Does anyone know the connection between the Ladner's and Bowden's of Parsons, Plains Twp, Luzerne Co.?

Why did Thomas Ladner pay for the burial of my GGgrandmother? Why did some of the Ladner's and Bowden's relocate to Alabama, circa 1888?

Richard Bowden 1801-1871? (Great-Great-GreatGF)
(b. England, d. Parsons, Luzerne Co. Pa)
Mary Ann 'Bowden' (GGGreatGM)
(b. England, d. ?)

James Bowden 1835-1915 (Great-Greatgrandfather)
(b. England, d. Patton, Ala)
Mary A 'Bowden' 1836-1881 (GGreatgrandmother)
(b. England, d. Parsons, Pa,)

Susan Bowden 1873-1905 (Greatgrandmother)
(b. Luzerne Co, Pa, d. Alabama)
Owen Goodwin -1918 (Greatgrandfather)
(b. England, d. Alabama)

1870 Census in Plains twp, Luzerne County:
James Bowden (head) b.1835 England
Mary Bowden (wife) b.1836 England
1. Richard Bowden (son) b. 1862 England
2. Anna Bowden (Daughter) b.1864 England
Richard Bowden, (father) b. 1801 England Retired Engineer

In 1880, Parsons, Luzerne County, Pa (Now that part of Wilkes-Barre north of hwy 309), the US census listed:
James Bowden b. 1835 England occupation/miner
Mary A Bowden wife b. 1836 England
1. Richard Bowden son b. 1862 England
2. Annie Bowden daughter b. 1864 England
3. John Bowden son b. 1870 Pennsylvania
4. Susan Bowden daughter b. 1873 Pennsylvannia (Greatgrandmother)
5. Martha Bowden daughter b.1875 Pennsylvannia
6. Elizabeth Bowden daughter b.1877 Pennsylvannia (aunt Dollie)
7. William Bowden son, b. 1879 Pennsylvannia

No. 4903 Wilkes-Barre, Pa., March 29, 1881,...The Superintendent of the Public Cemetery,
will prepare a grave for the burial of the body of Richard Bowden in lot 664, adj 660
funeral 3 o'clock PM March 31, 1881,...Permit fees $4.50 paid by Thomas Ladner,...S.O. Jones, City Clerk

No. 4983 Wilkes-Barre, Pa., July 11, 1881,...The Superintendent of the Public Cemetery,
will prepare a grave for the burial of the body of Mary Ann Bowden aged 45 years, in lot 664 adj 660
funeral 4 o'clock PM July 12, 1881,...Permit fees $4.50 paid by Thomas Ladner,...S.O. Jones, City Clerk

Who was Thomas Ladner? b. in Oxford, Cornwall, Eng., married Lydia Davey 1885 in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Why did "part" of the Ladners and Bowdens relocate to Alabama from Parsons, Pa. circa 1888?
In 1900 Census, beat 22, Jefferson County, Alabama
Thomas Ladner head 1855 b. England arrived US 1869 Farmer
Stattie (Dement) Ladner wife 1875 b. Alabama married at 24 (1899) had 2 children
Emma J Ladner daughter 1886 b. Pennsylvania parents Eng.
Annie Ladner daughter 1888 b Alabama parents Eng.
Thomas H Ladner son 1889 b. Alabama parents Eng.
William B Ladner son 1890 b. Alabama parents Eng.
Almeda Dement step-daughter 1898 b. Alabama parents Ohio/Ala.
Clara daughter 1900 b. Alabama parents Eng./Ala.
James H Ladner brother 1859 b. England Arrived US 1869 coalminer (married Sybil Miller 1879 in Parsons, Pa.)
Note: Thomas and James parents: Thomas Ladner/Jane Bennetts, Oxford, Cornwall, Eng

In the 1900 US census, a residence in Corona (Walker County) Alabama:
James Bowden b. Feb 1835 occupation/miner England arrived 1865
Elisabeth Bowden wife, b. Aug 1839 England arrived 1854
8. Minnie Bowden daughter, b. July 1887 Pennsylvannia
7. William Bowden boarder b. Nov 1879 occupation/miner Pennsylvannia
Pearly A Bowden wife, b. May 1881 Alabama (Pearly Ann Nelson) (Will & Pearly married December 17, 1899; buried at Ashbank Cem. in Winston Co Alabama,...near Nauvoo, Walker Co.)

In the 1900 census in Corona, Alabama
Thomas Watson b.May 1865 Canada,...(died 1941)
6. Elisabeth (Bowden) Watson wife b.Jan 1877 Pennsylvannia, (d. July 1960) Forrest Hill Cem in Birmingham
James Watson son b.Oct 1896 Alabama (Wesley Goodwin's First Cousin)
Minnie Watson daughter b.Jan 1900

James