 2005.
  9. John Bound to Ann Bowern, Vol. 8, page 259, no. 34, Marriages in the Registration District of Wimborne and Cranborne; certified copy from the General Register Office.
  10. F. G. Bound, death certificate no. 27757 (1920), Texas Department of Health, Austin.
  11. George Bound, death certificate no. 37870 (1942), Texas Department of Health, Austin.
  12. John Bound entry, International Genealogical Index, online www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp, downloaded 12 November 2005.
  13. Helen McKelvy Markgraf and Rob Yoder, Historic Oakwood Cemetery with Calvary Cemetery & Old Trinity Cemetery of Fort Worth, Texas (Fort Worth: Fort Worth Genealogical Society, 1994), p. 36.
  14. Cuyahoga County, Ohio — Probate Court Naturalizations [A - Fr Surnames], online http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/cuyahoga/probate/naturalizations/a2fr.txt, downloaded 2 May 2006.
  15. [Anonymous], Directory of City of Fort Worth 1902-1903 (Galveston: Morrison & Fourmy Directory Co., Inc., 1902), p. 94.
  16. Frederick Bound household, 1910 U. S. Census of Tarrant County, city of Fort Worth, 1st Ward, ED 95, SD 12, dwelling 197, family 197, p. 37; NA microfilm T624-1590.
  17. Mrs. Ann Bound, death certificate no. 2152 (1911), Texas Department of Health, Austin.
  18. Markgraf and Yoder, Historic Oakwood Cemetery with Calvary Cemetery & Old Trinity Cemetery of Fort Worth, Texas, p. 36.


Descendants of John Bound and Ann Bowern


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