Eunice Bowman

Eunice Bowman was a British supercentenarian from Gateshead, and at the age of 111 years 327 days was the oldest person in the United Kingdom following the death of Florrie Baldwin onMay 2010.

Bowman was born in InceinMakerfield, Lancashire, England, as the second of twelve children born to Thomas and Sarah Crook . Bowman was baptized onNovember 1898 at Christ Church, InceInMakerfield, Wigan, Lancashire. At Ince, the Crook family lived at 38, Bird Street, near Wigan. The family moved to Felling, Gateshead in 1905 following to the decline in the textile industry so Thomas could work in the coal mines. Bowman was kept off school each week to help look after her younger siblings and do the washing and ironing. After school, Bowman worked in a fish amp chip shop with her grandmother. During World War I, Bowman worked seven days per week in 12hour shifts at the Armstrong Munitions factory in Newcastle, walking daily from Felling to Scotswood. Bowman started with messenger work, and then worked on putting gunpowder in the fuses. On Christmas Day 1919, Bowman married Robert Pearson and had four children, Norman, Tommy, Doris and Connie. In 1928, Robert Pearson agedhad compl

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