Hebden Township Historical Data

Cemetery Memorial OLD-13-SW

Photograph of the memorial in Hebden Cemetery
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Inscription

IN TENDER MEMORY OF
RALPH BOWDIN
WHO DIED JANUARY 14th 1917

People commemorated on this memorial

Ref. No. Name Year died Age Dates Notes
OLD-13-SW (1) Bowdin, Ralph 1917 d. 14/01/1917 b. 1833. See here for more details

Notes

Ralph Bowdin was born in Hebden in 1833, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Bowdin. He built up a large general store in the village based on Bridge House over the course of more than fifty years, which he sold to Thomas Stockdale when he retired in 1905.